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Chaver-ware Announcement
Press Release
Chaverware Announces
 
Chaver-ware 4.10 release 
East Rockaway, NY - April 20, 2007 -
We are pleased to announce the release of Chaverware 4.10. This update contains a variety of enhancements and fixes as detailed below. Please read the directions below and follow them carefully. If you need help during this update, please call tech support at 800-242-8371.
 
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Installation Instructions
  1. All workstations MUST have administrative rights on the workstation prior to running the update.
  2. The first user who does the download, must do this while no one else is using Chaverware. You can find out who is using Chaverware by clicking on Tools, Active Users.
  3. Once the update file is downloaded, you will need to restart Chaverware. This will execute the update program on your computer.
  4. Accept the defaults in the update wizard. Once the update is finished, you can now go back into Chaverware.
  5. The first person who logs into Chaverware after the update, also must do so exclusively. There will be a data version update that takes place at this point. Depending on the speed of your computer, speed of your network and amount of data that you have, this process could take from 2 minutes up to an hour. Be prepared for the hour version, and don't do this during a critical part of your day.
  6. Once the first person has logged into Chaverware, the rest of the staff can log in too. Each one will be prompted to run the update, and they should as above in item 3. No one will be allowed to enter Chaverware with a previous version once the update has been run on one computer
  7. If you get an error about having errant adjustment records at the end of the update process, please send an email to techsupport@Chaverware.com and we will contact you with instructions. Do not panic, there is no hard to these records exisiting.
What's in this update?

New Features:

  • Increased storage space for User defined fields to 255 chars each.
  • Added option to facilitate connecting with technical support under the "Help" menu.
  • Added the "Saturday After" field to the Yahrzeit fields that can be displayed on the grid view.
  • Changing credit card information on the family's screen, offers to propagate the changes to all unposted credit card transactions.
  • Added support for Quick-books 2007 editions.
  • Added support for Sage BusinessWorks (export only).
  • Tribute creation screen now shows a caption that describes the category and amount a new tribute being created is for.
  • Added utility to export membership lists specifically formatted for URJ/USCJ. These can be saved to disk or sent as an email.
  • Default area code is now filled in only if you fill in the phone number.
  • Added report "Summary of Transactions by Category"
  • Added report "Billing trans. by Family sorted by Invoice Date with payment/adj details".
  • Added new cross tab reports with Fiscal year columns.
  • Added new report "Credit Card Transactions Deposit Ticket ID Listed by transaction".

Fixed Issues:

  • Formatted the "Observes_English" field so it displays as Yes/No.
  • The reference number on a cash receipt is validated before you can move on.
  • Fixed error that would prevent the pay in full flag from getting checked on a cash receipt.
  • Fixed problem that would not let you edit the reference number after the "Post Payment" button lit up when entering a cash receipt.
  • If a badly formatted zip code or phone number is in the database it will now cause an error when viewed, instead of being ignored and blanked out by Chaver-ware.
  • Program detects monthly intervals when sending a list of Yahrzeit observances to Word.
  • Fixed problem where level 2 and 3 plain inactive categories would be displayed regardless of the menu setting.
  • Tagged family checkbox on report screen is more legible.
  • Fixed tab order on tribute editing screen.
  • Fixed formatting of Bar/Bat Mitzvah time on quick reports.
  • Fixed "Summary Absentee Report" to have totals properly display at the end of each child.
  • Stopped problem that would occur if you tried to create a new family with a family ID that contained and apostrophe character.
  • Fixed error that would happen when viewing a quick report from a query with the "Payment_Note" field selected.
  • Fixed problem that would not display the fiscal year from QuickBooks properly.
  • A user that doesn't have rights to delete Yahrzeit observances can now add observances from the member screen.
  • Fixed error that would occur when opening the credit card settle screen.
    Voiding a processed credit card no longer fills in the deposit ID in the reversing entry.
  • Assigning numbers when running receipts reports is now considerably faster.
    When creating a $0.00 invoice, the pay in full flag is now set.
    Fixed problem that would clear an individual's previous category assignment when their seating information was viewed.
  • Next English Observance date for 3/1/2007 no longer comes up as 2/29/2008.
  • Chaver-ware now stops you if you try to add a sub-category to an inactive category.
  •  "Billing information Summarized by Family by Category" report now has a new net column (Billed with adjustments). Also two inviso-text columns have been added for Adult1 and Adult2 fields. These are visible by exporting the report and highlighting, or changing the text to black in Excel.
  • Yahrzeit observance options now save properly for leap year dates.
  • Deleting an invoice with adjustments while on a cash basis no longer creates orphaned reversing adjustment records. If any old ones exist the user is notified during the update process to call technical support and run a utility to fix them.
  • Fixed error that would occur when calculating the next observance date of some Yahrzeits that were set to observe on the English date.
  • Next English Observance date for 2/29/2004 comes up as 2/29 on leap years and 3/1 on non-leap years.
  • Fixed problem where some reports would only display only part of a refund transaction.
  • Updating other member's emergency contact information now warns that relationships will have to be entered manually.
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