2024 Release Notes

December 6, 2024

New Features

• Added "Resource type" to users (Human, Materials, Machine).

Improvements

• Display past due invoices with red text.
• Windows: Shade the hover day in timesheet with light yellow.
• Shade "Today" in timesheet with light blue.
• New "Settings" option: "Fit columns 100%".
• New "Settings" option: "Alternating colors" for rows.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed error when sorting by Invoices.DueDate.
• Cloud: Fixed error when clicking Timesheet headers.
• Fixed SQL date query when language option was "es-PA".
• Fixed "This pay period", "Last pay period", and "Next pay period" filter dates.
• Corrected misspelling in Assembly line description.
• Cloud: Fixed project task Gantt chart display when using "es-PA" locale.

November 22, 2024

New Features

• Cloud: F9 key opens the current page in full-screen mode.

Improvements

• New User Right: Can edit time log dates.

November 15, 2024

Improvements

• Added "Date paid" to the Invoices page.
• Added "Paid in full" to the Invoices page.
• Display nothing for date columns with null dates.
• Cloud: Open camera barcode scan in a window for more screen real-estate.
• Cloud: Request 3000-px camera resolution for barcode detection.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed possible continuous flashing after scanning barcode rules.
• Fixed error when displaying "PO" in the Expenses page.

November 8, 2024

New Features

• Added "Folder" to Barcode rules.
• Added "Send email" to Barcode rules.
• Added "Save value 2" and "Save value 3" to Barcode rules.
• Added "Require User scan" and "Require Project scan" to Barcode rules.
• Added "Create inventory" as a Barcode rule action option.

Improvements

• Improved error reporting for Barcode rules.
• Barcode scan text area now accepts TAB characters.
• Stop all user timers when a "Toggle" Barcode rule is scanned.
• Force users to enter "YES" when deleting Barcode rules.
• Improved Barcode rules scan performance.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed some SQL queries containing apostrophe characters.
• Cloud: Fixed "Task name" filter search.
• Only run active Barcode rules, not inactive ones.
• Fixed project portfolio dropdown choice.

October 25, 2024

New Features

• Added the ability to add scripts to any grid via right-click menu.

Improvements

• Popup message telling the user that F3 is not enabled for certain pages.
• Added "Assign to users" property to scripts for improved management.
• Added more grid options to scheduled exports for timesheet exports.

October 18, 2024

New Features

• Added "Workgroup" column to the Time Logs page.
• Added "This pay period", "Last pay period", and "Next pay period" filtering choices.

Improvements

• Cloud: Cache images in JavaScript localStorage so they load faster.

October 11, 2024

New Features

• Added "Running longer than" and "Started before today" time log filters.
• Added "% complete" column to the Projects page.
• Added "% status bar" column to the Projects page.
• Added "Timers running" property to show how many timers a user is running.

Improvements

• Filter invoices by "Due date".

Bug Fixes

• Cloud: Fixed invoice templates folder location.
• Force user records to reload when checking for "KillTimer" values.

September 27, 2024

New Features

• Added a 4th "Stop timer" property to Users.
• Added "Barcode scan msg" to project tasks.
• Admins must answer "Yes" twice and enter "YES" when deleting Required Scans.
• Added database columns for "Restart timers".
• Added database columns for "SequenceNames" for scheduled imports and exports.
• Added "Sequence" property to Scheduled exports, imports, and scripts.

Improvements

• Added more startup diagnostic messages to help troubleshoot startup crashes.

September 6, 2024

Improvements

• Allow timesheets to be exported in Scheduled Exports.

August 30, 2024

Improvements

• Overtime reports show breakdown tables only for the filtered user or project.

Bug Fixes

• Show the correct "Project" name in subproject properties.
• Fixed setting subproject "Parent" property and order for the altered subproject.
• Update old project task actual work when a time log is moved to a new project.

August 16, 2024

New Features

• New "Special feature" NPR — auto-fill time log "Notes" with project name only.
• New "Special feature" NPT — auto-fill "Notes" with project and task name.
• New "Special feature" NTK — auto-fill "Notes" with task name only.

August 9, 2024

New Features

• Added new "Can edit time logs" user right.

Improvements

• Allow project task columns to be added to the timesheet — "Remaining" is a popular choice.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed report bug where changing a section column could orphan fields within it.

August 1, 2024

New Features

• Added "Grid settings" to Scheduled Exports to customize export file content.

Improvements

• Cloud: Lock users out for 30 minutes after excessive failed login attempts.
• Cloud: Passwords must be strong — 8 characters, alpha, numeric, and punctuation.
• Cloud: Require old password when changing password.
• Cloud: Added "Client" to QuickBooks export filter.
• Cloud: Altered Web.config to disallow the app from being hosted in an iframe.
• Cloud: Implement session timeout after 15 minutes when enabled.
• Cloud: Set "Secure" attribute on cookies.
• Fixed error when trying to sort by "Users" column in Barcode Required Scans.

July 5, 2024

New Features

• Added "Task name" under "Item name" in the "Search fields" filter.

Improvements

• Cloud: Added 30-second countdown between property changes to slow refreshes.
• Handle vendors when exporting to QuickBooks Online.

Bug Fixes

• Cloud: Set starting date for new time logs using the time zone setting.
• Fixed "deadlocked on lock resources" exception when editing user rates.

June 21, 2024

Improvements

• Allow timer to start if "Can log time with no project" is checked and no project is set.
• Add more context to time log notes when barcode is starting and stopping timers.
• Turned off "Prefer 32-bit" so ST runs as a 64-bit app at all times.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed incorrect count of "# of rights removed" for groups in User Experience section.

June 7, 2024

New Features

• Added "Custom fields" filter options to filter by values in custom fields.
• Allow data to be imported from SQL databases using a connection string.

Improvements

• Cloud: Display barcode error messages with a red toaster message.
• Cloud: Only set newly imported clients and projects to the "QuickBooks" folder.

Bug Fixes

• Cloud: Fixed case where the Properties panel wouldn't appear after editing a record.
• Stop timers for the logged-in user when choosing Project Task "Start timer".
• Fixed filtering for assembly lines, portfolios, and project managers.
• Cloud: Fixed Time log "Billed" checkbox status after close and reopen.

May 24, 2024

New Features

• Added new User Right: "Keep pages opened between logins".

Improvements

• Cloud: Use "Automatically log in when program starts" User Right.

May 17, 2024

Improvements

• Use "Group default" for "First day of week" for newly created users.

May 10, 2024

New Features

• Added "Access to Inventory" user right.

Improvements

• Stop all user timers when "Start timer like this one" is selected.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed exception in project query for names containing a single apostrophe (e.g., "Jim's").

April 19, 2024

New Features

• Added more "History" columns to database tables for later use.
• Added "QBExportDate" columns to database tables for later use.

Improvements

• Added "History" property to projects, tasks, time logs, and expenses.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed odd case where an unrecognized barcode scan could start a new timer.

April 12, 2024

Improvements

• Added new Admin context menus for scheduled imports, exports, reports, and scripts.
• Narrowed down scheduled script run time to +/- 10 minutes.
• Use scheduled script name to check if it has already run each day.
• Use scheduled script name as the email subject when sending script results.
• Added "History" to some database records to record username and timestamp.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed continuous background flashing in BC.
• Fixed "Show in timesheet" Project column displaying "YESNO".
• Hide client and salary rates in User properties when rights are removed.

April 5, 2024

Improvements

• Add date and time to scheduled script email notifications.
• Make user, project, and task available to barcode rule scripts before the timer starts.

Bug Fixes

• Adjust current time to the user's time zone when checking scheduled scripts.

March 29, 2024

New Features

• Scheduled scripts — run scripts on a recurring basis, save and email results.

Improvements

• Added User properties for QuickBooks employee, customer, and payroll type.
• Disallow barcode task switching when there are Required scans at the end.
• Set default mileage rate to $0.67 for 2024.
• Added more default columns to scheduled imports, exports, and reports.

Bug Fixes

• Update project task actual work when time logs are assigned to a new task.
• Cloud: Fixed custom date range with incorrect cookie value.
• Fixed error when clicking the Expenses "Tax" header to sort the column.

March 22, 2024

New Features

• Added "QB export" and "QB employee" properties to the User record.

March 15, 2024

Improvements

• Added ScheduledScripts database table in preparation for running ad hoc scripts.
• Added QuickBooks database table in preparation for QuickBooks integration.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed more issues with scheduled exports running on the wrong days.

March 8, 2024

Bug Fixes

• Fixed scheduled exports running on the wrong selected days.

March 1, 2024

Improvements

• Format number fields for Excel export.

Bug Fixes

• Recheck Required Scan conditions when "ENDTIMER" is scanned for a project.
• Fixed "Path is not of a legal form" exception for scheduled exports.

February 23, 2024

Improvements

• Improved Excel and Word report export by arranging columns in left-to-right order.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed error when changing Barcode Rules "All 0 values" property.
• Fixed error when changing some other Barcode Rules properties.

February 16, 2024

Improvements

• Windows: Nudge multiple selected items in reports.
• ST and BC: Save machine name in time log "Device" fields during scans.

Bug Fixes

• ST and BC: Set up script record properly for ENDTIMER scans.
• Cloud: Fixed report font and object sizes for non-US locales.

February 9, 2024

Improvements

• Set Tasks.Qty to 0 when RESTARTLASTJOB is scanned.

Bug Fixes

• Cloud: Fixed ENDTIMER, which was using the wrong project for rule scripts.

February 2, 2024

Improvements

• Windows: Added "Assign percent" dropdown.
• Web: Flash window green when RESTARTLASTJOB is scanned.

January 26, 2024

Improvements

• Added "Export directory" property to Scheduled exports for clarity.

January 19, 2024

Improvements

• Cloud: Disable scan input box while processing a scan to maintain sequence.
• Option to add current date to scheduled export filenames for uniqueness.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed project "Can log time script" when called from project tasks during a scan.
• Fixed missing MS Access KillTimer2 database column.

January 12, 2024

New Features

• Added Projects "PO" property.
• Added Subprojects "PO" property.
• Added Subprojects "Text 1", "Text 2", and "Text 3" properties.
• Added "Toggle timer" for barcode rules, saving the scan into "Text 3".
• Filter by "Text 2" and "Text 3".

Bug Fixes

• Fixed cloud filter tree "Item name" repeatedly adding names as child items.
• Fixed cloud filter tree "Item name" filtering.
• Fixed several time zone conversions to user-selected time zones.

January 5, 2024

Improvements

• Added "Duplicate" to report objects.
• Added keyboard accelerators to report objects.
• Dynamically add subprojects to filter tree when a project is clicked.
• Add rocker buttons to all subprojects, even if there are no nested subprojects.

December 21, 2023 — Initial ST2024 Release

New Features

• Cloud: Revert Gantt to defaults menu item.

Improvements

• Barcode scanning now respects "Condition type" and "Equal to" for rule choices.
• Display "Actual work" in running time logs as a real-time value.
• Improved locating subreports in possible locations such as the "Subreports" folder.
• Removed the need to hold down "Ctrl" when nudging report objects.

Bug Fixes

• Ask for project task before switching to a new timer with a different project.
• Fixed exception when subreports with a bad pathname could not be loaded.
• Cloud: Fixed subreport positions within main reports.

December 15, 2023

Improvements

• Improved Gantt bar drag and drop.
• Improved Gantt bar start and finish date calculations.