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VBS Version 6-20

Release 6.20 - Migration to Magic XPA version 4.6.

Build 02011 08 Oct 2020

1. Vehicle Disposal Details - Sub Hires can no longer be processed - there is now an error message and the process button is disabled if a vehicle that is sub hired is selected.
2. Rental Diary fix. The Diary wasn't showing vehicles on hire if the "Time In" was equal to the start of day parameter.
   

Build 01011 30 Sep 2020

1. Bug fix whereby very occasionally the paperless rental background process was causing email attachments be be merged with other outgoing emails.
2. Petty Cash/Vat Adjustment Posting Report removed from menu. This is because the Posting routine now has a Print Preview option.
   

Build 00011 Sep 2020

1. Vehicle Breakdown module first prototype.
2. Rental Control - Booking Maintenance functions ar now disabled whilst booking is on Tablet. This is to prevent the Cash being allocated to the booking at the same time as the hire is being created. This can result in the cash being left on the booking and not processed.
   

Build 00010 Aug-Sep 2020

1. Multiple email addresses are now possible when printing and emailing invoices.
   
2. Internal changes to improve speed of invoice and credit note printing.
3. Fix to Rental Control whereby the diary would loop when pressing the X in top corner to exit. This will now exit cleanly.
4. Changes to stock Receivings allowing multiple items on sales orders to be received and allocated
   
5. Stock Receivings - fix whereby a screen was not closing properly.
6. Fix to Group select program. This was sometimes locating to top of list. E.g. if 'C' then F5 is pressed it should locate to groups beining 'C'.
7. Fix whereby under certain circumstances the wrong invoices were being emailed.
8. Fixes to the Finance Detail Entry to catch incomplete nominal entries
   

Build 00009 21 July 2020

1. Fix relating to Vehicle Exchanges on Tablet. The Signature screen was showing the Mileage Out of the new vehicle rather than the mileage out of the exchanged vehicle. Internal changes made on main system to facilitate this.
   

Build 00008 10 June 2020

1. Fix relating to Tablet uploads. Service History Documents where not always being saved to Service History.
2. Extra logs added to trace R2C locking issues.
   

Build 00007 05 May 2020

1. Changes to the stock receiving program to be a manual receiving system inline with standard DIBS.

Build 00006 05 May 2020

1. Changed the description on the Manufacturers Recall Report to be the sub unit description regardless of the spec code.
   

Build 00005 04 May 2020

1. If system is not configured for paperless rental, Do not call Rental Return from Archive Button on Outstanding Returns screen.
   

Build 00004 20 April 2020

1. Parameter screen appearing when printing agreement issue fixed.
2. Significant changes to R2C CreateAsset , UpdateAsset and related programs. <ISN>&<Fleet no.> is now sent as the external reference.
   

Build 00003 20 April 2020

1. R2C Create Asset will now only process the first 20 characters of the description.
2. Vehicle Disposal to Stock - Period Dates now opened Read only to prevent locking.

Build 00002 12 April 2020

1. Issue whereby Supplier Browser was asking user to select Context.
   

Release 6.10 - Internal data changes/conversion adding space to new fields in future. Also additional index added to cashlog data table.

Build 00005 07 April 2020

1. Fix whereby R2C Get Documents button had wrong Logical name condition.
   

Build 00004 06 April 2020

1. R2C to VBS Authorisation change.
   

Build 00003 06 April 2020

1. Inspections Due Report, fixed issue whereby the report destination program wasn't being called correctly.
2. Missing 'A' on the Archive Button for Rental Control fixed.
   

Build 00002 31 March 2020

1. The new date line on the Contrct invoice will not be added for Cat 2 hire because Cat 2 hire is in arrears.

Build 00001 17 March 2020

1. Invoice printing issue fix. Certain users were unable to print invoices.
2. Rental Control. Outstanding Returns fix. When going into invoice screen to view the invoice charges. Program was automatically archiving hire.

Build 00001 16 March 2020

VBS Version 6-00

Build 56088 February 2020

1. For contract Hire Invoicing, currently the program only shows the Hire Period From and To on the charge line. An additional line has been added showing the hire dates.
   

Build 55088 February 2020

1. Paperless Rental. Automatic create hire process was deleting the Availability record for exchanges.

Build 54088 February 2020

1. Paperless rental then do not transfer the vehicle to the return depot.
   

Build 53088 January 2020

1. R2C Asset Disposal. Remove Owner & Role.
2. Populate Next Tacho Recall.
   

Build 51088 &52088 January 2020

1. Internal Changes
   

Build 50088 January 2020

1. R2C Further  Create Asset / Update Asset changes & JBNOTIFIOCATION changes
   

VBS Version 6-00

Build 49088 December 2019

1. Sub Unit Maintenance. Further  Create Asset / Update Asset changes.

Build 48088 December 2019

1. Sub Unit Maintenance. Further  Create Asset / Update Asset changes.
   

Build 47088 December 2019

1. Sub Unit Maintenance. Various changes to Create Asset / Update Asset option.
   

Build 46088 December 2019

1. Create Asset. Changed to ensure the main registration number is added to subsequent sub units and the sub unit is attached to a registration.
   

Build 45088 December 2019

1. Create Asset. Changes to allow child sub-units to pass the registration number as a new field to an external file.
2. Create Asset. Changes to ensure the external file has a unique reference.
   

Build 44088 December 2019

1. Create Asset. Main registration number for linked sub-units will be added to the VinOrChassis field.
   

Build 43088 December 2019

1. Create Asset. Registration field will only be populated for 1st Sub Unit. Fleet number field will not be populated if it is the same as registration number
   

Build 42088 December 2019

1. Job Notification. Authentication added by means of Username, Password, APIKey.
   

Build 41088 December 2019

1. Finance Detail Entry. Further improvements to navigation. Adjustment Extras tab removed.
   

Build 40088 December 2019

1. Finance Detail Entry. Improved navigation to allow use of the tab key and mouse navigation.
2. Sub Unit Finance. Changed Chassis/Serial No and Unit description fields to be non modifiable and not to be clicked in or selected by mouse or keyboard.
   

Build 39088 November 2019

1. Finance Detail Entry - Move Extras analysis to tab, moved RFL Payment to Nominal Analysis tab. Added 'Back', 'Next' and 'Confirm' buttons
   

Build 38088 November 2019

1. Create Asset Now does not allow Create R2C Asset if Sub Unit not attached.

Build 37088 November 2019

1. Vehicle Availability fixed to ensure the registration is correct when pushed to the tablet
2. Create Asset. VIN and COLOR data is now included.
   

Build 35088 November 2019

1. Finance Detail Entry. Look and feel revamped allowing navigation on each record and the ability to tab between main screen to nominal analysis screens

Build 33088 November 2019

1. Inspection & Service Dates corrected.
2. Service History duplication problems fixed.
   

Build 32088 November 2019

1. Duplicate record issues corrected on Service History and Update Asset.
2. Service details now updated with last inspection, service date and speedo data.
   

Build 29088 November 2019

1. Tasker Create Hire. Hire is now uploaded and created with the correct registration and group.
   

Build 28088 November 2019

1. Vehicle Finance Entry. Error handling added.
   
2. Tasker Create Hire - Email. Inspection document attachment to emails fixed to attached to the correct email.
   

Build 27088 November 2019

1. Job Notification. Completed Request update fixed to update correctly.
2. Shortcut for Job (CTRL-J) added
   

Build 26088 November 2019

1. Paperless Rental. Fixes to new and original vehicle mileage values

Build 25088 November 2019

1. Tablet Tab in Rental Control. Improved performance.
   
2. Vehicle Finance Entry. Fixed deposit value issues, dialog box added to give option of aborting or processing batch.
   

Build 24088 November 2019

1. Vehicle Hires. Fixed the 'Delete Availability record' as it was doing nothing when selected
2. .Vehicle Finance Entry. Unanalysed Value was showing incorrect values which has been fixed.
   

Build 23088 October 2019

1. Vehicle Finance Entry. Cosmetic changes and added analysis of RFL (Road Fund License) value.
   

Build 22088 October 2019

1. Vehicle Finance Entry. Modified program to cater for all VAT categories
2. VAT Accumulator, Modified program to accumulate values for all VAT categories
   

Build 21088 October 2019

1. Bug Fix. Logic change to handle Vehicle Sub Unit if Registration not supplied.
   

Build 20088 October 2019

1. New Release. VBS-R2C Runtime
2. New Feature. VBS-PR New code to enable new and current versions of Table APK to work concurrently.
3. Bug Fix. VBS-PR Debug info added to ErrorLog for new  Return Hire process.
   

Build 19088 October 2019

1. Bug Fix. VBS-R2C Sub Unit Maintenance. Create Asset only visible if Translate('%R2cAPI%')='YES'
   
   

Build 18088 October 2019

1. Big Fix. VBS-PR Logic change when return is uploaded the Tasker will now set the status staright to 'R'.
    
   

Build 17088 October 2019

1. Bug Fix. VBS-PR Exchange History screen has lost links the PR Subform.
2. Bug Fix. VBS-PR Exchange History lost links to Tablet data.
   

Build 16088 October 2019

1. Bug Fix. VBS-PR Slow Tablet upload on hire return. New process control.
2. Bug Fix. VBS-PR Return mileage updates the out mileage on upload to server.
3. Improvement. VBS-PR Prevent record modify if booking on tablet.
4. Bug Fix. Added validation to Actioned Date within the Vehicle Sub Unit Recalls form.
5. Improvement. Manufacturers Recall Report. Added Recall Code to the report.
6. Bug Fix. VBS-PR Hire created on wrong Vehicle Registration.
7. Bug Fix. Manufacturer Recall. Data conversion fails with a data shift 1 column.

Build 15088 October 2019

1. Customer Bespoke New Feature. Vehicle Manufacturer ReCalls.
2. Customer Bespoke New Feature. GDPR Driver and Rental Cash Log Purge.
3. Bug Fix. VBS-PR Random Reg no, displayed if empty Dataview.
4. Bug Fix. Unable to amend Driver Records. Starts in Create mode.
5. Bug Fix. Rental Control Diary - Availability and Diary buttons do not work after screen resize.
   

Builds 11 to 14 088 September 2019

1. Customer Bespoke. Supplier API Development (Not Released)
   

Build 10088 July 2019

1. New Release.
   
2. Security. Maintain Context Users Maintain Contexts now need Administrator Right.
3. Improvement. VBS-PR New Locking component to handle automated Tablet upload processes.

Build 08 and 09 088 July 2019

1. Build Revisions and Consolidations of previous 12 months work.
   

Build 07088 July 2019

1. Improvement. VBS-PR Paperless Rental background task now called from MP on a timer event.
   

Build 06088 July 2019

1. New Feature. VBS-PR 'Cancel Return' and 'Cancel Collection' buttons have been added to the tablet screen.

Build 05088 July 2019

1. Bug Fix. VBS-PR Additional Driver could not be added.

Build 04088 July 2019

1. Improvement. All menuing for Petty Cash / Vat Adjustments added as DIBS.
2. Bug Fix. VBS-PR Update Booking task was not updating the Group ISN. So they could change the vehicle to one in another Group.
3. New Feature. Finance Details Entry update of Vehicle VAT Accumulator for MTD.
   

Build 03088 July 2019

1. New Stable Release.
2. Customer Bespoke Request. Rental Payment Type:- In Rental Enquiry now default to Credit Card.
3. New Feature. Faster Pay (FP) Internet added as a payment type, to be treated as Debit Card.

Build 01 and 02 088 July 2019

1. Bug Fixes. Bad build of DIBS VBS Components
   

Build 00088 July 2019

1. Intended New Release. DIBS menus added to VBS (Not Released)
   

Build 14087 July 2019

1. Bug Fix. VBS-PR Populate Rental Availability table Flag the booking as Fixed on Push to Tablet

Build 13087 June 2019

1. Bug Fix. Problem with Add Driver.When called with PI:Force Create initial task mode should be Create.
   
2. Bug Fix. VBS-PR Spurious Customer Fuel tank on Workshop Inspection PDF

Build 12087 June 2019

1. New Release. VBS-PR
2. Bug Fix. Populate Agreements Aw B Flag the booking as Fixed on Push to Tablet
   

Build 10 and 11 087 June 2019

1. New Product. VBS-PR (Released for UAT testing only)

Build 09087 June 2019

1. Bug Fix. VBS-PR Tasker create Hire. Do not call Inspection PDF if inspection does not exist.
2. Bug Fix. Wrong Fleet no. /Sub Unit if Hire Archived from download from VBS-PR.
3. Change Request. VBS-PR Request to change title: Vehicle Check and Condition Report: "Condition Images" rather than "Damage Images".
4. New Feature. VBS-PR Show Fuel Status from Tablet upload.
   

Build 08087 June 2019

1. New Feature. VBS-PR Insurance Declaration can now be part completed on the main system before downloading to tablet.
   

Build 07087 June 2019

1. VBS-PR (Released for UAT testing only)

Build 06087 May 2019

1. Bug Fix. VBS-PR Spurious attachments. Delete the attachment temp table on close.
   

Build 05087 May 2019

1. New Release. VBS-PR
   
2. Bug Fix. VBS-PR The email will now include the inspection document, which now has the damage photos included.

Builds 03 and 04 087 May 2019

1. VBS-PR (Released for UAT testing only)
   

Build 02087 May 2019

1. New Feature. Tasker added to service to automatically create hire from upload from Tablet.
   
2. Bug Fix. Email notification now goes to account email address on booking. now uses the entered rental email first.
3. Bug Fix. Rental Bookings (Customer) was not saving mobile number.
4. New Feature. Agreement Printing now handles Archive Hire.
5. Bug Fix. VBS-PR New Agreement Printing always displays House insurance details. Now conditional House/Customer Own.

Build 01087 April 2019

1. Bug Fix. Insurance Declaration button ineffective pre Push to Tablet.
   

Build 00087 April 2019

1. New Module. New clean build to go with DIBS BL00181. Includes latest Making Tax Digital VAT module.
   

Build 03086 April 2019

1. Bug Fix. Rental Abort button doesn't work after user error.
2. Customer Bespoke. Rental Agreement on Collection. Do not present Printer Dialogue. Just print straight to printer
   

Build 02086 March 2019

1. Bug Fix. VBS-PR Agreement PDF missing Inspection Date and Vehicle Reg.
2. Bug Fix. VBS_ID Entering the Job Instructions screen, where you enter the Mechanic and VMRS code was wiping out the Mechanic Comments.
3. Bug Fix. From Hire Maintenance was forcing Agreement Prints to PDF without choice. Option Added.
   

Build 01086 March 2019

1. New Module Release VBS-PR (Paperless Rental)
   
2. Bug Fix. Buttons not working in Rental Charges/Calculations Display.

Build 00086 March 2019

1. New Module. VBS-PR (Paperless Rental Beta - Not Released)
   

Build 06085 February 2019

1. New Function. New Petty Cash program linked to VBS menus.
2. Bug Fix. VBS Menu name changes as suggested by PJK
3. New Function. New Sales Ledger VAT Posting and Report added to VBS menus.
4. New Function. New Purchase Ledger VAT Posting and Report added to VBS manus.
   

Build 05085 February 2019

1. Bug Fix. Vehicle Utilisation Report missing from menu.
2. New Function. Archive Hire Export. Can now browse to select export filename.

Build 04085 January 2019

1. Bug Fix. Tablet Return now disabled if Paperless Module not configured.

Build 03085 December 2018

1. Development. VBS-PR

Build 02085 December 2018

1. Development. VBS-PR

Build 01085 November 2018

1. Development. VBS-PR
   

Build 085 November 2018

1. Development. VBS-PR Tablet tables additional field (Exchange Count)
   

Build 084 November 2018

1. Bug Fix. New version 0084 to have Petty Cash system along with the below tickets.
2. Improvement. Proportional resize. Rental Control now use sub-forms and placement. Proportional resize.
3. Development. VBS-PR Driver Endorsements have been divorced from Drivers table and put into their own table.
4. Improvement. Button to Cancel Booking added to Workshop Control.

Build 083c August 2018

1. Bug Fix. Inspection Due Report sort by Date not working.
2. Bug Fix. Display message for repurchased vehicle in Sub unit Maintenance- Service Maintenance.
   

Build 083b July 2018

1. Bug Fix. VBS Menu PL Authorisation now has a right assigned to it.

Build 083a July 2018

1. Bug Fix. Vehicle Sales Invoice Was not displaying or printing the Post Code. It was using Address Line 5 instead.

Build 083 June 2018

1. New Project Start. VBS-PR Paperless Rental. Table initialization and file formats
2. Customer Bespoke Change. Rental Agreement Wording Changes
3. Project Development. New Vat Transaction reports for sales and purchase added to VBS menu.
4. Customer Bespoke Change. Will no longer update last inspection date if &lt;VserServiceWordDone> contains 'LCVH Tacho Inspect'.
5. Customer Bespoke Change. Inspection Due Report - Sort by current Hirer added.
6. Customer Bespoke. New Report - Vehicle Standing Report.
7. Design Improvement. Visibility table rebuild now deletes all records rather than deleting file using DBDEL.
8. Bug Fix. Vehicle Asset report , totals overflow masks.
9. Bug Fix. Email notification subject now says Vehicle Returned rather than collected.

Build 082b February 2018

1. Bug Fix. Logic changes to Depot Transfer.
   

Build 082a February 2018

1. Bug Fix. Invoice with 50% discount was testing as Zero invoice and no invoice produced.
   

Build 082 January 2018

1. Bug Fix. Acquisitions - Outright Purchase. Logic changed. Gross Invoice Value entered first.
   

Build 081c January 2018

1. Customer Bespoke. Sales Ledgers transactions the On Hold flag changed to check box. Added to VBS menus only.
   

Build 081b January 2018

1. Customer Bespoke. Agreement Date label was showing as Date1
   

Build 081a January 2018

1. Customer Bespoke. Wording Change to Rental Agreements.
   

Build 081 December 2017

1. Customer Bespoke. Invoice and Statement address to remove shuffle blank address lines to fit envelope window.
   

Build 080 November 2017

1. New Build Numbering system.
   
2. Bug Fix. Add/Scan Document could not handle more the 1 dot in filename/path. Changed to stroke "\" function.
   

Record history in text format prior to November 2017
                    

11/10/17 V6.00 BL9914m    Depot transfer, using mouse rather than tab was giving Registration not on File error.

05/10/17 V6.00 BL9914l    Changes related to ODBC data conversion.

03/10/17 V6.00 BL9914k    Mechanic Maintenance. Password added (will be used for integrated VBS-ID).

02/10/17 V6.00 BL9914j    Changes related to ODBC data conversion.

29/09/17 V6.00 BL9914i    Insurance & CPC maintenance. New program to amend customer insurance details across all live rentals for that customer.

                          located on Rental/Maintenance menu.

29/09/17 V6.00 BL9914h    Vehicle Finance Report - Extra column added for Registration.

10/08/17 V6.00 BL9914g    Ticket 8199519 Wording change on invoice from “Forward Payment of” to “Initial Payment of”.

09/08/17 V6.00 BL9914f    Registration Visibility. No longer show Workshop Active and Rental Active as a series of

                          checkboxes on each line. This is mis-leading in that it INDICATES that they can be amended on each line.

                          Instead have a banner for each at the top.

                          Registration Maintenance. Workshop Active & Rental Active flags are now both visible independant

                          of context. If Workshop Active is switched on, now asks Create in All Workshops?.

08/08/17 V6.00 BL9914e    When create in Rental context and select "Create in all Depots in Area", Create in the

                          Contract Hire business activity as well.

07/08/17 V6.00 BL9914d    Depot transfer do not delete visability for Leeds. Also when creating Registration for Leeds

                          Always create the service location as 1.

04/08/17 V6.00 BL9914c    Duplicate index when in Add Registration

04/08/17 V6.00 BL9914b    Transactions added.changed in Add Registration

03/08/17 V6.00 BL9914a    If depot accounting off. When adding registration , home depot will default to 1.

02/08/17 V6.00 BL9914     Add parameter to rental invoice program to facilitate email via SMTP.

25/07/17 V6.00 BL9913b    Add registration. Validation added to Create in Reservation Area Task.

12/07/17 V6.00 BL9913a    Credit notes not printing 2nd line of description.

30/06/17 V6.00 BL9913     Was not storing Odomenter reading when creating a (VBS-ID) workshop job.

                          Now allows F5 to change depot/location in Registration Maintenance & Registration Control.

                          Amending Depot in Registration Maint/Control is now done via F5 to depot transfer program.

                          When adding new registration now loads the service location.

                          Was not printing 2nd line of description on credit notes.           

17/06/17 V6.00 BL9912     Changes to the (ODBC) date conversion routines.

                          Various other small changes arising from UAT of the XPA conversion.

                          Licence date was not showing in pink when overdue.

16/05/17 V6.00 BL9911     Registration Maintenance & Registration Control, no longer allow modification of Depot. Prompt them to use depot transfer.

                          User id. Now displays on Magic Main Program Window.

17/03/17 V6.00 BL9910     XPA with data files ODBC (reporting) compatible

Version 5-70

 

07/02/17 V5.70 BL9905     Bug Fixes

03/02/17 V5.70 BL9904     Some screens cleaned up etc

02/02/17 V5.70 BL9903     XPA version - Couldn't load on ICT Server

Version 5-60

 

03/01/17 V5.60 BL9902     Table Access fixes

16/12/16 V5.60 BL9901     Access to component tables - switched to Read from write when changed table number

08/12/16 V5.60 BL9900     Access DIBS Accounts tables through component vs. parallel definition