What's new in Power Clock 8.4.8.8077
Nov 9, 2013
- Fixed: Shift Differentials calculation
New in Power Clock 8.4.7.8076 (Nov 6, 2013)
- Added: Editable Next Backup date/time in Location Config
- Added: Button to change clock face
- Fixed: Shift Differentials in Department records
New in Power Clock 8.4.6.8069 (Oct 13, 2013)
- Added: Windows batch file execution after Login, Clock in, etc. You can use this feature to run external programs after a successful login, clockin, etc.
- If there exists a batch file in the Power Clock folder then it will be run after any successful login, etc. There can be multiple batch files. Each must be named one of the following: clockin.bat, clockout.bat, switch.bat, pause.bat, resume.bat, login.bat, logout.bat
- Three parameters are passed to the batch file: Employee.Link, Job.Link, Phase.Link. These are the Link fields you can see in each employee, job, phase record. They are known also as the primary key (PK) of each record. These unique ID's never change for each record. The Admin employee link is normally 0-1.
New in Power Clock 8.4.5.8067 (Sep 15, 2013)
- Added: Checkbox to disable automatic check for new updates.
- Added: Check for updates option on File menu.
- Added: Security profile option to allow check for updates.
- Fixed: Multi-site update bug.
New in Power Clock 8.4.2.8063 (Jul 31, 2013)
- Added: Option in security profiles in the Other section named "Employee
- View Payrates" allows you to control who can see payrates.
- Fixed: Bug in adding time estimates to jobs.
- Fixed: Bug in remote site update.
New in Power Clock 8.4.1.8049 (Jul 31, 2013)
- Added: Import report template added to report design screen.
- Added: Manually adding a time record creates a special log entry for auditing.
- Fixed: PTO accrual method.
New in Power Clock 8.4.0.8045 (Apr 15, 2013)
- Added: Adding any new record creates a log file entry
- Added: Made compatible with Windows 98 and Windows 2000
- Fixed: Some minor bugs fixed
New in Power Clock 8.3.0.8033 (Apr 8, 2013)
- Added: Automatic update feature informs you of new Power Clock versions and
- automatically downloads and installs updates.
- Added: Ability to hide Hours, Day Hours, Week Hours on main screen depending on employee security. The settings are in each security profile.
- Added: New Remote Assistance program included.
- Added: More informative message if employee takes too short of lunch as
- defined in Minimum Lunch Minutes in their employee record.
New in Power Clock 8.0.0.8028 (Nov 19, 2012)
- Added: Tested and certified for Windows 8.
- Added: Report list is now shown on the left side of the main screen.
- Added: Report list automatically shown when Admin logs in.
- Added: Select All, Cut, Copy, Paste functions added to context menus.
- Added: Command line parameter: BACKUP. Will backup the entire database to the path specified in Current Location Config or + \Data\Backup if no path specified.
- Added: Multiple screen support. Show your reports on one screen while you can still see the Power Clock main screen on another.
- Fixed: Job estimates add/edit bug.
New in Power Clock 7.92.0.7997 (Jun 21, 2012)
- Added:
- Support for DigitalPersona u.are.u 4500 fingerprint scanners.
- Fixed:
- Phase restriction fixed.
- Problem with employee selection when running reports.
New in Power Clock 7.90.0.7991 (Apr 5, 2012)
- Added: Tabbed screen interface similar to modern internet browsers.
- Added: Fast and modern incremental lookup fields.
- Added: Close and Minimize to tray icon if enabled on Window menu.
- Added: 'Allow password with scanner' field added employee record for employees who have trouble scanning their fingerprint.
New in Power Clock 7.86.0.7955 (Jan 25, 2012)
- Added: Option to restrict clocked in list to the "Default Department"
- selected in Workstation Settings.
- Added: Additional Hours Types:
- ( Bereavement, Military, Personal, Disability, Jury Duty, Shift Differential, Other )
- Added: Option to "Show All Departments" in Workstation Settings. If enabled then
- will override the security profile setting.
- Added: Option to "Show All Departments" in each security profile. This option is
- forced ON in the Admin security profile.
- Added: shown on reports for blank fields.
- Added: Shift Differential pay may be defined for each department.
- Added: Automatic search for server in case server IP address has changed.
- Added: Option to install server background service.
- Added: Sick Hours report.
- Added: Holiday Hours report.
- Added: Vacation, Sick, Holiday hours summary reports.
- Added: Enhanced Paychex export support.
- Added: Minimize to Windows tray when "Show Tray Icon" is active on the Window menu.
- Added: Option to use the department ID instead of Paychex export code.
- Added: Support for all Quickbooks versions through 2012.
- Added: Option to flag Quickbooks hours as billable or not.
- Added: Alternate vacation and sick accrual method added to employee records.
- Added: Ask manager when editing consecutive times if you want to automatically
- adjust the previous clock out time or next clock in time.
- Fixed: Not asking for department when clocking in with fingerprint.
- Fixed: Not filling in default value for department when adding a new time record.
- Fixed: Various reports not sorting by department correctly.
New in Power Clock 7.81 (Oct 4, 2011)
- Added: Vacation Hours report.
- Added: Remote Data Sync now includes currently clocked in employees.
- Added: Automatic Backup may be setup to occur in hour intervals.
- Added: Automatic break may be added when returning from lunch.
- Fixed: Department set to blank when switching jobs.
- Fixed: Department not required when clocking in.
- Fixed: Various automatic clockout issues.
New in Power Clock 7.80 (Oct 4, 2011)
- Added: Automatic adjustment of adjacent time records when editing causes an overlap.
- Added: Fix for Windows 7 Start Menu 'Orb' icon going missing.
- Added: Not so annoying 'nag' messages to order updates.
New in Power Clock 7.79 (Apr 20, 2011)
- Added: Ability to ask for Department in Clock In Options.
- Added: Department shown on home screen list of clocked in employees.
- Added: Job Complete checkbox added to job records.
- Added: View time by Job, Dept, Phase on time records screen.
- Added: Efficiency by Job, Dept, Phase report.
- Added: Job Completion Status report.
- Added: Quickbooks 2011 support.
- Added: New Remote Assistance utility.
- Added: Various fixes for better Windows 7 compatibility.
- Added: Build number and exact build date/time added to About screen.
New in Power Clock 7.76 (Oct 22, 2009)
- Added: Windows 7 support.
- Added: Easier registration method.
- Added: Copy Job function.
- Added: Quickbooks 2009 and 2010 support.
- Added: Employee email field and button on employee screen.
- Added: F3 shortcut to Pause.
- Added: F4 shortcut to Resume.
- Added: F6 shortcut to Switch Jobs.
- Added: Reminder to enroll the Admin fingerprint on startup.
- Added: Changed invalid fingerprint messages to be short and non-modal.
- Added: Change Log report enhanced.
- Added: Optional sounds played upon Clock in, Clock out, Invalid fingerprint.
- Added: Remote Assistance added to Help menu.
- Added: Option to allow password or fingerprint login.
- Fixed: View Change Log problem.
- Fixed: Optional drug test notifications.
- Fixed: Phase lookup on clock in/out screen.
- Fixed: Online backup.
- Fixed: Login security bug.
New in Power Clock 7.65 (Oct 22, 2009)
- Added: Power Clock executable digitally signed.
- Added: Change log report.
New in Power Clock 7.62 (Oct 22, 2009)
- Minor bug fixes resulting in version 7.65 which is rock solid on all versions of Windows.
New in Power Clock 7.60 (Aug 7, 2008)
- Added: Allow unlimited phase estimates for each job.
- Added: Datatel Export.
- Add Datatel ID for each employee in their employee record on the
- Export Settings page.
- Add Datatel ID for each job in each job record in use.
- Add Datatel Earnings Type codes in Current Location Configuration, on the DataTel page.
- DataTel Export is on the Import/Export menu.
New in Power Clock 7.50 (Feb 1, 2008)
- Added: Resize bar under clock panel allows you to see animated clocks in full
- resolution.
- Added: Location name in main window header.
- Added: Improved Quickbooks Pro 2007, 2008 import/export.
- Added: Ability to exclude jobs and/or phases when importing from Quickbooks.
- Added: US Telepunch support. (clock in/out via touchtone telephone)
- Added: You can specify which workstation will perform automatic tasks.
- Added: Security Profile options 'Time Records: Show only own times'.
- If Enabled then the employee can view and edit only thier own time
- records.
- Added: New fingerprint scanner drivers support the following readers - Microsoft Fingerprint scanner | Microsoft Wireless IntelliMouse Explorer with Fingerprint Reader | Microsoft Optical Desktop with Fingerprint Reader | Biotouch / Futronic FS80 | Nitgen Hamster I | Nitgen Hamster II | Certis Image Orcanthus | Crossmatch V250/V300/V300 LC/V300 LC2/V500 | Digital Persona U.are.U 4000/4000B
- Geomok (Testech) Bio-I | SecuGen Hamster FDU02 | M2SYS M2-S
New in Power Clock 7.01 (Nov 14, 2007)
- Added: Over 30 cool flash animated clocks to choose from.
- Added: Automatic username and password entry for online backup system.
- Added: Fix for expired authorization code error.
New in Power Clock 7.00 (Oct 25, 2007)
- Added: Built-in offsite secure data backup and restore
- Added: Workstation Config 'Default Clock in Employee' always clocks
- in the selected employee
- Added: Tray Icon will change to reflect if anyone is clocked in.
- Added: Option to count vacation time in accrual calculations.
- Fixed: Phase selection sometimes lost when clocking in.
New in Power Clock 6.71 Build 813 (Jul 25, 2007)
- Added: Ability to change fingerprint scanner false acceptance rate (FAR) in workstation configuration
- Added: Better optimized server
New in Power Clock 6.53 (Sep 1, 2006)
- Added: Department selection when exporting to Quickbooks
- Added: Time of day for automatic lunch may be specified in location settings
- Added: Time of day for automatic break may be specified in location settings
- Added: Option to restrict clocked in list to show only current employee
- Added: Option in employee records to hide that employee in the clocked in list
New in Power Clock 6.03 (Mar 1, 2006)
- Added: Fingerprint scanner support for Clock in, Clock out, Log in,
- Read email, Run reports.
- Added: Auto Clock in employee in Worstation Settings
- Added: Close Power Clock after specified minutes in Workstation Settings
- Added: Log Out after specified minutes in Workstation Settings
- Added: Clock Out after specified minutes in Workstation Settings
- Added: Clock back in after keyboard or mouse activity in Workstation Settings
- Added: Easier authorization code entry.
- Added: Employee's Home Location automatically entered on new time records.
- Added: Change log entry for manually added time records.
- Added: Security Profile option: Time Records: Edit Own Time.
- Usefull if you want a manager to be able to edit employee
- time records but not his own.
- Added: Security Profile option: Disable Log in list.
- Disables the drop down list of employees.
- Added: Auto lunch and break deductions are done when each employee clocks out.
- No longer need to run 'Check lunches and breaks' procedure.
- Added: Option in workstation settings: 'Clock out when close Power Clock'.
- Clocks out everyone when Power Clock is closed.