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What's new in Landlord 5.12.22

Jul 10, 2023
  • Bugs fixed:
  • Tenancy deposit record: repay deposit
  • Error message stating 'SQL: column NUMBER2 is not found'. Now fixed.

New in Landlord 5.12.21 (Jun 8, 2023)

  • Bugs fixed:
  • Tenants: Group invoices/credit notes Not working due to an invalid variable reference in the program code. Now fixed.

New in Landlord 5.12.20 (Jun 26, 2022)

  • Minor bug fixes

New in Landlord 5.12.19 (May 14, 2020)

  • Safety Certificate reports:
  • The report parameters screen has been update for the reports 'Safety Certificates Due to Expire' and 'Safety certificates for commencing tenancies' have been updated to include optional selection of certificate type and contractor.
  • Property Keys:
  • When adding a new key to the Keys list it is now permissible to add it with zero initial stock.

New in Landlord 5.12.18 (Sep 5, 2019)

  • Distribution Lists for object type 'Tenancy' can now be created. Please see the Help file for more details.

New in Landlord 5.12.17 (Jul 24, 2018)

  • New and edited notes not being updated in record when saved. Fixed.

New in Landlord 5.12.14 (May 23, 2017)

  • Bug Fixes:
  • Tenant Receipt via Agent
  • Net/VAT split on transactions being incorrectly calculated when posting. Fixed.

New in Landlord 5.12.13 (Apr 26, 2017)

  • Bug Fixes:
  • Job sheet report. Any job notes were missing from job sheet report, now fixed

New in Landlord 5.12.12 (Dec 1, 2016)

  • Bug Fixes:
  • Safety Certificate reports
  • Code missing for reports now added and reports are working.

New in Landlord 5.12.11 (Oct 19, 2016)

  • New Features/Changes:
  • Report Manager:
  • Report Manager, and the method used for customisation of reports, have been fully revised to enable easier report customisation. Please see the Help file for more details.
  • SMS Text Messaging:
  • Due to a change in the SMS provider's user interface and network the new version will send a Token to the UI instead of the old username and password. A token will be provided by us on request when you have installed the new version of the software.

New in Landlord 5.12.10 (May 28, 2015)

  • Legal Forms:
  • Updated legal forms have been added for Section 8, Section 13, Section 21 and Section 48 forms. The new forms can be found in the Legal Forms shorthand folder and have been added to the Document Manager list, which can be found on the Utilities menu.
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Portfolio record
  • Code for editing a mortgage record was missing, now added.
  • Applications List:
  • Code for moving an application to the Tenancies list was missing, now added.

New in Landlord 5.12.09 (Apr 11, 2015)

  • Restore data files:
  • Filename details in records of created document are not being correctly extracted when restoring from a backup file. Fixed.
  • Reminders > Print list:
  • Report file missing when trying to print from Reminders list. Fixed.

New in Landlord 5.12.08 (Mar 23, 2015)

  • NEW FEATURES / CHANGES:
  • Email Manager:
  • Email Manager has been enhanced to support sending emails using SMTP servers that require a secure socket layer (SSL) such as Gmail, Hotmail and Office365. The email server configuration screen now has a checkbox labelled "use SSL" that should be ticked if required. Please see the Help file for more details.
  • BUG FIXES:
  • VAT Rates:
  • User-customised VAT rates not being loaded at startup. Fixed.
  • New tenancy wizard:
  • Tenants display name and tenancy address details not being generated when new tenant record is created when creating tenancy. Fixed.

New in Landlord 5.12.07 (Mar 7, 2015)

  • NEW FEATURES / CHANGES:
  • Cosmetic changes to some screens.
  • BUG FIXES:
  • Tenancy deposits:
  • Linking existing transactions to tenancy deposit record not working corectly. Fixed.
  • Applications: Move to Tenancies:
  • Error Message "Property UPDATELISTS is not found". Fixed.
  • Waiting List: Move to Applications:
  • Error Message "Property UPDATELISTS is not found". Fixed.

New in Landlord 5.12.06 (Feb 23, 2015)

  • NEW FEATURES / CHANGES:
  • Saving column size:
  • Saving and restoring of column sizes now fully enabled on new list screens.
  • Tenant receipt via agent:
  • Revised. Wizard stays open after posting to allow subsequent entries. Details of last property and tenant are now cleared.
  • Setting order of inventory items:
  • The ability to set the order of child items of a parent item in the inventory for a property has been added.
  • BUG FIXES:
  • Error after posting invoices:
  • The error message relating to the update lists function, which appears after posting invoices, has been fixed.
  • Post rent charges:
  • Transaction reference not being generated where rent charges posted without rent demand. Fixed.

New in Landlord 5.12.05 (Jan 31, 2015)

  • NEW FEATURES/CHANGES:
  • Report: Meter readings list:
  • New report added to Property Reports.
  • New screens:
  • We are gradually introducing new screens to give the software a more consistent feel. New screens for the main list screens e.g. Properties, Tenants, Suppliers, etc. have been added in this version.
  • BUG FIXES:
  • Supplier invoice batch:
  • Transactions are being posted twice when details of the supplier payment is entered at the same time as the invoice. Fixed.
  • Bank reconciliation:
  • Transactions showing in both upper and lower lists on the bank reconciliation window following editing of a transaction. Fixed.
  • Tenancy deposit screen:
  • Controls for scheme operator and reference not appearing when TDS changed. Fixed.
  • Profit & Loss: year on year report:
  • Incorrect totals being generated for previous years. Fixed.
  • Property occupancy report:
  • End of period status showing incorrectly for some properties having a variable-term tenancy. Fixed.
  • Ledgers: sorting on amount columns:
  • Column sorting has now been fixed on the ledger pages for tenant, supplier, landlord and bank ledgers.
  • Email Manager:
  • Problem with sending emails using Email Manager fixed.

New in Landlord 5.12.04 (Jan 15, 2015)

  • NEW FEATURES/CHANGES:
  • Tenant receipt via agent:
  • Revised. Wizard now stays open after posting to allow subsequent entries whilst retaining details of property, tenancy and bank account.
  • BUG FIXES:
  • Bank transaction batch, journal batch, invoice/credit note batch:
  • Code amended (again) to remove error referring to mismatched index after saving batch.
  • Tenancy receipt:
  • Error when posting "Table TRANLINK not found". Fixed.

New in Landlord 5.12.03 (Dec 19, 2014)

  • NEW FEATURES/CHANGES:
  • Jobs:
  • Totally revised model. A job record's job code can now be edited.
  • Tenancy balances, Tenancy ledger:
  • Greatly improved speed at which results are returned when displaying the Tenancies list or the ledger for a tenancy in the Tenancy record.
  • BUG FIXES:
  • Tenants list:
  • Incorrect details of current property shown. Fixed.
  • Tenant standing orders:
  • Unable to create new tenant standing order. Fixed.
  • Reminders:
  • Reminder notes not being saved. Fixed.
  • New reminder, object dropdown not being populated when object type selected. Fixed.
  • Job record:
  • Saving changes to job record takes inordinate amount of time as a result of updating project date dependencies. Code revised and improved.
  • Application record:
  • Error "REF_REQD not found" when adding new applicant. Fixed.
  • Applicant cannot be deleted from application due to incorrect reference in code. Fixed.
  • New credit control entry tenant/tenancy:
  • Error "Must specify additional parameters" when accessing Ledger tab. Fixed.
  • Property record, Maintenance tab:
  • Job status now defaults to "incomplete" when property record is first opened.
  • Bank transaction batch, journal batch, invoice/credit note batch:
  • Code amended to remove error referring to mismatched index after saving batch.

New in Landlord 5.12.02 (Dec 9, 2014)

  • Bug Fixes:
  • Properties List:
  • Incorrect details of current tenancy shown. Fixed.
  • Job record:
  • Corrected program code so that suggested next job record is based on last record in table rather than highest job code.
  • Replaced job summary dropdown list with new text box with list control.
  • Automated entry:
  • Fixed problem with changes to nexct due date being reverted on saving.
  • Report headings:
  • Problem with report headings caused by new email and sms objects. Fixed.
  • Users will have to re-enter their configuration details for Email manager and SMS manager.
  • Move to Tenancies:
  • Error "Variable not found salesncode" fixed.
  • Ledgers:
  • Filters on the following ledgers not working correctly, now fixed:
  • Tenant, Supplier, Tenancy.

New in Landlord 5.12.01 (Nov 27, 2014)

  • New Features/Changes:
  • This update is an almost complete rewrite of the software undertaken to deal with the problems experienced with some anti-virus software when deleting records. The new version will enable record deletion without resultant errors.
  • Pictures: embedded file option removed:
  • The option to embed picture files has been removed and all pictures will now be linked by storing the path to the picture file. Existing embedded pictures will be converted on running the update; a new file will be created, using the information embedded in the table record, and its path recorded as a link.

New in Landlord 5.11.04 (Dec 4, 2013)

  • Bug Fixes
  • Bank reports: Cash flow summary
  • The report file for this new report was missed out of the last update. The report file has now been included.
  • Job sheet: email to contractor
  • The auto-generation of a filename for the pdf file based on the job code has now been reinstated.
  • Tenancy deposit: edit external deposit transaction
  • Error "Function argument value, type, or count is invalid". This bug has now been fixed.

New in Landlord 5.11.03 (Nov 27, 2013)

  • New Features/Changes:
  • Report output, new file types:
  • The output options control, used when generating a report, has been revised and new file types have been added. When generating a report with "File" select as the output type a second dropdown becomes visible listing the available file types that can be selected. Available file types now include Microsoft Word 2007 "DOCX" and Open Office text and spreadsheet files.
  • Reminders:
  • The reminder functions have been revised for repeating reminders making it easier to remove repeating reminders by editing the root reminder record.
  • Bank reports:
  • New report added: Cash flow summary.
  • Tenant, Create invoices:
  • Address now includes trading name if one entered for client. Also applies to creation of rent demand when posting rent charges.
  • Supplier, Print remittance advice:
  • Now fetches supplier email address for output type 'Email'. Screen revised.
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Bank reconciliation:
  • Problem with saved date not being picked up when reloading saved statement. This bug is now fixed.
  • New tenancy wizard:
  • Data type mismatch' error when saving record from Page 3 without visiting later pages. This bug is now fixed.

New in Landlord 5.11.02 (Sep 11, 2013)

  • New Features/Changes:
  • Tax Labels
  • As part of our move towards universal labelling, captions that previously referred to 'VAT' and 'VAT Code' or 'VC' have been changed to the more general 'Tax' and 'Tc'. Where specific reference to VAT is required, such as in the 'VAT Analysis' option, the existing captions have been retained.
  • Client/Supplier ledgers, Client receipt, Supplier payment screens
  • The code for fetching a list of client or supplier transactions has been optimised to reduce the time taken to create the list where a large number (>100,000) of transactions are contained in the transactions table.
  • Currency labels
  • Various screens throughout the software have been revised so that the currency used for transactions is clearly shown. Various reports have also been revised including the client statement and sales invoice. Column heading captions that previously included currency symbols have had these removed to improve clarity.

New in Landlord 5.11.01 (Sep 11, 2013)

  • New Features/Changes:
  • Tenancy wizard
  • The wizard for creating a new tenancy has been revised. The new wizard can create a tenancy having multiple tenants and/or tenancy charging records. This is an improvement on the previous version which only let you create a tenancy with one tenant on it.
  • Credit Control
  • Major revisions have been made to the credit control functions provided by the software.
  • The Credit Control option has been removed from the Tenancies menu. The Credit Control option on the Tenants menu now carries out assessment on both tenants and tenancies, distinguishing between the two in the list of suggested credit control actions.
  • Users should give some thought to whether they want to perform credit control on tenant accounts or tenancies or both, in the case of tenancies having multiple tenants.
  • Individual accounts, tenant and tenancy, can be excluded from the automated credit control assessment using the tickbox on the Credit Control tab of the relevant record. There are also two main tick boxes, one on the Tenant Defaults screen and one on the Tenancy Defaults screen, that enable automated credit control assessment to be turned off for tenants and tenancies respectively.
  • Please refer to the Help file for further details of the Credit Control facility.
  • Bank Accounts
  • A filter button has been added to the Bank Accounts list.
  • Supplier record
  • A Documents tab has been added to the supplier record to enable links to documents, pictures and other files to be created.
  • Reports added
  • Bank reports : Bank transaction analysis
  • Bank reports : Tenant receipts by property
  • Property reports : Target rent history
  • Property reports : Tenancy history
  • Tenancy reports : Tenancy charging records
  • Reports removed
  • Property reports : Target rents (History)
  • Property reports : Target rents (Current)
  • Property reports : Tenancies (History)
  • Property reports : Tenancies (Current)
  • Tenancy reports : Tenancy Charging Records (History)
  • Tenancy reports : Tenancy Charging Records (Current)
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Tenant Standing Orders
  • Issue with creation of payment link records when processing tenant standing orders causing discrepancies in transaction payment status on ledgers and unallocated receipts report. This bug has now been fixed.

New in Landlord 5.10.07 (Sep 11, 2013)

  • New Features/Changes:
  • Rent projection report
  • The Rent Projection report (Tenancy reports) has been revised to show rents grouped and sub-totalled by property.

New in Landlord 5.10.06 (Sep 11, 2013)

  • New Features/Changes:
  • Bank reconciliation
  • When selecting the "Bank reconciliation" option from the Bank menu a "pick list" screen will now appear with a list of bank accounts to choose from. Select the account you want to reconcile and a check will be carried out for previously saved reconciliations. This pick list will not appear when selecting reconciliation via the Bank Accounts list as it is not needed; the highlighted bank account will be the one to be reconciled.
  • Automated entry processing
  • The automated entries for processing are now sorted in order of due date in the list.
  • Nominal code dropdown
  • The restriction on selecting VAT control accounts from the dropdown has been removed. When creating tenant or supplier invoices or credit notes all nominal accounts may now be selected with the exception of the debtors and creditors control accounts.

New in Landlord 5.10.05 (Sep 11, 2013)

  • Bug Fixes:
  • Print proof of payment
  • Option to print proof of payment from Tenant Receipt screen or Tenant Ledger page. Irrespective of what currency is chosen as the base currency proof of payment always shows sterling values. This is now fixed.

New in Landlord 5.10.04 (Sep 11, 2013)

  • New Features/Changes:
  • Property reports - EPC band
  • The value for the EPC band for a property, based on the property having a current, active energy performance certificate, is now displayed on the following reports, available from Property Reports:
  • Properties To Let lists
  • Property Window Card
  • Property Specification Sheets
  • Property Full Details
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Bank transaction reports - bank reconciled flag
  • The bank reconciled flag, which shows on some transaction reports in the 'B' column, was not displaying the correct value. Bug now fixed.
  • Editing property key record
  • When editing a property key record the changes cannot be saved as the data validation check requests that an opening stock value be added, which only applies when adding a new record. Bug now fixed.

New in Landlord 5.10.03 (Sep 11, 2013)

  • New Features/Changes:
  • File menu > Backup data files
  • The option to password-protect a backup file at the time it is created has been added. In order to restore data from a password-protected backup file the user must enter the correct password.
  • Function key F6 Copy
  • The operation of function key F6 has been revised and now works correctly on all grid columns where this feature is supported. The feature has been reinstated on the Supplier Batch Invoices screen.
  • Bug Fixes
  • Automated entries
  • Fixed bug on processing automated entry journals; both journals were being posted to same nominal account.
  • Audit Trail report
  • Fixed error on 'B' column not showing reconciled/unreconciled correctly for bank transactions.
  • Budget reports
  • Fixed error on budget reports, not showing figures for actuals.
  • Tenancy receipt
  • Problem with controls overlapping each other fixed.

New in Landlord 5.10.02 (Sep 11, 2013)

  • New Features/Changes
  • Backup filename
  • Added backup filename stem variable which lets user set filename to be suggested for a backup file. Also added date flag which lets user choose whether to have the date appended to the filename stem when suggesting a backup filename. These values can be changed via the Miscellaneous tab of the "Business defaults" screen (Settings menu > Business defaults).
  • Tenant record screen
  • The Tenant record screen has been revised. The "Employment" and "Bank" tabs have been removed; employment and bank details are now included on the Contacts tab.
  • Bank reconciliation
  • Bank reconciliation revised. Check for saved statement is now done first and, if a saved statement is found, user is asked if he would like to continue from where he left off. If user replies yes, reconciliation screen is loaded bypassing the "Statement details" window, which is redundant in this case.
  • Bank account: auto-increment cheque number
  • Option to disable auto-increment of cheque numbers added. Enter "-1" as the Last cheque number to disable auto-increment.
  • New reports
  • Properties with no reminders (Property Reports)
  • Tenancies with no reminders (Tenancy Reports)
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Job sheets report
  • Fixed bug in Job sheets report selection screen. Dropdown for landlord now populated. Dropdowns for property, contractor and landlord now populated with all records having active status. Previously was only records that were included in job records.
  • Key record, transaction log tab
  • Fixed "numeric overflow" error message, which appeared when value in Held column exceeded 9999. Screen also made resizable.
  • Invoice item screen
  • Fixed error message relating to missing members that appears when selecting Funding type and updating nominal and department values with defaults.

New in Landlord 5.10.01 (Sep 11, 2013)

  • New Features/Changes:
  • Nominal budgets
  • The method of recording budgets for nominal accounts has been totally revised, resulting in new screen layouts and new reports. There is a new screen accessed via the "Nominal budgets" option on the Nominal menu and a new "Nominal budget comparison" option on the Nominal menu. The "Budgets" tab has been removed from the nominal record screen. Nominal budgets for an individual nominal account can now be viewed and updated using the "Edit budget" button at the bottom left of the nominal record screen.
  • New style report criteria selection screens
  • The old style record selection, when running a report, which involved moving records from one list to another to select records for inclusion in a report has been revised. The new report screens use a tick list and new style dropdowns for selecting records in a particular range.
  • Enquiries/Waiting list
  • The requirement criteria on the Requirements tab of an enquiry record have been revised. The dropdowns for Bedrooms, Rent and Furnished now include an "any" option, which should be selected where the enquirer has no particular preference. Previously, no preference was indicated by using a zero value for bedrooms and/or rent. These dropdowns now make use of the zero value so that, for example, settings a criteria of "Bedrooms exactly 0" will include as matches only those properties having zero bedrooms.
  • The grid on the Matches tab of the enquiry record now has a "Reason" column, which displays the reason(s) why a particular property did not match the selection criteria.
  • Bank reconciliation
  • The bank reconciliation process, and screen, have been revised. When reconciliation is started the user will first be provided with a separate screen in which to enter the statement end date and balance. The reconciliation screen will then open and use the details entered by the user in the previous screen.
  • Removing the entry of the statement end date and balance to a separate screen has meant that the layout of the Reconciliation screen has been improved.
  • Linking to Contacts
  • A new screen has been provided for creating or editing the link between an object and a Contact record, such as when selecting utility providers for a property or employer details for a tenant. The old screen provided the facility to add and edit the Contact details as well as the "link" details and this has caused confusion with some users of the software as to what they were actually changing. The new screen still allows the creation of a new Contact record via the "Add new" option of the Contact dropdown.
  • Portfolio record
  • The portfolio record screen has been revised and the Summary tab removed.
  • The mortgage record, associated with a portfolio record, has also been revised. The old automated entry links have been removed and replaced by the option to link a mortgage balance to a nominal account or to manually update the mortgage balance. The mortgage balance is used in the calculation of equity for a portfolio record (property).
  • New reports
  • Annual budgets vs. actuals (Nominal Reports)
  • Monthly budgets vs. actuals (Nominal Reports)
  • One month budgets vs. actuals (Nominal Reports)
  • Period budgets vs. actuals (Nominal Reports)
  • Quarterly budgets vs. actuals (Nominal Reports)
  • Properties having no safety certificate (Safety Certificate Reports)
  • Properties having no energy performance certificate (Energy Certificate Reports)
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Various
  • A few reported bugs have been fixed in this version.

New in Landlord 5.05.17 (Oct 19, 2009)

  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Automated entries, Process:
  • Error message "Property EXCHRATE not found" fixed.
  • Error message "Property CURRCODE not found" fixed.
  • Prepayments & Accruals, Process:
  • Error message "Property EXCHRATE not found" fixed.
  • Error message "Property CURRCODE not found" fixed.

New in Landlord 5.03.02 (Sep 12, 2008)

  • Paid records - major changes have been made to the way the software records allocations between invoices and receipts and payments using paid records. Much of the system has required some rewriting to enable use of these new format paid records but, as these are internal changes, the user will not see any difference in the software interface.
  • Credit Control - major revisions have been made to the Credit Control options, including improved screens.
  • Post Rent Charges - the Post Rent Charges screen (Tenancies menu) has been revised. The "Create what?" dropdown, previously at the bottom right of the screen, has been removed and replaced by the "Post charges" and "Create demands only" buttons at the top of the screen. The controls concerned with changing the due date of selected rent charges have been replaced by a single "Change Due date" link that will take the user to a screen where a new due date can be entered. We are much indebted to Julian Godfrey for his suggestions.
  • Reminders/Events - event records have been removed from the system and are represented instead by a reminder record having a "pending" or "completed" status. Existing event records will be converted to completed reminders. The Reminders list, and the Reminders page on the record for a property, tenant, tenancy etc, have been revised to enable the user to view pending and/or completed reminders. Event reports have been removed from the system.
  • Microsoft Word - we have reverted to the old program code we used to use when "talking" to Microsoft Word as the revised code was generating errors when used with Microsoft Word 2007. The old code appears to work just as well with the new version of Word.
  • Bank Reconciliation - the option to unreconcile transactions has been revised and corrected. This option was previously unreconciling all transactions with the selected reconcile date, not just those for the selected bank account.

New in Landlord 4.13 (Jan 17, 2008)

  • Minor bug fixes.