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MoneyWorks Gold Changelog

What's new in MoneyWorks Gold 7.1.5

Jul 23, 2014
  • Faster, easier full-text search
  • Unicode - full cross platform support for accented characters and other special symbols
  • Stock Counting
  • Scripting
  • More Reports:
  • Daily Summary Dashboard
  • Executive Summary
  • Backdated Transactions
  • Recurring Transactions
  • Overpayments Report
  • Trial Balance to Date
  • Chart of Accounts
  • Department Listing
  • Profit and Loss for Five Years
  • Cumulative Profit and Loss for Period Range
  • Posting - now happens on the server so it is much faster when running on a network.
  • Customisable Reports
  • Sidebar Reports
  • Report Privileges
  • Building Items
  • Transaction Details printing
  • Enhanced Internet performance

New in MoneyWorks Gold 6.1.3 (Nov 30, 2012)

  • Fixed crash when sorting by custom column in bank reconciliation
  • Report export no longer has double newlines
  • Foreign currency writeoffs now account for GST correctly
  • Orange Name drilldown arrow was nor displaying correctly
  • Jobsheet.sequencenumber now available in analysis reports
  • Partially shipped item codes in a Sales Order are no longer disabled (so you can enter the field and drill down)
  • Fixed a rare crash in ttansaction entry
  • Fixed a possible crash when importing malformed CSV
  • Fixed minor memory leak on Mac when mousing over list highlight/found count display
  • XML Transaction Imports are now atomic for rollback
  • REST server no longer exits when clients fail to read responses
  • Duplicate item code error on REST import now gives correct error message
  • Fixed Prompt Payment Discount for UK VAT case
  • Added Datacentre code signatures for compatibility with Mountain Lion firewall
  • Worked around sandbox issues with Mountain Lion Mail that prevented attachments form working

New in MoneyWorks Gold 6.1.2 (Sep 11, 2012)

  • Bug fixes:
  • Windows: serverside navigator dashboard reports now render with correct page size
  • WIndows: Message box when minisimised no longer hangs UI
  • Cash Basis reporting was sometimes still being invoked after being turned off
  • Fixed issue with running footers in reports sometimes not appearing on last page
  • CreateSelection/IntersectSelection functions were crashing on Windows
  • Document Preference: When altering an item master record pref is now global, not per-user
  • ADJ tax rate and tweak to BAS Guide (Aus)
  • Added page numbers and a couple of critical backslashes to the uninstall instructions in Datacentre Admin guide
  • Removed spurious small floating window that sometimes appeared on Windows
  • Fixed potential heap corruption on transaction entry with no (or invalid) detail lines
  • XML Transaction Import: Fixed problem importing multiple transactions with heavy use of work-it-out fields
  • Importing Transactions: Fixed spurious "Negative prices are not allowed" message for DI
  • Stocktake journal no longer mangles std cost for non unity conversion factor
  • When assigning an existing list to a field, right clicking on the list of lists no longer has a spurious Replace cmd
  • Fixed a potential heap corruption when double-clicking item in Open Recent list in Welcoe screen
  • IRAS report update (Singapore)
  • Fixed Commission Report failure in locales with non-period decimal separator
  • Fixed intermittent crash when updating std plugins (Mac)
  • Fixed issue with deleting Unbanked account
  • Fixed a rare random crash on startup (Mac) when looking for local custom plugins folder
  • Increased the maximum number of recurring transactions from 500 to 5000
  • Fixed issue with unused reference numbers being lost when discarding a transaction using the window close box
  • Aged Creditors now ignores filter on Names list when reconciling to ledger
  • DC Console was not getting Admin privs when launched as non-admin user (Win 7 64)
  • Aged Receivables report settings was sometimes showing a spurious date field
  • Autofill from history was being randomly disabled on Datacentre
  • Update Time web app to v1.0.1
  • REST reporting 500 instead of 404 for no image found
  • REST: GET image/transaction now works
  • Fixed crashes when zero data in report graph
  • Fixed CLI export crash on windows when filtering by privilege
  • Windows DC Console: Apply Changes now restarts server
  • Documents on Datacentre login list now shows enclosing folders on Mac
  • Stock Creation Journal: std cost was incorrectly calculated for unit-converted items
  • Increased maximimum PPD Discount Days (was max 127)
  • Import: Fixed broken User file importing on Windows
  • Fixed issue with Sticky notes not displaying sometimes (Windows)
  • Fixed MW Express freeze attempting to print jobs list
  • Fixed issue with Stickies not showing when stepping through selection (Mac)
  • Buffr overflow in Aged Receivable Report (long theirref field) was causing report to exit early
  • REST: Windows server now recognises / directory separator (as well as \)
  • REST server now cleans up worker threads where client failed to read the output
  • Export to Excel no longer includes style sheet (which caused Excel to mangle fonts)
  • Fixed problem with Find function in calculated column breaking sort optimisation for other columns
  • Fixed glitch with PO numbering after entering a journal and switching transaciton type on entry screen
  • Fixed CLI crash when parameters are not valid utf8
  • Windows. Negative format nolonger includes a space after '-'
  • Express/Cashbook product entry buy/sell checkbox behaviour was sometimes flaky

New in MoneyWorks Gold 6.1.1 (Sep 11, 2012)

  • Recurring Sales Order now resets backorder properly
  • Recurring orders no longer create recurring invoices
  • Stock receipts before invoice now use average stock value rather than order value
  • Modify Selection eith option for single-user code updating now releases lock properly
  • Applescript/VB export command respects "xml" as a special format string
  • Importing QIF/QBO now works in locales with decimal separators that are diffeent from the format used in the file
  • Report writer syntax checker was crashing on Name.Comment
  • Express Mac: Display transaction image cmd not appearing in popup menu
  • XML import work-it-out for transaction details now works
  • XML import now displays and highlights imported records
  • REST: Server header reports server platform
  • Reports: For Each can iterate over lines in a file retrieved via http
  • Fixed problem where cheque run did not properly increment cheque number sequence after run in single user mode
  • Fixed a potential hang or crash in cheque run
  • Printing Product Pictures on Forms: Aspect ratio was wrong (6.1, Mac)
  • Exit more gracefully if server closes connection while in cheque run dialog
  • Chain Reports were not loading custom control values
  • Datacentre Console: Show users that are logged in
  • Datacentre Console: Broadcast message to logged in users
  • Report Writer - changing Font on multiple selected parts now respects existing attributes (Windows)
  • Importing Transactions: Now longer allow negative value for detail.unitprice
  • Export detail.unitprice: now 4dp
  • Custom calculated column in bank rec was crashing
  • Export report to text no longer emits a spurious blank line at the end
  • Form groups not working for forms with file extensions (Mac)
  • Remittance Advice email addressing dialog was not saving changes to subject text
  • Acme Widgets was throwing a spurious error in stock journal entry

New in MoneyWorks Gold 6.1r5 (Sep 11, 2012)

  • Addresses some issues with the 6.1 release
  • Mac Datacentre installer should now more reliably migrate previous installs
  • Closing document was resetting app preferences
  • Using a REST serial broke serverside reporting (Datacentre)
  • Fixed a crash wwith certain transaction import maps
  • Custom report controls of type date were instantiating as text instead of date
  • Option-modify of job in multiuser was not allowing job code to be changed
  • Forms designer column editor no longer shows Always Calculate checkbox
  • Show menu in toolbar now displays tick marks for enabled options again
  • Lookup() funciton is more resilient to bad parameters
  • Mac Datacentre now works when the server's DNS is incorrect
  • Further fix to importing transactions
  • Fix to importing jobs
  • Mac open file dialog was not recognising some text files
  • Some helper scripts were failing on Windows
  • Addressing direct SMTP emails via contact buttons now immediately enables Send button when addressed

New in MoneyWorks Gold 6.1 (May 3, 2012)

  • New features:
  • REST API (Datacentre):
  • Provides an HTTP/HTTPS-accessible application programming interface making integration with other networked systems much easier, as well as platform neutral
  • Includes mobile reporting web app. Run Datacentre reports from your smartphone
  • Includes mobile invoicing web app. Enter invoices from your smartphone
  • Add your own web/javascript applications that interact directly with MoneyWorks databases
  • Added printable copies of the dashboard charts to the reports menu
  • GST Report now breaks down by currency (Gold)
  • XML importing and exporting (Gold, Datacentre)
  • Other changes:
  • Enquiry product code entry fields now more spacious to accommodate long product codes
  • Mac versions now always add file extensions to files you save.
  • Mac versions now hide file extensions of filename in window titles and menus
  • Window behaviour on very small screens on Windows (e.g. 800x600 netbook screens) is now greatly improved. Although note that the official system requirements call for a 1024x768 minimum screen size
  • Cashbook now asks to replace a report of the same name when installing by double-clicking
  • Navigator now updates GST status after running a GST report
  • CLI doreport now takes size param to specify font size
  • XML exporting now preserves whitespace as CDATA
  • Evened up margins of Balance Sheet report, and improved behaviour of Currency popup when there are no currencies
  • We no longer query the Windows address book for auto-filling email addresses (Windows address book dll(s) just too unreliable)
  • Prompt Payment Discounts now applied to invoices generated from sales orders
  • Open/close period command now persistently redisplays message about single user requirement for the benefit of people who ignore the initial one
  • Name.Hold field is now available in Replace/Advanced Replace
  • Save a Clone As now clears budgets
  • Import data string via AppleEvent had an 80,000 character limit on the string. This limit has been removed (actually changed to a megabyte)
  • Tweaked NZ GST Guide: The Mode menu has been replaced by a "Show Documentation" check box, which if checked displays the documentation on the first page and the actual report thereafter. So you will always get a result regardless of the Documentation setting (a source of some confusion).
  • Report writing and calculations:
  • New intrinsic functions CreateSelection() and IntersectSelection() plus new For Each loop variant in report writer that iterates over the result of these functions
  • Functions that take a search expression as text now have access to the enclosing scope's identifiers when the expression is evaluated
  • Val() function. Takes a text string containing an expression. Returns the result of the expression. This provides a way of deferring the evaluation of expensive calculations on either side of an If function.
  • Import() function now returns the sequence number of the last record imported (for tables where this is supported). -1 is returned if the import failed. Note that using this function to import into tables other than USER is very strongly discouraged.
  • Report writer Find Ledger part: A relational search expression may now include variable identifiers from the report
  • Intrinsic functions that take a search expression parameter now have access to identifiers from the enclosing scope
  • Cashflow report setup dialog box now makes it clear that All banks mode operates only on base currency bank accounts
  • Duplicate Product now keeps Manufacture and AutoBuild settings
  • Sales order process to cash sale now captures payment method/details
  • Datacentre-specific:
  • Opening a new period with very large chart of accounts is now much faster on Datacentre due to being executed entirely on the server.
  • Serverside reports now use the locale of the user who installs the software (Mac)
  • Console UI now responds to arrow keys
  • Console seems to leave zombies of chmod and dcproxy
  • Fixed Console control visibility when deathenticating (Mac)
  • Datacentre console now only runs a single instance, since it makes no sense to ever run a second instance (Windows)
  • Console warns against using mapped network drive letters in paths, since these are not accessible to server (Windows)
  • Console now verifies that Gold installation matches server version (Mac)
  • Log rotation. Several logs are now kept in rotation
  • Bug fixes:
  • Critical: Prevent posting of transactions that are open elsewhere for modification (it has been possible to open the same transaction twice).
  • Budget editor better handles pasting data containing blank cells
  • Fix deletion of validation lists (could unexpectedly delete all validations lists)
  • Fix sorting by Ledger.Concat field in report writer for-loops
  • Navigator Show Item List now shows all, not just inventoried items
  • Cosmetic fix to list sidebar resize drag area on windows
  • Budget editor Distribute command properly refreshes selected cell on Windows
  • Email via SMTP can now handle contact names containing ampersands (Mac)
  • Fixed loss of precision when importing/exporting product unit conversion factor
  • Fixed problem with restoring backups of files with long file names
  • Notes shown for a transaction now close when clicking Next
  • Highlighting newly added record now works more reliably when keyboard focus option for lists is enabled
  • Transaction note window now closes when Next button is pressed
  • Receive Stock Before Invoice no longer allows negative quantities to be received into inventory
  • Receive Stock Before Invoice now uses average unit price instead of value on purchase order for stock creation jnl
  • Negative purchase of stock now use correct costs if an item appears twice with negative quantities
  • Session recovery no longer fails for a tax rate change in a newly created file
  • Custom report/form drill down to another report now determines types for custom report parameters
  • Job sheet item created for a job prepayment (via an invoice) now matches the sign of the quantity to the amount
  • Product entry custom validation glitch with revalidating fixed
  • Product update-importing no longer allows control accounts to be cleared
  • Command line client now recognises colour names when importing
  • Budget Editor: Pasting data from spreadsheet with empty cells now treats empty cells as if they were 0
  • Improved unused reference number reuse when closing transaction window using window close control
  • Importing Transactions with Create Jobs option. Job code is now sanitised
  • Payments History now behaves better when transactions have been purged
  • Fixed a running balance glitch with negative balances in the Balance History from Date statement
  • Various fixes to transaction reference number allocating
  • Validation List Items: Can be entered as 15 characters, but only 14 characters are ever displayed
  • Next with post option was skipping posting
  • After emailing a PDF, Save as PDF no longer gratuitously emails as well
  • Parsing of 4 digit numbers for dates (ddmm or mmdd) is again supported on Mac
  • Prevent negative unit conversion factor for products
  • Order Prompt Payment Discounts now respect discountable flag in accounts when creating invoices
  • Typo fix in Prompt payment Discount prefs
  • Fixed privilege for Accept Deposit on Sales Order
  • Purchase Order: Backorder qty is now populated by default
  • Purchase Order Rounding: OrderTotal sometimes disagreed with total
  • Reports menu was sometimes not enabling in subsequent instances when multilaunching (Mac)
  • GST report: Fix date format to prevent truncation of dates
  • Export no longer gratuitously populates mailing/delivery addresses for transactions
  • Fixed crash with copying of records in validation lists
  • Fixed a CLI crash when -r parameter was too long
  • Trial Balance: Print Movements is now correct for forex accounts
  • Fixed a potential crash when cancelling out of Work-In-Progress choices when Job costing being activated
  • Bad relational search error now flows back to report interpreter and result in an error alert
  • Product Importing: calculated cost price now respects currency of buy price
  • Address book import now handles large numbers of groups (Mac)
  • Cashbook: Fixed missing resource error when opening file from Gold/Express
  • Product Images: don't allow uploading of pdf product images on windows
  • Plain emailing through system client. Subject no longer overrides message
  • Validation: now displays custom message when reapplying custom validation after a record i modified
  • Fixed a "client illegally extended selection lock" error
  • Fixed an issue whereby sorting by calculated column could fail for calculations involving nested strings
  • Cosmetic fix to the Duplicate Multiple dialog box
  • Fixed typo in Trades sample chart of accounts
  • Creditor Invoice writeoff was not reliably rejecting *-rated writeoff accounts
  • Fixed crash when deleting account with 7 character code