This Update will upgrade Commence RM Designer Edition version 3.5, 3.6, 4.0, and 4.0(a) to the Commence RM Designer Edition version 4.1a release.
Changes in Commence RM version 4.1a
Updates:
* Resolved error "Encountered an improper argument" while saving a new record via a detail form.
* Improved the display of detail form connection controls using combostyle; whitespace is no longer shown.
* In grid views, prefix matching search text is properly cleared/reset with UP or DOWN arrow keys.
* Resolved grid view issue where scroll bar does not display for views in summary mode.
* Improved the expland/collapse feature for grid views with grouping.
* Report Designer: Improved report conversion to Active Reports 6 to better handle faulty report layouts containing invalid field names.
* Resolved Word integration issue where after applying the service pack, application settings under Preferences - Letters were cleared.
* Resolved mail merge message, "error has occurred in Commence macros(Main):0", after applying the service pack.
* Resolved error in using custom document file name for mail merges.
Changes in Commence RM version 4.1
Updates:
* Windows 8 installations supported; Commence installs and runs as a 32-bit application in 64-bit Windows OS.
* Office 2013 (32-bit only) supported for Word mail merges and Excel graphs of sales opportunity data.
* Redesigned grid view for improved performance and user interface.
* Grid view tool tip pop-up to improve visibility for truncated cells.
* Reposition grid view columns on-the-fly with simple drag and drop.
* Report Designer update with new interface for toolbars, script editor and preview tabs and toolbox properties.
* New chart control for the report designer to insert bar, pie and line charts.
* Conversion utility to easily update existing report views to use the new designer. Unconverted reports can continue to be used, as is.
* Workgroup Export report enhancements include workgroup ID numbers in workgroup summary and client sync status charts.
* Larger windows for Open/Manage Views, Send Letter, and Workgroup Assign Users dialog boxes.
* Default installation for 'All Users' no longer requires Windows administrator rights.
* Program settings previously saved to the Windows registry (HKLM) are now stored in the COMMENCE.INI file. 'Current User' installations remain in the registry (HKCU).
* Database settings previously saved to the Windows registry (HKLM) are now stored in the DATABASE.INI file.
* Outlook Add-in updated to read the INI file instead of the Windows registry.
Changes in Commence RM version 4.0(a)
Updates:
* Commence Dashboard and Social Networking
Fixes:
* Report viewer/writer enhancements to help support view refreshes and page numbering
* Calendar enhancements to date selection and switching modes
* Updated copy item function to ignore a sequence number value
* Resolved crash on switching desktops during a global search function
* Multiview enhancements to better support drag/drop while switching secondary view tabs
* Outlook plug-in enhancements to better support Office 2010
* Ribbon toolbar enhancements to better support drag/drop and agent edit shortcuts
* Workgroup synchronization enhancements for very large database enrollments
Changes in Commence RM version 4.0
Updates:
* Office 2007-style Ribbon replaces the Menu bar.
* Quick Access Toolbar gives every user ability to create shortcut buttons on toolbar for commands, views, or agents.
* KeyTips (keyboard shortcuts) are now available for all menu commands
* Ribbon buttons (featuring Aero-style icons) now available for every menu command
* Windows 7 installations supported; Commence installs and runs as a 32-bit application in 64-bit Windows OS.
* New Tag Email feature for Outlook 2007 and Outlook 2010
* Office 2010 (32-bit only) supported for Word mail merges and Excel graphs of sales opportunity data.
* Calendar mini-month now includes week numbers
* Workgroup synchronizaton monitoring integrated with Message Log feature
* Message Log icon automatically changes from white to yellow to orange to red indicating the severity of the status
* Administrator can easily adjust thresholds to allow certain # of days, # of hours, or # of changes before warning appears
* System Information screen enhanced to display more workgroup status information, including date of last synchronization, number of changes behind, and current sync pointers.
* Mobile Link updated to synchronize with additional mobile devices and with Google applications
* Supported mobile devices include iPhone, BlackBerry, Android, Palm WebOS (Palm Pre), and Windows Mobile.
Menu changes:
* Commence Application button is now used to open/manage databases.
* Reorganized and consolidated menu commands to group compatible features together.
* New 'Home' menu features all user-defined shortcut buttons and menu picks for views and agents
* 'Views' menu relabeled to 'View' to be consistent with Microsoft standards
* 'Window' menu commands moved to 'View' menu.
* 'File' menu commands moved to 'Tools' menu.
* Preferences command moved to 'Edit' menu.
Fixes:
* Calendar view Mini-month dates are properly refreshed and font turns bold when new appointments are added
* In multi-views, (-SelectedText-) filter is properly applied when switching primary views.
* Resolved issues when creating HTML calendar
* Home - Send no longer creates blank calendar if it contains un-timed appointments.
* Home - Send now works with calendar view names containing a colon (:) character.
* Improved calendar printing to properly handle monthly calendar views that span 6 weeks.
* Resolved minor issue with Day Mode selector which showed '2 days' when calendar was actually in 'day' mode.
* Resolved calendar right-click/add issue which added appointment to another date instead of the date selected.
* Calendar view now respects the save position on exit setting
* Calendar view now respects the start time display option, when used as a secondary view in multi-views
* Grid views now operate faster when the Styles feature is enabled