PermitPro Full Version History
PERMIT PRO - Release Notes
Last Updated: 2nd Dec 2011
The following lists changes made to Permit Pro.
Version: 2011.12.148
Date: 2 December 2011
ENHANCEMENTS
- Configure Councils will be shown with all council departments initially hidden
- Configure Reports will highlight those entries which do not have existing template configured correctly
- Provided ability to configure whether email footer is shown
- Created new System Settings for:
- Display Email Footer
- Email Footer Width
- Email Footer Height
- Generation of Emails will now abide by these new System Settings. In particular, if your email image is stretched or distorted,
setting the Width and Height can fix this
- Added ability to amend ESM entries once they are chosen by quick pick. Simply double click the row will bring up a new ESM
Maintenance screen.
- New "Inspection Fee" added to each inspection
- New database tables added for Surveyor and Builder
- Street Type drop downs removed from New Job screen for Agent and Owner - Note: this is a 'breaking' change as this may affect previous
setup Entity Templates
- New Job screen will show/hide some of the Agent fields depending upon whether agent selected is a Company or a Person or a brand new agent
- Select Database screen now allows you to select 'Inspector Pro'
DEFECTS FIXED
- Fixed OP and CFI to display Owner and Agent contacts based on the "Is Company" setting
- Fixed problem where very long Building Conditions were displaying an error during new job creation
Version: 2011.11.147
Date: 22 November 2011
ENHANCEMENTS
- Added 'Unit Numbers' (if present) to the Daily Inspection reports I1 and I2
- Added Council Dept. Fee to display on 'Send Email To' screen
- Displayed the inspections in the Mandatory Inspections quick pick in the 'Sequenced' order which facilities the creation in the same order
DEFECTS FIXED
- Fix problem where changes to Agent, Builder and Owner were not being detected and requesting user to Save
Version: 2011.11.146
Date: 20 November 2011
ENHANCEMENTS
- Added "Quick Pick" functionality to Invoice Line Items based on configured "Service Charges and Fees"
- Added ability to multi-select rows Invoice Line Items and delete all at once
- Added ability to add / configure Council Departments
- Updated Configure Councils screen to also display any configured Council Departments. Added ability to hide or show these council
departments.
- Added default council departments of Building, Engineering and Planning to all Victorian councils - contact information
needs to be
corrected by you
- Added fields to indicate which forms the council uses (theirs or ours), expected response time and delivery method to configure council
screen
- Updated the "Send Email To" screen to incorporate any configured council departments to also display
- Incorporated 'configured' Council note to display on "Send Email To" screen
- Updated the "Send Email To" screen updated to also show list of Inspectors
- Added ability to Stamp, View and Merge 'selected' documents on the "Issue Building Permit" and "Amend Building Permit" screens
DEFECTS FIXED
- Corrected update of Job Balance when new invoice charges are added
- Made some formatting changes to the Commercial Assessments report
- Corrected refresh issue with Received Documents to allow stamping of documents right after a Building Permit has been issued
- Removed the generation of a "Sec 30 Variation" when 'Stamp, Merge & Notify' an Amended Building Permit
- Fixed problem where 'personal' contact details for Agent, Builder and Owner were not be copied across to a new stage
- Shorten the "Lapsed Permit Upcoming" letter to make it fit on one page
Version: 2011.11.145
Date: 8 November 2011
ENHANCEMENTS
- Added "Quick Pick" functionality to Assessments based on configured "Quick Assessments"
- Renamed existing new "Checklist" buttons to "Quick Pick"
- 'Send Email To' screen enhanced to also include Internal Staff who are Assessing Officers
- Provided 'Go To Job' button on Finance - Payments screen
DEFECTS FIXED
- Corrected spelling mistake on OP - 'accomodate' now spelt correctly as 'accommodate'
- Fixed bug in generation of Building Commission Levy files PLSPER.TXT and PLSCER.TXT to remove 'BS-U' and 'BS-L' from files
- Rearranged Building Details screen to fit on smaller screens
- Made some changes to invoice to suppress printing of Permit Number and Permit Date if they are not yet set
Version: 2011.11.144
Date: 1 November 2011
ENHANCEMENTS
- Added ability to change Invoice Payment details (Amount, Date,
Reference and/or Payment Made By) from Finance - Payments tab - double
click on payment row you want to change
- Added ability to delete an Invoice Payment from Finance - Payments
tab - double click on payment row and then click on Delete button in pop
up screen that is displayed
- Added ability to change Invoice Payment details (Amount, Date,
Reference and/or Payment Made By) from Invoices screen, click on the
Payments button and then double click on a Payment row shown on pop-up
screen on Invoice Payments
- Added ability to delete an Invoice Payment on the Invoices tab when
you click the Payments button - pop up screen now has Delete button
- Added ability to multi-select rows in the displayed table and delete
all at once
- Practitioners
- Received Docs
- Correspondence
- Assessments
- Reminders
- Notes
- Created Docs
- ESM Required Inspections
- Inspections Required
- Invoice Payments
- Building Permit Conditions
- BP Info Prescribed Matters
- OP/Final Conditions
- OP Info Prescribed Matters
- Essential Safety Measures
- Following Section 80 letters changed to Word templates:
- Council - Notification of Appointment
- Council - Appointment Changed
- Council - Withdrawal of Appointment
- Appointment Cancellation - Owner
DEFECTS FIXED
- Invoice Payment screen will re-calculate the balance of the invoice
based on invoice and individual payments that have been receive
- Fixed bug where updated Balance in Job Summary pane was not being displayed immediately after
changes to either the invoices or payments associated with the job
Version: 2011.10.143
Date: 26 October 2011
ENHANCEMENTS
- Added new Job Find button called 'Mine' which finds all jobs for the
current logged in user within the 'last' period defined in the System
configuration
- Made the Job Details 'Site Area' and 'Volume' fields larger.
Site Area can now be up to 999,999,999.9 and Volume can now be up to
9,999,999.9
- Added new 'Inspections Required' checklist button
- Create new database table for job 'Alternative Solutions' - no coding
changes yet implemented
- Non-standard database selections will now also show Database version and patch level
DEFECTS FIXED
- Removed entry of a payment from the Print Reports tab 'Council - Property Information Request'
- Moved position of the 'Property Name' on the CFI (if present) to
occur after the Job Address (Property Details)
- Fixed problem with job Permit Conditions if the text of the condition
exceeded was too long (can now be up to 2000 characters)
- Fixed error on New Job screen when creating a job outside of VIC
Version: 2011.10.142
Date: 24 October 2011
ENHANCEMENTS
- Added new 'Building Permit Conditions' checklist button - an
alternative to Quick Entry
- Added new 'OP/Final Conditions' checklist button - an alternative to
Quick Entry
- Added new 'BP Info - Prescribed Matters (Reporting Authority)'
checklist button
- Added new 'OP Info - Prescribed Matters (Reporting Authority)'
checklist button
DEFECTS FIXED
- Fixed placement of fields on the Job Details to enable these to fit on
a small laptop screen
Version: 2011.10.141
Date: 20 October 2011
ENHANCEMENTS
- Enhanced Configure - ESM to now identify old & new ESMs as well as
the category of the new ESMs
- Upgraded Configured ESM list to correspond to Practice Note 2007-23
- Added new "ESM Checklist" button which will display a complete list
of all ESM. Selecting individual ESM entries and clicking Ok will
add the selected ESM entries to job.
- Upgraded Prescribed Matters list to correspond to Schedule 4 of
Building Regulations 2006 (added 2 entries), fixed two spelling mistakes
- Added the following new fields to Job Details tab:
- Effective Height (99,999.9)
- Volume (99,999.9)
- Type of Construction (A, B or C)
- Importance Level (30 characters)
- BCA Version (30 characters - expecting entry like "BCA 2010
Volume 1"
- Changed the Job Details Site Area and Floor Area to allow a single
decimal (e.g.. 9,999,999.9)
- Re-organised Job Details screen to accommodate new fields
- Updated Commercial Assessments report to display some of the new Job
Details
- Converted all existing Lapsed letters to Word format (.docx)
- Enhanced Lapsed tab to record letters in both the Job History as well
as the Created Docs tab
- Made minor changes to the Occupancy Permit
- New Job screen allows entry of a Sales person for the job
- Job Permit screen allows you to change the Sales person for the job
- The Invoice will display the Sales person if it has been set on
either the New Job screen or the Job Permit screen
- A prompt will be displayed on "Inspection Rqd" screen asking to
update the Number of Paid Inspections to be the same as the number of
Mandatory Inspections set up on this screen when you move to another
screen
- A message will be displayed when attempting to print an Invoice from
the Print Reports tab if there are no invoices for the job
DEFECTS FIXED
- Fixed problem where error was being displayed when printing non-job
related reports, inspection lists, invoices, etc.
- Fixed problem when emailing commercial assessments (was sending
domestic format)
Version: 2011.10.140
Date: 3 October 2011
ENHANCEMENTS
- Added 'Property Name' to Occupancy Permit and Certificate of Final
Inspection (if it exists, makes it consistent with Building Permit)
- Added 'Building Contacts' to list of Site contacts shown on the
Inspection screen
- Job Essential Services tab enhanced to allow adhoc ESM entries to be
created
DEFECTS FIXED
- Made several of the Configure screens larger
- Fixed problem with Staged permits where the Agent, Builder and Owner
records were not being created correctly
Version: 2011.9.139
Date: 22 September 2011
ENHANCEMENTS
- Created Documents will display Unit number(s) if there are any
- Building Details Floor Area and Site Area increased to allow amounts
up to 9,999,999
- Added new letter - Building Commission - Relocation Bond letter
- Added new letter - Building Commission - Reclaim Bond letter
- Added new letter - Extension Letter - Agent Commencement
- Converted existing Extension letters to .docx format
- When Inspection Result is set, if it is 'Approved' or 'Approved
subject to' then the 'Show on Council Letter' checkbox will be checked,
otherwise it will not be checked
- New Job screen changed to populate based on the Entity Template
chosen by the Agent drop down
- New report on the Configure Entity Templates screen that will print
out all entities that have been configured to display in the New Job
screen
- New 'View' button on Inspection Maintenance screen will allow you to view photos associated with directions
DEFECTS FIXED
- Changed PDF filename format to end in HHmmss.PDF (added seconds) to prevent creating multiple PDFs from over writing each other
- Fixed Refresh problem
- Fixed problem where Owner's mobile number was not being populated
when specified on the New Job screen
- Fixed problem where Council Reference was not being saved nor
displayed properly on the job Property Details screen
- Turned off the other two confirmation pop up screens on the Received
Documents tab when it is configured
- Fixed problem with Builder View - Dashboard to consider new job
statuses
- Fixed problem with Builder View - Dashboard when builder name had
embedded apostrophe
Version: 2011.9.138
Date: 9 September 2011
ENHANCEMENTS
- Enhanced Move repository function
- Increased Building Permit Alternate Solutions and BAB Determinations to 2000 characters
DEFECTS FIXED
- Corrected invoice line item created for Levy to display permit cost instead of project cost (occurs most often in multi-staged jobs)
- Fixed electronic stamp to put correct Permit Number (when Permit Number is different than File Number)
Version: 2011.8.137
Date: 26 August 2011
ENHANCEMENTS
- New System Setting 'Days in Last Period' used to determine how many days ago Permit Pro will search for jobs recently viewed
- New "Last" button on Find screen will show those jobs which have been recently viewed/updated (based on new configurable System Setting 'Days in Last Period')
- New Relocation Bond fields added to the Levy screen
- Relocation Bond Reference Id
- Relocation Bond Amount
- Relocation Bond Date Received
- Relocation Bond Date Paid to Building Commission
- New System Settings
- Invoice Terms
- SMS Sender Id
DEFECTS FIXED
- Additional changes for performance improvements
Version: 2011.8.136
Date: 15 August 2011
ENHANCEMENTS
- Configured Building Permit Conditions and OP Conditions change to support up to 2000 characters
- A warning message will be displayed when password protected PDFs are imported into Documents Received tab indicating these PDF may not be able to be stamped or merged with other PDFs
- Issue Amended Building Permit now will generate a new stamp showing that the documents selected have been associated with the amended permit
- Added new Report - Agent Story Stats
- Added new Report - Agent Benchmark Rates
- Database Backup now indicates when it is compressing the backup
- Provided ability to 'undo' a Stage 1 thereby resetting it back to a Stage 0
DEFECTS FIXED
- Permit stamp changed to show Permit Issued Date rather than the date when the stamp was applied
- New Job screen now properly shows Agent email address when entity is not a company - and this email value is used to created Agent record for new job
Version: 2011.8.135
Date: 5 August 2011
ENHANCEMENTS
- General improvements in the speed of the application were achieved by removing some internal data lookups
- Improved the search on the Payments and Council Payments screens - resets dates when searching by invoice id or payment id
- New Stage now also copies all job contacts
- Added initial Job Correspondence tab which allows
- Outlook messages can be added to this screen by 'drag and drop'
- Correspondence items can be typed in along with the ability to scan related letters
- Updated Help menu to incorporate link to Helpdesk System to submit requests and another link to Online Forums
- Added database table to allow multiple job classes to be associated with a job
- Added database table to allow multiple insurance providers to be associated with a job
- Added database table to save multiple attachments associated with job correspondence
- Move repository functionality added
- Additional logging performed when errors are detected
- Moved "Goto Job" button on Finance Invoice and Finance Council Payments screens to top of screen
DEFECTS FIXED
- Removed default area code (i.e. '03') from New Job screen
- Fixed ESM error where Log Books were not being created
- Fixed ESM error where 'Our Inspections' were not being created properly
- Fixed problem where stage 1 job was not being created properly
- Fixed problem on Inspection Maintenance screen during printing and email to eliminate request to resolve all outstanding directions if there are none
Version: 2011.6.134
Date: 6 June 2011
ENHANCEMENTS
- Configure Web Users now allow settings for 'New Application' vs 'Lodge Immediate'
- New Configure User fields
now allows settings per individual user
- Display Timeline
- Spell Check
- Backup PermitPro Database on Startup
- Backup PermitPro Database on Shutdown
- Drag and Drop Notification (enable/disable notification)
- Delete Original Import File (enable/disable deletion)
- New Configure Company field for 'Bank Account Name'
- New System Settings fields
- Additional Commercial Inspection Fee
- Additional Domestic Inspection Fee
- Generate Web Documents
- Increased size of Insurance Provider from 50 to 100 characters (Builder, Entity, Job Builder, New Job, Practitioner)
- Increased size of Insurance Policy Number from 25 to 200 characters (Builder, Entity, Job Builder, New Job, Practitioner)
- Increased size of Configure Insurance Provider's Description field to 100 characters
- New Configure Assessment Sections screen
- New 'Sections' field on the Assessments screen
- Assessment Maintenance screen now allows you to set the font and font size of individual assessment items
- New Assessments report (to be used for Commercial Assessments) - please request for this to be activated if you plan on using this feature
- New Office selection when creating a new Job
- Office selection will be copied during the creation of New Stages
- Additional fields incorporated to track jobs including: Online Lodged Date, Hardcopy Lodged Date, Assessed Date and Council Informed Date
- Database updated to incorporate correspondence table for upcoming tracking of emails
DEFECTS FIXED
- Re-introduced 'Notes" field on the Received Documents screen, and removed the 'Rev Nbr' field
- Fixed bug where Cancelled invoices were being included in the invoice total
- Fixed bug where phone and fax numbers were not being displayed on the invoice correctly
- Fixed bug where 'Number of Stages' was not being updated correctly when a new stage was being created (only occurred when File Number not same as Permit Number)
- Fixed bug on Building Permit and Amended Building Permit to not display 'Documents Supporting Application' header when all documents have been set to 'not' show on Building Permit
- Changed all the Forms (Building Permit, Amended Building Permit, Occupancy Permit and Final Certificate) to wrap the job address if it is longer than one line
- Fixed bug where the wrong Inspections was being requested during a Subcontractor Inspection Request (both email and fax)
Version: 2011.5.133
Date: 8 May 2011
ENHANCEMENTS
- Converted all council letters to have equivalent .docx version
- Inspection Maintenance screen will only ask to resolve directions if the result is set to "Approved" ("Approved Subject to" no longer will ask)
- Update program changed to use the 'Common Application Data' folder
- Configure Reports changed to display User Reports directory when associated button is clicked
- Prevented Standard Report entry from being changed on Configure Reports
- Phone and Fax number area codes will be populated with appropriate default values on the New Job screen
DEFECTS FIXED
- Fixed problem during emailing of Inspection Directions which was showing other inspection details in the job
- Fixed problem with Section 73 (Advise of Completion) and 'Lapsed Builder Permit to Council' when there were no inspections for the job
- 'Resolve All' button on Inspection Maintenance screen will only resolve outstanding directions (was previously updating all the directions)
- Building Permit and Amended Building Permit changed to wrap long Practitioner Names
Version: 2011.4.132
Date: 23 Apr 2011
ENHANCEMENTS
- Enhanced the Print Reports tab to display new letters:
- Owner - Appointment Cancelled letter
- OP CFI Cover Letter to Agent letter
- Cover Letter for Pools letter
- Invoice will now also show any payments made against the invoice
DEFECTS FIXED
- Fixed problem with Sec 73 spanning two pages and duplicating inspections
- Fixed problem with OP CFI Cover Letter to Owner spanning two pages
- Fixed problem where BP, Amended BP, OP and CFI were displaying "Units: {Job.JobID}=nnnn"
- Fixed problem where Job Property Details was generating error when long Street Numbers were entered
Version: 2011.4.131
Date: 15 Apr 2011
ENHANCEMENTS
- New "PDF" button placed on Print Reports tab that will create a PDF in Document Repository and place entry into Created Docs tab (no job history entry)
- New "Email To" button placed on Created Docs tab that will allow you to email documents displayed on this screen - job history will be created for each attachment included in email
- New "Email I2" button placed on Daily Inspection screen that will allow you to email Inspection List and Checklist to a single inspector
- Provided new button on Configure Report screen that will copy Standard report to User report
- Configure Report screen now shows cells that are based on Word Template (.docx file extension)
- Daily Inspection list (I2) now shows inspection count in much smaller font as well as does not show the Inspection Result field
- Renamed the Configure Company 'Logo 2 File Location' field to 'Email Image Location'
Version: 2011.4.130
Date: 10 Apr 2011
ENHANCEMENTS
- Added 'Water Authority' and 'Gas Supply Authority' to list of authorities shown on BP Info and OP Info screens
- Provided ability to turn off spell checking (currently hardcoded)
- Received Documents tab now accepts image file (.JPEG, .PNG and .GIF)
- Received Documents will not attempt to Annotate, Stamp nor Merge an image file
- Issue Building Permit and Amend Building Permit screens updated to display image files as well as not attempt to stamp or merge them
- Merged 'packages' created on the Issue Building Permit and Amend Building Permit screens will now be display in document list when created
- Existing "Stamp & Notify" button on Issue Building Permit and Amend Building Permit screen renamed to "Stamp, Merge & Notify"
- New "Stamp & Merge" button provided on Issue Building Permit and Amend Building Permit screens
DEFECTS FIXED
- Changed made to Received Documents tab to prevent it looking up any PDF information if the file size is zero
- Further changes made to resolve stamping error
- Word template merge fixed to pickup proper logo file
Version: 2011.4.129
Date: 5 Apr 2011
ENHANCEMENTS
- Job Find now also finds by Street Number
- Enhanced the Print Reports tab to display new letters:
- Council - Change of Appointment (Sec 80) (letter incomplete)
- Council - Demolition Consent Request
- Council - Legal Point of Discharge Request (letter incomplete)
- OP/CFI Cover Letter to Owner
- Letter to Owner
- Letter to Agent
- Letter to Council
- Custom 1 (can be used for your own use)
- Custom 2 (can be used for your own use)
- Web User now has two additional settings to cater for different methods of lodging documents (Save Application and Lodge Immediate)
- Modified the Help - About screen to allow the Machine Code to be copied
DEFECTS FIXED
- Lapsed Tab now recognises additional Job Statuses (in particular 'Job Issued and Council Paid' and 'Hard Copy Lodged')
- Fixed Mail Merge to display correct signature
- Updated all the forms (BP, Amended BP, OP and CFI) to use the IsCompany setting for Agent, Builder and Owner
- Updated the Sec 73 (Advise Completion of Building Work) to not display duplicate inspections when there are more than one job classes for a job
- Fixed problem where electronic stamp was not working correctly
Version: 2011.4.128
Date: 2 Apr 2011
ENHANCEMENTS
- Link to VIC SPI search added to New Job screen
- Provided ability to edit the BP and OP Reporting Authorities
- Enhanced Mail Merge capabilities to now replace 'image:xxx' and 'signature:xxx' tags in the Word template
- Inspection Maintenance screen has new "Save" button which saves the inspection result and allows you to Email updated inspection result directly from this screen
- I2 Report enhanced to not display Notes which have had their Alert (Show) setting turned off
- Enhanced Job Reminders to prevent the Due Date from being set to blanks
- Job Reminder Maintenance can now reassign the Reminder to another person
- Daily Reminders (which display Job Reminders across all jobs) can now be edited directly from this screen by double clicking on an entry
- Enhanced Configure Reports:
- New 'Edit Report' button to enable Word templates to be changed
- New 'Copy to User' button to allow users to copy Standard Report to User Reports
- New 'Std Reports (C:)' button to allow user to open up the directory where Standard Reports are located
- New 'User Reports' button to allow user to open up the directory where User Reports are located
- Printing of reports and generation of PDFs from Word Templates now supported in Print Reports tab, Issue Building Permit screen, Amend Building Permit screen, Issue OP screen and Issue CFI screen
DEFECTS FIXED
- When previewing Inspection Directions report on Inspection Maintenance screen, the system will now longer jump back to the Inspections screen after the report is displayed
- Job Direction, Job History and Inspection Direction reports fixed to display proper Permit Number (when Permit Numbers are different from File Numbers)
- Forms (BP, Amended BP, OP and Final Certificate) changed to show signature at 100% of original size
- Cancelling invoices now set their balance, amounts, & GST amounts to zero
- Fixed Building Permit and Amended Building Permit's Terms and Conditions that were overflowing to two pages when the Project Description was two lines
Version: 2011.3.127
Date: 15 Mar 2011
ENHANCEMENTS
- Amend Building Permit screen now allows the user to reset the Commence By and Complete By dates
- Lapsed Tab allows user to modify the date range and have the grid below refreshed based on the dates specified
- Lapsed Tab now also shows the Job Type in the grid for each job
- Additional PDF page sizes now recognised on Received Docs tab
- 3 additional letters now supported in the Amend Building Permit Screen (Extension Letters to Owner and Agent, and Council Notification of Extension of Permit)
- 2 different Cover Letters now supported in the Issue Building Permit Screen
DEFECTS FIXED
- Fixed problem when a JPEG had been recorded in Received Docs and Permit Pro was trying to treat it as a PDF
- Fixed problem when merging PDFs of different sizes (e.g. A4 and A3) and Permit Pro was cutting off larger sized PDFs
- Removed resetting of Inspection Type field after an inspection has been booked
Version: 2011.3.126
Date: 10 Mar 2011
ENHANCEMENTS
- Added a "Goto Files" button on the Received Documents tab to display the files in the Document Repository directory for the job
- Changed the 'Commence to Completion' default on the Issue Building Permit screen from 24 months to 12 months
DEFECTS FIXED
- Fixed problem where Permit Number was being changed when the Job Permit screen save button was clicked (only when Permit Numbers and File Numbers are different)
Version: 2011.3.125
Date: 8 Mar 2011
ENHANCEMENTS
- Removed 'Maximum permissible floor loading' from Certificate of Final Inspection (Form 7) as this information is not included in the Building Regulations
- Renamed the section 'Building Details' to 'Description of Building Work' on the Certificate of Final Inspection
- Left aligned several of the fields shown on the Certificate of Final Inspection
- Removed 'Existing dwellings', 'Demolished dwellings', and 'Constructed dwellings' from Building Permit and Amended Building Permit (Form 2) as this information is not included in the Building Regulations
- Added a "Goto Files" button on the Building Commission Levy tab to display the files in the directory for the row selected
DEFECTS FIXED
- Fixed problem where Certificate of Final Inspection was showing the incorrect Building Details
- Fixed Council addresses to show State and then Postcode in correct order
- Fixed problem when generating Building Permit and the cover letter was based on a Word template
- Fixed problem where a new Job Type could be created without a mandatory Job Type Code
- Fixed problem where merged PDFs could not be viewed
Version: 2011.3.124
Date: 3 Mar 2011
ENHANCEMENTS
- Implemented ability to send new Letters/Forms based on Word templates to be email by PDF attachment
- Added two new columns to Received Document tab - file size and file format (A4, A3 or LTR)
Version: 2011.2.123
Date: 28 Feb 2011
ENHANCEMENTS
- Configure Office now has Address and Contact (phone and fax) details
- If your system has Permit Number different than the File Number then the Job Find will display a search by Permit Number field
- Building Permit Conditions, Occupancy Permit Conditions and ESM Conditions increased to 2000 characters (from original 250 characters)
- Configure Reports will now support Word templates for letters
- 'Copies' field now removed from Print Reports tab
- Added new 'Cover Letter to Owner' on Print Reports tab
- New 'Permit about to Lapse' letters initiated from Lapse tab buttons 'Warn started' and 'Warn not started'
DEFECTS FIXED
- Prevent error during Configure Standard Building Permit Conditions when a condition was not selected from drop down
- Prevent error during Configure Job Project Types and not all required fields were entered
- Changes made to Occupancy Permit and Certificate of Final Inspection to support multiple classes
Version: 2011.2.122
Date: 21 Feb 2011
ENHANCEMENTS
- New Job will now set Permit Cost, Domestic Cost and Project Cost to the value provided on the new job screen
- Configure Assessment Checklist now allows you to delete a checklist item (will also delete this checklist item out of any existing Job Checklist)
DEFECTS FIXED
- Job Notes and Reminders fixed to accept note and reminders without an associated document/image filename
- 'Issue Building Permit', 'Issue Amended Building Permit', 'Issue Occupancy Permit' and 'Issue Certificate of Final Inspection' updated to revert the blank date back to the original and allows you to exit the screen.
Version: 2011.2.121
Date: 18 Feb 2011
ENHANCEMENTS
- Configure 'Town Planning Supplier' screen now implemented
- Letter to 'Planning Supplier' now utilises configured town planning supplier name and address
- Job History 'email' records now show the attachment filename (if one)
- 'Issue Building Permit', 'Issue Amended Building Permit', 'Issue Occupancy Permit' and 'Issue Certificate of Final Inspection' now check if a date has been set to blank (cleared) and will display a warning indicating to user that 'Reset' button should be clicked
- A file (of any type, including Microsoft Word) can now be associated with a Job Note or Job Reminder. A view button has been provided to launch the associated Windows application to view, edit and print these documents.
DEFECTS FIXED
- Prevented Configure Company from generating more than one entry
- Fixed bug during creation of Stage where a Received Document had been removed
- Fixed error during booking of Inspections where the inspection type was selected from the list of mandatory inspections
- Updated Import Practitioner file to allow for missing 'First Registered Dates' in 2010 Building Commission files
- I2 Inspection Report changed to show File Number rather than Permit Number
- Issuing of a Building Permit will not generate another permit number if job already has a permit number
- Creation of new Staged permits changed to cater for different formatted File Numbers
- Merging function in Received Documents rewritten to remove 3rd party component
- Original file no longer deleted once imported into Created Docs tab
Version: 2011.2.120
Date: 7 Feb 2011
ENHANCEMENTS
- Configured 'Report Title & Text' will now be used for most letters in Permit Pro, including
- Council Letters (sec 30, 80 and 73)
- Client Letters
- Cover Letters can now be configured for each individual Job Type (e.g. different cover letter for Commercial job than Domestic job)
- Inspection Direction will now also show "Builder Response" area for inspections having a result of "Approved subject to" in a similar manner as those inspections with result of "Further works required"
- Incorporated several new letters on Print Reports tab (letter title & text can be configured via Report Title & Text):
- "Lapsed (Commenced) - Owner" letter
- "Lapsed (Not Commenced) - Owner" letter
- "Council Notify Lapsed Permit" letter
- "Council Notify Permit Extension" letter
- "Extension Letter - Owner"
- "Extension Letter - Agent"
- Configure Reports changed to prevent deletion and addition of new reports
- Reorganised the Configure Assessments and Configure Inspections sub menus (incorporating Quick entries located else in the menus)
- Added new Configure Inspection - Checklist Quick Directions item
- Added new columns to Job Find: Stage, Building Surveyor and Office
- Job Header that appears above all jobs has been modified to show Stage Number
DEFECTS FIXED
- All Forms changed to ensure they display the Permit Number and not the File Number for the job
Version: 2010.12.119
Date: 17 Dec 2010
ENHANCEMENTS
- Two new Job Statuses - "Hard Copy Lodged" & "Council Informed and Fees Paid"
- Removed unused "PSI" job status
- Incorporated additional checks when changing job statuses
- Invoice now shows EFT banking details if these are configured in Company
- New 'Inspection Checklist' (similar to Assessment checklist)
- Configure 'Inspection Checklist Items' updated to refer to Inspection Checklist Areas
- Allow inspection approval dates to be back dated
- All Council letters now also show the File Number underneath the Date
- New Configure 'Report Text' table incorporated into Permit Pro to allow future changes to letter content
DEFECTS FIXED
- Assessment Checklist now sorts properly - showing items by sorted Category and then by individual sorted items
- Section 30 - Variation of Building Permit amended to ensure it fits on one page
- Fixed problem where 'copies' of scanned images were being left in the Permit Pro code directory after duplicate had been copied into Document Repository. Scanned images now being placed in temporary directory which can be manually deleted from time to time.
Version: 2010.11.118
Date: 15 Nov 2010
ENHANCEMENTS
- 'Council Fees' Job History entries now shown with a different background colour
- Database Row Counts now formatted
DEFECTS FIXED
- Inspections Approval Date now set properly when inspections are Approved
- Internal created PDF memory is now disposed on completion of the PDF generation
Version: 2010.11.117
Date: 04 Nov 2010
ENHANCEMENTS
- Jobs now have a separately maintained stage number
- Additional Configure screens now changed to filter data by "Active", "Inactive" or "Deactivated", or by "All"
- Configure WebUser
- Inspectors
- Reports
- Configure Job Types now allows you to associate a different cover letter with each job type (printing correct one still outstanding)
- Job Assessments now support additional "Info Required" column
- Inspection Directions report enhanced to provide area for builder to sign and return when inspection result is "Further work required"
- Invoice screen on Finance tab will default dates to All if an Invoice ID is entered
DEFECTS FIXED
- Section 30 now shows required lodgement fee when the cost is exactly $5,000
- Occupancy Permit and Certificate of Final Inspections changed to now display properly previously truncated 'Permitted Use' when it is longer than one line
Version: 2010.10.116
Date: 22 Oct 2010
ENHANCEMENTS
- Inspection tab now also shows 'Mandatory Inspections'
- Inspection list formatted to display individual inspections in an easier to read format (spacing between, alternate rows shown in different background colour)
- Daily Inspection screen formatted to display individual inspections in an easier to read format
- Configure System Settings now allow the setting of New Job Defaults
- New Job screen now reflects the defaults set in the Configure System Settings
- Configure Company now stores Bank information including: Bank Name, BSB, Bank Account and Payment Made Email
- Job Profile will now display any 'Job Memo' contents in the Part of Building field
DEFECTS FIXED
- Job Details, Job Permit and Print Report screens changed to prevent bottom of screen being cut off in some instances
Version: 2010.10.115
Date: 16 Oct 2010
ENHANCEMENTS
- Building Permit and Amended Building Permit changed to display a Completion date of "Within 6 months of commencement date" when the Job Type is "Swimming Pool"
- Invoice display on Building Works Invoice tab now also shows invoice line items
- New Council tab to display Council Requests (includes Council Property Information requests)
- You can now issue Building Permits, Amended Building Permits, Occupancy Permits and Certificate of Final Inspections for specific Units. The units will appear on the appropriate form as well as showing in the Document Name on the Created Doc tab and the Job History tab.
- Emails now also display description of Project Works
- Database enhanced to hold New Job defaults (screen work to be done in future release)
- Database enhanced to hold separate Permit Number
- Database enhanced to hold Bank details for receipt of payments
- Council payment/lodgement forms now show credit card with spaces (i.e. xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx) and expiry date as mm/yyyy (removed day portion from date)
DEFECTS FIXED
- During creation of a new Stage the 'Received Documents' are cloned rather than linked
- Rearranged checkboxes on Agent, Owner and Property Details screen to appear before rather than after text
- Fixed problem with Security - Users when an office was not set
- Inspection Maintenance screen no longer shows current date in the 'Form 12 Received' and 'Paid' fields. Field will only have an entry if properly set.
Version: 2010.9.114
Date: 20 Sep 2010
ENHANCEMENTS
- You can now search Jobs by Lot number
- The columns displayed on the Job Search screen have been rearranged - Permit Number now shows alongside File Number in first few columns
- Commercial Jobs were previously validated to ensure they were of class 2-9. Commercial jobs can now also be class 10.
DEFECTS FIXED
- Assign Inspectors on Daily Inspections screen now abides by Not Available settings for individual inspectors and will skip assignment on inspection
- Correct number of Paid Inspections is being displayed on 'Inspections Requirements' screen when changing Jobs
- Fixed bug where Configure Council Suburbs screen was not being displayed properly
- Fixed bug in 'Issue Bldg Permit' if the report was overridden by a User Report
Version: 2010.8.113
Date: 30 Aug 2010
ENHANCEMENTS
- Added ability to email Tax Invoices
- Changed existing 'Tax Invoice' print/email function within Issue Building Permit, Amended Building Permit and Issue Certificate of Final Inspection to print/email directly if there is only one invoice. If there are more than one invoice then a pop-up screen will be displayed where the user must select one invoice to be printed/emailed.
- The Inspection 'Notes' tab heading will change to 'Has Notes' if there are notes recorded against the inspection
- Inspection screen has a "Invoice Not Required" checkbox to record that an inspection does not require an inspection
- Units field expanded from 15 characters to 30 characters
DEFECTS FIXED
- Prevent error from displaying if the 'Project Type' is missing
Version: 2010.8.112
Date: 21 Aug 2010
ENHANCEMENTS
- Changed Configure Service Charges & Fees screen to set new 'Is Council Fee' and 'Code' fields
- Added new 'Council - Payment' to Print Reports tab - which will then display 'Council Fees Being Paid' screen
- Added new Configure Office screen
- Changed Configure User screen to set new 'Office' field
- Changed export of all Configure screens to create spread sheet with company name and date
- Added new Invoice tab which will display invoices for all jobs
- Added new Invoice tab at Job level which will display invoices for the individual selected job
- Payments can now be tracked against individual invoices
- Configure System Setting allows you to set colours for each of the various Invoice statuses
- Assessment Checklist now allows notes to be recorded against each checklist item
- Building Permit and Amended Building Permit 'Documents Supporting Application' changed to remove 'Rev Nbr' column and column widths changed to display document information better
- Database backup 'clean up' now deletes *.bak files as well as the previous *.zip files
- Configure Web User now also tracks which group the user belongs to
- Configure System Setting now also has ability to set the Invoice style (White Heading Text or Black Heading Text)
- Job Find will now find embedded text strings
- Database Version history now also tracks which scripts are used to populate data
- Configure Service Charges and Fees screen now shows 'regulated fees' and 'council fees' in a different colour
- Made changes to the 'Issue Bldg Permit', 'Issue OP' and 'Issue Final Cert' screens to search for existing documents in 'reverse' order when creating emails
DEFECTS FIXED
- Updated Configure screens to ensure error is not generated when Group By is used on the grid
- Building Permit and Amended Building Permit fixed to display "Building Appeals Board Determination" information correctly
- OP and CFI amended to cater for longer Owner names
- Disabled the creation of 'Job Service Charges' from Entity (during creation of New Job) as this is no longer compatible with new Invoicing functionality
- Removed the configuration of 'Service Charges' from Entity as this is no longer compatible with new Invoicing functionality
- Changed the labels on the Configure Service Charges and Fees screen for the "GST Inclusive" to be "GST to be Added" to accurately reflect its role
Version: 2010.7.111
Date: 3 July 2010
ENHANCEMENTS
- Added 'Council - Advise Partial Completion of Building Works' report on Issue OP and Issue CFI toolbar buttons
- Completeness check now outputs to grid that can export to Excel - can start at any record
DEFECTS FIXED
- Fixed problems with creation of stages when job has approved documents with no issued date
- Fixed problem when sending emails from Issue Building Permit screen and no personal emails have been entered
- Fixed problem with Quick Direction screen not loading properly
- Fixed the Occupancy Permit report to only display the Reporting Authorities for the selected job
- Fixed problem when cancel button was selected on choose database screen
Version: 2010.6.110
Date: 16 June 2010
ENHANCEMENTS
- Configure Building Permit Conditions can now have an inspection associated with them
- Building Permit Conditions can now have an inspection and resolved date associated with them
- When booking an inspection a warning will be displayed if there are any outstanding Building Permit Conditions for the same inspection type
- HIH Levy will be calculated as zero from 29th June 2010
DEFECTS FIXED
- Fixed copy button in New Job screen to also copy contact information
- Fixed problem with display of license information for trials
Version: 2010.5.109
Date: 24 May 2010
ENHANCEMENTS
- Automated backups on Permit Pro startup, shut down or both
- Configure System Settings screen redesigned to allow for tabbed display of information
- New Configure System Settings for Lapsed Applications, other Council Fees and Database Backup settings
- Inspection Directions screen now also shows letter as well as number for each direction
- Send Email screen now also shows the agent, builder and/or owner when they are persons with registered email addresses
- New Building Notices tab
DEFECTS FIXED
- Fixed error in New Job screen if there were no entities configured to display as agents
- Fix provided to prevent minimised screen dimensions from being saved and then reused during start up
- Changed Building Permit and Amended Building Permit to show separate permit costs for staged permit
- Amended several of the defaults shown on Permit Pro screens
- Fixed error in Configure Entity Templates when Entity tab was clicked but no entity was previously selected
Version: 2010.4.108
Date: 30 Apr 2010
ENHANCEMENTS
- New Configure System Setting for "Council Information Fee" which is used on the Property Information Request
- Lapsed Report tab will now allow you to filter by dates, as well as show data for "Prev Month", "This Month" and "Next Month" where appropriate
- Some of the Configure screens now changed to filter data by "Active", "Inactive" or "Deactivated", or by "All"
- Configure User
- Document Types
- Inspection Types
- Job Types
- Parts of Buildings
- Project Types
- Several of the Configure screens made 'longer' to fit larger number of records
- Added new "Inbox Location" to Configure System Settings
Version: 2010.4.107
Date: 17 Apr 2010
ENHANCEMENTS
- Added new "Property Info Request" report on Print Reports tab
- Email function on Print Reports tab will now send multiple selected reports as one email
- All report footers will now show Company Mobile Number (if set)
- Emails will also include Company Mobile Number (if set)
DEFECTS FIXED
- Inspection Maintenance screen now calls correct Inspection Directions report
- Job History grid now updated after creating a new stage
- Fixed problem where incorrect duplicate entity was being used in populating data for a New Job
Version: 2010.4.106
Date: 10 Apr 2010
ENHANCEMENTS
- New Configure System Setting for "User Reports Location"
DEFECTS FIXED
- Database Backups now can be performed over the Network
Version: 2010.3.105
Date: 30 Mar 2010
ENHANCEMENTS
- Database Backup now includes the 'short' name of the customer at beginning of backup filename
- Database Backups are now zipped
- Allow drag and drop of multiple files from Windows Explorer
- A new button on the Inspection screen allows you to print an Inspection Checklist for a selected inspection
- A new 'Notification' field allow you to indicate whether a sub-contractor should be notified of an Inspection Request (email or fax)
- New system field for configuring internet fax provider
- New Inspector field to associate a Company Name with the inspector
- New Company field to associated a mobile number with the company
- Can now specify whether scanning is for A4 or A3 sized paper
- New report requesting sub-contractor conduct inspection - can be emailed or faxed (if fax provider set up)
- Can now System Configure whether new Received Documents are automatically defaulted to 'Show in Building Permit'
- New "Amended Building Permit" is now available on the 'Print Reports' screen
- New "Sec 73 - Advise Partial Completion of Bldg Works" is now available on the 'Print Reports' screen
- New "Amend Building Permit" function - which saves a list of amendments and date of change, also creates Job History of amendments
- New Council Variation of Building Permit (Sec 30) which shows list of amendments
- New Amended Building Permit - shows 'Amended' in title and Amended Date at bottom of form
- New Amended Cover Letter
- New Amended Building Permit Email
- Inclusion of 'expressmaint' functionality into SQL Server
DEFECTS FIXED
- Fix for recording proper filename (including file extension) when file dragged and dropped from Windows Explorer
- Assessment Checklist now sorted by Sequence number
- Delete button removed from Configure Assessment Check List Item screen
Version: 2010.2.104
Date: 26 Feb 2010
ENHANCEMENTS
- New Configure System 'Show Inspection Count Warning' setting
- Added 'Company Mobile Number' to Agent, Builder and Owner
- Added Job History 'Show' flag to enable items to not be shown in History tab
- Added Job Note 'Alert' flag to enable notes to be taken and shown in history for recording of phone calls, etc.
- Added Apply Date and Response Date to Reporting Authorities tables (both Building and OP)
- Added Final Inspection Flag to Inspection table
- Added new Job Service Charge fields - GL Item No and Configure ID
- Deleted Job Service Charge fields - Client ABN and Print Date
- Added various tables - Authority, Request Type, Form Type, Status
- Updated Unknown Report to also include 'Pending Result' inspections results
- Added new "Default Inspector" to the Configure Councils - to enable each council to have default inspector
- Added new "Assign Inspectors" button on Daily Inspection screen - will assign default council inspector if no inspector is assigned
- Job History entries colourised on specific statuses
- Allow drag and drop of single files from Windows Explorer
DEFECTS FIXED
- Building Permit, Occupancy Permit, Certificate of Final Inspection and Application for Occupancy permit changed to handle new Building Surveyor Code (BS-U)
- Problem fixed when creating New Stage from Job that had files dragged and dropped onto job
- Fixed display of buttons on Received Documents tab when files are dragged and dropped on this form
Version: 2010.1.103
Date: 8 Jan 2010
ENHANCEMENTS
- You can now import Outlook single attachments by dragging an Outlook attachment to Received Documents tab
DEFECTS FIXED
- Fixed 'Job Inspection Directions' and 'Inspection Direction' reports to use correct company logo
Version: 2009.12.102
Date: 24 Dec 2009
ENHANCEMENTS
- You can now import Outlook all attachments by dragging an Outlook message to Received Documents tab
- You can now click on list of job stages on History tab to jump to another stage
- Added new BS-U (Building Surveyor - Unlimited) and BS-L (Building Surveyor - Limited) codes
to valid Building Code Prefixes, deleted old BS code
- Changed all references to BS to the new BS-U (Building Surveyor - Unlimited) in Practitioners and Inspector tables
Version: 2009.12.101
Date: 8 Dec 2009
DEFECTS FIXED
- Job Assessment Checklist now abides with the 'Is Active' setting from the ValidAssessmentChecklist
- Stamp now centres properly
- Disabled Inspection Warning when Actual Inspection count > Paid Inspections
- Updated Levy screen to allow save of changes whenever one of the arrow buttons is clicked
Version: 2009.11.100
Date: 17 Nov 2009
ENHANCEMENTS
- Assessment screen will now show associated filename in grid via new 'View' button once row has been selected
- Inspection Types can match to a single base inspection type
- Descriptions on Lapse tab now displayed for each different 'lapse type'
- Database Version patch number increased to cater for longer numbers
- Rearranged the Configure - System Settings screen
DEFECTS FIXED
- Reporting Graphs now match descriptions
- The 'Refresh' button on job find screen now also performs the 'Require Job Find Criteria'
- Corrected error message displayed when you attempted to delete an Inspection having Directions
Version: 2009.11.99
Date: 3 Nov 2009
ENHANCEMENTS
- Added new screen and menu entry to Configure Waterboards
- Added Edit button at bottom of Created Doc tab that allows you to edit created document info
- Emails will now contain the Agent Reference number in both Subject Line and within contents of Email (if present)
- Job Inspection screen now shows Total and Number of Paid inspections as labels
- New 'ReNumber' capability on Assessments screen
- New 'ReNumber' capability on Inspection Directions screen
- New 'Show Logo On Stamp' setting on Configure System Settings screen
- Stamp will now show the company name if the 'Show Logo On Stamp' is unchecked
- Communication screen now allow you to select whether email, SMS or All communication types are shown
- Changed most configure screens to remove inactive Edit button
DEFECTS FIXED
- Building Permit (Form 2) updated to show proper Alternative Solution and BAB determinations (was showing OP fields)
- Fixed Summary Pane to display updates being made to JobClassUnit level information
- Inspection Maintenance screen changed to display commercial directions (if any)
Version: 2009.10.98
Date: 16 Oct 2009
ENHANCEMENTS
- New Inspection Rebooking capability that will copy any existing Directions over to the new inspection
- New pop-up displayed when the number of actual inspections (ignoring Cancelled inspections) exceeds number of paid inspections
- The letter of each Assessment is now shown on the assessments screen
- Builder and Owner names made longer on the Building Permit (Form 2)
- Invoices can now be emailed
- Job Find enhanced to allow finding jobs with partial file numbers (particularly without entering '/0', thereby displaying all stages)
- Can now view more than one Received Document at the same time
- On job Service Charges screen made the G/L Account code a drop down based on current configure G/L Account Codes
- On job Service Charges Maintenance screen made the G/L Account code a drop down based on current configure G/L Account Codes
DEFECTS FIXED
- Configure Entity Received Documents screen no longer shows inappropriate buttons at bottom of screen
- Fixed problem where you were unable to delete or edit configured entity Received Documents
- Fixed list of drop down practitioners when you were editing a configured entity received document
Version: 2009.9.97
Date: 14 Sep 2009
ENHANCEMENTS
- Changes to Inspections are now recorded in the Job History
- Added new SystemSetting - Require Job Find Criteria
- Job Find will issue a warning if a Job Find with no find criteria is made (when System Setting 'Require Job Find Criteria' is set)
- New G/L Account configure screen
- Modified Service Charges & Fees configure screen to use new G/L Accounts
- "GST Applies" changed to "GST Inclusive" on Service Charges & Fees screen
- Modified Job Details Energy Rating field to allow decimal numbers
- When creating Staged jobs the existing Practioners, Received Documents, Bldg Permit Conditions, OP Conditions and ESM items are also copied to the new stage
- New 'Paid' checkbox on Inspection Maintenance screen to track when 3rp party contractors have been paid (Form 12)
- New 'Resolve All' function on Assessments screen to today's date
- Modified the Building Commision return file to include the BAL at end of 'Description/Building Use' as requested by Building Commission (letter dated 4th Sept 2009)
DEFECTS FIXED
- Creating New Stage will also copy Property Name
- Entity addresses (particularly suburb) are now properly displayed on initial display of screen
- Fixed Building Commission Levy Return error being captured to include correct description when Building Surveyor not properly associated with job
- Fixed grid refresh problem on Assessment Checklist Areas and Inspection Checklist list Areas configuration screens
Version: 2009.9.96
Date: 1 Sep 2009
ENHANCEMENTS
- New Configure Assessment Areas screen
- New Configure Assessment Items screen
- Add Quick Assessment ID to validAssessChecklist Items
- New Checklist button on Assessments screen that display Assessment Checklist floating screen
- New Assessment Checklist floating screen that enables a checklist to be displayed during an assessment with Checked, Not Applicable status and ability to created new Assessment item when checklist entry is not compliant
- Added ability to filter ESM Log Books by Inspector/Contractor
DEFECTS FIXED
- Service Charge Reconciliation report (screen) changed to retrieve info quicker
- Fixed problem with generation of ESM Schedule when required inspection had frequency of None, Every 3 Years or Every 6 Years
- Updated ESM log books to cater for longer descriptions of ESM Location and ESM Inspection Type
- Updated ESM log books to prevent 'dividing horizontal line' crossing over existing ESM log book fields
Version: 2009.8.95
Date: 22 Aug 2009
ENHANCEMENTS
- Assessing Officer added to Service Charge Reconciliation report (screen)
Version: 2009.8.94
Date: 17 Aug 2009
ENHANCEMENTS
- Changed Scanning to always set the paper size to A4
- Changed Scanning to always display scanning UI when performing multi-page scan (similar to single page scan)
- Form 2 - Building Permit updated
- Form 3 - Protection Work Notice updated
- Form 4 - Protection Work Notice Response updated
- Form 5 - Application for Occupancy Permit updated
- Form 6 - Occupancy Permit updated
- Form 7 - Certificate of Final Inspection updated
- New 'Prescribed Matters' Configuration screen (43 prescribed entries in Building Regulations added to table)
- Added new tab 'BP Info' to capture new Building Permit data for Alternative Solution, BAB Determinations & Reporting Authorities
- Added new tab 'OP Info' to capture new OP/CFI data for Alternative Solution, BAB Determinations & Reporting Authorities
- Updated Property Details screen to capture Combined Allotment and Subdivision of existing Building info (and references)
- Updated Protection Notices screen to capture Adjoining Owner's phone number
DEFECTS FIXED
- Building Practitioner search field expanded to allow 11 characters
- Document table's Filename length expanded to 250 characters to match filename length for received documents
Version: 2009.8.93
Date: 4 Aug 2009
ENHANCEMENTS
- Removed 'Builder Password' screen from the Builder View tab
DEFECTS FIXED
- Prevented duplicate Job History entries when issuing a building permit, occupancy permit or certificate of final inspection
- Prevented duplicate Created Doc entries when creating PDF email attachments
- Corrected errors when importing Essential Safety Measures into an ESM schedule
- ESM Log Books now correctly show Company information at bottom of each page
- ESM Cover Letter now correctly refers to Form 10 (Compliance Certificate)
- New Jobs using configured Entity with Received Documents are now properly created
Version: 2009.7.92
Date: 20 July 2009
ENHANCEMENTS
- Ability to upload/import files into Created Doc tab
- Created Documents now have 'Show On Web' setting (if so configured in System Settings)
- Updated reporting/emailing to now use the alternate report definition if provided
DEFECTS FIXED
- Removed duplicate job history changes when archiving a job
Version: 2009.7.91
Date: 6 July 2009
ENHANCEMENTS
- Added ability to configure Users to not show ESM tab
- Added ability to configure Users to not show Notices and Orders tab
- You can now import externally created PDFs into Permit Pro in the Created Documents tab
- New database entry for Assessment Check List Areas (no Configure screen yet)
- New database entry for Assessment Check List Items (no Configure screen yet)
- New database entry for Job Assessment Check List (no screen yet)
- Modified Assessment report to not show the Assessing Officer if this has been so configured in System Settings
- Added new R12-Fiscal Year Summary report which list number of jobs and summary of project & permit costs (for insurance purposes)
DEFECTS FIXED
- Prevented ability to drag tabs to different locations on screen
- Increased spacing in Building Permit around signature
- Fixed problem when trying to create a staged permit
- Fixed problem when trying to create an Assessment where the Agent was a person (not a Company)
Version: 2009.6.90
Date: 22 June 2009
ENHANCEMENTS
- Added new Company configuration setting for Image Repository Location
- Increased size of Error Message and Error Calling Seq fields
- Added Web Application ID to job banner for jobs submitted over the web
DEFECTS FIXED
- Merged documents now set the ShowOnBldgPermit setting correctly
- Increased width of Document Name on Form 2 - Building Permit to cater for longer document names
Version: 2009.6.89
Date: 15 June 2009
ENHANCEMENTS
- Changed the Email Subject to consistently show the Job Address for emails created during Issue Building Permit, Issue Occupancy Permit, Issue Final Certificate, Assessments, Inspections and single reports on Print Reports tab
- Renamed the existing "Lapsed Permits (R4)" to "Permits About to Lapse (R4)" to be consisent with contents of report
- New configuration to cater for Shorter screens - changes throughout PermitPro to fit on smaller screens (768 pixel height)
DEFECTS FIXED
- Fixed the R4 report to show permits about to lapse in the next 60 days
- Locked down the tabs so that dragging them didn't reposition the tab inadverently
Version: 2009.6.88
Date: 9 June 2009
ENHANCEMENTS
- Import routines now validate that file exists
- Database Backup validates that backup location exists
- Now able to configure in System Settings whether the Assessing Officer info is displayed on the Building Permit
DEFECTS FIXED
- Fix to Issue Occupancy Permit / Certificate of Final Inspection button not working
- Configure Councils screen now properly shows the correct Council Zone for a selected council
- Configure Council Zones screen now wraps the text for Assessment Msg and Building Permit Msg within the displayed grid
Version: 2009.5.87
Date: 28 May 2009
ENHANCEMENTS
- Breaking change - Licensing functionality changed - You will need to contact Better Built Software for Serial Numbers and Unlock Keys to enable your software to work
- Can now send Email to councils from Issue OP and Issue CFI screens
DEFECTS FIXED
- Received Date and Issue Date made mandatory in Received Documents tab due to database constraints
Version: 2009.5.86
Date: 19 May 2009
ENHANCEMENTS
- Added 'In Wildfire Management Overlay' (WMO) setting to Property Details (Victorian bush fire item)
- Added 'Bushfire Attack Level' (BAL) setting to Job Details (Victorian bush fire item)
- Added 'Abandoned Date' to display on the Job Permit screen
- Provided utility to set missing Abandoned Dates and First Inspection Date
- Changing a status of a job will now also create a job history record and also update the Job Permit screen with audit info
- New configure System Settings:
- Grouping of Job History On/Off
- Display of Job Timeline On/Off
- Permit Extension Fee (used in some of the lapsed letter below)
- Settings for Database Backups
- Configuration screens with a single record will automatically select the record for edit - applies to Company and SystemSettings configuration screens
- New Lapsed tab shows a variety of jobs requiring follow up - Lapsed Applications, Lapsed Permits, Permit about to Lapse, Properly Lapsed jobs
- New Lapsed Application letter
- New Job Not Commenced letter
- New Permit Lapsed letter
- New Permit About to Lapse letter
- Added State to list of valid Builder Prefixes to cater for different state terminology
- Invoice ID field added to Job Levy record
- New Victorian Architect file available
- Upgraded scanning components to more recent version
- New configure Document Types field 'Show On Building Permit' providing default for the document type
- Changes to Received Document screen to set whether document should appear on Building Permit (default taken from Document Type configuration)
- Changes to Form 2 (Building Permit) to not show documents when document (in Received Documents tab) has been set to 'not show'
- New configure Inspection Types field 'Show On Council Letter' providing default for the inspection type
- Changes to Inspection screen to set whether inspection should appear on Sec 73 (Notification of Completion to Council) (default taken from Inspection Type configuration)
- Changes to Sec 73 (Notification of Completion to Council) to not show inspections when inspection has been set to 'not show'
- Added various fields to File Label
- Included new 'R11-Machine Installed Version' report to Reports tab
- Form 2 (Building Permit) and Form 6 (Occupancy Permit) now show the signature of the relevant Building Surveyor from User configuration allowing PermitPro to support organisations with more than one Building Surveyor
- Database Backup screen now displays date of last backup and will update this date on each backup
- Database Backup screen now allows entry of SQL Server Name (and will remember this for future backups)
DEFECTS FIXED
- Canceling or Lapsing a Job will now set the Abandoned Date
- Final Certificate corrected to show correct 'Date Permit Issued'
Version: 2009.3.85
Date: 22 Mar 2009
ENHANCEMENTS
- Version Numbers now changed to have the year and month as first two items
- Reports now work under Microsoft Vista (Crystal Reports upgraded to 2008)
- All reports converted to Crystal Reports 2008 format
- Note field added to Web Applications and then created as Note in Permit Pro
- Beginnings of Prospect/Quotation functionality added
- Configuration screens added for Standard Quote Charges and Standard Quote Conditions
- Configuration menus restructured
- Internal changes for development runtime directories
- JobProperty's GrossAllotmentArea increased in length
- Filename lengths expanded to 250 characters
- Find start date on Find Job screen now defaults to 1/1/1990
- Added ability to directly go to a Job from the Building Commission Levy screen to fix errors
- Import functions now remember the last file (and location) to be imported
- New Database menu added - submenu for Backing up Database & submenu to purge old Transaction History
- Additional Street Types added to list - in particular, blank entry added to cater for Post Office box addresses
- Councils added for TAS
- Suburb to Council records added for TAS
DEFECTS FIXED
- Email version of Council Payment Form now has correct Lodgment Fee
- Report R4-List of Permits to Lapse now displays correct list of permits (extended length to 6 months)
Version: 2008.1.84.0
Date: 11 Nov 2008
ENHANCEMENTS
- Version Number of PermitPro is now kept for each Job and JobHistory record
- JobHistory report amended
- Issue Building Permit screen made longer to accommodate longer list of documents
DEFECTS FIXED
- Email version of Council Payment Form now has correct Lodgment Fee
Version: 2008.1.83.0
Date: 17 Oct 2008
DEFECTS FIXED
- Corrected error when deleting Created Documents that had associated Document History entries
- Additional changes for Multi-page scanning
Version: 2008.1.82.0
Date: 13 Oct 2008
ENHANCEMENTS
- An Occupancy Permit Request Application form is now generated when you click OK on the Issue Building Permit screen
Version: 2008.1.81.0
Date: 6 Oct 2008
ENHANCEMENTS
- Provide new tab for accessing new screens to view online web information
- Include new screen for viewing online Web Applications - shows Core and Additional Document Names uploaded with application
- Include new screen for viewing online Web Errors
- Include new screen for viewing online Web Log
- Configure Entity screen reduced in horizontal size to fit smaller screens
- Configure Entity screen has a new Owner tab
- Web Jobs are identified with the Job Summary title having the text '* WEB Job*' and appear in a shade of green
DEFECTS FIXED
- Error in multi-page scanning fixed
Version: 2008.1.80.0
Date: 27 Sep 2008
ENHANCEMENTS
- Provided ability to delete previous generated PDFs in Created Docs tab
- Issue Building Permit screen will generate a new Cover Letter PDF and Building Permit PDF if one is not available when 'Stamp & Notify' is clicked
DEFECTS FIXED
- Error prevented when email is sent with no email addresses provided
Version: 2008.1.79.0
Date: 15 Sep 2008
ENHANCEMENTS
- Error Log screen will now display screen shot taken when error encountered if available
DEFECTS FIXED
- Building Permit Package filename now has the Job ID to make it unique
Version: 2008.1.78.0
Date: 3 Sep 2008
ENHANCEMENTS
- PDF Stamp will now be scaled to fit space if too large
DEFECTS FIXED
- Resized PDF Stamping
- Bug in Configure System Settings fixed
Version: 2008.1.77.0
Date: 28 Aug 2008
ENHANCEMENTS
- Progress of PDF generation shown when Building Permit Issued
- Required Document configure updated to have 'web' flag to indicate which documents show on web
DEFECTS FIXED
- Job Status now properly refreshed when entering Received Documents
- Configure screens now allowing selection of single record
- Unused Essential Service Condition fields removed which were causing errors on creating new conditions
- PDF Stamping updated to fix problems where stamping would hide content of initial PDF
- Fixed problem where changes to the Council were not being saved properly
Version: 2008.1.76.0
Date: 20 Aug 2008
ENHANCEMENTS
- Rearranged the Configure Menu to be more alphabetic
- Renamed "Sent Doc" tab to "Created Doc" tab and moved to be last tab shown for a selected job
- Issue Building Permit now generates PDFs for Building Permit and Cover Letter when OK button clicked
- Issue Occupancy Permit now generates PDF when OK button clicked
- Issue Certificate of Final Inspection now generates PDF when OK button clicked
- Email button on the Issue Occupancy Permit and Issue Certificate of Final Inspection now creates email with selected documents
- Issue Building Permit "Stamp and Notify" now generates a 'Building Permit Package' available in Created Doc tab
DEFECTS FIXED
- Council Payment reports now show overridden Lodgment Fee correctly
- Import Practitioners updated to cater for latest Building Commission file
Version: 2008.1.75.0
Date: 20 July 2008
ENHANCEMENTS
- Added menu in Annotation screen to enable rotation of PDF pages
- Added WebUser as new security menu item
- Added Exception Snapshot location to System Settings
DEFECTS FIXED
- Corrected Vista errors when opening a job in PermitPro
- Corrected error with Configure Council Suburbs
- Stamp corrected to not duplicate Building Surveyor code 'BS'
- Fixed error with Email attachments not being recognized
Version: 2008.1.74.0
Date: 23 June 2008
ENHANCEMENTS
- Added "Street Type" drop down for Agent/Applicant and Owner addresses on New Job screen
- Added "Stamp Darkness" to Configure System Settings
- Modified Stamping process to use configured System Setting
- Integrated PDF Annotation software
- Added ability to create, delete and edit Inspection Notes
- Added Ability to send Approved documents and generated Reports in a single email from Issue Building Permit screen
- Stamp & Notify capability now added to Issue Building Permit screen
- Additional error handling added to load function for Agent, Builder, Owners, Property Details, Building Details, Permit and Levy screens
DEFECTS FIXED
- Errors detected in global now passed up to Choose Database screen correctly
Version: 2008.1.73.0
Date: 10 June 2008
ENHANCEMENTS
- Implemented different reports for VIC 'Building Permit' vs NSW/QLD 'Construction Certificate'
- Implemented different reports for VIC 'Occupancy Permit' vs NSW/QLD 'Occupancy Certificate'
- Increased length of Job Details Nature of Works 'Other' to 250 characters
- Increased length of Job Description to 260 characters
- Increased length of Job Archive Location of 100 characters
- Choose Database screen now specified by configuration entry
- New Job screen enhanced to allow quick copy of Agent/Applicant info to Owner info
Available only to annual subscribers
- Changed size of Configure screens to fix entire vertical size of screen where there are large number of rows
- Changed size of Import screens
DEFECTS FIXED
- Removed message from showing when sending Emails
- Addressed memory problems when generating a large number of reports
- Corrected spelling of 'Withdrawal'
Version: 2008.1.72.0
Date: 26 May 2008
ENHANCEMENTS
- List of Required Documents now shows on Received Documents screen
- Added Document Management functions - Import, Scan, Merge, Stamp, Annotate on PDF documents to Received Documents screen
- Included new icons for Preview, Stamp, and Merge document management functions
- List of Received Documents now shows on Issue Building Permit screen to enable stamping of relevant documents
- Added 'Email To' and 'Stamp & Notify' buttons to Issue Building Permit screen
- Added new Council Payment letter accessible only on Issue Building Permit screen
- Added button to set "Registered" status in Job History screen
- Added button to set "Assessed" status in Job Assessments screen
- Permit Pro now supports terms used in NSW, QLD and ACT
- Report names changed to removed VIC specific Form and Section reference on screens
- Updated preview icon throughout system
- Changed Agent / Builder / Owner screens to move Personal settings to display where Company settings show
- Changed screen to show mandatoryFieldColour even after record has been saved
- Rearranged tabs within Building Works
- Changed sort order for Service Charges to be ID rather than charge description
- Changes to Company configuration screens & database - additional fields (Credit Card info)
- Changes to Council configuration screens & database - additional fields (Payment info)
- Changes to System Settings configuration screens & database - additional fields (Council Lodgment Fee, GST)
- Added ability to configure Document Types
- Populated Document Types with standard list of documents
- Added ability to configure Required Documents
- Populated Required Documents with standard list of documents
- Added ability to configure Email Message Text (by Email Type)
- Populated Email Message Text with standard messages
- Updated all configuration screens to have Group By
- Updated all configuration screens to have Export capability
- Removed audit info from configuration screens
- Moved the Job Status field in Job Find screen to be earlier in Grid
- Added Remote Assistance capability to Help menu
- Added more logging when Daily Inspections are being used
- Enhanced display of the Transaction Log (colour now being used to highlight transaction types)
- Updated global.cs to generate error when database access generates error
Available only to annual subscribers
DEFECTS FIXED
- Fixed problem with Charges not rounding GST properly
- Added new 6 month entry to Complete By combo box in Issue Building Permit screen
- Fixed page overflow problem in Council-Advice of Completion letter
Version: 2008.1.71.0
Date: 16 April 2008
ENHANCEMENTS
- SPI (Standard Parcel Identifier) field added to New Job screen
- Added "copy owner details" to "property details" on New Job screen
- Improved the speed by which the Builder Dashboard screen is shown
- Changed several screens to synchronize the length of the field to database
- Changed the way Suburbs are selected allowing selection of Suburb to set appropriate Postcode - display multiple entries
- Beta Installs can now be performed by super users
- Additional tracing added to enhance support
- Added ability to support councils for multiple States
- Improved screens to add new councils
- Add Councils for NSW and QLD
- Added following additional Council database fields - ABN, BSB, Account Number, and DX Number
- Updated New Job screen to support jobs for VIC, NSW, QLD, SA, WA, TAS, NT and ACT
- Added ability to support public holidays for multiple states
- Added Public Holidays for NSW, ACT & QLD (2008, 2009 & 2010)
- Added ability to support different links to State web site displaying public holidays
- Added ability to set screen literals by State
- Allow super users to choose State (as well as database) during Choose Database screen
Available only to annual subscribers
- A link to the VIC government web site to search for SPI added to Property Details screen
- Added screen to configure Council suburbs
DEFECTS FIXED
- Fixed the creation of Staged Permits by setting the IsCompany property for Agent, Builder and Owner
- Fixed problem with New Job not recording Agent Reference properly
- Modified Invoice to use the new IsCompany setting for Agent, Builder and Owner
Version: 2008.1.70.0
Date: 11 March 2008
ENHANCEMENTS
- Ability to import latest Australian Post Office Postcode file
- IsCompany setting on Agent, Builder and Owner now will display / hide Company or Personal info
Available only to annual subscribers
- Display mandatory fields with a configurable colour
DEFECTS FIXED
- Fix to handle null job Assessment Filenames
Version: 2008.1.69.0
Date: 8 March 2008
ENHANCEMENTS
- Entry and validation of Levy information improved - checks made as you leave Domestic and Project Costs fields
- Added new 'Dashboard' tab under Builder View tab that provides summary Job and Inspections stats for a builder
- Changed Export Icon to be Excel Icon (x15 places)
- Added ability to export Job Charge Items
- Rearranged Configure Menu to implement 2nd level for some menu items
- Renamed 'ESM Maintenance' tab to 'ESM' and moved it near end of tabs
- Renamed 'Documents' tab to 'Received Doc'
- Changes to database to allow imports of Practitioners and Architects updates
- Added "Recent" button on Job Find screen that will set the Start Date to 30 days ago - allowing user to then click Find
- New Agent Personal Fax Number added
- New Builder Personal Fax Number added
- New Owner Personal Fax Number added
- New System field for Mandatory Field background colours added to database
- New Company field for Document Repository added to database
- New Agent Is Company field added to database
- New Builder Is Company field added to database
- New Owner Is Company field added to database
- Added ability to add and delete builder password records that enables builders to access Permit Pro Web
- Ability to import latest Building Commission Practitioner file - will also expiry obsolete practitioners
- Ability to import latest Architects (Individual & Companies) - will also expiry obsolete architects
Available only to annual subscribers
- Created new Configure Builder Code Prefix screen
- Created new Configure Document Types screen
- Created new Required Documents screen
- Scanning added to Document tab to enable documents to be scanned and their filenames to be saved as part of the job
- Document Annotations added allow user to annotate/markup PDF files with comments, sticky notes and stamps
- Can now associate an external file/document with an Approved Document entry (eg copy of Architectural Plan or Soil Report)
- Can now associate an external file/document with an Assessment
- Can now associate an external file/document with an Inspection Direction (eg photo image)
DEFECTS FIXED
- UserRegistrationNumber field now properly populated in database from User screen
- Building Permit Inspection contact number now retrieved from Company record
- Assessing Officer now properly updated from Assessment screen for 2nd and subsequent jobs
- Fixed spelling mistakes in Cover Letter
- Job History report now picks up correct Builder Phone, Fax and Owner Phone
- Job Direction report now picks up correct Builder Phone, Fax and Owner Phone
- Reduced size of Street Number and Street Name fields to match database for Agent, Builder and Owner screens
- Fixed problem with Building Commission Levy files not recognising data on 29th February
Version: 2008.1.68.0
Date: 26 January 2008
ENHANCEMENTS
- Job History now shows related Stages (if available)
- Job Find now shows all partial matches to entered Agent Reference
- New Agent Stats by Date (A1) report now on report tab
- New Agent Stats by Type (A2) report now on report tab
- New Agent Stats Summary (A3) report now on report tab
- Moved report B1 (Builder Stats by Date) to report tab
- Moved report B2 (Builder Stats by Type) to report tab
- Moved report B3 (Builder Stats Summary) to report tab
Available only to annual subscribers
DEFECTS FIXED
- Clear function on Job Find now also clears Agent Reference field
- Building Permit Terms and Conditions now retrieve Company name properly
Version: 2008.1.67.0
Date: 21 January 2008
ENHANCEMENTS
- Not Available Dates tab now shows most recent dates at top
- Job Find now also finds jobs by Agent Reference
- Improved way Issue Building Permits pop up screen works - automatically set Building Permit Issue date after asking
- Improved way Issue Occupancy Permits pop up screen works - automatically set Occupancy Permit Issue date after asking
- Improved way Issue Certificate of Final Inspection pop up screen works - automatically set Certification Issue date after asking
- Job History entries are created when creating Staged Jobs (both Old job and New job)
- All related jobs are now shown when creating a new Staged Job
Available only to annual subscribers
- Configure Reports - Orientation changed to drop down with values of CSV, LAND and PORT
- Configure Reports - Program Name field expanded to 100 characters
- New Permit Status by Builder Summary report
- New Permit Status by Builder Detail report
DEFECTS FIXED
- Fixed spelling of 'Withdrawal' on Print Reports screen
- Fixed problem when creating Staged permits and previous job had null data
- When creating staged jobs the No Stages now correctly updated on all related jobs
- Several other fields populated correctly (to null or zero) when creating new staged jobs (Permit No, Permit Issued Date, Job Status, Application Date, Number Paid Inspections, Archive Location)
- Fixed refresh problem when staged job created so updated File Number and No Stages are displayed properly.
Version: 2008.1.66.0
Date: 9 January 2008
ENHANCEMENTS
- New error displayed when you try to save Job Permit and combo boxes (Building Surveyor or Assessing Officer) are blank prompting user to select from drop down list prior to saving record
- New error displayed when you try to save Job Details and combo boxes are blank prompting user to select from drop down list prior to saving record
- Job Inspection screen now prompts user to select Inspector (when not entered) in similar manner to Inspection Type
- Building Commission Levy process enhanced to show additional warnings when crucial data is missing - blank defaults used instead, process now completes
- Ability to Find jobs by Property Name
- New Other Info field on Property Details tab
Available only to annual subscribers
- Add ability to Fax (via Microsoft Outlook) and keep copy of attached PDFs for later retrieval
- New Send Doc tab shows all documents sent out for a selected Job
DEFECTS FIXED
- Correct Entity ID and Name now displayed when new Job is selected for Agent, Builder and Owner
- Fixed report connection to database when allowed to select different Database
- Fixed start date calculation on January for Error Log, Communications and Transactions tabs
Version: 2007.1.65.0
Date: 13 December 2007
ENHANCEMENTS
- Updated error message displayed when no Building Permit has been issued and you attempt to print/preview Building Permit
- Added checks when attempting to print/preview Occupancy Permit / Certificate of Final Inspection and no Building Permit has been issued
- When issuing Building Permit and user selects print/preview the Building Permit is issued using dates at top of screen
- When issuing Occupancy Permit and user selects print/preview the Occupancy Permit is issued using dates at top of screen
- When issuing Certificate of Final Inspection and user selects print/preview the Certificate is issued using dates at top of screen
- Increased width of drop down boxes for Inspectors and Builders on Daily Inspection reporting selection
- New PDF Error report implemented
- Error Report tab changed to remove 'calling sequence' field which is now shown in panel at bottom of screen
Available only to annual subscribers
- Enhanced Integrity check to also fix contact numbers that are either Null or have "() -"
- Added Transaction Log display
- New Online Help content added to work with menu item Help | Online Help
DEFECTS FIXED
- New Job fixed to ensure Job Builder record is properly created when using configured entities
- Contact Numbers (phone, fax and mobile) checked that spurious mask characters "() -" not saved when no number entered
- Reports B1, B2 and B3 changed to ensure they reconcile with each other by using Builder information from Job record rather than Inspection record
- Maximum number of characters for Job Lot limited to 15 characters to prevent overflow error
- Error suppressed when an email is aborted and not sent
- Fixed problem in Configure Checklist Items where new items could not be entered
Version: 2007.1.64.0
Date: 17 November 2007
ENHANCEMENTS
- Additional check made during Building Comm Levy run to ensure a Building Surveyor Reg Number provided in CERT records
Available only to annual subscribers
- Enhanced Integrity check to also provide Job's user name and latest Permit pro version of the user
DEFECTS FIXED
- Fixed error in Bldg Commission Levy run when no Builder Contact Number was provided
- Fixed some minor error wording during Bldg Commission Levy run
- Fixed incorrect job being used when "Copy from Agent" or "Copy from Owner" used on Job Builder screen
- Fixed incorrect job being used when "Copy from Builder" or "Copy from Owner" used on Job Agent screen
- Fixed problem when trying to create new Inspection Types
Version: 2007.1.63.0
Date: 9 November 2007
ENHANCEMENTS
- SMS Messages enhanced to provide Sender ID due to mandatory changes in network provider
- Added two new ESM Log Book variations - by Location and by Inspection Type
- ESM Generate Schedule enhanced to allow user to select various generation options
Available only to annual subscribers
-
DEFECTS FIXED
- Enhanced internal rigging to better identify reports associated with errors
Version: 2007.1.62.0
Date: 8 October 2007
ENHANCEMENTS
- Refresh on Find screen now also performs the Find
- Additional messages displayed when creating a New Stage
DEFECTS FIXED
- Fixed New Jobs that use an entity without a complete configuration
- Fixed missed setting of Error Resolved
Version: 2007.1.61.0
Date: 26 September 2007
ENHANCEMENTS
- Implemented ability to add Agent, Builder, Practitioners and Documents to configured Entity
- New Job will now create appropriately configured job records when selecting pre-configured Agent
- Modified most reports to link with Company record and utilise appropriate logo and signature graphics
DEFECTS FIXED
- Fixed Configure User to allow signature locations of up to 100 characters
- Cleanup script to fix some entity names
Version: 2007.1.60.0
Date: 17 September 2007
ENHANCEMENTS
- Allowed changes to Entity Name in Configure Entity screen
- Provided buttons to copy Entity Name to Company Name (and vice versa)
- Added Refresh button to Configure Entity screen
- SMS messages in Communications tab now shown with coloured background
DEFECTS FIXED
- Fixed problem in Agent, Builder & Owner updates to Name
- Fixed problems with contact info refresh in Configure Entity
- Fixed problem when ESM records are grouped in ESM History screen
Version: 2007.1.59.0
Date: 12 September 2007
ENHANCEMENTS
- Added Configure Assessment Condition
- Added base configuration files
DEFECTS FIXED
- Fixed User configuration error when entering new user
- Fixed Error generated when user does not have registry entry for multiple databases
- Corrected several Form reports to obtain Building Surveyor Registration Number from alternate User field
- Fixed ESM Contractors error when accessed from ESM Required Inspections tab
- Multiple job notes no longer causes multiple lines on Daily Inspection reports (I1, I2 and I3 reports)
Version: 2007.1.58.0
Date: 10 September 2007
ENHANCEMENTS
- Added 'ESM Audit' as Assessment type
- Added image fields to Assessment and Inspection Directions database (not yet available on screens)
- Selected Database will display in top right hand corner of screen (when not Default database)
- Most reports revised to take configurable graphic of company logo
- User table enhanced to include new 'Display Notification of Appointment' field
- Daily Reminder SMS text changed to include day of week instead of 'today' if sent on different day
- Added Export capability from Job Timeline screen
- Added Export capability from Job History screen
- Added Export capability from Job Assessments screen
- Added Export capability from Job Inspections screen
- Added Export capability from ESM History screen
- Added Export capability from ESM Scheduled Inspections History screen
- Added Export capability from ESM Required Inspections History screen
DEFECTS FIXED
- Configure Company address field fixed to allow full length of field to be entered
- Fixed problem when a large number of Timeline Events exist for a Job (now limiting to first 100)
- Entity Email Address now set to be blank when a entity is configured
Version: 2007.1.57.0
Date: 27 August 2007
ENHANCEMENTS
- Specified users can now select different database prior to login screen
- ESM Required Inspections now allow Level of Test to be specified for each inspection
- ESM Contractors not required when entering ESM Required Inspections (made optional)
- Added "NotKnown" ESM Contractor
- Hid two ESM Letter buttons
- Error Report can be generated
- Error Report can be emailed directly to Better Built Software
DEFECTS FIXED
- ESM History now refreshing properly when you change jobs
- Hid two import screens which were not yet implemented
Version: 2007.1.56.0
Date: 20 August 2007
ENHANCEMENTS
- Building Permits now also show Property Name below property address
- Job Toolbar now being replicated in Job Permit screen when accessed from Job Timeline
- Job Toolbar moved lower on screen to accommodate above change
- Configure Valid Essential Safety Measure Conditions enhanced to record both Installation and Maintenance Regulations as well as Level
- Added new Configure ESM Contractors
- ESM Required Inspections now has drop down for ESM Contractors
- Added ESM Tenant tab
- Essential Safety Measures scheduling algorithm now caters for Public Holidays
- Essential Safety Measures scheduling algorithm enhanced to prevent date drift
- Can now generate ESM Cover Letter
- Can now generate ESM Compliance Certificate
- Added Assessments (first of type) to Job Timeline
DEFECTS FIXED
- Error when double clicking on grouped History items now fixed
Version: 2007.1.55.0
Date: 6 August 2007
ENHANCEMENTS
- Daily SMS Reminders can now be sent in advance
- Occupancy Permits now also show Property Name below property address
- Occupancy Permits 'Essential Services' term updated to 'Essential Safety Measures'
- Configure 'Essential Service Conditions' changed to 'Essential Safety Measures'
- Added 'Maintenance Regulation' to Configure Essential Safety Measures
- ESM Schedules can now be created
- ESM Log Books can now be created
- ESM File Notes can now be created and maintained
DEFECTS FIXED
- Appropriate Builder Insurance Issue Date is stored if this field is left blank on Configure Entity screen
Version: 2007.1.54.0
Date: 30 July 2007
ENHANCEMENTS
- Daily SMS Reminders can now be sent from the Daily Inspection screen
- Removed Company Contact information from Entity
- New Job when entering Personal Agent information will blank out Company Name if entered
- When leaving the Job Agent screen that has Contacts a warning message will be display if there is not exactly one Prime Agent Contact
- Essential Service Maintenance tab created
- Essential Service Maintenance screens now being displayed
- Essential Service Maintenance Required Inspections screen is now functional
- Removed Company and "Job:" from beginning of SMS messages
- Added Agent Reference to Job Table
- Changed Job Agent to populate the Job's Agent Reference when it was changed
- Added Days in Period to Essential Service Conditions Configure screen
- Short Company Name added to Configure Company
DEFECTS FIXED
- New Job using brand new Personal Agent now creates contact information properly in Job Agent
Version: 2007.1.53.0
Date: 23 July 2007
ENHANCEMENTS
- Double clicking on outstanding Required Inspection in Job Timeline now displays Job Inspection booking screen with inspection type pre-selected
- Double clicking on Application, Commence By or Complete By Job Timeline now displays the Job Permit screen
- Changed Timeline images for Levy and Completed By events
- Removed grid from Timeline screen
- Increased size of Inspector Group drop down to accommodate larger data
- Error log now hides resolved errors from display (the default)
- Clicking on "Copy From" buttons in Agent, Builder and Owner screens will now blank out fields that are not in common
- Added Builder Insurance fields to Configure Entity - Insurance Provider, Policy Number and Insurance Issue Date
- Changed Job Builder screen to populate the Insurance fields when Find is performed
- Changed Job Agent screen to display a warning message if no prime agent contacts or too many prime agent contacts are set
- New Job Screen - selecting Agent will refresh related fields immediately (do not need to move away from field)
- New Job Screen - selecting Owner will refresh related fields immediately (do not need to move away from field)
- New Job Screen - entering brand new agent information will also generated new entity record. Job record will link to this new entity record for the Agent.
- Job Agent Screen - will create a new entity record if the agent name is new. Job Agent record will link to this new entity record for the Agent.
- Job Builder Screen - will create a new entity record if the builder name is new. Job Builder record will link to this new entity record for the Builder.
- Job Owner Screen - will create a new entity record if the owner name is new. Job Owner record will link to this new entity record for the Owner.
- Improved the way you find Practitioners - using Registration Number will search across all practitioners after loading entire Practitioner list (message displayed)
- Configure Practitioners now allows you to search by Registration Number
DEFECTS FIXED
- Fixed error that did not display Practitioners properly when using Find
- Fixed error when returning to New Job screen
- Fixed error on Summary screen when either Agent, Builder or Owner had not been set
- Fixed display of Entity contact information - phone, fax and mobile number now show properly
- Assessment Report now uses Agent Contacts correctly to display the To, Company, Fax and Email fields
Version: 2007.1.52.0
Date: 11 July 2007
ENHANCEMENTS
- Added new images to Job Event Timeline for various Inspection Results
- Reduced size of the images shown in the Job Event Timeline
- Implemented display of Inspection Maintenance screen when Job Event is double clicked in Job Event Timeline
- Added Levy to Job Event Timeline
- Double clicking on Job Event Timeline brings up Levy form
- Double clicking on Building Permit Job Event brings up Building Permit form
DEFECTS FIXED
- Corrected the number of inspections shown when Number of Paid Inspections is less than Number of Mandatory Inspections
- New Job no longer generates error when Agent is searched and not found and "Is Builder" or "Is Owner" is selected
Version: 2007.1.51.0
Date: 4 July 2007
ENHANCEMENTS
- Added new Job Event Timeline tab
- Added new Configure *Entity Templates* menu entry
- Configure Entity Template now displays several related tabs for Agent, Builder, Approved Documents, Practitioners, and Contacts
- New Communications Tab showing a list of all communications sent out - can be filtered by date and user with subsequent data being grouped
- Changed some of the wording on the Configure Company screen
- Changed spelling dictionary to be UK based instead of US based (they have more similar spellings to Australian spellings)
- Implemented User 'override' dictionary to support unique Australian based spelling - based on common Configure Company dictionary location
- Report B3 - Summary now shows 'Benchmarks' at end of report
- Implemented '2 Up' File Label
- Non production databases displayed on login screen more prominently
- New Error Log tab shown for users having developer role
DEFECTS FIXED
- Configure Building Permit Conditions & OP Conditions setting "in-active" problem fixed
- Fixed error with Issue Building Permit "Reset"
- Fixed Version Number from being cut-off when written to Error Log
Version: 2007.1.50.0
Date: 14 June 2007
ENHANCEMENTS
- Number of characters shown for text message in Configure Quick SMS
- Audit trail of all Email and SMS now maintained in new Communication History table
- An appropriate Agent contact created during creation of a New Job
- Removed Import Job Contacts as is no longer needed
DEFECTS FIXED
- Configure Quick SMS message limited to 160 characters
- About screen changed to reference appropriate Better Built Software web site
Version: 2007.1.49.0
Date: 09 June 2007
ENHANCEMENTS
- Can now Email Assessments to Job Contacts with entry recorded in Job History
- Can now Email most reports shown in Job 'Print Reports' with entry recorded in Job History
- Can now SMS from PrintReports tab with entry recorded in Job History
- Can now SMS from Inspection screen
- 100 free SMS messages provided with this release
- Can now turn off the disable of a Note with new Show checkbox
- Export to Excel now supported on Job List, Follow Ups, Daily Inspections, and Builder View (joins Building Commission Levy errors export)
- Agent, Builder and Owner screens changed to ensure they fit in 15" screens
- Issue Building Permit changed to allow the Commencement By date to be changed
- Configure screens changed to have 'Group By' added to serveral grids
- Configure screens changed to have Sequence number field displayed as numeric up down
- New Configure Reports added - use this to configure email content
- New Configure Quick SMS added
- New Import Postcode functionality added
- All Configure screens changed to display Clear button instead of New button
DEFECTS FIXED
- Bug in Configure Quick Inspection Directions fixed (Cannot insert the value Nulll into column 'InspectionTypeId')
- Bug creating new Inspection Types fixed ("Column 'InspectionTypeID' does not allow nulls" error)
Version: 2007.1.48.0
Date: 25 Apr 2007
ENHANCEMENTS
- Job Contacts table added
- Job Agent, Job Builder, Job Owner and Job Inspections screen changed to display multiple contacts
- Job Agent, Job Builder, Job Owner and Job Inspections screen changed to allow entry, editting and deletion of multiple contacts
- Send button added to Job Print Reports screen
- New 'Send To' screen added that displays all Job Contacts for a Job (sending or reports not yet implemented)
- Built in automatic conversion of existing data to Job Contacts (including Agent, Builder, Owner and Inspection contacts)
- Job Inspection screen now also displays comments in bold red in similar fashion to Daily Inspection screen
- All Configure screens changed to display True/False as checkboxes
- Configure Job Status screen added - can configure colours of job statues
- New report R10 - Entity 'New' Report added
DEFECTS FIXED
- Fixed New Job screen to properly set the Entity ID when "Is Builder" or "Is Owner" checkboxes are checked
- Error reporting changed to try to get emailing of exception to BBSoft to work properly
Version: 2007.1.47.0
Date: 13 Apr 2007
DEFECTS FIXED
- Daily Inspection Result colours now displayed properly for all result types
- Configure Inspection Results does not clear description field after saving
- Error on New Screen when contact names are less than 50 characters resolved
Version: 2007.1.46.0
Date: 12 Apr 2007
ENHANCEMENTS
- Configure Agent, Builder and Owner screen (Entity records) updated to show entire entity list
- Configure Agent, Builder and Owner screen changed to show which records are 'Active' in the entity list
- Configure Agent, Builder and Owner screen now shows both First and Last Name for Personal Contacts
- Job screens for Agent, Builder and Owner changed to disable update to Entity records
- New Agent, Builder and Owner lists changed to show only Active entities
- Configure Job Types now allow a colour to be specified for each job type
- Job List shown after Job Find now shows Job Type (in colour)
- Job List fields rearranged
- Daily Inspection screen now shows Job Type (in colour)
- Daily Inspection screen fields rearranged and Inspector now highlighted in bold
- Daily Inspection Inspectors records which are '.Unassigned' are now highlighted
- Inspection Maintenance screen now highlights Inspection Result in bold red making it stand out more on the screen
- Configure Council Zones now allows text message to be saved for Assessments and Bldg Permits
- Council Zone Alerts now display for Assessments and when issuing Bldg Permits (if configured properly)
- Building Details screen now checks that Job Type matches the BCA Code
- File Labels can now be generated for large Avery labels
- Existing Commercial Jobs changed to ensure Job Type matches BCA Code
- Inspection reports updated to reflect David's new mobile number
- All Configure screens changed to show grid without shading and coloured Active column
- Report screen enhanced to allow different selection of dates
- Added new report R7 - Performance Summary
- Added new report R8 - Performance Details
- Added new report R9 - New Applications (for date range)
- Added new graph G4 - Jobs by Week (for date range)
- Release Notes on Install now shown in browser
DEFECTS FIXED
- Inspection Maintenance screen no longer generates error when changing existing data (no longer checks date in past)
- Configure 'Work Types' renamed to 'Job Types'
- Council Zone alerts no longer shown if there is no text configured
- Fixed problem during creation of New job when the Agent Personal contact details are too long
Version: 2007.1.45.0
Date: 25 Mar 2007
ENHANCEMENTS
- Agent, Builder and Owner Configure screen updated to show all three "Display In List" checkboxes
- Agent, Builder and Owner Configure screen can now create new Entity records
DEFECTS FIXED
- Changed the contents of the Agent, Builder and Owner drop down lists in the Configure screen to show all records
- Changed the contents of the "Find Agent" drop down lists in the Job Agent screen to show all records
- Changed the contents of the "Find Builder" drop down lists in the Job Builder screen to show all records
- Changed the contents of the "Find Owner" drop down lists in the Job Owner screen to show all records
Version: 2007.1.44.0
Date: 24 Mar 2007
ENHANCEMENTS
- Added display of the 'common' Entity name at the bottom of the Agent, Builder and Owner screens, just below the Entity ID
- Added prompt asking whether the user wants to update the common Agent, Builder or Owner record after making changes to the Job Record
- Release Notes now shown formatted in browser
- Job ID is now shown more pronounced on the screen
Version: 2007.1.43.0
Date: 09 Mar 2007
ENHANCEMENTS
- New R6 Report - User's Last Version - Use this report to determine whether users have been updated
- Changed 'Security - User' and 'Configure - Document Names' screens to:
- Select a user from grid using single-click rather than double-click
- Removed Edit button as it is no longer needed
- Prompt user to make record 'in-active' rather than delete it
- Sequence field is processed slightly differently
DEFECTS FIXED
- New Jobs will not populate Builder if non is selected
- Allowed Building Commission Levy to be created when UniquePropertyID is null
Version: 2007.1.42.0
Date: 02 Mar 2007
ENHANCEMENTS
- Warnings will be displayed if the Inspection Date is in the past
DEFECTS FIXED
- Error is no longer generated when the Daily Inspection screen is 'grouped'
Version: 2007.1.41.0
Date: 01 Mar 2007
ENHANCEMENTS
- Can now access Job Details directly from Daily Inspection screen via new Job button
- Can also access Job Details from Daily Inspection screen from right-click menu
DEFECTS FIXED
- Daily Inspection screen correctly highlights Job when it is selected
Version: 2007.1.40.0
Date: 28 Feb 2007
ENHANCEMENTS
- Validated Inspection Booking - Systems displays error message if you attempt to book and Inspection and the Bldg Permit has not been issued
- A 'CheckList No' can now be entered when entering a Direction - 'Checklist No' is optional and need not be entered
- Configure Quick Directions - a 'Checklist No' can now be associated with each Quick Direction
- Practitioner Screen will only retrieve practitioners that begin with characters in Search text box
- Configure Practitioner screen will only retrieve practitioners that begin with characters in Search text box
- Configure Agent / Builders / Owners screen will only retrieve entries that begin with characters in search text box
- Script written to change Agents,Builders & Owner drop down data to show only those that have 5 or more related Jobs
- Configure Builders - can now set the Builders Registration (Class and Number)
- A warning message will be displayed if the number of Mandatory Inspections does not equal Paid Inspections
- Inspection Maintenance screen will now show the Inspection type as part of the text shown at top of screen
- Building Commission Levy tab now has "Export" button which will send errors to an Excel file
DEFECTS FIXED
- New Screen bug introduced in v39 fixed
Version: 2007.1.39.0
Date: 22 Feb 2007
ENHANCEMENTS
- Validated Printing - Systems displays error message if you attempt to print Bldg Permit and none has been issued
- Quotation/Invoice - now displays the File Number above the Permit Number
- Assessing screen now allows you to set the Assessing Officer
- Building Inspection Work Direction report will not show the Inspection if all directions have been resolved (grey box)
- Domestic Checklist now shows a unique Checklist Number in front of each item
- Direction screen enhanced to display where the Checklist Number would be entered (currently disabled)
- Quick Directions code reduced to 4 characters
- New Screen - all Agent, Builder and Owner drop down lists reduced to just those that have more than 5 associated jobs
- Builder View / Inspection View - also changed to use the same list of Builders who have more than 5 associated jobs
- Builder View / Inspection View - Entity number now shown when builder is selected
- Agent Screen - Find drop down lists reduced to just those that have more than 5 associated jobs
- Builder Screen - Find drop down lists reduced to just those that have more than 5 associated jobs
- Builder Screen - when selecting a builder from drop down the Insurance details are not updated
- Owner Screen - Find drop down lists reduced to just those that have more than 5 associated jobs
- Login screen changed to display a message when you are not using the standard Production database
DEFECTS FIXED
- Not Available Dates screen changed so that Delete button is displayed properly
- Not Available Dates screen changed to allow Public Holidays to be entered and stored properly
Version: 2007.1.38.0
Date: 19 Feb 2007
ENHANCEMENTS
- Added new Tab for "Not Available Dates" - includes Public Holidays and Inspectors not available dates
- Added checks to Inspection screen to check for Public Holidays and Inspector not available dates
- Added checks to Inspection Maintenance screen to check for Public Holidays and Inspector not available dates
- Added new button on Job History screen to create Job Stages - two scenarios supported
- Renaming /0 stage to /1 stage
- Creating brand new stage (greater than 1) which copies exising Job records
- Added new Report R4 - Lapsed Permits to Report tab
- Added new Report R5 - Lapsed Applications to Report tab
- New Configure menu entry allows you to display and modify Entity info stored for Agent, Builders and Owners
- Added setting for Colour to Configure Inspection Results
- Job Find's "Job Status" column is now colour coded
- Job Practitioners screen no longer loads the entire list of practitioners on system startup but rather when you click on the drop down
- this should improve the start up time for the entire PermitPro program
- will mean that there will be a delay on the Practioner tab when you first use it
DEFECTS FIXED
- Fixed Protection Notice (Form 3) to print fields only once when 'large amounts' of data is entered into the fields
- Fixed new Inspections to have status of <Not Known> instead of "Not Ready"
- Fixed the Agent, Builder and Owner screen to set Entity ID properly when chosing from drop down
PERMITPRO WEB
- Changed "Refresh" button to "Search" button
- Added Job History button to Assessment and Inspection web pages
Version: 2007.1.37.0
Date: 25 Feb 2007
ENHANCEMENTS
- Inspection Maintenance screen now shows colour of result
DEFECTS FIXED
- Builder View now displays properly
- Protection Notice Form 3 now caters for longer text
- Council Zone alerts now only appearing once at appropriate jobs
- Changes to generate Building Commission Remittance properly
PERMITPRO WEB
- New version implemented, changes include:
- Moved Search text box
- Added Clear button
- Added Refresh button
- Maintain search criteria when returning to Job web page
- Implemented Job History report
- Added number of Assessments to grid
Version: 2007.1.36.0
Date: 29 Jan 2007
ENHANCEMENTS
- New Configure "Council Zones"
- Configure "Councils" changed to record council zone
- New "Council Zone Alerts" now displayed when job is in Non-Metro council zone:
- Before Inspections screen is displayed
- Before Charges screen is displayed
- "Orders" tab removed
- Protection Notices enhanced to include embedded 4 tabs for large text boxes
- Form 3 (Protection Notice) updated
- Form 4 (Protection Notice Response) updated
DEFECTS FIXED
- LevyChanges record updated
- Job History report updated to prevent overlapping fields
Version: 2007.1.35.0
Date: 23 Jan 2007
ENHANCEMENTS
- New Reports/Graphs on Reporting tab
- Graph G3 - Inspections by Week
- Reports/Graphs on Reporting tab Amended to removed legend
- Graph G1 - Jobs by Month
- Graph G2 - Inspections by Month
- "Serving Docs" tab renamed to "Notices & Orders"
- Demolition tab within Notices & Order tab now fully functional - records when you Preview a Sec 29A report
- New Sec29A report on Demolition tab (both Agent and Hertiage Victoria versions)
- Protection Notices tab within Notices & Order tab now fully functional - report not yet complete
- Added new validHeritage table
- Added new Lapsed Permit letter
DEFECTS FIXED
- Fields on New Screen trimmed of any trailing spaces before saving
- New Screen "Work Type" changed to "Job Type"
- New screen "Lot Number" maximum characters reduced to 15
- On saving of Personal Agents, Builders or Owners an extra space is not include if no salutation is provided
Version: 2007.1.34.0
Date: 15 Jan 2007
ENHANCEMENTS
- Invoice/Quotation now supports decimal quantities and notes
- New Reporting tab - providing the following new Reports and Graphs
- Report R1 - Status of Applications
- Report R2 - Outstanding Projects
- Report R3 - Location and Type of Permits
- Graph G1 - Jobs by Month
- Graph G2 - Inspections by Month
DEFECTS FIXED
- Directions now correctly use the Units for directions rather than those for the inspection
- Report I4 - Inspection Summary Stats changed to allow "Approved Subject to" to appear as header
- Report B3 - Builder Summary Stats changed to allow "Approved Subject to" to appear as header
- Extra number removed fomr Invoice / Quotation
PERMITPRO WEB
- Installed version onto new G4 server
- Provided external access
Version: 2007.1.33.0
Date: 13 Dec 2006
ENHANCEMENTS
- Added Invoice report to Issue OP and CFI toolbar screens (remembers settings)
- Added Archive Box report to Issue OP and CFI toolbar screens (remembers settings)
- Added display of licensing info to Login screen
- Added display of licensing info to About screen
- Daily Inspection reports I3 and I4 can now be generated for single Inspector
- Charge Items screen now has both Print and Preview buttons
DEFECTS FIXED
- Daily Inspections report now show Permit Number correctly
- Extra blank page removed from end of Daily Inspection report
- Issue Bldg Permit toolbar fixed to update Job Permit Number and Issue Date correctly
- Print button on Issue Bldg Permit and Issue CFI now prints rather than previews
- Practitioner screen now displays correctly after missing upgraded component added
- Building Commission Levy Return corrected to show detail information
- Daily Inspections I4 and B3 reports now calculate percentages across a row
- Builder and Owner Names ensured to display on Forms - Bldg Permit, OP, CFI, Job History
- Invoices/Quotations no longer print headings when all details records are 'hidden'
Version: 2007.1.32.0
Date: 7 Dec 2006
ENHANCEMENTS
- Added tab for "Serving Docs" to Jobs level
- Added prototype Serving Docs Protection Notices screen
- Added prototype Serving Docs Demolition screen
- Added prototype Serving Docs Notices and Orders screen
- Added B2 - Builder Stats by Type report to Daily Inspections
- Added B3 - Builder stats Summary report to Daily Inspections
- Added I3 - Inspector Detail Stats report to Daily Inspections
- Added I4 - Inspector Summary Stats report to Daily Inspections
- Daily Inspections I6 Report fixed to properly generate data
- Daily Inspections U Report fixed to properly generate data
DEFECTS FIXED
- Invoice/Quotation redesigned to fix problems
PERMITPRO WEB
- Permits changed to use Crystal Reports web services
Version: 2007.1.31.0
Date: 24 Nov 2006
ENHANCEMENTS
- Added ability to search by Booking Number on the Daily Inspections screen
DEFECTS FIXED
- Inspections now have correct File Number
- Provided missing file for Spell Checker
- When you 'reset' an Occupancy Permit or Final Certificate it's state goes back to Permit Issued
- Prompt changed on reset to be appropriate for either OP or CFI
Version: 2007.1.30.0
Date: 22 Nov 2006
ENHANCEMENTS
- Replaced spell checker
- Added button to access Common File Dialog on Company configuration screen
DEFECTS FIXED
- Fixed problem where wrong location was being used to get Bldg Permit Levy Return
- Defaulted Inspection Type after new Inspection had been set to also be "Meetings"
- New Job now ensures an Application Date and a Received Date are entered
- New Job defaults council
- New Job screen no longer defaults Agent, Builder or Owner if you skip the field
Version: 2007.1.29.0
Date: 28 Oct 2006
ENHANCEMENTS
- Added Job Type to Invoice/Quotation
DEFECTS FIXED
- Fixed Building Commission Levy to ignore null Material fields
- Job Details 'Work Type' changed to 'Job Type'
- Agent, Builder, Owner and Property Details will check if the State is blank when entering the Suburb and set it to the default state if blank
- Removed "Additional Charges" from Cover Letter
- Assessment report changed to split individual assessments across multiple pages
Version: 2007.1.28.0
Date: 22 Oct 2006
ENHANCEMENTS
- Daily Inspections can now be filtered by Inspector as well as Date
- Follow up screen can now also be filtered by a single Inspector or show All inspectors
- File No added to Follow up screen
- Company info removed off bottom of Inspection Checklists
DEFECTS FIXED
- Fix problem where Inspection Approval Date was not being set
- Adjusted combo boxes on Inspection/Direction screen
- Defaulted Inspection Type on Inspection screen to "Meetings"
PERMITPRO WEB
- Default period of time is now 2 years
- System now keeps date period selected and does not loose these when you navigate to other web pages
- Selected job is remembered
- Latest permit reports now used (Bldg Permit and Occ Permit from 22 Oct 2006)
- Additional navigational buttons created on Assessment, Inspection, Building Permit and Occupancy Permit screens
to allow you to goto these screens (some links only shown if there is data)
Version: 2007.1.27.0
Date: 19 Oct 2006
ENHANCEMENTS
- Company Configuration now shows longer text fields for locations
- Inspection/Direction screen colour coded to make it easier to identify which buttons are related to which parts of the screen
- Inspection/Direction screen now automatically updates the Inspection if you click on Print button
- Additional buttons added to Bldg Permit screen to set 'Serve To' fields
DEFECTS FIXED
- Previous Permit field now properly shows/updates on Bldg Permit screen
- Doubling clicking on grouped rows now no longer generates an error
- Maximum length of Parish field extended to 50 characters on Job Property screen
- Maximum lenghts set on Job Property screen
- Suburb and Postcode fields now updated properly on 'Serve To' fields
Version: 2007.1.26.0
Date: 12 Oct 2006
ENHANCEMENTS
* When you resolve a Direction (by setting date) the 'Show on Report' is also set to No
* Direction confirmation screen message removed
* Follow-up screen's User list only shows active users
* Assessment Maintenance and Direction Mainteance screens made consistent on placement of 'Resolution Date' and 'Show on Report'
* Charge Item screen now has 'No Show' button to turn off all existing items from appearing on a Quotation/Invoice
* Direction screen now has a 'Resolve All' button
* Builder Inspection View screen split into two resizable parts
* Building Commission Levy screen split into two resizable parts
* Building Commission Levy screen now shows errors (for selected run or all)
* Building Commission Levy screen now stores files as specified in the Company configuration
* Inspection Maintenance and Direction screen combined
* Job Levy screen now keeps track of all historic changes (except first change after creation of a new job)
DEFECTS FIXED
* Charge Item screen fixed to properly save 'Send Invoice To' field
* Section 73 report fixed to properly show all inspections
* Quotation/Invoice now properly displays in various 'Send To' scenarios and Levy scenarios
* Job Levy screen no longer asks you to save when you leave this screen
* Building Permit Completed By date now properly calculated and shown on Building Permit
* Issue Building Permit screen now sets the 'Commence to Completion' based on BCA Class
* Work Direction now correctly states 'Do not plaster' for variations of Frame inspection
* Assessment Report sequence numbers now fixed to correctly display after specifying 'No Show'
* Removed all council 'physical street addresses' and left 'postal address' for Section 73, 80 and 30 reports
* Daily Inspection report title changed to put it just above details
* Signature block repeated on all pages of a Occupancy Permit and Certificate of Final Inspection
* Extra logo removed from Occupancy Permit and Certificate of Final Inspection
* Page numbers fixed on Building Permit, Occupancy Permit and Certificate of Final Inspection
* Signature not shown on Cover Letter if it does not match Assessing Officer name
* Building Permit Assessment Conditions text font made smaller
* Builder View now allows selection of job after Group By has been performed
* Client Name reinstated in Daily Inspection screen
* Building Work Direction Report now correctly displays when requested from Daily Inspection screen
Version: 2007.1.25.0
Date: 3 Oct 2006
ENHANCEMENTS
* Screen Fixes to report based on Materials provided by Michael
- "Show" checkbox added to Direction Maintenance screen
- "Client" field added back to Daily Inspection screen
- Builder View no longer errors when you group then select a group
* Report Fixes to report based on Materials provided by Michael
- "Dots" - implemented several different things to remove dots from images
- Conditions Font on Assessment report made smaller
- Cover Letter Signature not shown unless it matches Assessing Officer
- Address expanded to fit large suburbs on Work Direction
- Page numbers fixed across Bldg Permit, Occ Permit and CFI
- Additional logo removed on Occ Permit (1st page and remaining pages)
- Signature block added to all pages of Occ Permit and CFI
- Daily Inspection report modified to allow for long dates
- Builder Stats by Date modified to shade builder across full width of page
- Sec 73 now shows correct Approval Dates
- Invoices now total properly even if some items are "No" show
- Now can print Directions for a Job or a single Inspection
xxx * Added additional info to License
DEFECTS FIXED
* Practitioner screen changed to fix cut off literal
(382)
PERMITPRO WEB
* Assessment web page "Ready" column renamed to "Completed"
Version: 2007.1.24.0
Date: 24 Sep 2006
ENHANCEMENTS
118, 408 * Booking numbers need to be six digits
371, 397 * Remember last Print settings (selected reports and nbr of copies)
385, 386, 390, 400, 407 * Reports changed to use new images with transparent backgrounds which should now eliminate and dots shown in these images when printed
388 * Assessment Maintenance screen now allows you to format text with bullets
423 * Added Street Name column to Job Find screen and moved location of File No column
DEFECTS FIXED
382 * Practitioner screen changed to fix cut off literal
391, 398, 399, 403, 415 * Reports fixed to not spill over two pages by changing Windows printer setup
416, 417
395 * Conversion program fixed to eliminate duplication of last File Number from DataPro
396 * Commence to Completion always now defaults to 24
401 * Building Permit "occupation" being cut-off fixed
402 * Building Permit added space between Rev Nbr and Prepared By
405 * Building Permit added extra space between Project Description section and Permit Conditions
406 * Building Permit now shows page numbers like other documents
414 * Date validation on Occupancy/Final Cert fixed to ignore time
421 * When creating new inspections they should not have an Old Booking Number
422 * Allow to set "Show" on individual Directions
Version: 2007.1.23.0
Date: 11 Sep 2006
ENHANCEMENTS
376 * Added license check functionality
378 * Add after hours contacts to Daily Inspections reports I1 and I2
379 * Bldg Permit - change Terms and Conditions to fit on one page
365 * Allow searching for Practitioner by practitioner reg number
DEFECTS FIXED
311, 319 * Generate Inspection Checklists with Daily Inspections I2 report
375 * Bldg Permit, Occ Permit, Cert Final Insp - changed Form names and referenced regulation numbers to match Building Commmision 2006 changes
Version: 2007.1.22.0
Date: 7 Sep 2006
ENHANCEMENTS
17, 239 * Ability to correct Owner addresses to record Oversea addresses
95, 238 * Ability to have other State addresses for Owners, Agents and Builders
62 * Added spell check functionality (American Dictionary)
69,138 * Approved Document 'Prepared By' drop down now only shows Pracitioners that have been registered in the Pracitioner tab
184 * PermitPro will display a "Job Alert" showing any Reminders or Notes for the job if they exist prior to displaying other info
211 * Logo is repeated across Bldg Permit, Occ Permit & Cert Final Inspection if the permit goes over one page
303 * Provided separate "Street Type" field on the New Job screen to ensure consistency of addresses
324 * Provided the ability to clear/reset the Building Permit info set when incorrectly
325 * Provided the ability to clear/reset the Occ Permit / Cert Final Insp info set when incorrectly
366 * Allow configuration changes to Inspectors
367 * Allow configuration changes to Project Types
368 * Allow configuration changes to Street Types
369 * Added "Property Name" to property details (conversion job also changed)
DEFECTS FIXED
98, 345 * Sec 30 calculates correct fee $30 if job is >$5000
174, 317 * Bldg Details - Permit Requirements allows you to override default
253, 363 * Fixed Required Inspections screen to have a default and eliminate error regarding "No matching validInspectionType"
370 * Forced OK on Inspection screen when Direction button is checked to allow user to immediately add directions
Version: 2007.1.21.0
Date: 18 Aug 2006
ENHANCEMENTS
292 * Data Pro converter now calculates and sets Last File Number
326 * Archive toolbar now also accepts archive location and also allow print of archive box cover page
DEFECTS FIXED
272 * Now reseting the Grid filters so that they are not applied across jobs
323 * Clicking on '+' sign to expand inspections on Job Inspection screen no longer causes error
Version: 2007.1.20.0
Date: 8 Aug 2006
ENHANCEMENTS
254 * Tax Invoice now provided "Do not print" for individual charges
275 * Screens remember their location and size (New and Main tabbed screens only)
307 * All numeric fields now check that only digits are entered - ignore other characters
308 * PermitPro now remembers the size and placement of a screen and will use this on next display
309 * Passwords are now encrypted
* New error display - fields in error will have pink background and flashing Error Provider
* Assessments now have "Show" field
329 * Swapped order of Quick Entry and Type fields on Assessment screen
340 * Tax Invoice changed to Quotation
341 * Provided more space between printed lines on Work Directions
342 * Work Directions added which inspector conducted Inspection and their contact details
343 * Removed $15 lodgement fee
347, 348 * Improved look of Certificate Final Inspection permit
- bolded "Essential services must be..."
- put dashes in front of each permit condition
DEFECTS FIXED
151 * After setting Bldg Permit date it is now showing properly on screen
* See spreadsheet for other numerous changes
284 * Received column now removed from the Assessment Report
301, 302 * Tax Invoice shows Reference correctly
316 * After putting in incorrect Inspection Type PermitPro will now allow entry of corrected entries
318 * Fixed error on Practitioner screen "Object reference not set to an instance of an object"
330 * After deleting an assessment the numbers do not calculate/display correctly
331 * PermitPro not appearing in the Start Programs list
332 * Added missing "Builder" in drop down in Charge Items Maintenance screen
335 * On Levy screen need to be able to paste cost straight into the Project Costs and
bypass HIH Levy
349 * Archive Cover Page - use "OP/Final Date" for Finalised date
351, 352, 353, 355 * Improved look of Assessment Report
- added Part of Building underneath current Nature of Works
- black background for address
- put correct Building Surveyor and Assessing Officer
- removed received/resolved dates
356 * Print Assessments in order of Prelim, Normal or Stage
357 * Assessments do not show sequence numbers properly if you delete an assessment
358 * Building Permit should always show Ownership details
359 * Application for Occupancy Permit - reduce the number of lines in Practitioner area
360 * Occupany Permit not updating "Intended Use Description" in the middle of page and is cut-off
361 * Daily Inpsections - fit more on a page, smaller top and bottom margin, squeeze detail printing
Version: 2007.1.19.0
Date: 25 Jul 2006
ENHANCEMENTS
* Updated Login screen - seperated image from data entry fields
* Added Toolbar buttons to Cancel, Lapse and Archive jobs
* Changed order of info on New Screen - Builder now appears before Owner info
* Replaced Intended Use field on New screen with Part of Building field
* Practitioner drop down source solely from Building Comm and ARBV info
DEFECTS FIXED
* Configure menu entries changed - Work Type instead of Job Type
* Configure menu entries changed - Parts of Building instead of Project Parts
176 * Intended Use no longer set on New Screen, replaced with Part of Building field
192 * Building Permit now displaying Inspection Type Description rather than Note
258 * Internal handling of missing BCA code improved, Data Conversion fixed to set BCA code default
268 * Permit No is displayed in summary of Job screen after Bldg Permit Issued
269 * Final Inspection Date set from the Issue OP and Issue CFI toolbar
285 * Assessing Report now shows Assessing Officer properly
286 * Cover Letter now shows Assessing Officer properly
295, 297 * Reports not showing due to no printers had been properly configured
305 * Can now add Pracitioners based on revised Practitioner list (see above)
306 * Can now add Materials to Job Details (limited to Building Comm valid values)
PERMITPRO WEB
202 * Ability to select date periods - partially working
208 * Better images shown on each of the web pages
Version: 2007.1.18.0
Date: 22 Jul 2006
ENHANCEMENTS
18, 217 * After new job is complete, the job details screen is now shown
235 * Building Commission Files now generated in latest format just released (missing architect)
* Loaded latest Building Commission Practitioner file into PermitPro
* Loaded lastst ARVB information with registered Architects into PermitPro
* Amended suburb to municipal code data
DEFECTS FIXED
2, 67, 175 * Speed of New Jobs improved when moving from field to field
76 * Speed of creation of Section 80 seems okay
178 * Screen now properly refreshes showing correct data after find job
186 * Changing users on Follow up screen now displays correctly
251 * Changing Assessing Officer already part of Bldg Permit screen
252, 270 * Levy screen no longer abends for newly created jobs
259 * Cover Letter wording changed
262 * Building Permit shows Officer Officer
266 * Building Permit "Signed" literal changed to "Authorised"
274 * Buttons on Agent, Builder, Owner & Property Details moved up
277 * Widened Prepared By field on Practitioners screen
278 * Down arrows now work on the Levy screen
290 * Put ability to generate Directions back on Daily Inspection tab
293 * Changed conversion process to keep NSW agent and owner postcode and state addresses
Version: 2007.1.17.0
Date: 8 Jul 2006
ENHANCEMENTS
181 * Added button to create 4 x Standard Inspections
197 * Added "Documents Supporting Application" to Bldg Permit
250 * Added ability to configure Inspection Checklist Areas
250 * Added ability to configure Inspection Checklist Items
250 * Added ability to configure Inspection Job Types
DEFECTS FIXED
183 * Assessments now printing correctly
108, 146 * Assessment report now formatted correctly
Version: 2007.1.16.0
Date: 3 Jul 2006
ENHANCEMENTS
248 * Added Terms and Conditions to Building Permit
249 * Added Filtering capabilities to some grids
DEFECTS FIXED
183 * Assessments now printing correctly
108, 146 * Assessment report now formatted correctly
Version: 2007.1.15.0
Date: 30 Jun 2006
ENHANCEMENTS
247 * Added new Security Menu - Moved Configure Users to this menu
246 * Added ability to configure Insurance Providers
246 * Added ability to configure Intended Uses
246 * Added ability to configure Nature of Works
246 * Added ability to configure Project Parts
246 * Added ability to configure Inspection Times
246 * Added ability to configure Inspection Results
DEFECTS FIXED
81 * Building Permit now always shows Ownership, Buiilder and Issued To
124 * Section 73 (approved only) and Bldg History report (all) show correct Inspections
128 * Yes you need to click on OK to update dates
129 * No, PermitPro will not set number of stories automatically
132 * New Job screen defaults to maximum screen size
188 * Daily Inspection screen shows "Inspector Inspections" for I2
189 * Daily Inspection Job History now generates correctly
193 * Create History record when changing Bldg Permit, OP or Final Cert dates
200 * Permit Condition on OP - always worked correctly - incorrect data
224 * Added Commence to Completion Dropdown to Toolbar
242 * Changed Bldg Details screen to choose Permit Requirements from drop down
Version: 2007.1.14.0
Date: 24 Jun 2006
ENHANCEMENTS
236 * Added ability to configure Users
243 * Changed PermitPro to not display menu items based on security settings
244 * Added ability to configure Quick Assessments (for authorised users)
245 * Added ability to configure Quick Directions (for authorised users)
DEFECTS FIXED
167 * PermitPro now works properly from client machines to the network database
169 * Policy Number field on Builder screen does not allow > max length
241 * Made fonts on Owner and Property Details screens consistent
224 * Added 36 (months) as value in drop down list for duration of Bldg Permit
Version: 2007.1.13.0
Date: 17 Jun 2006
ENHANCEMENTS
* Added Assessing Officer to Building Permit (154)
* Added Form 7 - Application for Occupany Permit (152, 199)
* Added Cover Letter (153)
* Removed non functional entries in Configure menu (177, 179)
* Added new entries to allow configuration for:
- Document Names
- Inspection Types
- Building Permit Conditions
- OP/Final Conditions
- Essential Service Conditions
- Service Charges and Fees
* Agent's Reference Number now appears on Tax Invoice (180)
* Put 'cancel' button at bottom of Toolbar screens (195)
* Add two more Approved Document fields - Regulation, Notes (198)
* Provide personal e-mail address on Agent screen (219)
* Provide personal e-mail address on Builder screen (221)
* Allow "C" for Architects on Practitioner's screen (224)
* Show Job History grid with group by category enabled as default (225)
* Added Certificate of Consent Number to Owner screen (229)
* Added Unique Property ID to Property Details screen (230)
* Added Phone Number to Practitioner's screen (231)
* Added Previous Permit Number to Building Permit screen (232)
* Added Solar Hot Water and Rainwater Tank to Building Details screen (233)
* Added Estimated Cost of Project to Builing Levy screen
(234)
DEFECTS FIXED
* Find Job screen adjusted to fit on 15" screens (188)
* Building Details screen adjusted to fit on 15" screens (189)
* Print Reports screen's button adjusted to display properly (190)
* Inspection Types shown in sorted order in Inspection Rqd screen (199)
* Do not show digital signature if jobs not issued by same person (204)
* Job Inspections no longer errors when trying to change entry (208, 246)
* Do not show MM signature if job has not been issued by him (222)
* Remove Better Built branding from Form 2 (227)
* When "Re Frame" inspection is Not Approved add missing text of "Do NOT plaster ..." (228)
* Move Date on Cover Letter (231)
* Change wording on Cover Letter (232)
* Removed MM signature and Add Assessing Officer on Cover Letter (233)
* Removed Better Built branding from Cover Letter (234)
* Incorporated Building Surveyors into Assessing Officer list (236)
* Avoid entering salutation on Practitioner's screen (242)
* Tax Invoice has wrong ABN showing (247)
* Not calculation extended Tax Invoice amounts correctly when Qty > 1
(248)
Version: 2007.1.12.0
Date: 28 May 2006
ENHANCEMENTS
* Insurance Policy Number field made larger and maximum length set to prevent error when more info than field size is entered (134)
* 'Allowable Floor Loading' now saved properly on Bldg Details (162)
* If 'Nbr of People' = 0, do not show on OP (163)
* Building Surveyor number now properly showing on Bldg Permit (164)
* Serving fields on Bldg Permit screen now populated with Agent info (59, 11)
* Can now change Form 12 date (64, 161)
* Postcode set after selecting Suburb on New Job screen (3 locations) (133, 135)
* New Job info now being carried across to Job Details screen (139)
* Invoice amounts are now GST inclusive (150)
* Alternate row colour removed from Job Inspections (156)
* After entering new Inspection the Inspection Type is being cleared (157)
* Job Inspections Result is defaulted to <not known> (158)
* Job Inspections Result field is now colour coded (159)
* Job Quick Directions now being filtered by Inspection Type (160)
* Can now change the Work Type on the Job Details screen
(100, 148)
DEFECTS FIXED
* New 'Print Reports' tab added - individual report buttons removed from the Job History screen (30, 79, 147)
PERMITPRO WEB
* Inspection Info now displaying with the indidvidual Directions (142)
* Completed Dates no longer showing 1/01/0001 when not set (143)
Version: 2007.1.11.0
Date: 5 May 2006
ENHANCEMENTS
* Print from toolbar now prints correct job
(108)
DEFECTS FIXED
* Added ability to display Release Notes via Notepad on Logon screen and on Menu
* Added new 'Print Reports' toolbar capability (30)
* Same 'Print Reports' capability added as 'Rpt Suite' on Job History screen
(79)
Version: 2007.1.10.0
Date: 1 May 2006
ENHANCEMENTS
* Fixed so Daily Inspections screen show properly
(82)
DEFECTS FIXED
* PermitProWeb now displays Building Permits and Occupancy Permits
Version: 2007.1.09.0
Date: 1 May 2006
ENHANCEMENTS
* Major purpose of this version is to implement latest version of Crystal Reports XI r1 - Setup program created to install Crystal Reports
* Permit and Occupany Permit Numbers changed to remove "BS"
* Assessment reports now show details
DEFECTS FIXED
* Added record count to Find Screen
* Levy charges now rounded to nearest 5 cents
Version: 2007.1.08.0
Date: 29 Apr 2006
ENHANCEMENTS
* Reports now all based on Crystal Reports XI r1
* Levy charges can now be assigned to Agent, Builder or Owner
* Invoice now generated (could be three part depending upon whether Send To charges are against Agent, Builder or Owner)
* Icons added to top level tab forms
* Daily Inspection - Job History report added
* Daily Inspection - Unknown Status report added
* Made Job Inspections grid have same look and feel as Daily Inspection grid
Version: 2007.1.07.0
Date: 23 Apr 2006
ENHANCEMENTS
* New screen to display and set Builder Passwords (for PermitProWeb)
* Added audit information to most screens
* Added record counts to all screen having grids
* Building Commission Levy run now creates remittance pdf file
* Building Commission Levy now accepts manually entered Direct Debit date
* Levy screen has grid for Amended records (incomplete)
* Added Inspector view tab
* Daily Inspection filtering now works correctly when generating reports
* Daily Inspection reports I1, I2 and B1 now correctly produced
* Daily Inspection contents now matches EID data contents
DEFECTS FIXED
* Building Permit corrected to print correct details (20, 48, 107)
* Section 30 details now correctly produced (29, 102)
* Section 80 details now correctly produced (43, 75, 106)
* Date fields for Building Permit or OP now populated using toolbar functions (35, 47)
* Toolbar function also allow you to print multiple copies of selected reports (42, 63)
* Section 73 details now correctly produced (103)
* OP now correctly produced (104)
* Building History report now correctly produced (+ 105, 124)
* Daily Inspection report (I2) now correctly produced and is based on similar filtering combos as EID
(116)
Version: 2007.1.06.0
Date: 13 Mar 2006
ENHANCEMENTS
* On saving of Practitioner info (particularly company) now being reused
* Toolbar in the JobClassUnit area now functions
DEFECTS FIXED
* Could not replicate builder details not coming across (8)
* Permit Date, Commence By and Completed By not defaulted in New Job (12)
* Direction screen now functions (15)
* Builder Insurance Details now being saved properly (50)
* Practitioner lookup now works correctly (54)
* Mr no longer being added to Agent names after New Job (73)
* Builder insurance and registration class now being saved properly (109)
* Can set Charge Item to Builder as well as Agent and Owner (110)
* Adding new Charge Items now works correctly (112)
* Document Issue and Received dates defaulted to blank (113)
* Can now set the Inspection Result (114)
* Forward date error check reviewed - appears to be working correctly (115)
* Change to allow changing the Inspector for an Inspection
(117)
Version: 2007.1.05.0
Date: 5 Mar 2006
ENHANCEMENTS
* PermitPro Update now hanldes updating G4 Server version
* DataPro/EID data reimported
* Job Class Unit now showing properly across "title area"
* Updating Bldg Classification now updates list on left
DEFECTS FIXED
* Default Live Load based on selected Projec Type (56)
* Dates not allowed to be forward dated (60,80)
* ABN numbers can now be entered on Agent, Builder and Owner (68)
* After entering Approved Doc, Issue Date reset back to today's date (70)
* Ref No field changed to only allow maximum number of chars (72)
* Condition screens - Enter key will automatically perform save (77)
* Assessment grid now showing updated entries correctly (78)
* Inspection screen - combo fields already Infragistics (83)
* Inspection screen - corrected tab order (84)
* Inspection screen - removed Created by field (85)
* After changing # Paid inspections this now updates Inspection screen (86)
* Notes screen and several Job Class Unit screens now show the Last Updated User (Changed By) and time (Changed On) (87)
* Inspection - Form 12 Received date now defaults to blank (not set) (88)
* Floor Area and Site Area rounded up to next whole number (89)
* Bldg Details "Other" (Nature of Work) hidden unless Other selected (90)
* Bldg Details field reordered (92)
* Bldg Details Permitted Stages and Project Parts now have drop downs (93)
* Electronic signature "whiten" on reports
(99)
Version: 2007.1.04.0
Date: 25 Feb 2006
ENHANCEMENTS
* Job Inspections - Print History added
* Daily Inspections - updated to run reports
* Daily Inspections - Add reports for I1, I2 and C1
* Added Building Commission Levy Runs tab
* Removed update required for Job Permits
* JobClassUnits utilised on all bottom screens
* PermitPro Update now shows Release Notes
* PermitPro Update now automatically creates ShortCut
* DataPro/EID data reimported
DEFECTS FIXED
* Serving info defaulted to Agent (11,59)
* Null Assessment Resolved Dates show as blank (23)
* Job Inspections Edit and Delete buttons now work properly (33)
* Updated Summary display (57,61,65)
* Modified Job Inspections grid display - added inspector, colour
(66)
Version: 2007.1.03.0
Date: 16 Feb 2006
ENHANCEMENTS
* Updated program to use SQL Server and still generate Crystal Reports correctly
* PermitPro program Update functionality added
* Resized several screens to display properly on monitors with a 1024 x 768 resolution
* Updated Summary display
DEFECTS FIXED
* BCA Classifications set properly (9,44)
* Gross Allotment Area removed from Property Details screen (10)
* Levy calculation now correct (13)
* New Job - New Agent name copied across properly (19,49,51,52)
* Levy Screen - System crash fixed (27)
* Paid Inspections can be changed on Inspection Rqd screen
(36)
Version: 2007.1.02.0
Date: 12 Feb 2006
DEFECTS FIXED
* New Job - Adding Project Type description does not shutdown program (1)
* New Job - After Owners Suburb, state & postcode are skipped (3)
* New Job - After Property Suburb, state & postcode are skipped (4)
* New Job - Wateboard entry skipped (hidden) (5)
* New Job - Permit Date, Commence & Completion dates default to blank (6)
* New Job - Archive box default to blank (7)
* New Job - Builder details copied across properly (8)
* Inspection Rqd - Combo made to work like other screens (auto pick) (14)
* New Job - Agent details copied across properly (21)
* Building works tab moved to be after Approved Documents tab (22)
* Bldg Permit Conditions - Full description no longer truncated (26)
* Section 30 letter correctly generated
(29)
Version: 2007.1.01.0
Date: 29 Jan 2006