Program Updates - 2008 (Archive)

The following updates have been released via the Internet Updater 

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Released Module Update
12/30/2008 Form Letters

Form Letter in TOPS Professional. Resolved an issue with Letter Numbers in the listing when clicking New, then Cancel.

12/30/2008 Form Letters

Updated Form Letter so that the attached letter in the owner record corresponds to the actual letter number and name.

12/30/2008 Form Letters

Enhanced the Merge Codes listing in Form Letters by sorting first by Field Name then Category ID then Order.

12/30/2008 Form Letters

After making changes to an existing Form Letter, you will be prompted to save changes if you exit before saving the updated letter.

12/30/2008 Form Letters

Unlimited Flex Data fields set up as "true/false" now display "Yes/No" in printed Form Letters.

12/30/2008 Form Letters

Resolved an issue in TOPS Professional when saving Form Letters to a different format (.rtf, .doc) from the Print Preview window. Windows setting to "Hide extensions for known file types" had to be turned off to recreate the issue.

12/30/2008 Form Letters

Resolved an issue in TOPS Professional when attempting to create a new Form Letter under the Windows VISTA Operating System.

12/30/2008 Form Letters

AR > Collection > Form Letters in TOPS Professional. The merge codes for the website login and password print as "not uploaded" when running them from AR > Collections > Process Collections has been resolved.

12/30/2008 Form Letters

Owner > Maintain in TOPS Professional. Select a property. Click on Letters. Letter Maintain window appeared behind the Maintain window. Also occured by accessing AR > Owner Balances > Letters. Both issues have been resolved.

12/30/2008 Form Letters

Resolved an issue in TOPS Professional when deleting an Unlimited Flex Data Field. The deletion was causing the related Form Letter merge codes to break its link and print no data or data from another Unlimited Flex Data field.

12/30/2008 AR

Owner Balances. Select a property. Click on Letters. The Letter Maintain window appearing behind the Owner Balances window has been resolved.

12/30/2008 Owner

Maintain. Select a property. Click on Letters. The Letter Maintain window appearing behind the Maintain window has been resolved.

12/30/2008 Form Letters

Resolved an issue in TOPS Professional when deleting a form letter. The deleted form letter as left intact. It can no longer be accessed when that same form letter number is re-used.

12/29/2008 CCR

Reports. When printing CCR History Report using the following options: Print Order = Account #; Record Types = All Types; Check mark Show Notes; Select a Range of Homes. The message was "No records Found ..." when in fact there were. The only Print Order affected was by Account #. This issue has been resolved.

12/29/2008 CCR

Reports. CC&R Ride list is now sorting addresses correctly in street order.

12/29/2008 CCR

CCR > CCR Violation Actions > Batch Letters. Resolved an issue in TOPS Standard printing blank letters.

12/29/2008 CCR

CCR Records. Resolved an issue with letters that are 30 or more characters long. Using the Select Letter feature through CCR Records was not updating the "View Action Table" grid properly.

12/29/2008 CCR

CCR Records. When manually changing CCR Action table and saving the change, all CCR tables will be updated in order to print correct Form Letters (CCR Violation Actions Letters and Batch Letters).

12/29/2008 CCR

CCR Records. The CCR Code Description will now wrap properly within the CCR Records window.

12/29/2008 CCR

CCR Records. Corrected an issue when changing a record from Violation to Pending and manually entering the Request Date (091208 + TAB), the Respond Date was populating with year 1900.

12/29/2008 CCR

CCR Records. With Print Preview turned on, printing a CCR letter using the new form letter program will refresh the window after the print preview.

12/29/2008 CCR

CCR Violation Actions > Letters > Reports. Both Summary and Detailed Reports headers now print Run Date and Run Time along with Detail by option that is selected (Street Address, Lot.Unit #, Account #, Owner Name).

12/29/2008 CCR

CCR Violation Actions > Batch Letters / Letters. Disabled the option to select "All Scheduled Actions". Next Action Only will be displayed.

12/29/2008 CCR

CCR Batches > Batch Entry. Print Preview is turned on under Customize menu. Removed the confirmation message of 'CCR Records will be created for the selected homes' because it is redundant.

12/29/2008 CCR

CCR Batches > Batch Entry. Print Preview is turned on under Customize menu. TOPS will prompt "OK to update Action History for these CCR Records?" after exiting the preview of letters.

12/29/2008 CCR

CCR Batches > Batch Entry. Print Preview is turned on under Customize menu. Changed button text from Finished to Process on Step 3 of 3.

12/29/2008 CCR

CCR Batches > Batch Entry. Print Preview is turned on under Customize menu. The option to Preview Report can be used during the final step before records are created where you can print a listing of all the records to be created.

12/29/2008 CCR

CCR Batches > Batch Entry > Template Name. When adding new Template that has more than 30 characters, the Template Name is now displaying / wrapping properly.

12/29/2008 CCR

CCR Batches (TOPS Standard ) > Batch Entry. When printing batch lettes in TOPS Standard, resolved an issue with letters printing 'TXTextContol2' only.

12/29/2008 CCR

CCR Batches (TOPS Standard ) > Batch Close. When changing Close Date, if date is not entered correctly (i.e. pressing tab, enter, etc prior to entering entire date), will generate an error message to enter a valid date.

12/29/2008 CCR

CCR Batches > Batch Close. Changed icon name from "Un-selected All" to "Clear All".

12/23/2008 GL

Documentation: The Direct Debit User Guide has been updated. Log in to the Customer Care Center and click on User Manuals to access it.

12/22/2008 GL

Documentation: The General Ledger Manual has been updated. Log in to the Customer Care Center and click on User Manuals to access it. Other recently updated documents include the Owners Manual, MICR Check Scanner and Budget Entry Tool.

12/10/2008 AR

Collection > Process Collection and Collection Table. Resolved an issue with the Select Charges window opening the first time it is used in a community.

12/2/2008 AR

Enhancement: Collection > Process Collection. This enhancement addresses the need to modify the collections module to allow the customer to define which charge codes are used when categorizing homeowners. Use the new Select Charges option in the Collection Table and in the Process Collections window.

11/26/2008 AR

Enhancement: Bills & Coupons > Create Coupon Folder. Added new file format option for Alpha Graphics.

10/30/2008 AP

Enhancement: Added ability to print form 1096 through AP > Year End > Print 1099's > Print Forms. Checkmark the option to Print 1096. You will be prompted to load 1096 forms after 1099's have been printed.

10/30/2008 AR

Owner Balances > Pay Adjust > Cash Receipts. Corrected misspelling on Cash Receipts button.

10/29/2008 Work Order

Resolved an issue when deleting cost items for high-numbered ID cost item values for Work Orders.

10/29/2008 Work Order

Service Request > Print This SR. Resolved an issue printing a blank page.

10/16/2008 CCR

CCR Batches > Batch Entry > New Template. The available characters in the CCR Template fields now matches the available characters in CCR Code fields.

10/16/2008 CCR

CCR Batches > Batch Entry > Browse Owners. When browsing owners and clicking on the Owner Name, the list is no longer being cut off.

10/16/2008 CCR

CCR Batches > Batch Entry. Resolved an issue when adding a batch and adding a new CCR code to that batch. Once saved, the Process CCR Template window will refresh and display the new code in the list.

10/16/2008 CCR

Corrected an issue when clicking on the CCR button from Owner > Maintain not populating the owner selector.

10/16/2008 CCR

Attachments. Resolved an issue after a picture is attached to a record and saved. Opening Attachments again will no longer generate a run time error.

10/16/2008 CCR

Attachments. Resolved an issue in the Attachment Control window. It was not listing any attachments when Large or Small icons were selected in the View.

10/16/2008 CCR

Control Info > Copy Codes. Resolved an issue when trying to add new CCR Codes and saving. Error stated cannot save because it would create duplicate values in the index. Occurred when copying codes from one community to another that already has existing codes.

10/16/2008 CCR

CCR Codes > Update Records. Enhancement added concerning the next action fine when updating / changing CCR Codes and updating all records.

10/16/2008 CCR

Batch Entry > Preview Report. Resolved error when clicking on the Preview Report button.

10/16/2008 General

Resolved an intermittent error message when exiting: "Some TOPS vTOPS Professional windows have not been closed".

10/16/2008 CCR

Reports (Crystal) > History > Show Notes. Including notes will no longer generate the message that No Records Found. Added an enhancement to verify CCR database index setting for notes.

10/16/2008 CCR

Violation Actions > Batch Letters > Preview Report. Resolved error when clicking on the Preview Report button.

10/16/2008 CCR

Violation Actions > Letters. Resolved an issue with the associated action level fee printing on letters.

10/16/2008 CCR

Violation Actions > Batch Letters. Resolved an issue with the associated action level fee printing on letters.

10/16/2008 CCR

Reports (Crystal). Resolved an issue when printing a History report in CCR Reports, the Action to Resolve field wasn't printing under certain conditions.

10/16/2008 CCR

Reports (Crystal). Resolved an issue when clicking on CCR > Reports. Window was taking some time to open the report options.

10/16/2008 Utility

Utilities > Database Checker. The CC&R Utilities > Action Dates / Fee Alignment Tool enhancement has been added to the Database Checker (databa~1).

10/15/2008 Form Letters

Resolved an issue when printing form letters using the merge code for the Web Password printing up as "Not Uploaded".

10/15/2008 Form Letters

Owner > Maintain > Select Owner > Click Form Letters > Select Letter. Resolved an issue when selecting print preview. The print preview letter was hidden behind the form letter window. If you closed the form letter window, both windows closed.

10/15/2008 Form Letters

Resolved issue with files will attaching to owners if the attachments.mdb does not exist. If Attachments.mdb does not exist in Community ID folder, the database will be created. .

10/3/2008 AR

Collections > Process Collections. Resolved an issue when printing Form Letters through Collections taking longer than normal to process. Selecting more than 2 action levels can appear to cause system to hang / crash.

10/3/2008 AR

Collections > Form Letter. When printing Form Letters from Collections and you are using the option to attach letters to owners, the program has been enhanced to provide a progress bar stating "Processing Form Letters" during the attachment process.

10/3/2008 Form Letters

Print Preview ruler has been changed from centimeters to inches.

10/3/2008 Form Letters

File or Format > Page Setup. Enhanced to allow for 2 decimal places (hundredths) in the page size, form size and margins.

10/3/2008 Form Letters

File or Format > Page Setup. Enhanced to include pop up warning message if and when bad entries are made. Entry in error will be highlighted.

10/3/2008 Form Letters

Enhanced Form Letter attachments when letters are attached to a property whose owner is designated as a Developer.

10/3/2008 Form Letters

Reset the existing margins in a form using the ruler at the top of the window, then save your form, the margin settings will save.

9/26/2008 CCR Reports (Crystal) > History. Resolved an issue with the Action To Resolve data printing before the first record when Show Action Tables is checkmarked.
9/26/2008 CCR Reports (Crystal) > History > All. Resolved an issue when printing by Request Date, when Request Date is not applicable.
9/26/2008 CCR Reports (Crystal) > CCR Codes. The Action Levels on the CCR Codes are now printing in sequence.
9/26/2008 CCR Reports (Crystal) > CCR Codes. Resolved an Article field printing issue when the Article is greater than 1 line.
9/26/2008 CCR Reports (Crystal) > Ride List. Corrected a field wrapping issue with the CCR Code field in the Ride List report..
9/26/2008 CCR Reports (Crystal) > History. Resolved issues with Action to Resolve field header not printing and no data printing when sorting by Account Number or by Lot/Unit Number.
9/26/2008 CCR Reports (Crystal) > History. Resolved issues with Action to Resolve field header printing but no data is printing when sorting by Street Address or by Owner Name.
9/26/2008 CCR Reports (Crystal) > CCR Codes, Quick Violation & Quick Architectual reports will print the "Run Date:" & "Run Time:" in the upper left to remain consistent with the remaing reports.
9/26/2008 CCR Reports (Crystal) > Ride List. Resolved an issue with the Next Action Date. It is based on date in the Action Table.
9/26/2008 CCR Reports (Crystal) > History > Set Print Order to Lot/Unit #. Modified both detailed and summary reports to print for those records that do not have the Print Order (Lot/Unit #) assigned in the property record.
9/26/2008 CCR Reports (Crystal) > Any. Headers on all reports (History, Quick, Pending Inspection) have been updated to match the headers in the Ride List reports. "Status" field changed to "Type" and "Reject/Approved" field change to "Closed".
9/26/2008 CCR Reports (Crystal) > Quick Reports. Select Range of Dates. Set to Request By or Closed Date. Report will print by Request By or Closed Date.
9/16/2008 Form Letters Collection > Process Collections. Form Letter set up to use Lockbox Address merge codes: [Other Community Name], [Other Address 1], [Other Address 2] and [Other CSZ] pulling in the Lockbox Community Name only has been resolved.
9/16/2008 Form Letters Collection > Process Collections. Form Letter set up to use Lockbox Address merge codes: [Lockbox Community Name], [Lockbox Address 1], [Lockbox Address 2] and [Lockbox CSZ] pulling in the Lockbox Community Name only has been resolved.
9/15/2008 Budget Entry Tool Print Report > Budget Comparison. Modified report to include accounts that have budget entries for "Next Year", but no budget entries for "Current Year" or vice versa.
9/15/2008 GL Chart of Accounts > Print. Select a range of accounts. Click Print. Report will include the last account number in the range specified.
9/11/2008 Form Letters Resolved a rare issue with form letters not attaching to the owner record.
9/11/2008 AR AR > Collection > Process Collections. Corrected spelling of the first button to "Categorize Owners".
9/11/2008 Budget Entry Tool Chart of Accounts > Budget > Print Reports > Budget Detail and Budget Summary reports. Resolved an issue with certain accounts with no transactions missing from the reports.
9/11/2008 Form Letters AR > Collection > Process Collections. Printing Collection Letters will now recognize and print letters for the 2nd Alternate Addresses if they are set up and checkmarked to Use 2nd Alt.
9/11/2008 Form Letters Changed the ruler from centimeters to inches.
9/11/2008 Form Letters Corrected a "select a form letter" error message when clicking Cancel on the main Form Letter window.
9/11/2008 Form Letters File > Page Setup. Changed "DM Adjust" to "Dot Matrix Adjust" to make it more descriptive.
9/11/2008 Form Letters File > Page Setup. Enhanced program to allow for decimals to the hundredths place (0.75, 1.25, etc).
9/11/2008 Form Letters AR > Collection > Process Collections. Resolved a Flex Data merge code issue with the screen blanking out when printing letters via Process Collections.
9/11/2008 Form Letters Resolved an issue with attachments saving to the owner accounts. System will create database for attachments if it does not already exist.
9/11/2008 Form Letters AR > Collections > Process Collections. Resolved an issue printing web merge codes: [Web User Name]; [Web Password]; [Owner Email] via Collections.
9/5/2008 Budget Entry Tool With resolution set to 800x600, users can now view entire Budget Entry screen, buttons and functions.
9/5/2008 Budget Entry Tool Print Reports > Budget Summary report. Enhanced the program by adding an option to Include Notes in the Budget Summary report.
9/5/2008 Budget Entry Tool Make changes to the budget. Use the "X" to exit out of the Budget Entry spreadsheet form. Answer Yes to prompt to save. Window comes up letting you know that the file saved successfully.
9/5/2008 Budget Entry Tool Import and Export > Export Budget. Selecting an export file name will now allow spaces in the name.
9/5/2008 Budget Entry Tool Print Reports > Budget Comparison report. Addressed % Variation calculation issues.
9/5/2008 Budget Entry Tool Print Reports > Budget Comparison report. Addressed % Change calculation issues.
9/5/2008 Budget Entry Tool Print Reports > Budget Comparison report. Added "Calculated Monthly Average Projection" to title when selecting Calculated Monthly Average option.
9/5/2008 Budget Entry Tool Print Reports > Budget Comparison report. Added "Budgeted Amount Projection" to title when selecting Use Budgeted Amount option.
9/5/2008 Budget Entry Tool Print Reports > Budget Comparison report. Corrected the title on the report when using the option "Calculated Monthly Average".
9/5/2008 Budget Entry Tool Print Reports > Budget Summary report. Added the budget year and fiscal year data to the heading info on the Budget Summary report.
9/5/2008 Budget Entry Tool Print Reports > Budget Detail report. Added the budget year to the heading info on Budget Detail report.
9/5/2008 Budget Entry Tool Print Reports > Budget Summary report. Added enhancement to print Previous Year and Next Year Budget Summary reports.
9/5/2008 Budget Entry Tool Print Reports > Budget Detail report. Added enhancement to print Previous Year and Next Year Budget Detail reports.
9/5/2008 Budget Entry Tool Adding a note to a line item and saving it will update the note icon immediately.
9/3/2008 AR Bills & Coupons. Create Coupon Folder. Added new File Format for Florida Shores Bank.
9/3/2008 AR Bills & Coupons. Create Coupon Folder. Modified the date in the coupon file format for Colonial Bank.
8/21/2008 Unlimited Flex Data Resolved an intermittent issue when opening Unlimited Flex Data from Owner > Maintain and minimizing to the Task Bar.
8/21/2008 AR Reports > Owner AR Activity Report. Corrected a path error when printing an Owner AR Activity report to File or Email.
8/20/2008 Unlimited Flex Data Restored access to Unlimited Flex Data from the Owner > Maintain window.
8/20/2008 Unlimited Flex Data Restored access to the File menu options in the Unlimited Flex Data window.
8/20/2008 Unlimited Flex Data Account and Lot/Unit fields in unlimited flex data will populate with maximum number of characters allowed for these 2 fields.
8/19/2008 Users & Password Groups > Menu Restrictions. Updated user rights for Print Filed Reports and Previous Version Filed Reports.
8/19/2008 Users & Password Resolved an issue using the Add New Community wizard button on the login screen, even if that user doesn't have access to this function.
8/19/2008 Users & Password Groups. Under the Users are Permitted to section, removed "Define Flex Data Fields". Menu Restrictions > "Unlimited Flex Data Field Definitions" is used to assign security to the group.
8/19/2008 Users & Password Groups. Uses the Group security settings in Users and Passwords when launching Unlimited Flex Data via Owner > Maintain.
8/15/2008 Owner Selector Resolved an issue with search by Renter Last Name and filtering the results.
8/15/2008 Owner Selector The Next Record (>) and Previous Record (<) buttons are not working. You have to click First Record or Last Record.
8/15/2008 Phone Messenger Resolved an issue when Phone Messenger starts up at Windows startup or after TOPS Professional is closed. It will now allow you to add messages for any of your communities.
8/15/2008 Phone Messenger Resolved an issue when exiting Phone Messenger generating an error message that scheduler is running.
8/15/2008 Phone Messenger New Messages. Corrected an issue with the last name not populating when creating Work Order.
8/15/2008 Phone Messenger My Messages > New Messages. Resolved a user rights issue when a user does not have rights to Work Order.
8/15/2008 Phone Messenger Resolved issue with exiting the TOPS Professional program. The Phone Messenger program will no longer run in the System Tray or Task Manager unless Phone Messenger is set to run at Startup.
8/15/2008 Phone Messenger Enhancement. Added option under View > My Settings & Preferences > "Start Phone Messenger when Windows Starts" to run Phone Messenger automatically on Windows start up.
8/15/2008 Phone Messenger Print Reports > All Messages. Corrected header and footer user name issue.
8/15/2008 Phone Messenger My Messages > Reports (All). If Show Print Preview is selected then the report will go to the screen and not ask for a printer first.
8/15/2008 Phone Messenger My Messages > New Messages. Enhancement. Added the capability of creating Work Orders with proper user rights.
8/15/2008 Phone Messenger Print Reports > My Messages. Resolved header / footer issue concerning heading says Messages for Kim footer says End of Messages for David.
8/11/2008 CCR Reports (Crystal). Quick Reports > Quick Violation and Quick Architectural Reports. Checkmark to Show Notes will no longer generate message that no records found, when there are records.
8/11/2008 CCR Reports (Crystal). Ride List. Violations will account for cutoff date if entered. Any record with a blank next inspect date will not show on the report by design.
8/11/2008 CCR Reports (Crystal). Ride List. When printing a ride list with a status of closed, the report is now showing closed items only.
8/11/2008 CCR Reports (Crystal). Ride List. Resolved an issue that there are no records found when including option to Show Notes.
8/11/2008 CCR Reports (Crystal). History Report > Detailed Report. Resolved an issue using a range of dates generating a message that no records found.
8/11/2008 CCR Reports (Crystal). Resolving date issue when printing the Violation Inspections report with the Next Inspect field.
8/11/2008 CCR Reports (Crystal). When History Report includes notes, the notes will print in chronological order.
8/11/2008 CCR Reports (Crystal). When printing the report Select Codes set to "All CCR Codes" or "Range of Codes", the codes will print alphabetically.
8/11/2008 CCR Reports (Crystal). When printing a history report by owner's name, resolved a report grouping issue with some CCR #s duplicating from the bottom of the page onto the next page.
8/11/2008 CCR Reports (Crystal). Added "Print Order by" to the name of report that is printed (Street Address, Account #, Lot/Unit #, Owner Name).
8/11/2008 CCR Reports (Crystal). When printing reports, the summary field will no longer overlay populated data.
8/11/2008 CCR Reports (Crystal). When selecting Range of Dates, Create, Request, or Close Date, under Date Options, the Range options will populate with current date to indicate to the user that a starting and ending date is required to run the report.
8/11/2008 CCR Reports (Crystal). Printing a CC&R Ride List will no longer change the default system printer to the printer the report was sent to.
8/7/2008 CCR Reports. Ride List (Crystal) has been enhanced and updated.
8/7/2008 CCR Reports. Ride List (Crystal) will now print based on Status option and cutoff date entered.
6/4/2008 Work Order Reports. Resolved an issue printing lot/unit number in order.
6/4/2008 Work Order Reports. Enhanced report functionality using ranges when printing by account number and lot/unit number.
6/3/2008 CCR Resolved an issue when printing letters through Violation Actions. Click "Yes" to update action history it will update the history for the action that was taken and but not any other action that uses that same letter.
5/23/2008 CCR Violation Actions > Batch Letters. Will now prompt to charge owners.
5/23/2008 CCR Reports (Active Reports). Select any report. Checkmark option to Export to HTML no longer generates unhandled exception errors.
5/23/2008 CCR Reports. History Report, Ride List and Pending/Inspection (Active Reports) no longer generate unhandled exception error in client-server environment.
5/23/2008 CCR Reports. Ride List (Crystal Reports) now prints cut off date if used.
5/23/2008 CCR Violation Actions > Batch Letters. Added prompt to charge fines.
5/23/2008 CCR Violation Actions > Letters. Added prompt to charge fines.
5/23/2008 CCR Batch Entry. Resolved a numbering issue after new records added.
5/23/2008 CCR Control Info. Resolved an issue when posting charges for fines when Control Info is set to a miscellaneous charge code other than the default code. Correctly posts to the CC&R Charge Code Income account and Receivable account.
5/23/2008 CCR Control Info > Copy Codes. In the destination communities, the Copy Codes utility now does a Compact & Repair after it copies codes. It also creates a backup called ACC_temp.mdb of the last copy of the database.
5/23/2008 CCR Reports. Ride List (Active Reports) will now print anything with the next inspection date less than or equal to the cutoff date.
5/23/2008 CCR Reports. Select any report. Checkmark option to Export has been corrected.
5/23/2008 CCR Reports > Pending / Inspection reports (Active Reports). Resolved street name wrap issue.
5/23/2008 CCR Reports. Resolved a repeating street name printing at the bottom of the page of Quick CC&R Reports (Active Reports).
5/23/2008 CCR Reports. Resolved an issue with the Quick CC&R report (Active Reports), column "Type" is now printing data.
5/23/2008 CCR Reports. Resolved a repeating street name printing at the bottom of the page of History Reports (Active Reports).
5/23/2008 CCR Reports. Resolved Pending Inspection Report (Active Reports) generating unhandled exception errors.
5/23/2008 CCR Reports. Resolved Quick CC&R Report (Active Reports) generating unhandled exception errors: "Cannot find column PerProp".
5/23/2008 CCR Reports > Ride List Active Report. Now prints cut-off date if it is activated.
5/23/2008 CCR Reports. Resolved an issue with Active Reports running in client-server environment.
5/23/2008 CCR Control Info > Other Settings > Use Active Reports Printing Method will activate and deactivate correctly.
5/23/2008 CCR Violation Actions. Letters. Issue has been resolved: Renters are no longer being charged when printing batch letters.
5/23/2008 CCR Violation Actions. Will now prompt to Update Action Tables.
5/23/2008 CCR Records. Resolved the issue when clicking No to Update Action Table prompt, the Last / Next Inspection Dates are updated.
5/22/2008 Unlimited Flex Data Resolved an issue if Classic Flex categories are not defined. Also checks for Classic Flex upon community access for the first time and prompt to convert.
4/29/2008 Owner Selector Modified the function of the "next" and "previous" arrow buttons. Affects CC&R, Work Order, Gate and Pool Pass.
4/29/2008 Owner Selector Modified the control so that when you navigate away from the owner selector and return to it, it remembers where you left off. Affects CC&R, Work Order, Gate and Pool Pass.
4/22/2008 GL Reports. Resolved an issue with certain Chart of Account configurations printing a blank line on the Income Statement.
4/17/2008 Online Payments Online Payments. Resolved an issue with the Hold Payment Flag updating during the upload.
4/16/2008 Internet Updater NOTE: Due to the nature of these program updates, each workstation will need to be updated individually. Read this month's eZine Support article for more information on this important notice.
4/16/2008 CCR Batch Entry. Resolved issue with letters are not printing through the CCR Batch Entry program.
4/16/2008 Update Workstations Resolved issues when updating workstation from server. Certain programs were not updating all program files.
4/16/2008 Internet Updater Resolved certain situations which generated access violation errors. In most cases, it was related the the Client ID entry in the Internet Control Center.
4/16/2008 Internet Updater Enhanced Internet Updater program when selecting and deselecting individual program files to update..
4/4/2008 CCR Reports. Corrected the CCR History printing blank page issue when ordered by account number or lot/unit number with any range.
4/4/2008 CCR Resolved an issue when clicking on the Print Report button on the CC&R Reminder screen.
4/4/2008 CCR Reports. Resolved an issue with reports not opening if data path set using UNC mapping, such as \\Ftpserver\tops2000.
3/5/2008 GL Reports > Income Statement. Resolved a leap year issue when using the Prior Actual or Budget options. Only occurred when current year is not 2008.
2/25/2008 Internet Updater NOTE: The "TOPS 2000" under the Module to Check drop-down listing has been changed to "vTOPS Professional".
2/25/2008 AP Enter AP. Resolved an issue when typing in the Vendor name (not the Vendor ID and not the Vendor browse) in the Vendor field. System will issue warnings for insurance expirations.
2/25/2008 AP Print Checks. Resolved rare issue with Cash Balance displaying 0.00.
2/25/2008 AR Collection > Process Collections. Resolved issue answering prompt to Print letter for both Owner Alt Address and Property Address, if Alt Address is used?.
2/25/2008 AR Corrected issue when using Accelerated Charges in the A/R Utility screen and the Owner Balance Summary report..
2/25/2008 AR Reports > Aged Owner Balances. Include Print Detail. If there is no history in a community, the report will no longer generate an error.
2/25/2008 AR Bills & Coupons. Statements. Invoices. Resolved a printing issue when printing for All Owner Groups.
2/25/2008 AR Owner Balances. Corrected Coupon button printing. Custom program installed. Coupon button will open Owner Coupons window, but printing will generate a blank page.
2/25/2008 AR Collection. Process Collections. Collection letters are set to attach to Owners. Updated to correctly name the letter in the Attachment Control. The letter itself is correct.
2/25/2008 AR Owner Balances > History > Print. Resolved an issue with certain Financial Transactions (Owner Payment History) reports not printing owner names. This also resolved the column headings to printing incorrectly.
2/25/2008 CC&R CC&R History report. Corrected an issue when typing in account numbers activating the drop down menu.
2/25/2008 CC&R CC&R Records. Fixed an issue with the account number and lot/unit number fields and the ability to enter a different number. Records window no longer needs to be closed and reopened.
2/25/2008 CC&R Resolved issue when answering Yes to Update Action Table updating the Last / Next Inspection date.
2/25/2008 CC&R Batch Violations. Will ask user if they want to Update Action Table.
2/25/2008 CC&R CC&R Records.Resolved an issue with he account number and lot/unit number drop down function when selecting a new account number or lot/unit number.
2/25/2008 Global Global AP > Bills. Resolved titlebar name issue when adding a Bill, changing communities and adding in a new vendor for that community.
2/25/2008 Global Global AP > Bills. Enter Bills. Removed Post button from bottom right. Use the navigation on the left to access the Post AP window.
2/25/2008 Global Global AP > Recurring AP. Enter Recurring AP. Removed Select & Post button. Use the navigation on the left to access the Post AP window.
2/25/2008 GateHouse Modified the GateHouse program (not Gate Security) and how data is reported.
2/25/2008 Job Streaming Resolved an issue when running jobs to print Collection Letters. Letters will attach to owners in that community as long as the Form Letter option Do Not Attach Form Letters is NOT checked for that community.
2/25/2008 Job Streaming Edit or Delete a Job. When saving an edited job under a new name, all the details belonging to the original job will save with the original job: Job Type, Last Run Date, Create Date, Created By.
2/25/2008 Job Streaming Categorize Collections job. Added new function. There is now an option to choose "Categorize Using Collection Table" or "Force Delinquent Owners to Selected Category". If the optiont to "Force" is selected, just checkmark the category to include.
2/25/2008 Job Streaming Print Form Letters job. Resolved reprint issue concerning merge code data.
2/25/2008 Job Streaming Recurring Journal Entry job. Corrected issue with community name printing on reports.
2/25/2008 Job Streaming Run a Job window. Changing the View All Jobs drop down will update the job listing when a different job is selected.
2/25/2008 Job Streaming Report Defaults job. Updated the 'Report Default Job' field at the bottom in Run an Existing Job, Create a New Job and Edit or Delete a Job.
2/25/2008 Job Streaming Run an Existing Job. Report Defaults. Jobs that are set to Print to Email can only be set to save for one community only. Any subsequent communities will need to be set up in their own Report Defaults jobs.
2/25/2008 Job Streaming Jobs with accrue functions, such as Categorize. Click to highlight property after accueing, then click Select will open that functions window in TOPS. For example, an Apply Late Fee job will open the Apply Late Fee window for that community.
2/25/2008 Job Streaming Recurring AP job. Corrected community totals calculation on screen.
2/25/2008 MaintCo Several updates released. See MaintCo Update page for details.
2/25/2008 Mobile Manager Several updates released. See Mobile Manager Update page for details.
2/25/2008 Owner Maintain > Owner Resale. Resolved issue with higher level charge table categories transferring to the new owner during the resale. Categories do not need to be re-selected for these charge tables.
2/25/2008 Owner Utility menu. Added Hand Held Utility menu option for previous version of the Hand Held program. Mobile Device Utility will open the new TOPS Mobile Manager program.
2/25/2008 Owner Maintain > Attachment Control. Resolved issue with window appearing behind the Maintain window.
2/25/2008 Plug-Ins Modified to handle Developer-owned properties.
2/25/2008 Plug-Ins Plug-Ins will run via Calendar/Scheduler. User intevention is no longer required. Window will close itself.
2/25/2008 Plug-Ins Added 2 fields to the upload.
2/25/2008 Plug-Ins Modified Bank Account windows.
2/25/2008 Report Defaults Corrected the Aged Owner Balance report when the option for Descending Order has been checkmarked and the Report Defaults file has been saved.
2/25/2008 TOPS Professional Utility menu. Added Hand Held Utility menu option for previous version of the Hand Held program. Mobile Device Utility will open the new TOPS Mobile Manager program.
2/25/2008 TOPS Professional Fixed an issue with the "Next" and "Previous" record navigation buttons after clicking on either the "First" or "Last" records navigation buttons.
2/25/2008 Unlimited Flex Data Customize > Use Unlimited Flex Data. Turning on Unlimited Flex Data for the first time will activate Unlimited Flex Data for all workstations. This is a global setting across the network.
2/25/2008 Users & Passwords Administration > Users & Passwords > Groups. Resolved an issue with users restricted from Unlimited Flex Reports, but who have access to Unlimited Flex.
2/6/2008 Payroll Process Payroll. Resolved an issue when Calculating Payroll across multiple departments.
1/25/2008 AR Owner AR Activity report. Now excludes previous owners with 0.00 balances and no activity.
1/19/2008 Plug-Ins Updated screen in Plug-Ins module.
1/19/2008 Calendar Updated holidays to include 2008 and 2009.
1/19/2008 Internet Updater Enhanced functionality of the Internet Updater routine.
1/3/2008 AP Updates made to Vendors flagged as Global Vendors will update those Vendors for all communities after clicking "Ok" button.
 
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