Public release of JobOrder 2012 is now available.

Our public release of JobOrder 2012 is now available.

We have made major changes in how data is stored internally in JobOrder 2012. You will need to convert your data file to a new format. We will perform these changes for you without charge at your convenience. When you are ready to convert to JobOrder 2012, please shut down your server, compress your data file and post it for us on our ftp site. We will perform the JobOrder 2012 conversion and upload the converted data file. We will then guide you through the update steps on your server and client computers.

To download, please go to www.JobOrder.com/downloads and select either ‘JobOrder 2012 Software for Macintosh’ or ‘JobOrder 2012 Software for Windows.

If you are considering requesting new features in JobOrder, we will have some programming time available to make custom enhancements between now and July 31, 2012; after that date, we may be working on a large project which may absorb much of our programming time until the end of 2012.

JobOrder 2012 includes 4D v13.1, our programming language, certified on Windows for 7 / Server 2008 SP2 R2 / Server 2003 SP2 R2 / Vista SP2 / Windows XP SP3. For Windows Client computers we strongly recommend Windows 7.

On Macintosh, 4D v13.1 is certified for Macintosh OS X 10.7.4 (“Lion”) (Mac Intel only) and is also certified for Macintosh OS X 10.6.8 (Mac Intel only).

IMPORTANT NOTE: JobOrder 2012 on Macintosh runs only on Intel-based Macintosh computers, not on PPC-based Macintosh computers.

4D v13.1 is an evolutionary upgrade from 4D v12, the programming language used for JobOrder 2011. For more information about 4D v13, please visit http://www.4d.com/news/4dv13.html.

JobOrder 2012 has many internal changes, including improvements to both speed and stability. If you have not recently performed any preventative maintenance on your JobOrder data file, please call Customer Support for guidance to use the new Maintenance and Security Center (MSC).

IMPORTANT NOTE: Please check your JobOrder Server backup configuration carefully. Please confirm that your daily backups are successful.  Please make sure that your Log file is enabled, so that all database changes are tracked. If you have any backup questions, please call us.

JobOrder 2012 Server will be distributed both for Macintosh OS X 10.7.4 (“Lion”) and OS X 10.6.8 (Mac Intel) and for Windows 7 / Server 2008 SP2 R2 / Server 2003 SP2 R2.

JobOrder 2012 Client will be distributed both for Macintosh OS X for OS X 10.7.4 and 10.6.8 (Mac Intel) and for Windows 7 / Vista SP2 / XP SP3.

If you are running a version of Mac OS X earlier than OS X 10.6.8 on Macintosh Intel-based computers, please upgrade to OS X 10.6.8 for improved stability, but preferably upgrade to OS X 10.7.4.

All known bugs affecting customers have been fixed.

Enhancements are briefly described below, categorized by area or function.


JobOrder 2012 Internet and iobOrder 2012
JobOrder 2012 will facilitate the development of specific features in JobOrder 2012 Internet, iJobOrder 2012, and access to JobOrder via SQL report writers. JobOrder 2012 has many internal changes, including improvements to both speed and stability.


Asset Tracking, Asset Milestones, and Asset Usage
New areas for Asset Milestones and Asset Usage have been added to Asset Tracking.


Contacts
Links to Facebook and Twitter have been added.


Custom Forms
When you begin using JobOrder 2012, please contact us to help you make cosmetic changes to your Custom Forms due to the change of underlying plug-in.
JobOrder is going through a transition in which the plug-in software used to create Custom Forms is changing from SuperReport Pro to hmReports. In System Preferences: System Defaults: Custom Forms, you can now select either hmReports or SuperReport Pro as the default plug-in for this purpose. In the print dialogs for Custom Forms, you can change dynamically which software will be used. In the Custom Forms area itself, you can create Custom Forms with either software.


Fonts
Visual improvements have been made to the fonts used in JobOrder forms, most noticeably to Italic fonts.


HealthCheck 4D
HealthCheck 4D Pro provides remote monitoring for JobOrder 2012 Server from your iPhone or iPad. You can retrieve critical information including server memory usage, data file size, server up time, client connections, process count, last backup and more. Additional information about the server computer such as operating system, last reboot and hard drive utilization is also included. HealthCheck 4D Pro provides also provides the ability for remote execution of database utilities: backup, reboot server, and message clients. Connection is password protected and does not use a JobOrder Client. If you have an active JobOrder Software Update Contract, please purchase HealthCheck 4D directly from the iPhone App Store and send a copy of your receipt to Management Software for reimbursement.


Import Utilities
All standard Import Utilities, such as Organizations, Vendors, Inventory Items, and Bills of Materials, now allow the user to specify Carriage Return, Line Feed, or both as the record delimiter.


Jobs - Traffic Status
Traffic Status has been rewritten to use AreaList Pro rather than 4D View, but functionality should be essentially identical. Please let us know if you notice any problems.


Job Overview
Dramatic speed improvements have been made to opening the Job Overview.


Notification Rules
Many new Notification Rules have been added. Please look at the Workflow and the Deadline Rules.


Prioritizer and Hot Sheet
Dozens of improvements have been made to Prioritizer and Hot Sheet. If you are interested in learning about the Prioritizer, please schedule a complementary GoToMeeting.


Prioritizer Calendar
A Calendar has been added to Prioritizer. This feature dramatically improves Prioritizer by making all Priorities visual and sorted by Date Due. If you are interested in this feature, please call to schedule a free one-hour GoToMeeting class about Prioritizer.


Purchase Orders
A simple Requisition system has been added to Purchase Orders, along with a new Notification Rule.


Resources
Links to Facebook and Twitter have been added. Other social networking fields have been added.


SQL Dump
A Utility has been added to dump all of the data in your JobOrder database in the standard SQL format.


Time entry
All Time entry forms have been redesigned to improve visual appearance and user functionality.


Time Slip Journal
The Time Slip Journal report dialog been redesigned to improve visual appearance and user functionality. New options have been added for Scheduled or Completed Time Slips.


Time Slips
Appropriate Time Slip entry forms now include a button labeled ‘Do NOT include this Time Slip’s revenue on Invoice’.


Update Type Mismatches
Update Type Mismatches has been rewritten with improved communication about its progress and results and with internal speed improvements.

Major update of JobOrder 2011 Software is Now Available - June 1, 2012

JOBORDER 2011 SOFTWARE IS NOW AVAILABLE

The final, major release of JobOrder 2011 is now available. JobOrder 2011 is strongly recommended if you are upgrading to Windows 7 or to Macintosh OS X 10.6.8.

An updated release of JobOrder 2011 is now available. To download, please go to www.JobOrder.com/downloads to “JobOrder 2011 Software”.

JobOrder 2011 includes 4D v12 SQL Release 3, our programming language, certified on Windows for 7 / Server 2008 SP2 R2 / Server 2003 SP2 R2 / Vista SP2 / Windows XP SP3. For Windows Client computers we strongly recommend Windows 7 instead of XP or Vista.

On Macintosh, 4D v12 Release 3 is certified for Macintosh OS X 10.7.2 (“Lion”) (Mac Intel only) and is certified for Macintosh OS X 10.6.8 (Mac Intel only).

IMPORTANT NOTE: JobOrder 2011 on Macintosh runs only on Intel-based Macintosh computers, not on PPC-based Macintosh computers.

4D V12 Release 3 is an evolutionary upgrade from 4D v11 SQL Release 8, the programming language used for JobOrder 2010. For more information about 4D v12, please visit http://www.4d.com/products/new.html.

If you are upgrading from JobOrder 2010, just run the new Server Installer and open your existing JobOrder 2010 data file. The conversion to JobOrder 2011 will take place automatically. Install your new JobOrder 2011 Client software and then link to the JobOrder 2011 Server.

JobOrder 2011 has many internal changes, including improvements to both speed and stability. If you have not recently performed any preventative maintenance on your JobOrder data file, please call Customer Support for guidance to use the new Maintenance and Security Center (MSC).

IMPORTANT NOTE: Please check your JobOrder Server backup configuration carefully. Please confirm that your daily backups are successful.  Please make sure that your Log file is enabled, so that all database changes are tracked. If you have any backup questions, please call us.

JobOrder 2011 Server will be distributed both for Macintosh OS X 10.7.2 (“Lion”)   and OS X 10.6.8 (Mac Intel) and for Windows 7 / Server 2008 SP2 R2 / Server 2003 SP2 R2.

JobOrder 2011 Client will be distributed both for Macintosh OS X for OS X 10.7.2 and 10.6.8 (Mac Intel) and for Windows 7 / Vista SP2 / XP SP3.

If you are running a version of Mac OS X earlier than OS X 10.6.8 on Macintosh Intel-based computers, please upgrade to OS X 10.6.8 for improved stability, but preferably upgrade to OS X 10.7.2.

All known bugs affecting customers have been fixed.

Enhancements are briefly described below, categorized by area or function.

JobOrder 2012 Internet and JobOrder 2012 iPhone

JobOrder 2011 is greatly facilitating the development of JobOrder 2012 Internet, JobOrder 2012 iPhone, and access to JobOrder via SQL report writers. JobOrder 2011 has many internal changes, including improvements to both speed and stability.

Activities, Estimate Activities, and Template Activities

In Activities, Estimate Activities and Template Activities, the Milestones dialog now has a Print button.

Backup Error Notification

If a backup fails for any reason, Database Administrators are now sent a Backup Error Notification that details the error that occurred, the last successful backup date and time, and the next scheduled backup date and time. Please contact Customer Support if you receive a Backup Error Notification and cannot solve the problem.

Bugs

Several bugs have been fixed in Activities, Expenses, Invoices, Jobs, Journal Details, and Purchase Orders.

Custom Forms

When you begin using JobOrder 2011, please contact us to help you make cosmetic changes to your Custom Forms due to the change of underlying plug-in.

 JobOrder is going through a transition in which the plug-in software used to create Custom Forms is changing from SuperReport Pro to hmReports. In System Preferences: System Defaults: Custom Forms, you can now select either hmReports or SuperReport Pro as the default plug-in for this purpose. In the print dialogs for Custom Forms, you can change dynamically which software will be used. In the Custom Forms area itself, you can create Custom Forms with either software.

DataCheck and 4D Tools

The DataCheck and 4D Tools utilities have been replaced by a new utility called Maintenance and Security Center or MSC.

Digital Assets

Many improvements have been made to Digital Assets and to the Digital Assets Manager.

Divisions

Many improvements have been made to Divisions. You can now enter Resource Rates by Division, can require Division to be mandatory in Jobs, and can print many reports by Division.

Forms

Visual and organizational improvements have been made to dozens of forms and report dialogs.

Grouped Accounts Manager

Visual and functional improvements have been made to the Grouped Accounts Manager.

HealthCheck 4D

HealthCheck 4D Pro provides remote monitoring for JobOrder 2011 Server from your iPhone or iPad. You can retrieve critical information including server memory usage, data file size, server up time, client connections, process count, last backup and more. Additional information about the server computer such as operating system, last reboot and hard drive utilization is also included. HealthCheck 4D Pro provides also provides the ability for remote execution of database utilities: backup, reboot server, and message clients. Connection is password protected and does not use a JobOrder Client. If you have an active JobOrder Software Update Contract, please purchase HealthCheck 4D directly from the iPhone App Store and send a copy of your receipt to Management Software for reimbursement.

Inventory Count Sheet and Inventory Sale by Period

Many new features have been added to Inventory reports.

Job Milestone Report

In the dialog of the Job Milestone Report, a button called ‘Report Info’ explains how the report works.

Keywords

When adding Keywords, Security Access is now checked.

Mass Update

Whenever a Mass Update occurs, we have added an "Automatic Audit" Note. Only DBA's can delete Automatic Audit Notes. 

Milestone Manager

A Time Picker has been added to Milestone Manager. Please test it and let us know if it would be useful here or elsewhere in JobOrder.

Milestones

Many small changes have been made in Milestones to match the new ‘Milestone’ documentation.

Organizations

Attachments can now be added to Organizations.

“Paste” in Edit menu

A bug was fixed when using “Paste” in the Edit menu that caused the Spell Checker to be called inappropriately.

Phases

In Phases users can now delete Activities with 0 budgeted hours as long as the Activities do not have any Time Slips. Users can also delete Expenses with no budget, as long as they don’t have any Expense Details.

Prioritizer and Hot Sheet

Dozens of improvements have been made to Prioritizer and Hot Sheet.

Receive Inventory Purchases

‘Receive Inventory Purchases’ has been completely updated. In ‘Receive Inventory Purchases’, if the user selects an Expense with no Purchase Order, the error message now says: "No Purchase Order was found. Open this Expense record to add or select a Purchase Order?" If the user clicks 'yes', JobOrder opens the existing Expense record. When they return to the dialog, JobOrder checks again for a valid Purchase Order.

Resources

To change the Security Access Level of a Resource you must now have a Security Access Level of Database Administrator.

Specifications in Jobs

In System Preferences: Jobs - 3, we have added a Preference for “Specifications displayed on first page of Jobs’. If this is enabled and you want to see Specifications in Jobs, please go to Security Access: Jobs and Financial’ and enable Specifications as a Form page to be displayed in the Job record either as a Tab or in the List view.

Spell-checking

A bug was fixed in Spell-checking.

TimeBlocks

TimeBlocks has been completely rewritten and many new and powerful features have been added. If you are interested in TimeBlocks, please schedule a free GoToMeeting and we will demonstrate the new features.

Traffic Calendar

In System Preferences: Calendar & TimeLines, we have added a Preference to “Display Specifications Text in Sidebar instead of Traffic Status”.

Traffic Summary Report

Users can now specify printing fonts, font sizes, page orientation, and page size. Columns can now be more than 500 pixels wide.

Vendors

Vendor Name is now the first choice for List view query, instead of Vendor ID.