Can now show Client ID numbers in the main window's client list
Can now sort Clients by their ID numbers in the main window's client list
Fixed an issue with Project and Client statuses and categories not being selectable as a filter in the Custom Summary window
Fixed an issue with crashes caused in the invoice tracker
Fixed an issue with some invoices showing up with incorrect amounts due in the invoice tracker due to multiple currencies being used
Version 7.1.2 (5/26/2010)
Added a new option to have Studiometry automatically fix duplicate IDs for clients and projects
Can now choose a specific project to associate with each Payment
Can now delete Debt/Credit categories directly within the Preferences window
Made several changes to the interface of the Debt/Credit category window
Marking a Gantt item as completed in the plan editing window can now correctly advance project stages
Fixed an issue with DebtCategoryNotes tag not working properly
Fixed an issue preventing some categories from being reordered
When creating an event in the calendar, the End Date will default to the selected date instead of the current date
Version 7.1.1 (4/21/2010)
Added ReportTotalHours and ReportTotalHoursFormatted variables
Fixed an issue that could cause a crash on the server when syncing from a machine while the server is at the initial login screen
Fixed an issue with the DefaultCurrency not correctly loading on some machines
Fixed an issue with the Debt/Credit creation window not working correctly if there is no assigned default currency
Fixed a display issue with debt specific taxes not correctly showing when they're applied to an item in the debt editing window
Fixed some issues with seemingly random crashes introduced for some users with 7.1
Version 7.1 (4/12/2010)
Can now have multiple addresses, emails, and phone numbers for contacts
Employees, categories, taxes, and currencies will now be saved to the Database instead of the preferences file
Filter in the main window now also searches ID numbers
Will no longer show estimated, non-billable, or purchase order items in the Project Summary debt types charts
Changes made to employees, categories, taxes, and currencies are now saved instantly
Better display of contacts in main window contacts list
Will now save the last selected tab in the Invoice Tracker
Text in the View Notification and Send Notification window will now properly wrap
Greatly improved speed and performance of many aspects of the server code
Fixed an issue with timers syncing incorrectly over a network
Fixed an issue converting between two currencies that are not the set Default currency
Fixed an issue with time sheet entries with start/stop times not immediately calculating total amounts
Fixed an output issue with certain ran time variables
Greatly improved speed when changing clients and reloading data in the main window for users with in excess of 20,000 debts
Version 7.0.5 (1/13/2010)
Several performance updates related to accessing the database
Will no longer include tax amounts for non-billable items in the Project Summary totals
Can now show Invoice subtotals and tax amount in custom summaries
Can now sort Projects in custom summaries by deadline, start date, and completed date
Can now show Project's deadline, start date, and completed date as fields in custom summaries
Can now create a custom summary of Non-Billable debt/credits
Fixed an issue with Canadian date formats not being recognized
Fixed an issue where you could not change the custom Address Book group name
New specname variable allows you to put spec names into templates using custom variables
Will now notify the user of the new Notifications feature when attempting to access the old Alerts window
Can now tab to the Completed checkbox in the To Do editing window
Can now tab to the Extra Info field in the work editing window
Pressing the Generate button while editing new invoices and reports will no longer bring up the save confirmation window
Version 7.0.4 (12/1/2009)
Will now show Client and Project IDs in the Running Timer window and To Do tracker and several other locations
Will now include the Date column when exporting from the View Timesheet window
Will now show the invoice's paid date for the Date information in a Payment Data Row's retainer payment line
Can now enter carriage returns into Invoice notes field
Changed the title of invoice and report viewing windows to produce better output when printing
Can now have multi-line descriptions in the custom retainer adjustment window
Should no longer crash on Mac OS 10.3 when resizing the client and project list vertically
Will now automatically disable the Report Field content box if no field is selected
Will now show the correct project file count in the Files tab if file serving is turned on
Fixed an issue that could prevent items from being deleted in the View Timesheet window
Fixed an issue where selecting a To Do or Spec Suite could potentially cause the New Project button to not work correctly
Fixed a display issue where visual report template preview would not load if you had no visual invoice templates in your system
Updated German localization
Version 7.0.3 (10/14/2009)
Will now show retainer payment activity for invoices in the Payments data row area
You must now click and checkbox to confirm that you want to delete a client or Project
Will now show the client/project deletion window when deleting items from the search window
Improved several common functions to ensure they do not cause issues with specific data files
Changing the name of a visual template will now update the name of the template throughout the program immediately
Changed the title of invoice and report viewing windows to produce better output when printing
Can now print project specs directly from the Project Spec tab
Fixed a problem syncing Payments to Accounted
Fixed a couple of print issues with the Project Info section when there are no project specs available
Fixed an issue with date selectors not correctly selecting items on Windows machines
Fixed a display issue with the Corner Arc box of rounded rectangles in the template editor
Fixed an issue where project templates might not immediately update over the network
Fixed an issue with modifying project templates and groups on a server machine
Version 7.0.2 (9/21/2009)
New server feature lets administrators force the entire database from the server to client machines
New Hourly and Non-Hourly Data Rows allow you to sort items by type on a visual invoice and report template
New template tags: HourlyTotal, NonHourlyTotal, HourlyTotalNoCur, NonHourlyTotalNoCur
The New Running Timer window has been reworked and improved
Will now show Project ID when printing the Project Info tab
To Dos are now included in the printed output of the Project Info tab
Will now correctly put the file extensions onto files generated from code-based report templates
Will automatically insert the Debt/Credit's date into a New Ran Time window
Will now automatically update the total when editing a Ran Time
Can now use Delete key to remove items in more locations
Will now remove the Debt/Credit item over the network as well when converting a Debt/Credit to a Payment
Fixed an issue with selecting code-based report templates from the Visual Template preview selector
Fixed small display issues in the notifications list
Version 7.0.1 (9/9/2009)
Can now change what Client a Contact is associated with when editing the contact
Can now delete Ran Times from the list of times when manually entering a new item with multiple ran times
Fixed an issues for some Windows machines where the Main Window might not appear
Fixed an issue with the trial expiring prematurely if you quit from the setup window
Will now correctly load the main window when canceling a connection in the Server Connect window for the first time
Several other small tweaks and updates
Version 7.0 (9/1/2009)
New Project Stages feature lets you set stages of a Project from start to finish
Project Templates now incorporate Stage Information, To Do information, and Spec Information and can be edited in the Preferences Window
Stage Templates, which can be added as a stage to any Project or Project Template, allow you to setup several nested To Dos and GANTT chart items that will be automatically added to the Project when adding the Stage Template
Project Stages can be automatically updated based on completed To Dos and completed GANTT chart items
GANTT chart items can now have their completion status automatically calculated based on linked To Dos
New GANTT chart feature allows you to extend all items (or delay) on or after a specific date when an item is not completed on time
New Groups feature allows you to better organize your Clients and Projects in the Main Window
Employees can view, share, and edit Groups over your Studiometry network
Smart groups, like Smart Playlists in iTunes, give you the ability to create criteria for automatically updating groups of Clients and Projects
Moderators can manage, edit, and delete all groups
Moderators can Assign groups to other Employees
Can now apply payments to multiple Invoices
New Notifications system will alert each employee when important events occur
Notifications setting window allows each employee to specify which types of notifications they want
Messages can be sent to employees or groups of employees using the new notifications system
Reply button allows you to easily respond to an employee regarding a notification
New Watch List feature lets you to drag and drop any item to easily access the item and track certain aspects of it
Each employee can track and manage their own watch list
Watch Lists Notifications allows employees to be notified when any item is updated or deleted
View settings allow you to specify which fields are shown for each item type in your watch list
New Group Edit Function in Search Window lets you mass edit items of the same class simultaneously
New Employee Permission for Group Editing capabilities
Studiometry networks are now capable of handing machines with multiple date/time/number formats
New setup wizard will help setup basic information on the first launch of Studiometry
New Safe Sync option for Studiometry servers will make a more comprehensive (but slow) sync when initially connecting to ensure all data is exactly synced between the items
New Quick Sync option for Studiometry servers will make the very first sync from a client machine much faster by copying the database file instead of sending over individual items
Server machine will now perform much quicker when receiving large amounts of data when a client machine connects
Major improvements to template editor
Merged the template editor and item properties window into one window
New data row type for Payments lets you list out specific payment information for an Invoice
New miniature previews of invoice and report templates in several areas help you pick out specific templates visually
Can now edit more attributes simultaneously when multiple similar items are selected in the Template Editor
Template editor will now respond much quicker when dragging items
Template editor will now save transparency information for PNG images when saving and loading the image
Template editor will now save all embedded images to higher-quality PNG format
Will now save Invoice and Report output as high quality PNG files
Will now use high quality PNG files for visual template Mail button on Mac
Will better name file that are attached to emails using the visual templates on Mac
Template editor will now more consistently recognize key presses
File Save in the Template Editor will now save the current template instead of all Studiometry Data
Several new default templates added (can be added to existing data in the Templates section of the preferences window)
Will now link to related training movies from within Studiometry
Can now preview Invoices with visual templates directly within the Invoice Editing window
Can now preview Reports with visual templates directly within the Report Editing window
Can now double click to view and edit Debt/Credits directly in the Invoice Editing window
Can now double click to view and edit Debt/Credits directly in the Report Editing window
New global option for Invoice overdue alerts replaces individual settings for alerts and removes unneeded clicks when creating Invoices
New global option for To Do overdue alerts replaces individual settings for alerts and removes unneeded clicks when creating To Dos
Will now show the selected Client and or Project in an area near the top of the main window
New interface for navigating between different sections of Client/Project information in the main window
Split the Output tab into two separate sections to make navigating easier
Main window search box is now much more intuitive
Will now show INV in the work tab for items that have been added to an invoice but not yet paid
Will now show item attached information in Debt/Credit, Invoice, Report, Planning, Contact Log, and Contact editing windows
Updated method for showing attached information in To Do editing window will show more detailed information
Revamped Main Window interface
New totals bar and shortcuts bar at bottom of Client and Project info tabs
New Create Invoice For Client window can be accessed from client shortcut bar
New Create Estimate Wizard can be accessed from client or project shortcut bar
Revamped the Preferences Window interface
Revamped the New Project window interface
Revamped the New Running Timer window interface
Revamped the Enter Time Sheet window interface
Revamped the New Debt/Credit Type window interface
Revamped Login Window interfaces
Revamped To Do, Invoice, Payment, and Contact Log Tracker interfaces
Can now add more than one flexible space to the main window toolbar (Mac OS X only)
No longer requires multiple licenses to use the multiple-company features: http://bit.ly/15mMzy
Duplicate ID warning information will now all appear in one window that does not prevent background processes from being performed
New Main Window View Options window give you control over many settings
Will now hide Total column in Work tab from employees that do not have View Rates permission enabled
Easily view group totals in the group list
Can now enter a new IP address to connect to directly in the Server Connection window
Server Connection window will now automatically detect Studiometry servers on the local network
Can now manually resize the width of the Client/Project list
New Overview section in Search Window shows you how many items are in the database regardless of employee permissions
Removed the old Alerts feature and merged the functionality with the new Notification features
Can now manually sync individual items over your Studiometry network using the search window
New server function to wipe all current notifications
New setting in Preferences Window > Display section allows you to specify either Notification count or Timer count to be shown in the Dock
New Text Size option in Display Settings Window lets you choose a font size for many of the controls in Studiometry
Network syncing will now be more comprehensive when initially logging in to help prevent sync issues
New Employee permission to edit their own as well as other employee notification settings
New Employee permission to for option to receive Global Notifications
New Employee permission to edit other Employee's notification settings
New Employee permissions to send custom and company wide notifications
New Employee permissions to assign groups to other Employees and delete other Employees' groups
Can now enter authentication information for SMTP servers that require authentication
Will now give more descriptive error messages when there is a problem sending emails through Studiometry
Will now include retainer payments in project balance calculations
Will now give a message when there are no GANTT items in a Projects GANTT chart explaining how to use the GANTT chart
Will now show Server IP address in server connect window
New column for Client in Uninvoiced Items section of Invoice Tracker
Can resize columns in Invoice Tracker ID and Uninvoiced Items sections as well as the View Timesheet window
Can now easily import Clients from Address Book using the File Menu > Import option
Can now enter a rate directly into the New Running Timer window
Will no longer consider the currently selected Project or Client updated when modifying categories in the Preferences window
Will now ensure recurring debts create the items for intended recur dates even when Studiometry has not been opened for days after the item should have recurred
Will now always have a selection in the Client field of the New Project window
Checks for recurred, scheduled, and overdue items will now only occur on the server machine to improve performance and reduce the possibility of duplicates
Fixed a display issue in the Custom Summary window that would show the incorrect title for Project Summaries
Fixed an update issue where reloading the Client/Project list would not update the scrollbar
New ProjectStage tag for Invoice and Report templates
New ItemHourRateIfHourly and ItemHourRateIfHourlyNoCur tag for Invoice and Report templates
New ProjectBalance and ProjectBalanceNoCur tags for Invoice and Report templates
Can now use command key to select additional items in template editor
Can now use Delete key to remove items from Client/Projects list
New ItemProjectForPONumber tag for Invoice and Report templates
New Payment tags for Invoice and Report templates: PaymentAmountForThisInvoice, PaymentTotalAmount, PaymentDescription, PaymentDate, PaymentMethod
Added PaymentOtherField1 to PaymentOtherField5 as available fields for Payment data rows
Added several variables for putting ran-time info into debt/credit data rows: ItemRanTimeInfo, ItemRanTimeInfoExtended, ItemRanTimeInfoNoDates, ItemRanTimeInfoStartDate
The ID format section of the Preferences window will now recognize longer tags for the ID numbers (PPPP will be recognized for P) and not show a warning for the format
Invoice Paid date field is now disabled in the editing window until the Paid checkbox has been checked
Will now show recurring debt/credits at the top of the list when first loaded
Will now show recurring amounts in gray in the Debt/Credits list to distinguish them from normal debt/credits
New File Menu > Suites section allows you to directly edit To Do and Spec suites
New option in Tax Report export to include Invoice or Debt/Credit totals as well as their tax amounts
Status Item mode will now default to Projects if nothing is selected
Using only arrow keys to move items in template editor will cause it to ask for a save on close
Will now automatically set a default report template on new machines
The window that asks for recur amounts will now automatically format all numbers with two decimal places
Will no longer show end date/time in search window for To Dos that are not events
Will now correctly import the amount quoted field in the Project Delimited text import
Since toolbars on Windows do not support spaces, flexible spaces will now be replaced with a simple separator on Windows
Will show warnings in several windows if Studiometry cannot write an export file to a specified locaiton
Version 6.1.92 (8/31/2009)
Fixed some issues with Snow Leopard compatibility for Mac OS X 10.6 users.
Version 6.1.91 (7/20/2009)
New option for tax calculation rounding calculation settings in the Preferences Window Taxes section will allow users to set the rounding modes
Fixes an issue with the Client/Project list not initially loading without a refresh on client machines connecting to servers with specific setups
Fixed a spelling mistake with the ItemInfoQuantityOrHours tag
Version 6.1.9 (6/30/2009)
Can now filter To Do tracker by specific Employees
Can now filter To Do tracker by dates
Filtering by a Client or Project in the To Do tracker will now automatically select that item when creating a new To Do from the To Do tracker
Will now ensure recurring debts create the items for intended recur dates even when Studiometry has not been opened for days after the item should have recurred
Changed the handling of tax numbers to prevent issues with certain International Formats
Will now by default always select an hourly timer type when using the Status Item and selecting New Running Timer for a Project
Will no longer give a permissions warning when you try to quit Studiometry via the dock when Studiometry is not the active application and an employee without permissions to edit projects is logged in and has a project selected
Will no longer keep specific windows open when switching between employees on the same machine by quitting Studiometry and relaunching and logging in as the other employee
Will no longer by default show the Client's default contact to for Invoices and Reports that have saved a selected Contact To
Can no longer delete Debt/Credits from the main window if you do not have permission to Edit Debt/Credits
Fixed an issue with rounding not working correctly for some specific numbers
Version 6.1.8 (6/1/2009)
Will now show more detailed codes when you attempt to perform an action that the current employee does not have permissions for
Will now remember the last setting for starting the timer when creating new Debt/Credits via the Debt/Credit editing window
Pressing cancel on the Duplicate ID warning window will stop the entire checking process
Will no longer allow you to press OK in the Duplicate ID warning window if both items show Identical IDs
Will now show a warning in the Preferences window if you enter an ID format that could create duplicate IDs
Fixed an issue where some individual users with specific settings could not get the Ask For Password on Launch checkbox to work correctly
Fixed an issue where an Invoice couldn't be made for a client that only had one work item in certain situations
Version 6.1.7 (5/20/2009)
Reworked the behavior of a server machine when opening to prevent flickering of the main window on launch if a password is required
Will now display the number of successfully imported items when using the Delimited Text import functions
Large speed increase when moving between Projects on data files with a large number of Invoices
Optimized code in un-invoiced items list to load faster for users with large amounts of invoices
Optimized code for creating automated Invoices for Projects when a large amount of Invoices are present
Optimized code for creating new invoices and editing existing invoices to load the list of items much quicker
Fixed an issue that could cause an error when attempting to import Debt/Credits with the Delimited Text import
Fixed a minor display issue that could show two different projects for the same item in the Enter Time Sheet window under specific circumstances
Will now force you to select a category for Invoice Adjustments
Will now warn when no template is selected when attempting to generate Reports and Invoices in their respective editing windows
Made a few changes to the registration process to prevent issues with specific names
Version 6.1.6 (5/12/2009)
Can now use the contextual menu to paste debt/credits in the main window when no debt/credits are selected
Changed the behavior when initially launching to make for more consistent window opening and fix a display issue
Version 6.1.5 (5/7/2009)
Can now access System Syncing options in preferences window on Windows machines to change Accounted syncing settings
Can now specify what each item will be attached to when importing delimited text
Can now check or uncheck individual rows to import when using the Delimited Text import window
Can now imported attached items to multiple parents via the Delimited Text import window
Now gives the choice to delete the original To Do when converting To Dos to Debt/Credits
Will now correctly log in as Default employee when selected on machines that have deleted the original default employee
Fixed an issue with the TaxName tag in data rows in visual report templates
Version 6.1.4 (4/15/2009)
New option in Preferences Window > Billing Section allows you to turn of the default selection of Create Payment box when marking an invoice as paid
New MarkupTotalAmount and MarkupTotalAmountNoCur tags show the total amount of all markups on an invoice or report
New ItemMarkupTotal and ItemMarkupTotalNoCur shows the total markup amount for a specific item
Will now check the Project Purchase Order Number field when searching in the searching window
Will now make the Recur Amount field in the Debt/Credit editing window negative if the recur creation type is a discount type
Interface tweaks in Invoice Adjustment window
Fixed an issue with TaxAmount and TaxAmountNoCur tags not correctly processing on Visual Invoice Templates
Made minor changes to the serial number checking functions
Can now be automatically restarted daily with Studiometry Server Monitor 1.0.1
Version 6.1.3 (4/6/2009)
Will now use smarter date parsing in many parts of the program to prevent years from appearing as 0009, for example
Will now correctly load items that have incorrectly formatted dates in them
Can now sync with Accounted 2.0
iCal syncing is now threaded and will no longer freeze the app temporarily for users with large amounts of synced data
Will now copy Next Step information into the Extra Info field when converting a Project's To Do to a Debt/Credit
Will now copy employee information to a Debt/Credit when converting from a To Do if there is only one employee applied to the To Do
New option to hide XML error alerts
New option in the Preferences Window System Syncing section to select which version of Accounted you'd like to sync with
Will no longer sync to iCal on a 10.5 machine when a periodic save occurs, this will result in better performance
Status window is now resizable
Status window now displays System Syncing information
New button in Status window allows you to manually sync all information into iCal
Changed the behavior of several settings in the Preferences window to prevent unintended updating of items over the network
Will now show Project ID number in Summary filter windows
Will now show Client ID number in Summary filter windows
Will now immediately show updates made over the network to the selected client in the main window
Will now immediately show updates made over the network to Live/Non-Live status of Projects
Will now immediately show updates made over the network to Color, Statuses, Categories, and Currencies of Projects
Will now log any XML exceptions and Unhandled Exceptions into the Status window
Will now show warning in main window when the current logged in employee doesn't have permissions to change vendor settings
Made the warning in the Client/Project delete confirmation window larger and more obnoxious
Fixed an issue where TaxAmount and TaxAmountNoCur tags wouldn't correctly process on Code Based Report templates
Can now more easily delete Debt/Credit categories that may have become corrupt
Changed the built in XML template to have matching capitalization in the TaxAmount tags
Version 6.1.2 (3/4/2009)
New option in Preferences Window Billing section to Include Taxes by default when creating new Reports
Will now highlight the built in (cannot be deleted) Debt/Credit types in the Categories list
Can now enter negative amounts for markups in the Debt/Credit Calculate Total section
Will show Debt/Credit names on Tax Report exports if individual Debt/Credits are shown
Can now select the output currency in the Tax Report section of the Accounting window
New Template variable ItemTaxTotal and ItemTaxTotalNoCur will show the total of all taxes for the specific item
New ItemCategoryNotes and ItemCategoryProjectNotes used for getting category notes when not using the DebtCategories tags
Added "E" tag to ID formats, will insert the last digit of the current year
Will now save the settings for Page Setup for Visual Invoices and Reports between launches
Can now create Payments with negative amounts
Fixed an issue with DebtCategoryHoursDetailed not showing the correct amount of decimal places
Fixed an issue causing the Project's default Status and Categories to not be applied when creating a new Project
The Page Setup settings will now stick if you edit it multiple times in the same Invoice Preview window
Greatly improved speed of To Do Tracker for users that enter large descriptions into the To Do's extra info field
Changed the built in XML template to have matching capitalization in the TaxName tags
Version 6.1.1 (2/17/2009)
Can now create Percentage or Fixed amount Discounts and Fees for Invoices
Will now show Multi-Project Invoices in the Invoice section of all associated Projects
Can now export the information in the Search Window
Can now use the ItemSequentialNumber variable within Data Rows
Can now enter up to 6 decimal spaces into the Fixed Per Unit Markup field in the Debt/Credit window
Can now modify the font and text size in custom summary window
Can now manually reorder the Debt/Credits in the Invoice Editing window
New options in the Accounting window allow you to create Tax Reports based on Debt/Credits in addition to Invoices
Can now have negative (discount) recurring items
New ItemInfoUnitPriceOrRate tag will show unit price if calculated, rate if hourly, or be blank if neither
New iItemInfoQuantityOrHours tag will show quantity if calculated, hours if hourly, or be blank if neither
New ItemHoursDetailed, DebtCategoryHoursDetailed tag will show item hours to four decimal spaces
New option to filter or leave in potentially problematic characters in Delimited Text imports
Project Total Hour calculations will no longer include Estimated Mode Debt/Credits
Will now properly display the correct month calculations when first loading the Accounting window
Several behavior tweaks with the Debt/Credit Calculate total interface
Fixed an issue causing the Vendor Unit Price to sometimes appear with too many decimal spaces
Fixed an issue that could prevent custom delimiters to be entered into the Delimited Text Import window
Fixed an issue with text qualifiers in the Delimited Text Import window
Can now turn off the error warnings. This can be modified in the Status Window or by pressing the Don't Show Again button when a warning appears
Changed several default settings for new users
Changed layout of Duplicate ID warning window to allow longer Project and Client names
Filtered out more characters that cause issues with XML data syncing over the network
Will now give more detailed information when XML data does not correctly load from the preferences file or over the network
Will now show "Finalizing" when finishing a network sync with the server, instead of showing "Receiving 101/100" for example
Several other updates and tweaks
New Icelandic Localization
Version 6.1 (1/26/2009)
Huge speed increase when loading very large lists of sorted items in several areas of the application
New Retainer Capabilities for Clients
Invoices can be Paid from Retainers now in addition to Payments
Payments can be applied to a Client's Retainer
New ability to add Custom Retainer Adjustments
New Vendor Capabilities
Can convert old Clients to Vendors
Added new Employee permissions for Creating, Editing, and Viewing Vendors as well as permissions to assign items to Vendors
Added many new Vendor related tags for Report Templates
New Per-Employee view options for main window allow you to view Vendors in the main list along with Clients and Projects
Can now enter Start and Stop times instead of just hourly totals in the New Timesheet Window
Can now view Client and Project ID numbers in the New Timesheet Window
Can now choose to have Studiometry automatically generate a new Project ID number based on your settings when duplicating projects
Can now generate large amounts of sample data for testing purposes. Use the File Menu > Data Management > Generate Sample Data menu option
Can now duplicate Debt/Credits in the Work tab via the contextual menu
Can now copy, paste, and delete multiple Debt/Credits simultaneously in the Work tab
Can now select the Debt/Credit modes that will appear on Custom Summaries
Can now display Debt/Credit extra info field in custom summaries
Can now display the Mode of Debt/Credits in custom summaries
Can now change the mode of multiple Debt/Credits simultaneously using the contextual menu in the Work tab
Invoice Tracker is now threaded and will respond much quicker when loading the Invoice list
Greatly improved speed of Items Awaiting Invoice section for users with large amounts of Debt/Credits that are already associated with invoices
Can now enter separate Total and Tax Total amounts when creating an invoice totaled by a specified amount
Search window will now include the Contact Notes field in searches
New section in Search window for Vendors
Newly redesign item calculation gives you more control over Markup, Vendor information, and quantity
New Retainer Tags: ClientRetainerBalance, ClientRetainerDesiredMax, ClientRetainerBalanceMaxDifference, ClientRetainerBalanceMaxDifferenceInverted
New Item Vendor Information Tags: ItemVendor, ItemVendorID tags
New ItemVendorUnitPrice, ItemVendorUnitPriceNoCur, ItemVendorTotal, ItemVendorTotalNoCur tags give additional capabilities for creating purchase orders and tracking costs
New ItemHoursIfHourly tag will show the hours for the item if it is an hourly type or it will be blank if the item is not hourly (ItemHours will show 0.00 if the item is not hourly)
New ItemAmountWithTax and ItemAmountWithTaxNoCur variables
New ClientBalanceWithRetainer tag will now also include Retainer balance in calculation
InvoiceTotalDue tag and InvoiceAmountReceived tag will now take into account any amounts taken from the Client's Retainer
New InvoiceAmountPaidFromRetainer, InvoiceAmountPaidFromRetainerNoCur, InvoiceReceivedFromPayments, InvoiceReceivedFromPaymentsNoCur tags
Can now Markup items on a Fixed Per Unit amount as well
Can now Markup items on a Fixed On Total amount as well
New Markup Related Tags ItemMarkupFPU, ItemMarkupFOT
Will now instantly refresh the Category lists in the Preferences window if it is open when updated over the network
Will now show a Taxes column for tax totals for individual items when editing Reports
New option to disable the warning when manually changing Debt/Credit types
Will more frequently check for Paid Invoices based on the Mark Invoice as Paid when Total Equals Zero option
Will now create items quicker when pressing the OK button in the Time Sheet window
Will no longer recreate the Address Book group when closing the Preferences Window
Visual Invoice Template Windows will now use the Leopard toolbars
Main window will no longer flicker once or twice when first loading the toolbars
Can now print the Calendar window, To Do tracker, Invoice Tracker, and View Timesheet window on Windows
Will have more consistent window opening behavior when first launching Studiometry
Will now correctly update invoices across the network that have been automatically marked as paid
Fixed an issue where code based templates may not print all pages when printing from within the program
Using the Subtotal tag on a report will now show the Report's Subtotal without taxes instead of the Projects Subtotal
Changing the naming conventions for code based invoices
Removed the Save PDF and Save Image buttons from the Code Based Invoice preview. These can now be done via the options in the Print Window
Will now automatically sync inventories on every connect to ensure the most up to date information is on all machines
Will now automatically update the main window Project list when moving a Project to another Client
Will now explain where the amount for Recurring items is entered in the Basic Info section of the New Debt/Credit Window
Properly labels Taxes with Value data row in the top when editing
Fixed an issue with Report category totals showing or not showing up at incorrect times in Data Rows
When formatting numbers in fields that are allowed to go past two decimal places, Studiometry will make sure the number shows at least two zero decimal places
Will now automatically update all Debt/Credit categories over the networking when reordering the items
Made a few back end changes to reduce the chances that you'll have duplicate template files deleted in rare situations
Will now correctly encode all strings when syncing over a network
Will correctly disable the amount field when the Mark-Up checkbox is checked in the edit Debt/Credit window
Will now beep and bring any sheet windows to the front if you attempt to quit with a window open
Will no longer reset the selection or reset a search term when activating the main window when there is no selection
Will now show "Restricted" text when areas are invisible in the Debt/Credit window due to Employee permissions
Will now center Client and Project Info section controls when resizing the main window
Will now check for invalid XML characters when syncing certain items over the network to prevent rare errors related to characters in code based templates
Will now more correctly display certain characters in the in Program Preview when editing code based templates
Will now show amount due in addition to Grand Total of Invoices in the Project's Invoice list
Will now immediately update the Project Specs list when someone is editing the Specs over the network
Will now immediately update the Project Taxes list when someone is editing the tax settings over the network
Will now immediately update the amount due in the Invoice window when deleting payments associated with the current Invoice
Will now immediately sync category colors over the network when changed
Will now immediately save Code Based templates to file when saved to the server machine over the network
Will no longer update a Project across the network when Auto-Update status is turned on but the status update check did not change the Project's Status
Will now automatically check "Require Password" for the employees section if you set a machine to be the server and the require password for networking selection is checked
Will now automatically clear the Project Spec's default text when editing it for the first time
Can no longer sort the boxes in the Project People tab (they will always load in alphabetical order)
Fixed an issue with re-ordering Project Specs not immediately saving
Fixed an issue with opening certain windows on launch that could cause the main window to draw incorrectly
Fixed a button behavior issue when trying to cancel connecting to a server
Fixed an issue with certain contextual menus not working correctly in some Localizations
Fixed an issue that could cause certain characters to appear incorrectly until relaunching Studiometry when importing from delimited text
Fixed an issue with timers not correctly saving their paused status if their total time and amount hasn't changed since the last time the timer was paused
Fixed an issue that could prevent the user from changing the local setting for a Project's Served Files folder
Fixed an issue that could prevent the Quit button from correctly working in the Employee Select window
Fixed an issue that could cause quick multiple changes made to Project tax settings to not immediately sync over the network
Fixed an issue with the GANTT chart controls appearing in the main window when the chart is not visible
Fixed a potential crash caused by opening the calendar select window in a sheet window and then closing the sheet window before selecting a date from the calendar
New database version control capabilities will warn you when the database will be updated or when you are attempting to load a database that may be incompatible with your current version
Updated several links to the help documentation website
Added new built in Purchase Order visual Report template
Updated several of the built in Templates. To update your template simply select Insert Default from the Invoices/Reports section of the Preferences window and select the template you'd like to update
Toolbars will no longer flicker when updating
Many other updates, tweaks, changes, and fixes
Version 6.0.6 (10/30/2008)
Speed improvements loading main Window Output section
Speed improvements loading main Window Work section
Speed improvements loading main Window Planning section
Fixed an issue where some Employees were not able to create new Debt/Credits using the work tab
Version 6.0.5 (10/29/2008)
Completely redone permissions section of Employee editing window
Can now copy Employee permissions between employees to make for easier editing
Added new modifiable permissions for Viewing and Editing Other Employee's Debt/Credits
Added new modifiable permission for Viewing the Project Summary Tab (will no longer be calculated based on other permissions)
Added specific permission setting for viewing other Employees' Projects
Added specific permission setting for viewing other Employees' Running Timers
Added specific permission setting for viewing other Employees' To Dos
Added specific permission setting for creating To Dos
Added specific permission to edit the Employee section of the Preferences Window
Will now hide the Amount and Rate fields in a situation where an employee has permissions to edit Debt/Credits but does not have access to rates
Will now ask if you'd like to apply category specifics such as tax and rate settings when manually changing the type in the Debt/Credit editing window
If an Employee cannot view rates, they now cannot edit the estimated time and amount for a Project
The total field is no longer editable in a situation where an hourly item is selected but a quantity used to be applied to the Debt/Credit
Changed the automatic day selection in the Accounting window Tax Report Export to no long include one day from the next time increment
Accounting Window Tax Report Export will no long include Invoices that have not yet been marked as paid
Accounting Window Tax Report Export will now immediately update when selecting a different date type for the Invoices
Fixed an issue where Windows would randomly decide to close random windows when closing the Alerts window, which could cause a crash during the login process
Default timer view options for a new employee have been updated and improved
Will no longer reset an Employee's Project List mode and main window Tab Mode when editing the Employee
Fixed an issue where changing the rate or total hours manually could save to a Debt/Credit temporarily without pressing the OK button in the Debt/Credit editing window
Fixed an issue where some backup files would not be created correctly on certain machines
Fixed an issue where the Status Item sometimes would be locked when it should not have been
Tweaked the number processor for number formats using the comma as the decimal point
Version 6.0.4 (10/22/2008)
Added new ClientInvoicedBalance tag for Invoices/Reports
Will now show a total in the Items Awaiting Invoice section of the Invoice Tracker
Will now correctly color Debt/Credits by their Project Colors in the Search window if the option is enabled
Can now view and delete Orphaned Debt/Credits and Projects in the Search window
Can now select and delete multiple Business Expense Debt/Credits in the Accounting window simultaneously
Fixed a display issue where non-live Clients could show up in a report with the live only filter turned on if the setting to show tiers totaling zero was enabled
Fixed an issue where the selected currency may not be saved when editing a Report
Fixed a syncing issue where Projects wouldn't appear correctly on initial sync when creating the Project on a Client machine when color is set to by category or by status
Fixed a minor display issue with wording in the ID numbering section of the preferences window
Fixed an issue where certain ID formats would not update immediately over a network
Fixed an issue with report totals showing up incorrectly on systems with certain numbering formats
Fixed a potential issue with the trial extension codes
Additional information is now shown when using the Check for Orphaned Debt/Credits menu item
Additional error checking in the Server broadcasting methods
Version 6.0.3 (10/10/2008)
Fixed an issue where the check for invalid characters in an XML file wouldn't run correctly on data files that had encryption turned off
Fixed an issue with a crash caused by using specific template variables
Fixed an issue introduce in 6.0.2 with specific templates not keeping CSS formatting
Fixed an issue where spaces could be removed when reading the encoding for delimited text in the import window
Will now always show a tax total of zero for Reports that have "Include Taxes" unchecked
Version 6.0.2 (10/9/2008)
Will now preview the ID number that a Project will be created with in the New Project window
Speed improvements when loading the Client's Project tab
Will now by default show the total time for a timer in the Status Item as opposed to the current interval
Will update the times for running times in the Status Item menu much more frequently
Fixed a display issue where a visual template editor would scroll down about 40 pixels when clicking on the editor for the first time
Fixed an issue where recurring Debt/Credits could recur when launching Studiometry when they shouldn't have
Fixed an issue that wouldn't allow you to modify Debt/Credits entered into the Accounting window
Fixed an issue where manually changing the color of a client or project may not immediately update on the network
Fixed an issue where the display would be off center if you quit Studiometry with the Client/Project list horizontally expanded
Fixed an issue with tax totals on Reports
Added several hidden functional report tags to the list of available variables
Will now enter sample information for your company contact info when first launching Studiometry
Version 6.0.1 (9/10/2008)
Can now Invoice and Report to specific Contacts that are assigned to other Clients but associated with the Project via the People tab
Optimized Items Awaiting Invoice section of Invoice Tracker window. Should now refresh in about one quarter of the time it took before
Will load one to two seconds faster on setups with very little data
Will now automatically fill in Quantity and Unit Price amounts when initially checking the appropriate checkboxes in the Debt/Credit window
Made several changes to the Loading Status window when opening
Fixed an issue where templates based on Data Rows displaying no items on the first page would not generate pages past the second page
Fixed a display issue that would occur in a few places where negative numbers would not correctly have a minus sign in front of them
Fixed an issue with Site Licenses registering incorrectly on some setups
Fixed a few minor display issues with the main window
Version 6.0 (9/8/2008)
Completely Overhauled interface
New SQL Database save format for Clients, Contact, Projects, Debt/Credits, Reports, Invoices, To Do's, and Payments
Drastically improved load times once data files have been converted to the new SQL format (can decrease load times from several minutes to a few seconds)
Instant Saving of modifications to items stored in SQL database (Clients, Projects, Debts, etc). It is no longer possible to lose changes made to these items between saves
Overall Save time (from File Menu > Save or regular save interval) reduced to nearly zero due to new SQL Database format
Overall program performance increase due to the lack of background saving to old XML file format
GANTT chart improvements allow you to view multiple Project simultaneously
New File Menu > View All GANTT Charts function to view all GANTT data within Studiometry
Can now manually reorder Debt/Credit and Rate types
Will now show more descriptive information in the Debt/Credit types list in the Preferences window
Completely overhaul Project Output section shows invoice previews in-line, colors items by paid status, and has several other layout enhancements
Can now 1-click generate an Invoice or Report by clicking on the preview in the Invoice or Reports list
Can now select and delete multiple items via the Search Window
New Visual Template editor item: Data Rows allow incredible power over the display and flexibility of your items on Invoice and Report templates
New Report features allow individual selection of specific work items to create customized reports based on your criteria
Reports can now be based on work item sets such as Paid, Unpaid, Estimated, Un-Invoiced, Invoiced, Non-Billable, Billable, Purchase Order, and Independent
Can now create an unlimited amount of Report fields for Report templates and Reports
Debt/Credit Items have additional modes, now including unpaid, paid, estimated, non-billable, and purchase order
Itemized Estimates are now possible with the new reporting features giving you the flexibility to create and display Estimated Work items
Itemized Purchase Orders are now possible with the new reporting features giving you the flexibility to create and display Purchase Order items
Project Estimated Amounts can now be calculated based on entered Estimated Work items
Greatly enhanced Time Sheet entry window
Can now use the Time Sheet entry to quickly enter multiple items for Estimated, Purchase Order, or Non Billable work items
Can select and modify multiple items simultaneously in the Time Sheet entry window
Can now view totals for entered items in a Time Sheet entry window
New buttons in Project Output tab allow you to create Invoices and Reports with specific templates from directly within the main window
Can set background colors for Non-Billable, Purchase Order, and Estimated Items in Debt/Credit lists
Several total variables will now access report specific data instead of project total data when generating reports with selected items
Now uses the standard Leopard toolbar integrated with the top of the window
New Data Management section of File Menu allows you to easily check for Orphaned Projects and Debt/Credits
New Overlay will darken the data entry section of the main window when there is no Client or Project selected (Mac Only)
Several New Built-In templates available to take advantage of new features
Can now manually insert Built-In Code Based templates
Logging in from the methods available will be much cleaner and "flash" less on the screen
Will now calculate and display the end date when editing an item in the GANTT chart
Can now create GANTT chart items for specific projects when viewing a multi-project GANTT chart
Will now display more information when syncing with a server over a network
Will now ask if you'd like to replace your report template field content with the default field content for a template when selecting a new template
Will now show the company name in the Main Window's title bar
Will now only show quantity values in summaries for items with a quantity or markup
Will now show a quantity of one by default in summaries for items with empty quantity values
Will now hide Project Quoted and Estimated amounts in main window from employees who do not have access to rate information
Will now allow the main window to be stretched more than before on large monitors
Can now search filter through the Contact select window
Can now filter Accounting Window Business history section by billable, non-billable, estimated, and purchase order
Backup functions will now backup and restore multiple files simultaneously when running on the new data format
Restore Backup window will give more information as well as automatically find matching restore files
Contact log search field will now search through Log types and Contact log date strings
Can now enter tabs into the Debt/Credit editing window's Extra Info section
Search window is now threaded and can be used while loading items
Search window will now search Debt/Credit category, Debt/Credit employee, Debt's Project name when searching through Debt/Credits
Search window will now search Project category, Project status when searching through Projects
Search window will now search Client category when searching through Clients
Can now change Debt/Credit modes via contextual menu in the main window
Can now see Employee column in Debt/Credit section of search window
Can no longer set the Default Employee to non-live
Can now delete Invoice, Reports, Contacts, Debt/Credits from their lists using the Delete key
Can now drag reorder Milestone items in the GANTT chart
Can now right-click on a Client in the main window to view all of their Project's GANTT information on the same chart
Will automatically remove projects that have blank back end ID numbers that cause issues in other areas of the application
Will now ask for confirmation when deleting Debt/Credits, Reports, Invoices, Contacts etc using the minus button underneath lists
Will now create default templates with standardized ID numbers to make initial syncing over networks more consistent and produce less duplicate templates
Can now scroll horizontally in the Visual Template editor using a mouse scroll wheel
Project file listbox will now remember the selected item when reloading the list
Will now immediately update a Project over the network when using the Change Start Date function of the GANTT chart
Will now automatically select the correct default timer type when loading the New Time Sheet window initially
Will now ask for confirmation before deleting items from the Debt/Credit list via the delete key
Will now ask to set the default invoice save location if the previously set location can not be found
Will now immediately update items imported from Delimited text across the network
Will no longer flash the main window when loading the program initially when you have Studiometry setup to go to the employee login list
Will no longer show Tips Window on startup by default
Will no longer consider it a change to an item when you simply tab out of a date field in the main window
Fixed an issue with displaying extremely long words in data columns with center or right text alignment
Fixed display issue with Client's Payment list when no payments were in the list
Fixed display issue where using the contextual menu to stop a paused timer in the running timers window wouldn't update immediately
Fixed an issue with combo-boxes not correctly accepting focus after opening the menu and not selecting an item
Fixed an issue where Markup Percent may not show up correctly on some summaries
Fixed an issue where some items would not get deleted correctly when deleting Clients or Projects with many attached items
Fixed an issue where sometimes a Project would not be selected when first creating it
Fixed some issues with the Sample Data created when first opening the application
Several other behavior tweaks
Several other interface tweaks
Version 5.1.5 (8/25/2008)
Will now sync the Project's ID behavior over the network
Modified the calculation of items in data columns for more consistent results when using smaller fonts
Fixed an issue with deprecated variables not allowing invoices and reports to generate correctly
Version 5.1.4 (7/8/2008)
Will now reformat the currency exchange rates downloaded for automatic updating to better match local system formats
Fixed an issue where some code based templates would not generate correctly because of file type issues
Fixed an issue where a data column could display a blank line for the first line in certain situations
Fixed an issue where the Billing Section's Idle Timers feature would not work correctly in some multi-user environments
Fixed an issue on Windows that could cause a crash when generating a visual template if you have certain files in your Templates folder
Fixed an issue on Windows that could cause visual templates to not appear correctly if you have certain files in your Templates folder
Fixed an issue on Windows where the Client/Project tooltip could throw an error when certain files are not found
Will no longer allow users to delete other employees' timers via the View Timesheet window if they are not allowed to edit other employees' timers
Version 5.1.3 (6/17/2008)
Fixed an issue where some changes in Address Book would not be immediately reflected in Studiometry
Fixed an issue where generating a Visual template after generating an HTML template could cause line breaks to be encoded as HTML
Fixed a nil object exception caused by checking for currency exchange rates when the program is locked out
Fixed an issue with tabbing through the Project Specs fields not working correctly
Fixed a display issue with the totals at the bottom of the list in the Client's Projects tab in the main window
Fixed an issue that could cause a crash when creating a new project if your Project IDs are Client based and a duplicate ID is created
Fixed an issue that could cause a crash on launch on Windows when setting up the initial data files
Will no longer check for duplicate project or client IDs if the Preferences setting in the ID section is set to Always Ignore
Will now warn when attempting to import delimited contacts without first selecting a client
Can now check for Orphaned Debt/Credits by pressing a specific key string while in the Status window (DC)
Version 5.1.2 (5/19/2008)
Fixed an issue with the syncing of Debt/Credit categories over some networks
Will now ask to set the default invoice save location if the previously set location can not be found
Added ItemMyCost and ItemMyCostNoCur tags to display the pre-markup amount for items on invoices and reports
Fixed a crash that could occur when resizing some elements on visual templates to extremely small sizes
Fixed an issue with the TaxAmount tag on code based invoice templates
Fixed wording on the Generate Report button in the Report Editing window
Can now delete debt/credit types that do not have full ID numbers
Version 5.1.1 (4/16/2008)
Can now save detailed descriptions of Debt/Credit categories for use on Invoices/Reports (via Preferences Window)
Added DebtCategoryNotes tag to put Debt/Credit category descriptions into Invoice and Report templates
Can now save Project Specific notes for work done on each Debt/Credit category for use on Invoices/Reports (via Project Notes tab)
Added DebtCategoryProjectNotes tag to put Project related Debt/Credit category descriptions into Invoice and Report templates
Can now manually reset the Network's Deleted Items list (will improve performance on many setups)
Can now manually set the Auto Save interval via the Status Window (can improve performance on some setups)
Can now have multiple-page layouts for Tax, Employee, and DebtCategory data columns in visual templates
Can now view Estimated and Total amounts in the Client's Projects tab
Will now automatically select the current Project when creating a new contact log via the Project's People tab
Re-enabled the Right-click variables menu in the Add Report window
Fixed an issue where the selected report template would not be saved when editing a report on some machines
New Running Timer window will no longer reload items on activation
Fixed the tab order of items in the New Running Timer window
Fixed an issue with the contact log tracker automatically selecting a contact if the contact has recently been deleted
Fixed a potential error message that could appear when refreshing the main window at a certain point when an item is deleted over the network
Version 5.1 (3/31/2008)
New two-way iCal syncing for systems running Mac OS X 10.5 and newer
iCal syncing will now fully function on Mac OS X 10.5
AddressBook syncing will now fully sync Address information on Mac OS X 10.5
New Invoice ID Management tab in the Invoice Tracker gives you greater control over redundant Invoice ID's
Time zone support for networks with computers in multiple time zones
Added new TaxesWithValue tag for use in code based Invoice templates. This tag will loop through all taxes with a value for the specified invoice and leave out taxes totaling zero
Added several new TaxesWithValue tags for use in Visual Invoice Template data columns to only show taxes with a value above zero for the specified Invoice
Added ItemTimeInMinutes tag, will display 120 minutes instead of 2.0 hours, for example
Added new rounding options for timers including twelfth of an hour (5 minutes) and twentieth of an hour (3 minutes)
Added new option for Project ID numbering to be Client Based instead of Program-Wide
Can now duplicate Visual and Code based Invoice/Report templates from within the Preferences Window
Can now view Invoice Total Due and Invoice Total paid amounts in Summaries
Can now show Project Statuses and Categories in Summaries
Can now show Client Categories in Summaries
Can now use the Page Setup dialog options within the Summaries window
Can now copy and paste To Do's in the main window's Client To Do list
Can now delete Invoices via the Invoice Tracker window
Can now enable and disable automatic checking for orphaned Projects in the General section of the Preferences window
Added the option to include Non-Live Clients in the Mass Email window
Improved support with systems multiple monitors
Improved support when loading Studiometry on a machine that had windows positioned on a recently disconnected monitor
Worked around an issue on Mac OS X 10.5.2 where mouse clicks wouldn't be recognized in a sheet window with a floating window open
The comparison of Quoted to Actual work amounts in the Project Summary tab for Projects with non-calculated estimates will no longer include taxes
Will now instantly update clients and projects over the network when creating invoices to ensure correct invoice ID numbers when creating invoices on multiple computers simultaneously
Will now not allow new invoice ID's to be created with identical ID numbers as existing invoices
Summary values with right alignment will now have a white background improving readability when overlapping with other data
Fixed an issue with the "Disconnect" button in the Status window not always working as intended
Fixed an issue with certain visual templates where an item could be displayed at the end of a page and then again at the beginning of the next page
Fixed an issue where certain number fields may not be formatted correctly with decimal places and negative signs
Fixed an issue where Project Specs may not be editable if there is only one spec attached to a Project
Fixed a flickering issue on Windows when choosing File Menu > Quit with the running timers or alerts window open
Fixed a flickering issue on Windows when closing Studiometry via closing the main window with the alerts window open
Fixed a flickering issue on Windows in the search window when the mouse enters the bottom scrollbar of the results area
Fixed an issue with some contextual menus not working correctly on Window
Fixed an issue that could cause a crash when opening the Enter Time sheet window with no Projects entered into the database
Fixed an issue where the work tab total would show up as positive in situations where it should show up as negative
Fixed an issue with Edit Menu > Copy not working correctly when the focus was on certain list boxes
Fixed an issue where windows would sometimes not correctly appear when de-maximizing on Windows
Fixed issue causing multiple calendars to appear on iCal sync
Improved the performance of the sync from Address Book when editing items in Address Book with Studiometry open
Invoice Tracker will now maintain selection when refreshing the list of shown invoices
Non-Billable items will no longer be attached to Invoices creating using the Scheduled Invoices features
Fixed a crash that could occur in the Summaries window when accessing Client Category names
Fixed an issue causing the Show In Finder button to not work correctly when selecting Invoice/Report templates in the Preferences window
Fixed an issue where systems with Client based Invoice numbering setups wouldn't correctly save the most recent invoice number sometimes
Will now warn you when the print window opens if you are on a machine that could crash when choosing the PDF > Save to PDF option. This is a temporary workaround while we resolve the issue
Will now alert you that a file has successfully been restored when using the File Menu > Restore From Backup option
Will now immediately update project and client last-added ID numbers over the network when modify specific items via the Preferences window
Will now save automatically generated PDF's into the Default Invoice Save location when sending PDF attachments via the invoice/report preview window
Will now show longer ID's in the Summary when displaying invoices
Will now automatically select the Default report template when saving a report where the templates are saved on a Read-Only disk
Will now immediately broadcast changes made to Contacts via editing in Address Book with Studiometry open to the network
Will now immediately broadcast updates made to To Do's using contextual menus in the same window to the network
Several other small bug fixes
Numerous interface tweaks
Version 5.0.7 (1/14/2008)
Fixed an issue that could cause importing contacts within the contact editing window to not work correctly
Fixed networking issue where some changes in the main window would not be immediately synced
Fixed an issue causing flickering when quitting the application with the running timers window open on Windows machines
Fixed an issue that could cause a crash when duplicating Projects
Added Norwegian Localization
Added Portuguese (European) Localization
Updated Dutch Localization
Version 5.0.6 (12/11/2007)
Fixed an issue where the email sending window would not close on certain machines after sending an email of a code-based invoice
Fixed issue with certain information in the main window not updating correctly on networked machines
Fixed an issue with certain date formats showing a 4 digit year of 0007 instead of 2007, for example
Fixed an issue where Project Spec info would not be immediately editable on certain setups without first tabbing to the field
Fixed an issue where equation calculation could cause issues on Windows machines
Fixed a rare issue with deleting categories over a networking causing an exception dialog on launch
Version 5.0.5 (11/27/2007)
Re-enabled the Mac OS X Status item (can be turned on in the preferences window)
Changed the behavior of the Project Spec list when clicking and dragging to prevent issues when dragging rows in the middle of an edit
Improved Leopard compatibility on certain machines that were having issues
Fixed an issue where reports would show up for multiple projects in certain situations (mainly the Export Lists)
Fixed display issues with special characters (umlauts for example) in variables inside of Text objects in visual templates
Fixed an issue with saving special characters (umlauts for example) directly into Text objects in visual templates
The "New Contact Log" contextual menu item will now work in the Project people section for non-English localizations
Will no longer attempt to access the address section of contacts when syncing from Address Book on setups in which it was causing crashes (many Leopard setups)
New Timesheet window will now correctly select the current Project when first accessing the window if a project is selected in the main window
New Timesheet window will now use all of the appropriate timers settings similar to pushing the New Default Timer button (Forced Employee > Project > Client > Employee)
Fixed an error that could occur in the Payment editing window on Windows machines
Version 5.0.4 (10/30/2007)
Leopard Compatibility
Fixed an issue that could cause the multiple companies feature to not work correctly on certain setups
Will now always load associated clients and projects when initially opening the new timesheet window when a client is selected
Changed the behavior of certain buttons in the preferences window relating to bindings between listboxes and the buttons
Multiple Employee login window has been extended to show more employees
Several other minor interface changes
Version 5.0.3 (10/16/2007)
Can now add a description to a timer directly in the New Timer window
Fixed an issue in the enter Timesheet window that could cause the project to change when re-selecting an item
Changed keyboard shortcut for Project > New To Do to avoid a conflict with the Show/Hide toolbar shortcut
Fixed an issue that could cause a crash when loading an employee list at the exact moment an employee is deleted on another machine on the network
Fixed an issue that could occur in the New Debt/Credit window when changing to a category at the exact moment that category is delete on another machine on the network
Slightly reworked some of the drawing of summaries, allowing for wider description fields when there are less fields selected. More advancements and flexibility in this area will be available in Studiometry 5.1.
Added several new Invoice/Report Template variables: InvoiceTotalDueNoCur, InvoiceAmountReceivedNoCur, SubtotalNoCur, TaxAmountNoCur, TotalNoCur
Version 5.0.2 (9/24/2007)
Fixed an issue where multi-page templates would sometimes not calculate the correct number of pages
Can now add To Do suites starting on a future or past date
Fixed issue with "Calculate Equations" option causing problems on machines with commas as the decimal point
Fixed an issue where the main window wouldn't come up on launch if you had a password lock on
Will now correctly show non-live projects that match the search string when there is a search entered in the search window
Fixed a crash that could occur in the search window when typing in a search string
Updated Dutch Localization
Version 5.0.1 (9/12/2007)
Fixed an issue where Version 4.x Visual Invoice templates would not correctly load into the Edit Invoice window
Fixed an issue with calculating equations in fields with number formats with comma as the decimal point
Fixed an issue where Taxes, Debt/Credit Categories, and Employees in Data columns in visual templates could appear on the same line
Will now correctly print multiple pages when a Project's estimate goes over one page
Will now list non-live projects underneath live projects in the Payment editing window
Version 5.0 (9/10/2007)
New Summaries feature allow you to easily view and print customizable reports based on any and all Studiometry data
Can now filter the main window Client/Project list with search strings
Can now expand the Main Window Client/Project list horizontally to quickly view additional Project information
Easily view the number of running timers, incomplete To-Do's, and unpaid Invoice associated with each Project in the main list. Clicking on a total will bring up the associated list of items for viewing and editing.
New Project Budgeting, Estimating, and Quoting features
Easily assign specific hours and amounts to each Project's Budget
View comparisons of estimated compared to actual work for each work type on a Project
Easily print Estimates and Quotes based on this information
Can now easily manage multiple separate company data files
New Auto-Fill combo-boxes allow you to Type or Click to select Clients and Projects in many areas of Studiometry
Can now create Visual Report Templates, utilizing Studiometry's built-in WYSIWYG template editor
New Multi-Page output capabilities for the Visual Invoice/Report template engine
Many new features have been added to the Visual Template editor
Can now batch edit certain values (width, height, x, y, page) for multiple items simultaneously in the Visual Template editor
Multi-Page Printing for Code Based Invoice and Report templates (code-based template printing is still only available on Mac)
New option to save exchange rate information on a per-item basis for Debt/Credits and Payments, allowing for more accurate data preservation
Studiometry will now regulate date entry, formatting all entered dates with the system's "short date"
Noticeably smaller save formats (on average 15 percent smaller) make for faster saving/loading times as well as faster network syncing times
Studiometry will now attempt to guess partially entered dates
Number and time edit fields can now automatically calculate equations (will replace 1+2*3 with 7, for example)
Pressing Equal or Num-Pad Enter will now calculate the value of number and time edit fields
New "Reconnect" button in the Status Window allows users to easily attempt to reconnect to a server when disconnected
Can now import Abbreviations into the Program Memory section
Can now export Abbreviations to text files
Can now press the Escape key to close the Edit Abbreviation window
Project Specs info will now print multiple lines if multiple lines are available
Studiometry will format previously entered dates to match the new regulated date formats
Added Show Status Window menu item to Networking menu
Turning on Multiple Employees will automatically turn on the Employees column in the Main Window Work section
New Summaries menu added for accessing and editing the new Summaries features
Will now show extra information and examples for specific tax types in the tax editing window
A4 Paper Size is now a selectable Default value in the Visual Template Properties window
Will now order Debt/Credit items on a report based on the item's date rather than the date the item was entered
Several new options related to new edit field number calculation features
Will now correctly label "Canadian" tax type in Project taxes section
Fixed control order when tabbing through the Tax editing window
The Status Item icon is now properly masked, and will not show a box around the icon when the menu is clicked (Mac only)
Fixed other small issues with the Status Item (Mac only)
Updated Address Book person selector (Mac only)
Invoices and Reports will now show totals for all tax types. Previously, Studiometry would intentionally leave out taxes with a total of zero
Renamed old Summaries export features to Export Lists
Increased the Speed of numerous frequently used functions
Fixed issue where sometimes the Invoice/Project/Client ID's would not immediately sync when the Preferences window was open on another machine
Fixed an issue with the Default 1 Visual Invoice template being created with duplicates of some items
Fixed issues with several windows occasionally causing crashed when pressing the escape key
Fixed issue with certain windows temporarily showing up when initially launch Studiometry before they are hidden due to log in windows
Fixed issue where scroll bar would show up when printing Code Based previews
Fixed an issue where a deleted debt/credit category could result in Expense being assigned as a default timer type
Fixed issue related to large lists of debt/credits attached to specific Projects where the Project association wasn't being checked correctly
Fixed an issue that could cause Expense to be assigned as a default timer type for Projects with no selected Default timer type
Fixed the display in Business History chart where the minimum value would be slightly too high if the lowest value was below zero
Project summary tab scroll bar will now correctly reset when deselecting a Project
Fixed several behavior issues related to selecting items in the Visual Template Editor
The Visual template editor Item Properties window will now show values for matching fields when selecting multiple items
Visual Template editor window now save most recent window size
Fixed drawing issue causing one extra background line to be drawn at the bottom of a Data Column when there were too many lines to display
Fixed issue where the toolbar in the Visual Template edit/preview window would not respond to the first click after reactivating the window
Variable, Static Text, and Data Columns now have a minimum width of 10 in Visual Templates
Project spec names will now be correctly truncated if they are too long when printing
Several small interface changes and tweaks in the main window
New Template Related Variables: PageNumber, PagesTotal, PageNumberOfTotal
New Contact Related Variables: Contact Title
Changed several default preferences settings. This will only effect new Studiometry installations
About window will now also show the network compatibility code. Studiometry client machines can only connect to a server with the same compatibility code, which is only changed when there have been updates to networking features that could break syncing between versions.
Invoice Totals will be calculated on a Per-Item Per-Currency basis now. This should cause no change to the total of any invoices with less than three currencies involved
Will now always show two decimal places for chart totals in Project Summary tab
Will now give an employee permission warning BEFORE selecting a file when using the Import Visual Invoice Template menu command
Version 4.1.6 (9/4/2007)
Can now sync with Oranged Software's new accounting package: Accounted
Fixed a small issue with exporting the To Do tracker to text
Can now properly load Studiometry 5.x data files
Version 4.1.5 (6/18/2007)
Huge increase to network sync speeds for users with large amounts of data
Optimized Visual template editor code to dramatically reduce initial load time (most templates should load around 90 to 95% faster)
Fixed issue with rending Preview on Windows machines throwing up an unneeded exception
Fixed an issue that could occur on certain platforms if exchange rate info could not be downloaded due to firewalls
Version 4.1.4 (6/4/2007)
New tag added for Invoice/Report templates. ItemSequentialNumber counts up from one for each debt/credit item on an invoice
Fixed an issue that could prevent certain strings of text from working correctly in the search window
Fixed an issue on Windows not allowing some setups to edit Invoice/Report templates
Fixed potential crash in search window when re-checking the Include Non-Live Items checkbox
Fixed potential issue caused with the Auto-discovery classes that help find local Studiometry servers
Slight speed improvement for networked users. A substantial speed boost for users with large amounts of data will be available in an upcoming patch
Version 4.1.3 (5/8/2007)
New Portuguese Translation
Fixed a remaining date issue related to two digit years not loading correctly in newer versions of Studiometry
Fixed a possible crash related to a non-existant Default Invoice Save location
Fixed a possible crash related to editing certain To Do's
Fixed a potential crash caused on certain machines by canceling windows with the escape key
Fixed an issue where Studiometry sometimes wouldn't quit after using the Restore From Backup menu command
Version 4.1.2 (4/10/2007)
Many users will see noticeable speed improvements in launch times and other areas of the application
Fixed an issue related to the build process that was affecting dates with two digit years and causing other problems throughout the program
Fixed a display issue in the preferences related to Program's Invoice ID behavior
Fixed a potential issue with Invoice, Client, or Project ID's not syncing correctly over certain types of networks
File encryption is now turned off by default (this will only effect users opening Studiometry for the first time)
Modified default settings for Backups
Version 4.1.1 (2/20/2007)
Will now show Extra Info in the debt/credit work list if there is no description entered
New text wrap option for Data columns allows you to fit more data in Visual Invoice templates
Speed performance enhancements when viewing Visual Invoice templates
Mouse cursor will now change to show that Studiometry is loading a visual template
Will now automatically attempt to condense text in visual template data columns if the text is too long
Fixed an issue with the delimited text import
Fixed an issue with nested summaries still showing non-live items unintentionally
Fixed an issue with an error appearing while saving the user logo on some machines
Fixed issue that could occur on some machines with crashes in the calendar window
Fixed an issue with multiple line information pushing other lines down in Visual Invoice templates
Fixed an error that could occur when Studiometry saves the user logo on certain window machines
Version 4.1 (1/24/2007)
New Section of Preferences Window "Program Memory" tracks auto-complete and abbreviation settings to help you save time entering data
Studiometry can now use Abbreviations, allowing you to type short abbreviations and have Studiometry replace them automatically with a full description. For example, typing "stu" and pressing the space bar could become "Studiometry User"
Studiometry can now ask how to deal with your active timers when your computer has gone idle
New option to turn on/off Auto-Complete memorization of new descriptions
New option to turn on/off Description Auto-Complete
Can now filter totals in Work tab by Billable/Non-Billable/All items
Can now use the delete key to delete Projects and Clients in the main window list
Can now use the new Invoice/Report template variable ItemEmployeeShortName
Added new menu items for easier importing of Invoice and Report Templates
Will now remember the last type selected when creating a new Payment
Project Totals will no longer include non-billable items
Added contextual menu to Visual Template Editor
Expanded the maximum height of the Running Timers window
Improved performance of Auto-Complete function in Debt/Credit and To Do editing window
Will now capture new Auto-complete descriptions from the Time Sheet window as well
Fixed issue with program Default Timer showing up as standard expense items in rare situations
Fixed an issue with the "Include Non-Live Items" checkbox in the old summaries window
Fixed a crash that could occur by pressing the "Add Current Date/Time" button for a blank Project logs field
Fixed an issue with the Code Based template editing window losing focus in the middle of typing
Fixed an issue with multi-project Invoices not creating the correct payments when marked as paid
Fixed a viewing issue with text color for selected item in Running Timer window
Fixed a viewing issue with text color for selected item in Project's To Do section
Fixed a viewing issue with text color for selected item in Client's To Do section
Fixed a viewing issue with text color for selected item in To Do Tracker
Fixed an issue with the display of Default Employee permissions
Fixed a display issue with Employee Type description in preferences window and other areas
Fixed an issue with the Payment tracker losing the Client or Project filter selection
Fixed minor issues with the Client/Project extra info popup when mousing over main Client/Project list
Fixed an issue with the Help Menu: Studiometry Help item on Windows
Made changes to the Default toolbar (will only effect new users/employees)
Changed default display mode for custom tabs in main window (now defaults to Text Only, can be changed with right-click)
Can now press escape to exit the confirmation window when deleting a Client or Project
Version 4.0.3 (11/28/2006)
Fixed an issue with apostrophe's showing up with strange characters in HTML invoices
Fixed an issue with ID formatting and numbers not syncing correctly over certain network setups
Fixed an issue with the Universal Binary that could cause hang-ups on machines using localizations
Fixed issue with 4.0.2 hanging on certain Windows machines
Fixed several other small bugs
Version 4.0.2 (10/16/2006)
Universal Binary, now native on Intel Macs and PPC Macs
Fixed possible issue with backup size limitations
Fixed issue with alignment of rows in Invoice Template data columns when the first row is blank
Fixed issue that could sometimes occur by trying to view a project image in a separate window
Newly redone "Update Available" window
Version 4.0.1 (10/4/2006)
New Italian localization (partial)
Projects with unpaid non-billable debt/credits will no longer change the project status with auto-update statuses
Fixed issue with certain controls not correctly deactivating in the preferences window
Fixed issues for printing multiple Code Based invoices
Added ID information to Client's Project list
Font list is not alphabetical in Visual Invoice editor, now overriding system order
Fixed issue with incorrect sign for tax values on exported Expense reports
Fixed an issue that could potentially cause the next Invoice ID number to reset
Fixed issue with very large Invoice/Project/Client ID numbers being displayed incorrectly
Fixed Invoice totals issue that could be caused by different number formats
Can now clear all Studiometry alerts (for users with issues of old Recurring Debt/Credit alerts getting stuck)
