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Auction! V2 Release Notes

"Release Notes" are the changes and problems noted associated with each specific version of software.  Many organizations choose to withhold this information.  While it's no fun admitting mistakes, we think it's more important to be candid with our customers. 

2.y.500
June 2004
Auction! V2 now installs with a Windows-compliant installation kit, and may be uninstalled by Windows Add/Remove Programs if needed.
2.y4.06
March 13 2003
Prohibits accidental opening of Auction! V3 dataset. (This is important for customers who are considering conversion or have recently done so.)

Fixes Runtime 380 errors on progress/status bar.

2.y4.05
Jan 2003
Refresh variable now uses correct value for Item Records.

Catalog calculates Item Height more accurately  if long donor name doesn't wrap but forces Donor Value to second line, and calculates Item Height more accurately when there is no donor and no value is being printed.

Catalog print algorithm strengthened substantially on calculations & page wraps.

Network, simultaneous new item, new donor, correctly keeps both donors; primary key overlap fixed.

Merge no longer loses donor/invitee joint status in remaining cases.

2.y4.04
Released Aug 26 2002
Mailing Labels respond to user font selection instead of using  first font in list.

Bidders & Items Report purchased left out purchase price on last item in group on W98 systems (total is ok.) Fixed by changing underline for Total from "___" to a line method. Fixes for HP, not necessarily Canon. Fixes same problem for Donors & Items also.

Print Item on ItemEntry would include DONOR's bid # if Item was not yet purchased. Corrected.

2.y4.03
released June 4 2002
Jump to item fixed for Cash, Basket items. Algorithm improved for all item types.

Convert Basket to Std item was not working. Fixed

(V2.y4.02b) White block problem in catalog fixed.

Catalog may now be printed to a file gracefully. Will need only one file for inside or outside or odd or even.

Invoices now print as batch of 10, not 10 jobs of 1 each.

User could type alphabetic table # on table assignment screen and store names, which were then not visible in table assignments. Fixed.

Basket items may not be changed to other types if they are in a basket. (This now fixes the blank line problem.)

Wrap improved on Items/Purchasers report.

2.y4.02 Released 2/19/02 Bug introduced in 2.y4.01: Find crashes if no items in cash, workaround is to add a cash donation item.

Range of Names on reports will now print numeric names.

2.y4.01  Released 1/9/02 Basic program language changed from VB3 to VB4.

Adds support for USB printers and other devices.

Adds support for newest Laser printers.

Adds support for network pathnames containing spaces.

Improves speed of table assignment location screen.

Fixes display behavior on Names and Basket screens when "X" button is used.

2.y3.06 Released 7/26/01 Basket Item numbers greater than 9999 could be entered and then cause a crash.  Fixed.

If a guest had no first name, they could not be removed from a specific table, due to a missing comma in the displayed name string.  Fixed.

On Create New Project, users may no longer select "Transfer Names or Items" unless they have already selected a project name.

CD-Rom now Auto-starts when inserted (unless PC has this feature turned off.)

2.y3.05 Released 4/25/01 Removes write protect for backup process. 

Fixed "null" export of single item field. 

If there is no printer attached during new project creation, font is now set to Arial by default. 

Basket screen shared access now permits entry of new baskets and item # without crashing or locking out.

When switching from exclusive & item-reseq mode to shared, item-reseq is now turned off (instead of leaving it on.)  

If a line does not contain two or more spaces to permit line wrap, error message now generated and specific line quoted to user.  

Removes trailing carriage return/linefeeds, mostly fixes internal crlf formatting problems.

2.y3.04 Released 2/27/01.  Fixes Divide by Zero on New Project creation, due to names refresh on all new projects. Now only executes if names are transferred. 
2.y3.03 Released 1/31/01. Fixes "item already open" msg and "Vis_Invalid_Secondary Key" errors when deleting (due to double-decrement of value) and Invalid_secondary_key for Volunteer Last (now correctly limited to 20 characters).  

Fixes Bidder Invoice to allow removing "donor value" if desired. 

Improves Invoice font behavior when font not found.

Couldn't fix gift certificate certificate disclaimer--can't turn "off".  

2.y3.02 Released 12/31/2000. Fixes incorrect donor value on import of items/names by adding REFRESH routine to Import Name, Item.

Also cleans up Exit Routine on both import forms.

Fixes project name caption missing on MU/SU/DEMO versions  

2.y3.01 Released 12/7/2000. Fixes problem with Backup to same location as working file (sometimes just write-protected, other times didn't write-protect, but OVERwrote files.

Improves import handling of commas.  

2.y3 Supports Networking
2.y2k2b
April 19, 1999
Table assignments from Activities menu doesn’t update date/time:  creates merge problem.

Table number attend and # in party now print on seating chart when sorted by table number

2.y2k2a Fixed: Basket report:  Skips component at page break

Fixed:  Prints container title if component is too long

Fixed: Item print, basket items.  Leaves off basket # if basket is silent

Fixed:  Cash or Basket items export fails if there are no silent items.

Fixed:  CTRL C/V/X don’t work on phone #s.  Also fixed on bid #, item #, winning bidder, winning item.

Fixed: If (city+state+zip) = null then table # doesn’t print on invoice

2.y2k1,2 Fixed:  Export bidders with purchase amount filter shows incorrect values

Fixed: Catalog: Anonymous donor forces value to print as priceless

2.y2k Y2K compliance:  copy DB, Record save, merge priority

Y2K DB Check modifies sales tax in V2 db.

Phone # now allows / . ( )

Catalog now allows 10, 20, 30 leading pages

Refresh DB resets all dates/times

Total donation zeroed out or incorrect, due to donation field length <> key length

Export now lists donor names for groups
2.19
June 1998
Gift certificate anonymous donor prints “last donor info.”  Fix also removes signature for anonymous donor.

Certificate Donor Font = “” (see error handling in gift certificate setup)

2.18 Gift Certificate format bug w/ Certificate Donor Font introduced.
2.17 Item save doesn’t check for duplicate cash or Basket numbers.
2.15 On Items report, Grand Total text line updated to reflect all item types. 

On Basket component report, first item skipped.

X button at upper right of View Donations didn’t reset toolbar button color. 

2.14 Item Re-sequence for Cash Donations didn’t leave selected item highlighted. 

Turning off Donor Value on Bid Sheets also turned off Min. Raise.

When creating a basket, clicking Save without an item number “dropped” all the work done.

New Technical Support phone number:  719 548-5055.

Menu dimming/enabling updated, View menu now allows selecting Name or Item Type via shortcut. 

2.13 Export Item:  Donor Title and Donor First Name added to fields which may be exported.

Import Items into non-empty database:  Import items without item numbers overwrote one or more existing items.  Never reported, V1 & V2 problem.

Deleting baskets following certain other commands could “cross” Donor records.

Various screen labels updated for clarity and consistency.

2.12 Items Report:  Basket value reporting cleaned up.

Basket Report:  Cleaned up Titles and Pagination.

From Item Entry Screen, selecting Edit Donor did not display correct title.  Fixed

Find Screen now displays “ (basket) ” after appropriate item titles as on main screen, and double-clicking basket items displays basket screen rather than individual item screen.

Seating Chart pagination improved.

Anonymous Donor forced Item Full Description to print twice on bid sheets.

On Invitee/Donor Entry Screen, clicking Table now Saves the record first.  This facilitates entering walk-ins, late additions.

2.11 From Item Entry Screen, selecting Edit Donor did not clear Number Attending from previous record edited.  Fixed

Clicking Table button on Donor screen could result in “crossed” records.

2.1 Table report heading misalignment corrected

Item Import could delete the last record entered prior to Import.  This is a Version 1 bug that we only caught during this round of testing, due to a counter that should have been incremented.

2.013 Deleting items from a basket, then deleting the basket without first saving the “empty” basket left items “attached” to the deleted basket.

Item Summary sheet for baskets doesn’t show components if basket has an item number with less than 4 digits.

2.012 Reports, Bidders... prints Donor List instead.
2.011 Bid Number and Number Attending fields inaccessible on some low resolution Windows 3.1 monitors
2.01 Epson Stylus printers receive “page size not set correctly” error--Epson Stylus printers report incorrect value for all page dimensions.

Items and Pricing Report does not report sales tax for taxable baskets.

If printer setup is changed, Mailing Labels does not print in correct orientation on first try, but does print correctly on later passes.

2.0
1/1/98
Initial release
 
   
     

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