| Version 5.2.4 (18/02/2008) |
- Additions
- Added compatibility for New Zealand / Australian firmware version of the Metrel Beta PAT.
- Added Help Page for Diagnostic Download screen.
- On creating a Diagnostic download file more information has been added to the automatic email sent and the subject line has been corrected to say its a diagnostic file.
- Modifed the Manual Entry screen to allow the entry of Earth Continuity 2 test in place of Flash Data for the New Zealand / Australian firmware version of the Metrel Beta PAT.
- Added Help section on how to download Fluke 6500 Pat tester.
- Added Help section on how to download PAT Tester using Hyperterminal for fault tracing.
- Added Help section on how to download Megger PAT4 Pat Tester.
- New Free Utility created that analyses all your SimplyPats Files and displays a report of how many PAT tests have been done by each engineer over a specified period.
- Free Utility to compare two SimplyPats files and show which appliances have been moved or are missing has been updated.
- Added Help section on how to download Robin SmartPat 5000 Pat Tester.
- Added compatibility for Transmille 6080 and 6080 PLUS Pat Testers.
- Added Links in Windows Start Menu and SimplyPats Help Menu to the SimplyPats Web Forum.
- Added an alternate mapping for the text fields from the Seaward 2000i so that different two sets of uses can be assigned to each of the text fields.
- Added Tick Box in System Settings screen for Europa Plus and Supernova Plus Pat Testers which do not have the latest frimware. This allows Line 2 of the notes fields to be used for the Retest Period as the early versions of the Europa Plus and Supernova Plus Pat Testers do not separately prompt for Retest Period.
- Bugs
- On creating a diagnostic download file the mouse pointer was left permanently in an hour glass or wait state.
- On creating a diagnostic download file, the file was always emailed even if you had selected not to email it.
- On create diagnostic file option to close program after download has been removed as this was causing program not to exit correctly.
- On create a diagnostic download, if file name contained / or . in the company name of customer the program crashed with an invalid path error. This has now been fixed.
- When adding a manual entry test on a data file created by a Seaward Pat Tester, the program crashed due to incorrect Earth Continuity limits being read. This is now fixed.
- Hidden baud rate selection when downloading Megger PAT4 as you can only download at 9600 baud.
- On download of fluke 6500 and robin 5500 and 500 added prompt to show data downloading.
- On Fluke 6500, Megger PAT4. Kewtech KT75, Robin 5500/500 download screens had maximize and minimize buttons enabled. These have been removed.
- On the System Settings screen the option for the Megger PAT 4 to select whether it's a new or old version of the PAT Tester wasn't being saved when you exited the program.
- On the System Settings screen the option for the Megger PAT 4 to use the Serial Number field for Charge and Repair codes wasn't being saved when you exited the program.
- After changes to SimplyPats to install program on computers with Windows Vista, the System Information screen no longer displayed the description of those system files that have been installed.
- Fixed download problem with Robin SmartPat 5000 Pat Tester which cause the PAT tester not to communicate with the PC.
- Trying to add a manual test to a Kewtech data file caused the program to crash.
- Printing of Kewtech data file caused the program to crash as it tried to calculate the test voltage.
- Selecting to show Tip Of the Day as well as setting a Password to enter SimplyPasts caused the program to crash on startup - this has now been fixed.
- On Selecting Europa+ / Supernova+ on the System Settings screen, the function for Line 2 of the notes field was being changed to be used for Notes instead of Retest Period. This is now fixed and regardless of whether using a Europa/Supernova or Europa+/Supernova+, the second line of notes is used for Retest Period (should you select it).
- On Validate Data the wrong appliance was being highlighted in the main screen as having an error. Also if the first Appliance had an error then it was not being highlighted. This has now been fixed.
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| Version 5.2.3 (19/10/2007) |
- Additions
- Added compatibility with Kewtech KT74 and KT 75 testers.
- Bugs
- If an invoicee was added to a customer file the invoicee address was not printed on the invoice. This has now been fixed.
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| Version 5.2.2 (19/10/2007) |
- Additions
- Extended the amount of abbreviations from 500 to 2000
- Bugs
- When editing a site or location on the main screen and entering an apostrophe in the new site or location, if you chose to change all sites or locations to the new site or location, you would be repeatedly asked the same question. This has now been fixed.
- When adding a series of manual entry tests, then deleting one and adding a subsequent manual entry test, the deleted manual entry test reappeared. This fault has now been fixed.
- The email data function was causing an error. This has now been fixed.
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| Version 5.2.1 (14/09/2007) |
- Bugs Fixed
- On the summary of tests report, the owner of the Simplypats program was displayed rather than the customer's name. This is now changed to show the customers name.
- Additions
- Modified both SimplyPats and the help documents to reflect the release of our new support telephone number.
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| Version 5.2 (22/06/2007) |
- Bugs Fixed
- Minimise button enabled on print results which if pressed caused SPS to crash
- Having the auto save function enabled sometimes caused the program to crash if you were in the middle of searching for an appliance
- Upon deleting multiple records, the main grids row jumps to record one; this has now been modified so that it stays near the original row.
- Additions
- The Print Results screen has been modified to ensure better sorting of reports.
- The maximum number of tests in a single SimplyPats customer file has been extended from 9500 to 20,000
- Added a new 'Raw Data Download' Screen with zip and email functions.
- Decreased file open and save times.
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| Version 5.1.1 (26/03/2007) |
- Bugs Fixed
- The company logo was not consistently showing on the invoices, this has now been fixed.
- The Maintain extra charges screen only allowed 6 characters for the first column, this was a bug that should have allowed 50 characters and has now been fixed.
- Printing results downloaded from the fluke 6500 caused a program error, this has now been fixed.
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| Version 5.1.00 (26/03/2007) |
- Bugs Fixed
- Modified questions boxes background colour as some Windows Theme colours affected the way it was shown.
- Status bar wasn’t being resized perfectly when resizing the SimplyPats program.
- Modified the reports to show the skipped clamp results correctly.
- An error was found with the manual entry screen, if using it for the first time before setting up a pat-tester.
- The Repairs section on the main screen wasn’t being resized perfectly when vertical split was moved.
- On the back up screen window could be resized. This has now been prevented.
- Modified the reports so that the font-size is now changed on the print-settings screen.
- When manually selecting a PAT tester on the main grid, only one pat tester was listed.
- Modified the repair scheme for labour, now calculates the cost per minute more accurately.
- Older files that were produced before the clamp reading were introduced showed a null value in the clamp results field, this has now been replaced with a Skip.
- Additions
- Significantly reduced the time taken to load larger SimplyPats files.
- Find facility added to Maintain Test Prices, Maintain Repair Prices and Maintain Extra charges screen.
- New Word facility added to Maintain Dictionary Screen to add your own words outside of the Spell Check routine.
- Print facility added to Extra Charges screen.
- Sort Columns and Record Counter added to Maintain Test Prices, Maintain Repair Prices, Maintain Extra charges, Maintain PAT Testers, Maintain Dictionary, Maintain Abbreviations, List Sites, List Locations and Maintain Default Fails screens.
- Increased speed of changes to locations and sites after using the Locations List or Sites List screens to update locations or sites.
- Added Search subfolders option to Backup Data screen to search and store any files in subfolders below your main data folder.
- Added a check box displayed when viewing a custom report, this allows you to switch the report layout between the custom and the standard report.
- Status bar on main screen now shows when the customer has invoice details.
- Increased the maximum allowable number of sites and locations from 250 to 1000 in a single file.
- Increased the Licence Name field form 40 to 50 chars to allow for very big company names when registering SimplyPats.
- Updated the limits shown in the Main grid and Printed Reports for the Seaward 2000i tester
- Increased the maximum length of the Appliance Description field from 30 to 40 chars.
- Print Selected - If you select a series of records on the main grid before printing, you are given the option to print just the selected records.
- Added a USB to Serial check box to the Seaward System Settings Screen for downloading with 'odd' USB to serial converters.
- Changed the amount of numbers that can be entered into the 'Fixed Price' field, from 6 to 8.
- Added compatibility with MS Vista, this is only available for new installations for V5.1.0 and above. If you require a new installation file, please contact support (0845 4300 789 (Local Number) or support@simplypats.co.uk)
- Two new testers have been added, the Fluke / Robin SmartPAT 5000 / 5500 and the Megger Pat4.
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| Version 5.0.29 (08/12/2006) |
- Relaxed tax reg number validation.
- Some systems were crashing whilst performing the bulk replace routine. This should no longer happen.
- The List Locations and List Sites screens were unstable. This was partly caused by using our own custom message box. This has now been replaced with a standard Windows message box.
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| Version: 5.0.28 (01/12/2006) |
- When exiting from the System and Print Settings screens, the SimplyPats.ini file is now properly updated and saves any changes.
- The Print Settings screen has been modified to include more variable validation.
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A bug was found in Import invoicee details, this has now been fixed.
- Added Active-X component checking on the Review Customers and Retest Calendar screens.
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| Version: 5.0.27 (02/11/2006) |
- Some installations crashed when validating the data for passes and fails (Only for the Seaward Range of Testers). This was caused by our own custom message box. This has now been replaced with a standard Windows message box to stop this error in future.
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| Version: 5.0.26 (20/10/2006) |
- Some users encountered a runtime 1001 error upon opening SimplyPats; this can be due to a problem with the installation of office on their pc - or because they are using a non-standard email program which is incompatible with SimplyPats.
So an ini file switch has been added to disable registry checks for MS Office and MS Outlook.
To initiate add these 2 keys to the [System Settings] key in the SimplyPats.ini
Disable Word Check=1
Disable Outlook Check=1
- Modified Seaward Download routine to enhance stability.
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| Version: 5.0.25 (16/10/2006) |
- Fixed an error when deleting items from the main screen that caused the Test Number (TestNo) to loose sync i.e. preceding test numbers did not update to reflect the changes.
- When adding a new abbreviation, the validation routine caused an error if triggered, this has now been fixed.
- Fixed several small errors within the manual entry feature that caused SimplyPats to crash or not print reports if the file contained only one test. Other problems also existed when using this feature while manually imputing certain information, these should now also be fixed.
- We have modified the print results screen to initially view passes and fails instead of just passes. Passes was the default setting and would generate an error if you had 1 test in a file that was a fail.
- Attempted to stop a registry error that occasionally occurs upon start-up when SimplyPats is searching for MS Office and MS Outlook instillations. Comes up with a Runtime 1001, Invalid Property Value.
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| Version: 5.0.24 (13/09/2006) |
- The Maintain Pat-tester screen was causing an error when changing Tester type, this should no longer happen.
- An Error would occur when Importing SPS 4 files, this has now been fixed.
- The path to the default data folder was incorrect on some instalations, this has now been fixed.
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| Version: 5.0.23 (25/08/2006) |
- Stop a loop of message boxes on the print screen when no location was chosen has now been fixed.
- The way that the reports grouped their results led to some reports having blank pages, this has now been fixed.
- You can now import data from a metrel tester over another data file from a different metrel tester.
- Added the Seaward 2000i tester to the Maintain PAT Testers screen.
- A time field has been added to the manual entry screen.
- Added sort options (App Id,App Decription,Retest Date) to the following reports; Fails, Passes, Passes and Fails, Appliance Register, Appliance Register by Site.
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| Version: 5.0.22 (14/07/2006) |
- Fixed a missing data error when downloading from Metrel testers.
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