MaxxTraxx Version 7.0.0.0

Combined Release Notes 6.2.0.0 - 7.0.0.0

February 6, 2017

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These release notes are composed of many customer requested features that have been added to MaxxTraxx since Version 6.2.0.0 up until the present release of 7.0.0.0. This is by no means a list of all new features (as there are hundreds of other ones that were too tiny to be of any use in this document) and certainly doesn't include the thousands of design changes and bug fixes our staff made to the program. To list those would include a document that would be over 500 pages long. So to create something that was somewhat readable, we condensed it to these pages.

If you had submitted requests that did not make into this document, don't despair as there is a good chance that your request made it into the MaxxTraxx software but wasn't reported here. If that is the case, please look for it in the area of MaxxTraxx you would expect to find it. You most likely will be surprised to see that it has been added, changed or fixed.

Unfortunately, all customer requests have not yet been integrated into MaxxTraxx. Be assured we spend every single day adding, changing or fixing the program to meet your needs and preferences, but we have many customers and the list is long.

If your feature didn't make it, we have created a venue for you to further the likelihood that it will be added at a later date. In fact, you can push it up the development schedule by looking to see if it is in the new FEATURE VOTING Section of MaxxTraxx under the HELP Menu at the top of the program. If it is there, then vote for it. Each shop gets 20 votes each month that they can spread over as few or as many feature requests in the list. If you find your request is not in the list, then you can request that it gets put onto the list by clicking again on the HELP Menu and choose "Submit Request for Support" (this starts a support ticket) and then click the "Request Feature" button on the new Ticket Form and submit away. Or you can send us an email with your request that will be evaluated and placed on the list if it meets the criteria of being useful for most users and does not cause the loss of efficiency in the program. The features that get the most votes will be put at the top of our development list and worked on accordingly.

Below is the Release Notes list of many of the new features that have been put into MaxxTraxx since version 6.2.0.0. Have fun reading!!!

Customers, Vehicles and Invoicing

• Zero dollar invoices now show in red on the Customer Source and Return Visit report and a legend on the bottom of the page shows telling the user why the zero amounts are in red.
• Added Service Intelligence integration by eAutoclub.
• MaxxTraxx now checks to see if the part is on an open RO or part invoice and does not allow you to delete it if it is.
• Added quotes back to the history list on the bottom of the schedule form and it now allows you to convert the quote to an RO from that list also.
• Put message on customer form that shows when the form has limited editing allowed on it, like when it is called from the RO or the schedule instead of calling it from the customer browse list.
• Added fields to the JobSolds records to track who added the reason for service to the RO, and who made it into a recommendation or sub estimate.
• Added ability to change the service writer assigned to a labor on the invoice labor and menu labor forms.
• Technician column on the repair order changes to purple when the technician is clocked into the RO and green when the labor is marked as complete.
• Added refresh button to the repair order to refresh the tree view, labor and part lists (the F5 key refreshes also). Button is on the top right side of the form just above the tree view. This only refreshes the lists, not the InvoiceHeader record so that unsaved changes to the form won't be overwritten.
• Added CFNA, GE Money, Goodyear, Voyager and Wright Express payment methods.
• Integrated signature capture for credit card processing through Merchant Partners.
• Added new form that shows when making RO item into a recommendation or sub estimate that allows you to see the details and edit the description.
• Created new form to ask for recommendation due date that shows after you select Ok on the form to edit the description, or after you select a new job to make into a recommendation.
• When a free form note without a job category is made into a recommendation or sub estimate, the program asks for the category.
• Added ability to change the service writer assigned to the reason for service.
• Added new report to print recommended services using the "Print" button on the list of recommended services for the vehicle.
• Added company logo / company address to the top of the sub estimate and recommended services reports. Same logo and rules as the one that prints on the RO.
• Added ability to change the due date on the edit recommendation form.
• Added feature to kits that allows you to optionally add a reason for service, vehicle problem or free form note with the kit.
• RO now allows you to add a kit using the "Kits" button if there are no reasons for service on the RO.
• Added options to the RO Setup page of the Repair Order and Part Invoices Setup form to turn on/off printing job totals and part/labor totals on the RO.
• Added ability to set the number of characters uses when searching for kits using the engine.
• Added setup options for default kit type, use model, use sub model and use engine fields when the kit form is opened from an RO.
• Added "Find" button to the bottom of the vehicle list on the customer form and appointment wizard that allows you to filter the vehicles for the customer by license, unit # or year/make/model.
• Added option to the filter window of the Recommended Services Due report to export the data to Excel either as one row per recommendation (same as before) or one row per vehicle with the recommendations in the ending columns (max of 10 recommendations).
• Added recommended service due date to the list of recommendations that show on the appointment wizard.
• Added recommended service due date to the printed RO.
• Added option to RO Setup -> Recommended tab that allows you to only show recommended services that are due on or before a given number of days from today.
• Added recommended due date to the printed list of recommendations.
• Added option to RO Setup -> Recommended tab to choose the sort order for recommended services on lists, reports and the printed repair order.
• Added Document handling for Customers, Vehicles or Repair Orders. You can now attach photos, scans or almost any documents to MaxxTraxx.
• Created Android Tablet application that will attach photos that you take with your Android phone or tablet directly to Repair Orders in MaxxTraxx. You can also update vehicle mileage from the app.. This needs to be connected to the same network that MaxxTraxx is connected to.
• Added Form to select vehicle will now choose the closest match to the existing vehicle in the year, make, model, sub model and engines table if you reselect a vehicle.
• Added "Shipping" tab to the part invoice and added new shipping address fields to it. Also moved shipping information fields to it.
• Added "Shipping" tab to the customer record and added new shipping address fields to it. Info in these fields is put on new part invoices created for the customer.
• Added "Ship To" address to the printed part invoice that prints to the right of the existing billing address.
• Added "Bill To" and "Ship To" prompts above the billing and shipping addresses on the printed part invoice that show when there is a shipping address.
• Added shipping method that shows below the ship to address on the printed part invoice if there is a shipping method.
• Added new setup switch to the RO setup page to prompt for service writer when the RO form is opened, closed, etc.
• Added new setup switch to the Part Invoice setup page to prompt for service writer when the PI form is opened, closed, etc. NOTE: The part invoice is using the settings on the RO setup page for "Ask For Repair Order Information" to determine when to ask for the source and service writer. It's always been this way but it seems confusing and we probably should clean that up.
• Changing the service writer on the appointment form when you are set to pay service writers by RO now updates the service writer on the RO and all reasons, labors and parts on it.
• Added VIN display on the vehicle form that shows the last 8 characters in bold red.
• Increased technician notes on form to clock out of a repair order in job clock from 300 to 1000 characters. This will allow the technician to better explain what was done on the vehicle.
• Added part location to the tech worksheet printed from the RO and the worksheet printed from the job clock and job clock tablet programs.
• Added new setting to the R/O Setup page of the Repair Orders and Part Invoices setup form to turn off printing "Estimate Only, Do Not Pay" on printed RO's.
• Added significant VIN digits field to the vehicle record. Defaults to the value in setup, but can be changed for each vehicle.
• Added checkbox to the Program Setup form to use password when logging into Job Clock.
• Added "Credit Card Terms" section to the printed RO and PI that will print if the credit card returns terms from the First Mile credit card processing.
• Added option to email purchase orders.
• Added ability to email an RO or PI when using pay and print, or save and print.
• Added feature to prevent entering a duplicate VIN number. MaxxTraxx checks the VIN number when saving the vehicle record on the vehicle form and prevents saving the record if the VIN is already in use on another vehicle.
• Added feature to mark a recommendation as declined and select a reason why. There is a new "Customer Declined" checkbox on the form when converting a request for service into a recommendation. Checking that will bring up a list of reasons to choose from.
• Added popup window to ask if the service was declined when making a reason for service into a recommendation.
• Added declined fields to the save recommendations table for RO history.
• Added separate setup to print labor service hours on part invoices. "Print Labor Service Hours On Part Invoices" check box on the RO Setup form, Part Invoices tab in the Part Invoice Preferences section. Initially this will default to whatever the RO setup is set to during the update, but can be changed separately as needed.
• Added ability to attach a picture to a part, customer and vehicle record. There is a picture button on the form that allows you to select a picture from the pending documents folder, and it will copy that into the \Pictures\Parts, \Pictures\Customers, or \Pictures\Vehicles folder. If the picture already exists in that folder you are warned but can select to overwrite it. You can also type in a name for the file instead of selecting it if it already exists in the folder, or if you want to note an image file attached to the record but do not want to have that image in the MaxxTraxx folder (for customers who want to export the parts list for their website and have it link to an image on their web server).
• Added setting to the Misc. Defaults page of RO setup to allow duplicate VIN and license numbers. With this setting on, MaxxTraxx will warn you that the VIN and/or license is a duplicate and give you the option to continue and add it anyway.
• Added optional VIN to the search criteria when looking up duplicate deleted vehicles and allowing you to use and reactivate the deleted, or merge with it.

Tire Quote

• Added options to the Tire Quote setup to optionally append size and manufacturer to the part description when a tire is added to the RO from the part list or the tire quote form (inventory and catalog parts).
• Added list on tire setup to add additional labor, parts and sublets available when adding a tire quote.
• Added default tire quantity to the tire quote setup form.
• Added new tire quote setup for front and rear tire lead in text.
• Added ability to right click on a tire on the tire quote form that is an inventory part and view the master part record.
• Added quantity field to the tire quote so you can quote tires from the list of tires from inventor or returned from ATD.
• Added checkbox to Sublets form that allows you to set the sublet as one that does not get restocked. If you check the box you can enter a default average cost for the sublet. This allows the sublet to work for items such as tire disposal fee when used as an item in tire setup.
• Added new interface for the Tire Quote that now allows you to choose tires in the list instead of having to add them to a separate quote list.
• Tire quote now allows you to pick more than one tire to add to the invoice. All tires selected in the list are added to the RO.
• Tire quote now allows you to search for front and rear tire sets and add them to the RO at the same time.
• Added ability to right click on the tire quote list and view/edit tire add on charges and apply tire items. Changes made on this window will affect all tires in the list and when you return to the tire quote form the tires are recalculated and the new amount shown.
• Added field to the part form to set the type of tire (All Season, Winter, Summer and Unknown).
• Added search filter to the tire quote to search for type of tire when searching inventory tires (All Season, Winter, Summer and Unknown). Only works for inventory tires, not tires from the ATD catalog.
• Added new printed tire quote that can be printed from the tire quote form. The quote will print any tires or sets of tires selected in the tire quote list.
• Added column for add-ons and sales tax to the tire quote list.
• Added Clearance checkbox to the part form to mark as a clearance item.
• Added filter to show only clearance tires on the tire quote form.
• Added discount percentage spin field on the tire quote window to discount the tire price.
• Added page to the RO Setup form for tire pressure regulation settings.
• Added tire pressure regulation page to the repair order so you can select if the service was done or not, and enter tire pressure readings.
• Added tire pressure regulation band to the printed RO.
• Added warning message on the part form when changing the part type to a tire that the user charges will be reset to the default tire charges in tire quote setup.
• Added tax rate drop down to the Tire Quote form so you can change the tax rate when adding tires to a quote. Only allows changing tax rate when the tire quote form is called from a quote, not a repair order.
• Added checkbox on the Tire Quote form so you can choose to match front and rear tires into sets, or view them in the list separately. Front tires show in alternating green background, rear tires show in alternating blue background.
• Added check box in Tire Quote setup to append the manufacturer to the tire description when adding it to the RO, PI or quote.
• Added tech who checked the tire pressure and tread depth to the printed RO.
• Added clearance and preferred columns to the part browse list. Clearance shows a red dot and preferred shows a green dot like the tire quote form.

Inventory

• Added button to the Stock tab of the Part form that allows you to merge other parts into the part you are editing.
• Added size, best quantity, minimum quantity and tire mfg. part number to the physical inventory page form and to the physical inventory page report.
• Added "Size / Tire Size" sort to the creation of physical inventory pages.
• Added ability to include or exclude parts, fluids, and tires to the creation of physical inventory pages.
• Added filter by manufacturer, line and class to the creation of physical inventory pages.
• Added option on the purchase order list to show only purchase orders with backordered items on them.
• Added new columns to the list of parts to order shown on the PO and vendor invoice and rearranged the quantity columns as best quantity, min quantity, stock, reserved, available, on order and needed.
• Added checkbox to the list of parts to order that allow you to include reserved items as available, and compare that total against the minimum quantity to calculate the quantity needed, and if the item should be shown in the list. The checkbox will retain its on/off state after the form is closed and reopened.
• Added new setup switch to the Restock setup page to require a "Created By" when the purchase order form is closed.
• Changed program to set ReorderQuantity on non-stock parts where the stock on hand less the quantity on order is less than zero.
• Added option to the "Auto-Fill from Low Stock Parts" list to show all, stock and non-stock parts.
• Added option to the Parts Reorder (Parts needed per Vendor), Parts Reorder (All Parts) and Parts Reorder (Parts needed regardless of Vendor) reports to show all, stock and non-stock parts.
• Added option on part list to filter by all, stock or non-stock parts.
• Added ability to update the matrix a part uses from Update Inventory Pricing, and to use the matrix as criteria to select which parts get updated.
• Added ability to filter by Part Type on the Update Inventory Pricing form.
• Added Update Parts Utility choice to the Utilities menu that allows updating part buyout status, part type, and mass deleting parts.
• Added Available and Reserved columns and totals to the Inventory Valuation report.
• Added "Valuation" group to the price page of the part form and now shows Available, Reserved and Total valuation amounts. Available valuation is the available quantity multiplied by the part average cost. The reserved valuation is the average cost amount of the part sold records on open RO's for quantities that are not short sold.
• Added new "Misc" field to the part record. This is an extra field for users to put any information in the want to associate with the part.
• Added option on the RO buyout form to set the type of part added to the part database when a buyout is added to inventory.
• Added new setup to the Inventory page of RO Setups that allow you to set the default type of part put in the part database when a buyout is added to inventory. Also has a mangers override option.
• Added "Allow As-Is Part Prices When Matrix Is Applied' to the Inventory page of RO setup that will allow you to override matrix pricing for prices A-F when the matrix is re-applied to the part record or part sold record.
• Added "As Is" checkboxes to the part form next to each price level that show if the setup switch is on to allow override of matrix calculations for each price level. Checking the box will make that price level manual and not recalculate whenever the matrix is applied to the part record. When the part is put on an RO at the price level that is "as is", it goes on at the fixed rate.

Accounts Receivable

• Added ability to reprint the AR Payment receipt from the AR transactions list right click menu.
• Added a new section on the AR receipt to print the customer's remaining account balance totals. Total charges, credits and amount owed or credit available is shown.

Payroll

• When the customer is also an employee and you change the customer name, the program now shows a warning that it will effect payroll checks and reports also, and confirms you want to make the change.
• Added new item to the Company Payroll setup form to choose if service writers are paid commission on the entire RO, or by individual labors.
• Updated payroll to use RO or labor for the service writer commission.
• Added new checkbox to the payroll setup form to turn on/off paying service writers for part invoices. This only effects payroll, reports still show the part invoices that the service writer did.
• Added feature to allow MaxxTraxx to tack the vacation and sick pay earned, used and available.
• Added hours earned this year and carry over for vacation and sick pay to the benefits tab of the employee record.
• Payroll now limits sick and vacation pay earned to the maximum amount of hours earnable per year less the amount already earned up to this check.
• Sick and vacation pay detail form when entering payroll disables the amount earned field if they employee has reached their maximum or there are no maximum hours set in the employee record.
• Put amounts for maximum sick and vacation hours earnable and maximum earnable this check on the pay detail form when entering payroll.
• Changed W2 statements to use pre-printed W2 forms.
• Added feature to print a pre-printed W3 form. (menu choice on the Payroll menu).
• Added sick pay and vacation pay carry over fields to the payroll record so we will have historical data on where the YTD total came from and have it available for reports if needed.

Reports

• Added option on the Customer Source report to print the summary grouped by month for each month within the date range.
• Added New Customer Source and Return Visit report (under the Marketing menu).
• Added average invoice to the customer line item and source group totals for the New Customer Source and Return Visits report.
• Added column totals for invoice count and average invoice amount to the New Customer Source and Return Visit report.
• Added ability to add custom reports created in Microsoft Report Builder 3.0 to the MaxxTraxx reports list ("Reports -> Manage Custom Reports" menu choice). When the reports are run they open MS Report Builder and switch to preview mode. MS report files (*.rdl) should be put in a sub folder called "\Reports" under the main MaxxTraxx folder. They can then be selected to import into MaxxTraxx using the Manage Custom Reports choice on the Reports menu.
• Added ability to save any previewed report as a PDF document. A button shows on the preview window toolbar to save as a PDF file.
• Added ability to export selected reports to Excel (CSV file). If the report supports exporting to Excel, a toolbar button will show in the preview window to do so.
• Updated report preview template to allow for extended report printing and export features.
• Changed existing marketing export to save into the "\Excel" sub folder along with all other Excel exports.
• Added Adress1, Address2, City, State, Zip and default phone 1 to the Excel export on the Customer Sales and Customer Source reports.
• Added new report to print recommended services using the "Print" button on the list of recommended services for the vehicle.
• Added ability to filter the following reports by department.
- Paid Repair Order Profit.- Paid Parts Invoice Profit - Paid Repair Orders and Part Invoices With Averages - Service Writer Productivity - Daily Summary
• Added totals to the RO and PI profit report.
• Added sublet profit to the RO and PI profit report and rearranged the columns to make the report easier to understand.
• Added sales tax to the "Other" column of the RO and PI profit report.
• Added new "Recommended Services Report" to the Employee report section that prints a list of recommended services grouped by the service writer who recommended them with totals for recommended, due, used and dollar amounts. Options to print summary or detail, and all or a single employee.
• Created new Recommended Services Due report under the Customer reports tab. Includes Excel export.
• Added graph to the Service Writer Productivity With Profit report.
• Added the following fields to the Excel export of the Customers -> Vehicles report: Sub Model, Fleet Unit #, Engine, Engine Type, Liter, CC, CID, Fuel, Fuel Delivery, Aspiration, Engine VIN, Vehicle State, Starting Mileage Date, Starting Mileage, Average Mileage, Transmission, Color, Air Conditioning, Manufacture Date, Radio Code, Miscellaneous
• Added column to the Company Reports form that allows you to check or uncheck reports that will show on the Daily Sales reports. Reports with a checkmark next to them appear in the daily sales reports. Clicking on the column adds or removes the checkmark. NOTE: Custom reports can be added to the daily sales report list also, but we have no way to send them directly to the printer so they will always preview in MS Report Builder where the user can press the print button if they want it sent to the printer. If you select a custom report to include on the daily sales reports list, MaxxTraxx will show a window telling you how the report will show when you print it from the daily sales report batch.
• Added filter to the Parts Purchased (By Vendor), General Inventory Summary and Inventory Sales History reports for stock / non-stock parts.
• Added size field to the Parts Purchased (By Vendor) and General Inventory Summary reports.
• Added manufacturer filter to the General Inventory Summary report.
• Added Sort Order to the General Inventory Summary report to allow it to be sorted by part number, description, location and size.
• Added Sort Order to the Inventory Sales History report to allow it to be sorted by part number, description, location, size and quantity sold. NOTE: sorting by quantity sold is only available for summary reports because the detail report group totals by part number and the total quantity sold is not available until the group is printed.
• Added manufacturer filter to the Inventory Sales History report.
• Added vehicle to the Inventory Sales History detail report.
• Added vendor and manufacturer filter to the Parts Purchased (by Part) report.
• Added size column to the Parts Purchased (by Part) summary and detail reports.
• Added sort order to the Parts Purchased (by Part) summary and detail reports to allow them to be sorted by part number, description and size.
• Added vendor filter to the Parts Reorder (Parts needed per Vendor) and Parts Reorder (All Parts) reports.
• Added part type filter to the Parts Reorder (Parts needed per Vendor), Parts Reorder (All Parts) and Parts Reorder (Parts needed regardless of Vendor) reports.
• Added size and manufacturer columns to the Parts Reorder (Parts needed per Vendor) report. Changed report to landscape to accommodate the new fields.
• Added sort for size and manufacturer to the Parts Reorder (Parts needed per Vendor) report.
• Added manufacturer filter to the Parts Reorder (Parts needed per Vendor) report.
• Added size and manufacturer columns to the Parts Reorder (All Parts) report. Changed report to landscape to accommodate the new fields.
• Added sort for size, vendor and manufacturer to the Parts Reorder (All Parts) report.
• Added total for the Quantities column on the Parts Purchased (By Part) and Parts Purchased (By Vendor) reports.
• Added graph to show breakdown of labor, parts, sublets and core profit on the profit form.
• Added size to the General Inventory List report.
• Added option to group the Parts Purchased (By Vendor) report by vendor, vendor and part number or vendor and date received with sub totals for each section.
• Adding a report to the daily book now needs permission to the daily book area and permission to run the report you are trying to add to the daily book.
• Printing reports from the daily book now validates the user has permission to print the report and prompts for manager override if they do not.
• Added feature to the report list that shows an Excel icon next to reports that export to Excel.

CARFAX

• Added feature to Carfax setup that now allows them to sign up for a new account. Checking the "Send Data To Carfax" checkbox will first show their EULA, then once that is accepted you are taken to a sign up form where you can enter needed information and send the request to Carfax.
• MaxxTraxx now warns the user if data was not sent to Carfax properly within the last day and notifies them Carfax can shut their account down if not corrected.
• NOTE: When the Carfax sign up is successful, a message is shown to allow 24 hours for the account to be activated. Carfax told us the turnaround time is usually 15 minutes, but their web service returns a message of 24 hours. Also, the new message displayed if their data was not sent within the last 24 hours is on the CheckCarfaxSendData form in MaxxTraxx if you need to change it.
• Added new feature to optionally show the CARFAX vehicle history data on an internal report in MaxxTraxx.
• Added feature to Carfax QuickVIN that handles when Carfax returns multiple vehicles for a license search. MaxxTraxx now pops up a form allowing the user to choose the correct vehicle before looking up and displaying the engine information.
• Added feature to view a CARFAX service history reports. You can view the report using the "CARFAX Service History" button on RO and the vehicle record.
• Changed Carfax license and VIN lookup to show sub models and engines in separate lists. If the vehicle has more than one sub model the engines do not show until the user chooses a sub model in the list. This avoids showing all the ACES vehicle combinations in the list for vehicles that return several.
• Added new setting on the Details tab of the Customer form to not send the customer's data to Carfax. The setting only affects new or open repair orders, not repair orders that are already paid.
• Added option to the CARFAX setup form to set if you want the history data to show on the CARFAX web page or a report in MaxxTraxx.

Ordering Online

• Added ability to change the port that WorldPac uses on a per workstation basis to allow use on cloud servers. Optionally, you can also add a path to where WorldPac is if you need to install multiple instances of WorldPac on the same machine. Add the following to the workstation ini file to enable a different port and optional path: NOTE: For the WorldPac port change to work the workstation has to have read/write access to the WorldPac folder so it can update the user.properties file. Also, you need to put a different port in the ini per workstation even if you use multiple instances of WorldPac on the machine. MaxxTraxx needs to know the port to connect to once WorldPac opens.
• Updated Wrenchead to use VIN number when available.
• Added ability to select ALLDATA labor and put them on the RO.

Email and Text Message

• Replaced word processor with one built around the internal Clarion RTF control.
• Word processor now allows formatted text.
• Added radio button to the email setup form that allows you to choose from No Email, Single Email and Mass Email. No Email will turn off all email functions in MaxxTraxx. Single Email is the internal SMTP email and fields to set it up. Mass Email is for the third party email provider service we will be adding.
• Turned off support for MAPI email. Users on MAPI will have email turned off by default and need to go into email setup and choose what email they want to use.
• Added new "Send me a copy of all emails sent" check box to the manual configuration email setup form. When on, MaxxTraxx will send a BCC copy of the email to the return address account. This setting is turned on by default.
• Added Company Email field to the Misc. page of the employee form. If the shop is using security and there is an email address in this field, it's used as the return address when sending emails from MaxxTraxx. If there is no email in this field MaxxTraxx uses the return address from global email setup.
• You can manually type a return email address in the html email editor and it will use that when sending the email.
• Added text to the email setup form to tell the user they need to use the "Test Email" button to validate their user name and password after MaxxTraxx successfully retrieves their email settings.
• Added "Reply-To" setting in the email header for controlling who the email is returned to when a reply is done.
• Added field on the email setup rom to enter the email address where you want to receive a copy of all emails sent from MaxxTraxx.
• Added checkbox to the employee misc. page under the company email to allow a copy of the email to be sent to the employee's company email address when the employee sends an email.
• Increased customer email to 200 characters to allow for multiple email addresses.

Backup Utilities

• Added process to the backup that checks for out of balance transaction and logs the date, time, count and amount of the out of balance transactions in the mxtrxpro.ini file under a section called "OOB". The instance of MaxxTraxx that registers checks the ini for out of balance transactions has not been sent to support and sends them if needed.
• Added check box on the workstation setup form to copy the backup locally on that computer ("Make this workstation a backup destination"). If the checkbox is set, a copy of the latest backup will be placed in the "C:\MaxxTraxx Backups" folder on the workstation when MaxxTraxx is started. A log file named wkstask_.log is created to show the status of the setting and result of the last time the workstation checked for a backup.
• Backup location on the main MaxxTraxx backup setup form is now optional and is used to make a duplicate copy of the backup file on another drive or folder of the server (external hard drive, etc.).
• Changed mtxbackup to check for a backup location which is now optional on the main MaxxTraxx backup setup form. If there is no backup location then it writes "Not Used" in the status of the mxtrxpro.ini file, and sends that status to the support registration log.
• New workstations logging in for the first time will prompt the user to ask if the workstation should be a local backup station that gets a copy of the daily MaxxTraxx backup. If the user logging in does not have permissions to access Workstation Setup, they are required to get a managers override to turn the setting on.
• Added notice to the server backup setup form that the backup location must be a local folder or drive connected to the computer and not a network or mapped drive.
• Added cloud backup feature. Scott Systems now offers our own optional Cloud Backup feature. This is much more reliable than the one we used before. Cost to our MaxxTraxx users is only $15 per month.
• Added last database backup information to the MaxxTraxx login form.
• Added new MaxxTraxx Monitor service that checks to every 60 seconds see of the MaxxTraxx Scheduler service is running, and if not it installs or starts it as needed. This service can be installed, stared and uninstalled from the command line using the same switches as the scheduler service. This executable should be placed in the MaxxTraxx Scheduler folder.
• The MaxxTraxx Scheduler service now checks after the backup process to see if the MaxxTraxx Monitor service is running and if not it installs or starts it as needed.

Other

• Added choice to the Help menu to submit a support ticket.
• Added Feature Request Voting Page in MaxxTraxx and on www.scottsystems.com website. Note: You can only view the results from the website. In order to vote, you must access the Voting Page through the HELP Menu in MaxxTraxx. Only actual MaxxTraxx users are allowed to vote. Good luck getting your feature request to the top of the voting list.
• Added support for using jpeg (*.jpg) files for RO, PI and AR statement logos. MaxxTraxx will use the jpeg file first if it exists, if not it will use the bmp.