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Changed - Improved overall performance and layout changes made

9.3.429.0 | Utilities


Changed - Upgraded backend framework to support newer future features

9.3.429.0 | Utilities


Changed - MaxxTraxx Anywhere (Cloud version) users backend framework created to organize and sort run reports, PDFs, and Excel exports for MaxxSync download and access permissions (More changes to come in next update including bulk transfer)

9.3.429.0 | Utilities


Changed - Improved Repair Order creation/deletion options for better control over employee permissions

9.3.429.0 | Utilities


Changed - Added support for new credit card terminals that use transparent signature images. Credit Card terminals by Devajoo are now fully supported.

9.3.429.0 | Accounting


Changed - Backend database framework created for future Core Tracking

9.3.429.0 | Inventory


Changed - Added VIN to vehicle selection screen when making a new RO

9.3.429.0 | Customers, Vehicles, and Invoices


Changed - Appointments converted to Repair Orders now ask about what start date to set the RO to

9.3.429.0 | Customers, Vehicles, and Invoices


Changed - Improved and faster Multi-Store vehicle history lookups for our growing group of Multi-Store chains. Now when a customer comes in to store number 1, the Service Writer can press a button and see the repair history of that vehicle from any of the stores in the chain. This has always been there, but has been improved to be almost instant.

7.9900.391.0 | Customers, Vehicles, and Invoices


Changed - Modified the AR and AP adjustment forms to show "Save, Print and Close" options on the Ok button menu when adding a new invoice or credit.

7.9888.386.0 | Accounting


Changed - Changed - If you are on credit card processing, you now can only refund an AR credit to a credit card if the original payment method of the AR credit was from a credit card.

7.9888.386.0 | Accounting


Changed - Changed - Before the refund is done, a confirmation window is now shown letting the user know the base amount and surcharge fees that will be refunded from their merchant account.

7.9888.386.0 | Accounting


Changed - If you are on credit card processing, you now can only refund an AR credit to a credit card if the original payment method of the AR credit was from a credit card.

7.9888.386.0 | Accounting


Changed - Changed - Workstations that are only virtual terminals can now refund charges done on a physical terminal since they are now refunded through the virutal terminal interface.

7.9888.386.0 | Accounting


Changed - Changed schedule to show the quote number if there is one.

7.9884.380.0 | Customers, Vehicles, and Invoices


Changed - Changed to allow voiding a deposit on account unless it was paid using integrated credit card processing. Those need to be refunded from the customer record.

7.9873.385.0 | Accounting


Changed - BIG CHANGE - Deposits on account can no longer be voided from the cash drawer transaction list. They have to be refunded on the customer record so we have a track record and make sure that a refund by credit card happens on a workstation that has the correct terminal setup.

7.9873.385.0 | Accounting


Changed - Changed workstation credit card setup settings so you can turn on printing signatures from a workstation even if it's a virtual terminal or no terminal. This will allow all workstations to print signatures that have been captured from other workstations on the printed RO/PI even if the workstation does not have the signature capture device on it.

7.9873.385.0 | Utilities


Changed - Changed print preview to use next and previous buttons for moving through pages of a report.

7.9857.380.0 | Utilities


Changed - Reversed the direction of the spin box on the report preview window that controls going to the next or previous page. Pressing down will now go to the next page, and up will go to the previous page.

7.9857.380.0 | Utilities


Changed - The cash drawer now counts all credits used as one payment when limiting payments on the invoice to 7. For example, if you apply 10 credits to the invoice payment, and one cash payment, it only sees that as 2 payment methods used and 5 more allowed.

7.9857.380.0 | Customers, Vehicles, and Invoices


Changed - Removed option to Pay without printing on the RO and PI. The copies to print window allows them to continue without printing.

7.9857.380.0 | Customers, Vehicles, and Invoices


Changed - MaxxTraxx credit card processing, "PayMX" additions and changes. Surcharge fees now print at the bottom of the RO totals area and are hidden if there is no fee for the RO. Added ability to add a "Virtual Terminal" in credit card setup when the provider is PayMX.

7.9857.380.0 | Accounting


Changed - Added "Use forms for small monitors" setting in workstation setups to turn off MDI for forms called from the RO and PI. This allows forms like the customer form to float above the main MaxxTraxx frame window and gives users with smaller monitors more space to view the forms. NOTE: When "Use forms for small monitors" is on, all sub-forms called from the RO will not be able to access to the menu and toolbar. You will have to close the sub-form and return to the RO to have access to the menu and toolbar.

7.9854.376.0 | Updates


Changed - Changed the check detail form so it shows the select account list automatically when adding a new disbursement to the check.

7.9854.376.0 | Accounting


Changed - Changed the default height of the customer, employee, labor, parts, sublet and vendor list forms to fit within the main frame on a 1366x768 screen. This is for legacy monitors and small low resolution laptops. Added ability to resize the customer, employee, labor, parts, sublet, vendor, reason for service and kit list forms.

7.9854.376.0 | Updates


Changed - Redesigned the MaxxTech Android Photo Applciation - Converted the MaxxTech app to a native Android app. - Added ability to start the MaxxTraxx Tech mobile server as a windows service. mcserver -i (installs the service from the command line) mcserver -u (uninstalls the service from the command line) - Added display of the computer's IP address to the MaxxTraxx About page to make it easier when setting up the MaxxTech App. Also shows a warning if the IP address is not a static IP. The IP address will only show if you are running MaxxTraxx on the server.

7.9853.376.0 | Utilities


Changed - Redesigned Digital Vehicle Inspection form. Changed the way a group is added to a digital inspection template item to use a select list so the user can add groups on the fly. Put button on the DVI template form to preview the template as it will appear when editing it from the RO.

7.9853.376.0 | Customers, Vehicles, and Invoices


Changed - Prevented the Employee Time Cards - Per Employee Detail report and the Employee Time Cards Company Summary from being run if the hours before overtime and double time are not entered in Company Payroll setup. The reports use those values and if they are not set it will show incorrectly.

7.9848.376.0 | Accounting


Changed - Made detail line height and bold text adjustments on the Employee Time Cards - Per Employee Detail report to make it easier to read when there are a several clock in / out lines.

7.9848.376.0 | Accounting


Changed - When adding a new vendor, the vendor list now selects the "All Vendors" choice and set the filter locator to the vendor name or vendor code depending on the tab that is selected. This should ensure the newly added vendor will show in the list when adding a new vendor while ordering parts from the RO or PI.

7.9844.376.0 | Accounts Payable


Changed - Changed to allow MaxxTraxx Express version to use multiple workstations instead of just two. Standard support charges will apply when adding Express workstation licenses.

7.9844.376.0 | Setups


Changed - Added option on the Accounts Payable Check Stub Report to filter the select list on a specific vendor or all vendors (customer request)

7.981.368.0 | Accounts Payable


Changed - Added option on the Accounts Payable Check Stub Report to show credit card or check payments (customer request).

7.981.368.0 | Accounting


Changed - Changed the VIN lookup to account for when Carfax does not return ACES data in their xml. If they return OEM vehicle information without ACES data, the year and make are used to pre-select the items in the MaxxTraxx ACES vehicle lookup lists. If there is only one vehicle match returned, MaxxTraxx also attempts to use the model.

7.981.368.0 | Customers, Vehicles, and Invoices


Changed - Allowed editing of the name of the Standard Warranty box on the RO and Increased Standard Warranty text to allow for up to 1000 characters if the Estimate Disclaimer is not being printed on the bottom of the RO. When printing the Estimate Disclaimer at the top of the RO, the Standard Warranty Box is increased to show the extra text. If they click the box in RO Disclaimer Setups to print the Estimate Disclaimer on the bottom of the RO then they are still limited to showing approximately 300 characters and will have to adjust the Standard Warranty text in RO setup to work properly. A warning is shown on the RO setup form about the 300 character limit if they choose to print the disclaimer at the bottom. This is especially handy for Transmission shops to use the Standard Warranty box at the bottom of the RO to display their Transmission Teardown disclaimer that is required in many states. There are many other uses as well for notes or disclaimers of any type.

7.969.363.0 | Customers, Vehicles, and Invoices


Changed - When choosing "Source" on the Appointment or RO after the RO has been started, the Source could change the amount of Discount that had previously been assigned to the RO by the Service Writer "IF" the Source also had a Discount associated with it. Now MaxxTraxx recognizes previous discounts and warns the Service Writer about the conflicting discounts and gives an opportunity to choose which discount they want to use.

7.969.363.0 | Customers, Vehicles, and Invoices


Changed - When MaxxTraxx is run from the server, it now automatically starts the data backup in the background if the backup is not current (within the last 24 hours). The Login Screen shows the failure like before, and a message saying the backup has been started. If MaxxTraxx is run from a workstation, users are shown a message on the Login Screen if there has been a Backup Failure the day before and a message that they should go to the server and run MaxxTraxx to begin the backup process. There should be almost no opportunity for a MaxxTraxx user to not have current backups.

7.967.360.0 | Utilities


Changed - Naming of reports sent to PDF that make more sense and don't need the user to rename them at the time of generation

7.965.359.0 | Reports


Changed - Added Cricket Wireless - sms.mycricket.com and Google Fi - msg.fi.google.com to the CellPhoneProvider table. The script will only add them if they are not already in the table (may have already been added manually to a few shops).

7.964.358.0 | Utilities


Changed - Changed Carfax re-export under RO setup so it includes vehicles that do not have a license. The nightly Carfax export was changed to do this a while back, so the re-export now matches what the nightly export does.

7.964.358.0 | Utilities


Changed - Changed the quantity that shows on the "Parts to Order" form so it always shows what is short sold on the RO or PI. It no longer tries to reduce the quantity by any unassigned parts on order.

7.964.358.0 | Inventory


Changed - Changed the automatic backup procedure to now remove .bak files from the backup folder before doing the current backup and after the backup is done. We are only keeping the zip files on the local computers now. The backup log will show if any files are found to remove and how many it removes, and logs any errors during the removal. This was done because some people with limited space on the hard drive where experiencing problems.

7.964.358.0 | Utilities


Changed - Changed QuickBooks export to accommodate restrictions by Intuit in the QB 2019 version.

7.964.358.0 | Accounting


Changed - Increased characters allowed in labor and labor sold forms on Repair Orders and Parts Invoices to be as large as 10,000 characters.

7.91.353.0 | Customers, Vehicles, and Invoices


Changed - Increased price column and invoice total areas to handle larger amounts. Going over 999,999 will drop one or more commas from the formatted number to fit the numbers. This was necessary for countries with currencies that are highly inflated and it was common to see items selling for hundreds of thousands of the currency for standard items.

7.91.353.0 | Customers, Vehicles, and Invoices


Changed - Manual payroll now calculates the total pay based on hours earned and hours used. Previously it allowed any value no matter what the hours earned and used were.

7.8.349.0 | Payroll


Changed - Changed to calculate vacation and sick pay earned per hour automatically instead of showing a warning or requiring the "Recalc" button be pressed.

7.8.349.0 | Payroll


Changed - Changed payroll to include the vacation and sick pay hours used when calculating the amount of vacation and sick pay earned.

7.8.349.0 | Payroll


Changed - Changed SQL Database security. Added the ability to lock out default access to the MaxxTraxx SQL database from the Fileserver (which is a MS Windows Default behavior but very dangerous if someone has access to your server)

7.8.349.0 | Utilities


Changed - Added notice that shows when you enter the employee form or payroll about the changes to benefits, and the need to review them before doing payroll. The window has a checkbox that allows you to prevent the window from showing again.

7.8.349.0 | Payroll


Changed - Changed all items on the paycheck stub to show quantity, rate and total. Removed the employee social security number from the paycheck stub. Changed the paycheck stub to show the employer name and address instead of the employee address.

7.8.349.0 | Payroll


Changed - Changed to allow going negative on sick and vacation pay so that hours can be "loaned" to an employee before they accrue them.

7.7.342.0 | Payroll


Changed - To never get the odometer for a new RO from the vehicle record, even if the last odometer date in the customer record is today.

7.4.342.0 | Customers, Vehicles, and Invoices


Changed - Window to show and select invoices that commission will be paid on now starts by showing invoices within the current pay period with an option to show invoices for the previous 90 days. Invoices in the list are now sorted in reverse date order.

7.4.342.0 | Payroll


Changed - For California - Sick and Vacation pay to calculate hours based on the current California rules. Sick and vacation pay now accrues up to a given limit then stops accruing until the amount drops below the limit. There are new fields on the employee record to set the maximum hours that can be accrued and the maximum hours that can be used in one year. This only applies if the "Calculate By" in the employee record is set to "Automatic hours earned per pay period". There are new fields in the payroll record to store the limits at the time of payroll, and how much was actually applied to the accrued total.

7.4.342.0 | Payroll


Changed - Display set to refresh every 1 second. When the tech clocks in/out of a job, it should change the tech1 colors purple = in job clear = job done. Before the only time it changed is when you pressed the F5 key or the refresh button on the service counter.

7.4.342.0 | Customers, Vehicles, and Invoices


Changed - To allow deleting a part if it's on a quote. If the part is later added to an RO or PI from a quote or history, it is reactivated.

7.4.342.0 | Customers, Vehicles, and Invoices


Changed - Now prevents editing the amount on all checks that have been reconciled.

7.4.342.0 | Banking


Changed - The cleared check mark in the list of items for a GL account and the check register now shows cleared for all disbursements on a cleared transaction. Before it would only show cleared on the main disbursement for the check or other item.

7.4.342.0 | Banking


Changed - Check stub to show the hourly rate for employees paid by hourly and hourly + commission.

7.3.337.0 | Payroll


Changed - Telephone Entry functionality - Phone format description now shows in list beside the format. - Changed the contact/phone book form to use a drop down list of countries instead of an open entry field.

7.3.337.0 | Customers, Vehicles, and Invoices


Changed - Recommendations on printed repair order to be in Due Date order.

7.3.337.0 | Customers, Vehicles, and Invoices


Changed - JobClock to show needed Customer and Vehicle information on the top of the CheckList Screen.

7.3.337.0 | Customers, Vehicles, and Invoices


Changed - Added ability to archive the invoice warranty, disclaimer and signature text with a paid RO and PI so they will always print with the text that was present when the invoice was paid. This will only apply to new invoices created after this feature is installed. Older invoices will still use the current descriptions from setup like they did before.

7.3.337.0 | Customers, Vehicles, and Invoices


Changed - Updated 941 report to use 2017 IRS layout.

7.1.326.10 | Payroll


Changed - Changed results for the CARFAX History Service to allocate memory dynamically so that in the future, vehicles with many pages of history will not over run the amount MaxxTraxx can handle.

7.1.326.10 | Reports


Changed - Button to clear the sales person on the customer record so you can remove a previously selected sales person.

7.1.326.10 | Customers, Vehicles, and Invoices


Changed - After adding a group discount to a customer there is no way to remove it from the customer, no choice of N/A. This option has been added now.

7.1.326.10 | Customers, Vehicles, and Invoices


Changed - The patch update now logs if there was an error in the mxtrxpro.ini during the nightly patch update so that MaxxTraxx can tell if there was an error and notify the user to install the patch from the server. If they are on the server, an "Install Patch" button is made available so they can install the patch from the error window. MaxxTraxx checks for patch errors on startup, and every 60 minutes thereafter. If they are notified of a patch error and choose not to install the patch and keep MaxxTraxx running over night, the program will notify them every 24 hours from that point on. Once they successfully install the patch, the notification is turned off.

7.1.326.9 | Updates


Changed - Changed the order of results on the Customer History report to order by newest to oldest Date Paid rather than RO Number.

7.1.326.7 | Customers, Vehicles, and Invoices


Changed - Paid Repair Orders and Parts Invoices with Averages Report. (1) The Excel export had two columns for Date (labeled Date and Date Paid) despite the report only having one. Both were printing the same Date Paid value (Paid Repair Orders and Parts Invoices with Averages). (2) Removed the second date column to Excel export and renamed the first to "Date Paid" to alleviate customer confusion (Paid Repair Orders and Parts Invoices with Averages). * (3) Added an Original RO Date column in the Excel Export only to the Paid Repair Orders and Parts Invoices with Averages report. (customer request) * (4) Fixed bug that would not close the appointment window when pressing the "Finish" button if you added an appointment from the customer record. Every time you pressed the Finish button it would add a new appointment, but would not close the add appointment form

7.1.326.6 | Reports


Changed - When using saved prices while adding a kit to an RO the matrix is turned off if any parts on the kit use it so the part gets updated cost information but the price will stay as it was when the part was added to the kit.

7.1.326.5 | Customers, Vehicles, and Invoices


Changed - Using saved prices when adding a part to an RO from a recommendation or sub estimate now sets the base cost to what is in inventory and turns off the matrix so cost is updated correctly but the price is not recalculated if the base cost or the matrix has changed since it was added to the recommendation or sub estimate.

7.1.326.5 | Customers, Vehicles, and Invoices


Changed - Text of the checkbox on the "Lowstock Items Needing to be Ordered" window for excluding reserved parts when calculating the quantity needed so it better describes what it does.

7.1.326.5 | Customers, Vehicles, and Invoices


Changed - Release notes now calls new web app to display notes only for the version the user has or earlier.

7.1.326.4 | Updates


Changed - Increased the length of the vendor invoice field on the Parts Purchased (By Vendor) report.

7.1.326.4 | Reports