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Read release notes for C&P X 10.3 here, C&P X 10.1 here, and C&P X 10.2 here.


Brand-new features, bug fixes, enhancements, and more. These release notes describe bug fixes, enhancements, and other changes made to previous versions of Clients & Profits X.

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Clients & Profits X 10.0.6 - released 4/30/06


-- Columns can now be sorted in the Daily Job Status Report, Job WIP, Production Planner, Auto-Pay Payables, Work to Do, Update PO Status, and Collection Manager windows.
-- The profit center has been added to the Task Table lookup list.
-- The client number and the profit center has been added to the AR_ITEMS table for easier custom reporting.
-- The Groups lookup list can now be sorted by clicking on the list's column headings.-- Verify/Recover now handles G/L accounts with 2-digit department extensions correctly.
-- Exporting the budget worksheet in Chart of Accounts no longer causes an error.
-- G/L reports can now be printed successively without having to close the Print G/L Reports window then reopening it.
-- The year-end closing's progress messages are a bit clearer.
-- When printing multiple A/R invoices to a PDF, C&P X no longer creates a separate Acrobat document for each invoice.
-- A job type's name can now be edited without getting the "this job type has been used before" warning message.
-- A job type's name can't be edited if it has template tasks; also, error-checking was added to prevent adding a job type with no name.
-- Printing the database report from the Database Utilities window no longer freezes.
-- The last row of the weekly time card is no longer checked for errors if it has no hours.
-- Clicking OK in the G/L's Transfer Balances window now works properly.
-- Data entry is no longer disabled when adding a split client payment in MySQL and SQL Server.
-- When printing a range of invoices with the invoice detail report, users are no longer individually prompted for the printer setup.
-- Printing an invoice with the "show group totals only" option now shows the "no charge" label text from the Invoice Options window.
-- When customizing a report's margins, clicking the window's box does save the changes (so a Save button isn't needed).
-- The "no material dates were found" error no longer appears when printing the Planned Materials Due report by due date.
-- Double-clicking on a buy line on a billed media order no longer closes the window after displaying the "this order is billed" warning message.
-- A change order can now be e-mailed after being edited and saved.
-- The invoice heading no longer mistakenly changes from "Invoice" to "Billing Preview" or others, depending on what was entered onto the last invoice.
-- When creating a new database, including a deluxe set of G/L accounts is now optional.
-- The last-used job number is no longer automatically entered into the daily time card.


Clients & Profits X 10.0.5 - released 1/31/06


-- Editing a job type's name now updates the tasks on its template.
-- Renumbering a job type now updates the tasks on its template.
-- When pre-billing a job, a warning message will appear if the next invoice number (from Preferences > Accounting) has already been used. A job can't be pre-billed pre-billed unless the next invoice number is unique.
-- Time summaries have been optimized to run faster on non-SQL databases.
-- A warning message now appears if you try to e-mail an unapproved change order when it is saved.
-- The "A/P Client Paid" field is now editable on posted vendor invoices.
-- Renumbering a job will now rename the job's asset folder on the art server.
-- Creative briefs are now spell checked.
-- E-mailing a newly-added change order now works.
-- New MySQL databases are now properly initialized.
-- Improved the error-checking when a time card entry is saved.
-- Change orders that have no amount can now be printed (and also appear on the change order job report).
-- The Client P&L can now be printed for one profit center.
-- The Media Billing window will now include any broadcast media buy that has no air date, along with the other buys that match the selection.
-- The Client-Paid Payables report now correctly shows vendor sub-totals.
-- The Unbilled Media report now shows correct sub-totals.
-- The find internal charges function now works in SQL versions.
-- The correct AE now appears on the A/R List by AE report.
-- Editing a time entry from the web time card now saves every time.
-- The "repeat" button in A/P now opens the Recurring Payables window (the menu command always worked).
-- Improved the verify/recover utility to be faster and more reliable.
-- The Unapproved Expense report now has a manager-only option to print his/her expenses or those for all staff members.
-- The daily overdue schedule emails are no longer sent to only the system manager.
-- Fixed some issues involving G/L accounts with department extensions in C&P SQL X.
-- The Media Link has improved error-checking.
-- How split client payments are handled has been improved.
-- The dGL from credit card preferences is no longer replaced with the default expense dGL when importing credit cards.
-- Sub-totals appear correctly on the printed project estimate.
-- Saving a job schedule now works better in C&P SQL X.
-- The customizable currency now appears on dollar amounts on reports and windows.
-- The traffic assignment fields on the Job Traffic window have been extended.
-- The asset manager's auto-create folder function now works better in C&P SQL X.
-- The purge client payment utility now works correctly.
-- Job names now appear on detailed client statements.

Clients & Profits X 10.0.4 - released 11/3/05


-- Time reports now print faster.
-- In C&P Classic, report margins can now be customized for every report.
-- Renumber a job now renumbers its estimate worksheets.
-- The payment status now appears on the printed Collection Manager report.
-- The traffic assignment fields in the Job Traffic window were expanded to show longer initials.
-- Media WIP JEs are now created automatically for outdoor and interactive orders if the media accruals preference is enabled.
-- The Task Costs report now shows sub-totals when printed for gross amounts only.
-- The Unapproved Expense Reports report now shows the task name.
-- The estimate logo is no longer scaled in the Estimate Options preference window, which prevented Windows users from adding a logo.
-- The print dialog no longer appears for each distribution copy of media or purchase order that's being printed.
-- In the Cash>Flash window, clicking on a day in the calendar now highlights the cell.
-- The Media Post-Buy Reconciliation now prints.-- The A/R Aging now prints better when using Microsoft SQL Server.
-- When distributing a check you can't choose any Production, Media, Accounting, Setup, or Snapshots menus until the check is saved or cancelled, which prevents a check from being saved without its line items.
-- Opening the job schedule window is now faster on databases with thousands of job tasks.
-- In the Update Daily Job Status window, double-clicking on a status from the Lookup List displays the changed status code correctly.
-- The Unapproved Time Report now prints every time.
-- The AGI Income Statement now displays the percentages correctly.
-- In the Daily Job Status Report, changes to job status are now saved if the status e-mail has been enabled.
-- The Job Diary window now shows the dairy entry's notes.
-- Purchase and media orders are no longer marked as "billed" by a job progress/final billing.
-- The web-based time card has been improved.
-- Some minor changes were made to the Weekly Time Card.
-- Adding a progress/final billing no longer updates the billing information on purchase orders (which now only happens when pre-billing orders).
-- When voiding checks, the dGL and cGL are no longer changed to 999998.
-- The ending balance is now totaled correctly for each account when printing the Detailed G/L report for the first quarter.
-- Renumbering a staff member no longer stops prematurely on job costs.
-- The error-checking in the staff Billing Rate Table window has been improved.
-- Lookup lists for clients and G/L accounts now open faster on Windows-based PCs.
-- PO printing now works better.
-- Using the jobs Lookup List while editing a job's description or traffic no longer switches from the current job.
-- Fixed a bug in the Software Update window that sometimes cleared the C&P Helpdesk ID from the Software Registration.
-- In the Weekly Time Card, browsing from week to week now saves changes correctly.
-- The time card report now shows time for all days when printed from the Weekly Time Card.
-- The outdoor order's A/P and A/R information now appear when you double-click on the order's media buy line.
-- Changes made to an outdoor order's contract terms and monthly rate are now saved correctly.
-- The size/number now appear in the proper location on the printed Outdoor Order form.
-- The staff names in the e-mail notify windows are now sorted by first name instead of initials.
-- The job analysis and summary reports no longer display a "no jobs found" error message.
-- in Windows, clicking the "open file" link in the Asset Manager window now opens the selected file using the application associated with its extension; users no longer need to manually select the application in Preferences > Asset Manager.
-- The accounting preference for requiring time approvals is now always set to zero if unchecked, preventing a null value in SQL Server databases (which kept time cards from being posted when saved).
-- Proof lists now always show unposted entries (affects MySQL only).
-- The database initialization procedure has been improved for SQL Server and MySQL.
-- The Asset Manager will now create a folder on the art server for cloned jobs.
-- Several improvements and fixes have been made to the Asset Manager and Asset Manager preferences windows.
-- Job Tracker users can now choose the MySQL option in the Introduce Yourself window.
-- Removed a duplicate time field from the Edit Calendar Entry window.
-- Job tasks are now updated immediately when adding time via the Weekly Time Card.
-- The client billing address now appears in place of the mailing address on statements, if selected.
-- The markup is now used when importing credit card statements for jobs and tasks.
-- Sales tax now appears on change orders that are printed when first added (sales tax always appeared if printed afterwards).
-- In the Chart of Accounts, clicking the view account history list now displays JEs for all accounts.
-- The YTD Detailed G/L can now be printed for one account.
-- Printing the Print Specs report has been improved.
-- Editing budget alerts for one user now works correctly every time.
-- The Daily Cash Flash report now shows account balances for accounts with department extensions.
-- Merging two staff member accounts now renumbers the time entries for both people.
-- The Find G/L Entries window now finds JEs for accounts with department extensions.
-- The "auto-start web server" option now works at startup, but requires a system manager to log in (introduce) first.
-- Verify/Recover G/L balances now works for accounts with extensions.
-- Additional billing amounts can now be saved to miscellaneous client invoices.
-- Users who don't have access to change sales tax no longer get an error when trying to edit an A/R billing amount.
-- Saving A/R invoices with lots of job costs has been optimized.
-- Redistributing an imported credit card statement no longer requires a job number.
-- Invoices can't be deleted if they have any unposted checks written for them. However, an invoice with a voided check can now be deleted.
-- Auto-billing jobs by project now works every time.
-- The user-defined phrase for "No Charge" now appears on multi job AR invoices when zero dollars are billed.
-- The next order number is now incremented when cloning a multi-line insertion order.
-- Insertion orders created from media estimates are now numbered correctly from IO preferences, not broadcast order preferences.

Clients & Profits X 10.0.3 - released 7/31/05


-- The client billing address now appears in place of the mailing address on statements, if selected.
-- The markup is now used when importing credit card statements for jobs and tasks.
-- Sales tax now appears on change orders that are printed when first added (sales tax always appeared if printed afterwards).
-- In the Chart of Accounts, clicking the view account history list now displays JEs for all accounts.
-- The YTD Detailed G/L can now be printed for one account.
-- Printing the Print Specs report has been improved.
-- Editing budget alerts for one user now works correctly every time.
-- The Daily Cash Flash report now shows account balances for accounts with department extensions.
-- Merging two staff member accounts now renumbers the time entries for both people.
-- The Find G/L Entries window now finds JEs for accounts with department extensions.
-- The "auto-start web server" option now works at startup, but requires a system manager to log in (introduce) first.
-- Verify/Recover G/L balances now works for accounts with extensions.
-- Additional billing amounts can now be saved to miscellaneous client invoices.
-- Users who don't have access to change sales tax no longer get an error when trying to edit an A/R billing amount.
-- Saving A/R invoices with lots of job costs has been optimized.
-- Redistributing an imported credit card statement no longer requires a job number.
-- Invoices can't be deleted if they have any unposted checks written for them. However, an invoice with a voided check can now be deleted.
-- Auto-billing jobs by project now works every time.
-- The user-defined phrase for "No Charge" now appears on multi job AR invoices when zero dollars are billed.
-- The next order number is now incremented when cloning a multi-line insertion order.
-- Insertion orders created from media estimates are now numbered correctly from IO preferences, not broadcast order preferences.

Clients & Profits X 10.0.2 - released 5/2/05

-- Replaced some duplicate keyboard shortcuts in several Edit menus.
-- Closing the Time Card now opens the Information Center, if enabled.
-- Closing the Proposals window now opens the Information Center, if enabled, without an error.
-- Changes to a report's page setup (i.e., orientation, scaling, paper) will now be saved. To change a report's page setup, the report must be printed to the printer. At the Page Setup dialog box, click the "paper" button at the bottom of the window. The changes you make here will only affect the reports you print; other users' reports will be unchanged. (Note: The "paper" button isn't available if you print to screen.)

-- The error messages that appear when renumbering checks have been clarified.
-- The disclaimer will now print for estimates that have the "show grand totals only" option checked.
-- Fixed another issue with G/L account numbers that contain departments.
-- Check printing has been streamlined, so the second "page setup" dialog is no longer needed.
-- In C&P Classic, accounting reports can now be printed for selected periods.
-- The view POs, costs, and billings report can now be printed from the Job Progress window.
-- If jobs are numbered automatically but exceed 10 characters, the job will be given a temp number starting with ***
-- The year-to-date net income now appears in account 999999 on the YTD Trial Balance.
-- Commission rates on insertion orders no longer changes to the vendor's commission rate from task's commission rate.
-- The task's unbillable status is now always double-checked when saving internal charge items.
-- The vendor or client name now appears on the Unbilled Broadcast Orders report.
-- Roll-up income statements now print correctly.
-- Changing the "always print to" option on the General tab of the User Access window no longer changes the preferences for all users.
-- When adding POs, clicking the window's close box no longer no longer makes you re-introduce yourself.
-- Changes to the info center message in the General preferences will now be saved for every user.
-- The Client Budget Recap report now sub-totals correctly.
-- The labels on the Client Job Summary now always display in the right order.
-- The Snapshots job costs report now shows the task name and the sub-totals for each task.
-- Company holidays can now be saved in Job Scheduling preferences.
-- Amounts now appear on the Client Job Budget Analysis.
-- Pre-billing media orders now warns you if a buy line has already been billed.
-- The Job Tickets + Tasks report no longer shows sub-tasks.
-- The Client Budget Recap report now only shows invoices for the current fiscal year.
-- The traffic assignments now always appear at the top of the Traffic Hot Sheet.
-- Unposting an internal charge now correctly updates the job task's unbilled total.
-- When printing job reports, the last-shown job is no longer cleared if a different job is printed.
-- Editing traffic no longer sometimes loses track of the last-shown job when it is saved.
-- To save time, the "saving..." message no longer appears when saving a bank reconciliation.
-- The "change order" job accounting report now displays the change order description and job number.
-- If an existing G/L account is a checking account, the next check number appears and can be edited.
-- The auto-pay check function handles duplicate check numbers correctly.
-- Logos for media orders will be permanently deleted when cleared in Preferences.
-- The "introduce yourself" graphic now displays on the Introduce Yourself window.
-- A valid group is now required on job tasks and on tasks in the Task Table (or the group must be blank).
-- When adding job cost checks, the error-checking when OK is clicked is more thorough.
-- When making orders from Media Estimates, clicking No at the prompt is no longer ignored.
-- The job description now appears on the printed schedule if the "show description" option is checked.
-- The spell checker has been temporarily disabled on the Time Card's note column because it worked inconsistently.
-- The Job Billing Worksheet's billing column is no longer solid black when printed for one-job-per-page.
-- The dGL and cGL now appear on the printed Task Table report.
-- When adding a new task while entering time, the new task will now appear immediately on the lookup list.
-- The payment information now appears on the vendor's Account Ledger report.
-- Canceling adding a new job properly decrements the client's next job number (if applicable).
-- Posting one day's internal charges no longer just posts the first entry.
-- Subtasks are no longer cloned if the "also clone task schedules" is unchecked.
-- Account names appear on the Trial Balance Worksheet.
-- The vendor or task media commission is used when adding/editing IOs instead of the markup.
-- The correct period appears on the printed "prior period" A/P aging.
-- The user-defined currency now appears on most reports and forms.
-- The "show zero as" option now displays on printed estimates.
-- Cost notes now appear on the job's View Tasks Costs report.
-- The sub-totals display correctly on the Bank Reconciliation Worksheet.
-- Split client payments will now save the last line even if you don't press Tab on the cGL field.
-- The balance now displays for a cloned purchase order that has been paid.
-- Opening the Edit G/L Account window is now faster.
-- The correct icon now appears in the "show all" button in Lookup Chart of Accounts.
-- The Balance Sheet now always prints in portrait mode.
-- The Renumber utility will now renumber duplicate clients.
-- The Import Credit Card Statements window now selects the text file.
-- G/L account numbers that have extensions are now always found.
-- The "gross income" total amount now appears on the Client P&L.
-- Fixed a rounding problem on an invoice balance on the client statement.
-- Printing one estimate for a project now shows the job name and the correct header information.
-- The time card's stop watch no longer rounds the start time's minutes.
-- The logo on the multi-line insertion order no longer scales.
-- The "show zero as" option has been removed from estimate sub-totals because of an incompatibility.
-- The purge utility is now working.
-- The total on the Job Income Statement now displays.
-- The correct period appears on the prior-period client agings.
-- The verify/recover A/P and A/R functions have been optimized, especially for one client or one vendor.
-- Totals now appear on an expense report that's printed with gross amounts only.
-- In job estimates, if column 2 or column 3 have no heading then those estimate amounts can't entered.
-- The totals on the YTD General Ledger now display correctly.
-- Printing 1099 reports and forms has been improved.
-- The Status Table now defaults to the "All" status codes tab.
-- Long client names no longer wrap on the A/R Proof List.
-- In the Chart of Accounts window, finding accounts with department numbers now works.
-- The client number is now double-checked when a new time sheet is saved.
-- Multi-line insertion orders will now show either net amounts or gross amounts (but can't show both due to space limitations).
-- The totals appear correctly every time on printed media estimates.
-- In the Edit Invoice Amount window, clicking in the Remove button now remove the billing amount from the invoice.
-- Fixed the Redistribute button icon in client payments, A/P, and checks.
-- The "archived on" field has been added to the Find Jobs window.
-- The staff e-mail address field can now hold up to 100 characters.
-- The help e-mail cc and bcc fields can now hold up to 100 characters.
-- Improved the working messages when checking a database's status.
-- The show net/show gross options now work correctly for printed purchase orders and media orders.
-- Fixed some bugs in unposting client payments.

Clients & Profits X 10.0.1 - released 2/7/05



-- The 1099 Preview report now prints to screen or printer.
-- A/R line items are no longer deleted after saving and then closing the Accounts Receivable window.
-- Prior period A/R agings can now be printed.
-- Adding a beginning balance JE no longer displays an error message.
-- The date headings appear on the Production Planner report.
-- Clicking next/previous properly redraws the date headings.
-- Proof lists now print faster.

-- Time reports now print faster.
-- The "find last" time entry now works faster.
-- In Accounts Payable, viewing an invoice's payments now works faster.
-- In A/R, the columns in the View Payments window now appear in the correct order.
-- In Accounts Receivable, browsing next/previous invoices works faster.
-- Fixed the alignment of the amounts on the invoice.
-- The page setup now prompts you only once when reports and forms are printed.
-- On invoices, the logo no longer overprints the agency's billing address.

-- The job's Work Order sketch/graphic field can now scroll.
-- The job ticket report now prints correctly.
-- The Chart of Accounts report printed from the Lookup List is now titled correctly.
-- Reports can now be printed as tab-delimited text files by choosing "File" from the toolbar's "print to" menu.
-- A user's default "print to" location can be preset in their "General" preferences.
-- The 1099 Preview prints correctly every time.
-- Clicking on the printer button in the toolbar automatically change the "print to" destination to "Printer"
-- The web time card has several enhancements and fixes.

-- The Client Payments proof list now shows all unposted payment line items.
-- The staff photo shouldn't have been able to be pasted in the Staff window.
-- A "clear list" command has been added to the database drop-down menu in the Introduce Yourself window.
-- The user-defined invoice margins in Preferences are now used on client statements.
-- The quantity field on POs has been widened.
-- The Reassign Jobs function no longer displays an error when saving changes.
-- The A/P pay date can now be edited on posted invoices.

-- Estimates using rollups and the "hide hours" option now show totals.
-- Printed statements now show totals.
-- The Weekly Task Planner report can now be printed.
-- Automatic start date e-mails will now be sent from the Job Schedule.
-- Invoices that don't have an AE/Team will now be included on the AR List report.
-- The status list can now be printed from the Status Table.
-- In the Find Jobs dialog box, finding the last-added job no longer causes as error (Classic only).
-- Client payments can be unposted by any user with the right access privileges.
-- Printed checks and 1099 forms can now be customized in C&P Classic X.
-- Closing the Database Utilities window no longer causes the software to freeze.
-- All of the buttons on the Information Center now work properly.
-- Several problems with the Verify/Recover have been fixed.
-- The web-based time card now servers graphics correctly from Mac servers.

-- In Users, Access & Passwords, a user's password is now saved automatically when the window is closed.
-- Activating a workstation now updates the organization's name on printed reports.
-- Printed purchase orders now show all of the order's header information.
-- The invoice and account aging reports now show the percentages in the total section.
-- Finding the last-added job no longer displays an error (C&P Classic X only).
-- Command-W now closes the top window (Control-W in Windows).
-- The job diary report can now be printed for deleted job tickets.
-- Fixed a display bug in client statements, which now print correctly.



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