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Announcing DDMS™ Version 8.12.50

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What’s New In This Release?
How do I get this version?

What’s New In This Release?

The DDMS™ 8.12.50 maintenance release (October 2, 2007) addresses a number of design changes, minor enhancements, and software issues. Here are some highlights:

For all dealers:

Enhanced the DDMS installation CD Autorun Menu to include the option for "Installing Other Software." This includes products such as AutoComm™ I and II, ServiceTrak™, BEI (Business Equipment Information Services), and is.group Dealer Data Collection. (53209)
Corrected an Order Entry History issue discovered in DDMS 8.12.40. When viewing orders, instead of pulling just one order from P-MASTER and JOUR-S, O/E History now displays all orders that match the query. Also, selecting a journal from drop-down menu no longer displays the error, "Unable to access Volume/File name. Make sure the volume and journal names are correct and that the journal exists." (53165)
Corrected to allow an AOPD user to post invoices through the PSN FTP client to the FTP site when using the Scheduled Tasks feature. Previously the FTP error log displayed an access denied message. (52833)
Corrected so the system will properly post an individual payment entry totaling more than one million dollars. Previously, the system was truncating the total dollar amount when printing the A/R Batch Report. (53139)

For supply dealers:

Corrected Customer Price Plans to use the item cost to accurately figure the gross profit percentage. Previously, even if the Set Cost field was set to N when loading the item data into the Inventory database, the Customer Price Plans program was still using the Price Plan cost, which was causing inaccurate GP%. (52648)
Corrected Customer Price Plans so that if the Allow Contract Dates by Line parameter in the (LE1) screen is blank, the system will consider it the same as N, as per the default convention. Previously, when the user set an expiration date in the Customer Price Plans global data, and the "by line" (LE1) parameter was blank, new items added to the contract carried the global date of the contract to the individual line item. (#52907)

For furniture dealers:

Corrected so when the user places Add On items to the order in the Furniture Order Totals tab, the system adds the items and ends the order at the proper status. Previously, the system ended the order with the add on items displaying a blank status. (53040)
Corrected an ECi Private Supply Network (PSN) server program to properly download acknowledgements from Global Industries. Previously, acknowledgements timed out when special characters such as "&" were being transmitted in the dealer name. (53113)
Corrected an ECi Private Supply Network (PSN) server program to accommodate Herman Miller's new leading zeros in front of our line number, so that you can properly download their acknowledgements. (52966)

For machine dealers:

Corrected so if the P/O Required box in the Customer Master tab is set and the P/O is set in the Machine Contract Detail window, the system uses the P/O specified for the customer's work order. Previously, the system prompted the user when a P/O was required but did not automatically use the P/O specified. (52794)
Corrected the Machine Work Order application so when reopening a call, using the keyboard to type a reopen code into the Reopen Code Query Dialog Box will pull all the relevant data from the Machine Tools Call Codes tab. (52796)
Corrected so the Call Browse feature in the Machine Work Orders window allows the user to search and limit by dates. (52702)

The list of changes above is not exhaustive. To look up all released corrections and enhancements, see Program Updates.

How do I get this version?

If your company has reported one or more software issues, you automatically receive the software update that provides a resolution. As we announce the release, we are in the process of shipping your software update to affected dealers via United Parcel Service (UPS).

If your company did not report any issue specifically resolved with this release, you will not automatically receive the software update. However, a software update is available to you upon request.

If you want to take advantage of the software changes in this maintenance release, we will be happy to ship it to you via United Parcel Service (UPS) Ground. Please send a software update request to support@eci2.com, and include your DDMS account number, contact name, company name, shipping address, and phone number.

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