Which new features are in At Your Service version 2024?

Version 24.5.000 (2024 May Release)

• Digitally code-signed program components and installer
• Resolved error when a user chooses to cancel the update to a newer database structure
• Resolved error slowly enter the Date estimate approved or Date repair completed on a repair order
• Resolved deleting a sales invoice from a Microsoft Access or MySQL database not clearing links to serialized inventory
• Resolved the repair Microsoft SQL database process purging the user edit history instead of the Process Manager logs
• Overhauled archiving old data from Microsoft Access databases
• Redesigned archive database form
• Added ability to choose whether to archive inactive models
• Added ability to separately choose whether to archive inactive customers or inactive vendors
• Added ability to choose whether to archive old abandoned repair orders
• Added ability to choose whether to archive old repair invoices, including repair invoices that are not fully paid
• Added ability to choose whether to archive old sales invoices, including sales invoices that are not fully paid
• Added ability to choose whether to archive old credit notes, including credit notes that are not fully applied
• Added ability to choose whether to archive old purchase orders, including purchase orders that are not fully received
• Added ability to choose whether to archive old expired warranty cards
• Added option to purge user edit history during archive database process
• Added option to purge Process Manager logs during archive database process
• Added ability to send automated email messages to an email address stored in a customer reference field
• Added ability to send automated SMS text messages to a mobile phone number stored in a customer reference field
• Added ability to send automated fax messages to a fax number stored in a customer reference field
• Added green text button to rich text editor
• View database information now displays the size of each table in bytes
• View database information now highlights tables with more than 10,0000 records or larger than 10 MB

Version 24.4.000 (2024 April Release)

• An AYS license installed on one workstation now propagates to other workstations as the shared database is opened
• Added Close All Except Active Window option to the Windows menu
• Added Inactive field to Makes and Models
• Model dropdowns now exclude inactive models when adding new records, and shade inactive models red when editing records
• Added Inactive field to Makes and Models import
• Added Inactive field and option to exclude inactive models to Makes and Models export
• Added option to exclude inactive models to 8 make and model listing reports
• Added Email, Category, Reference 5 to Reference 8 fields to the Repair Order Updates import
• Added Reference5 to Reference 8 fields to Fields to Copy when Adding Multiple Repair Orders module option
• Updated encryption to Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) when password-protecting zip files
• Improved security when recovering the administrator password
• Added toast notification when other users have already installed a newer version of the AYS program

Version 24.3.000 (2024 March Release)

• Resolved error opening the repair order fault codes dropdown when one of the fault codes has an assigned make
• Resolved error sending an email via Microsoft Outlook when an invalid business location reply-to email address is entered
• Resolved problem assigning a license name to a business location when a new license file format includes multiple license names
• Added support for Clickatell One API
• Added printing the business location logo on form headers when batch printing from a database with a single business location
• Added the customer tax number to the header of customer statement reports
• Deselecting printing company name and address on customer statements now still prints the logo if one is configured
• The repair order Notes tab now also displays the data indicator when there is change history data or a history of sent messages
• Added a note to the About box if Windows reports that the selected Regional format (locale) is unsupported
• Improved handling of the Euro currency symbol for unsupported regional locales
• Improved error handling when connecting to SFTP servers

Version 24.1.000 (2024 January Release)

• Improved speed of exporting to Microsoft Excel
• Improved handling of complex mailto: hyperlinks in HTML emails
• Deselecting printing company name and address in form headers now still prints the logo if one is configured for the form
• Added support for Microsoft Office 2021 and 2024
• Updated for Windows 11 (23H2)

See also which new features were in At Your Service version 2023.