RDB Pro Net Client for Windows

Including RDB ProNet Client , CV Reader Monitor, RDB Document Indexer, Outlook Sync Tool, Database Update Wizard

Revision History

Index

5.0 Service Release 4 - January 2016

5.0 Service Release 3 - November 2015

5.0 Service Release 2 - September 2015

5.0 Service Release 1 - August 2015

Version 5.0 Release - June 2015

4.0 Service Release 5 - 17/09/2014

4.0 Service Release 4 - 31/07/2014

4.0 Service Release 3 - 10/07/2014

4.0 Service Release 2 - 08/05/2014

4.0 Service Release 1 - 02/05/2014

Version 4.0 Release - March 2014

Service Release 3.4.5 - December 2013

Version 3.4.4 - October 2013 

Version 3.4.3 - September 2013 

Version 3.3 - October 2012 

Version 3.2  - April 2012

Version 3.1 - December 2011

Version 3.0.4 - October 2011

Version 2.8 - May 2011

Version 2.7 - January 2011

Version 2.6.1 - July 2010

Version 2.5.1 - February 2010

Version 2.5 - January 2010

Version 2.4.2 - October 2009

Version 2.3.2 - May 2009

Version 2.3 - May 2009

Version 2.2 - January 2009

Version 2.1 - August 2008

Version 2.0 - February 2008

Version 1.6 - May 2007

Version 1.5 - February 2007

Version 1.4 - October 2006

Version 1.3 - September 2006

 


General Notes

1. New Explorer bar shortcuts will need to be added to the Explorer Bar (Right Click, Add) if you are using Saved Form Designs or Saved Explorer Bar Settings.

2. Where Grid Views have been altered to be Customisable then the saved Grid View may need to be reset. Actual Columns present in the new default View may differ from previous versions.

3. Please review this document and other upgrade documentation carefully prior to upgrading. We recommend that you carry out the upgrade in a test environment first, and validate your customisations prior to upgrading your live systems.

4. With version 3.4.5 we have introduced Client Service Releases to enable us to deliver fixes and functionality quickly to users. A Client Service Releases will be compatible with the same Major and Minor Version of the database and will not require a database upgrade. So for example if the database is version 3.4.1 (Major=3, Minor=4 and Build=1) and we release Client Service Release version 3.4.2 this would be compatible with the Database Version 3.4.1.

 


5.0 SQL Hotfixes

Sql Hotfixes available from the Rdb Store. These hotfixes will be included in the next full release.

Changes include:
* Applicant Awr Clock Calculation - Performance Improvements.
* Grid Report - Availability Check - Bugfix in Notebook Logic causing fewer or 0 Applicants to be returned.
* Client Contact - An email address which is primary can now be deleted by clearing the primary email address, saving and then deleting the phone record.
* Plugin Packages - Prevent global plugin types being assinged to a specific user.
* Managers Report Optimisations.
* Contract Report Nationality Bugfix.
* Fixed missing table tag in Consolidated Contact Interviews Html generator.
* Unable to Delete a Job even after clearing all people from the Review List.
* Performance Improvements when Loading Notebooks.
* AWR Parity Information Request and Repeat Request should only look for Placements that are still running.

 

5.0 Service Release 4 - January 2016

Included Applications:

RDB ProNet Client

(5.0.3.401) Improvement Contact Canvassing Screen - Added the following tabs: Contact Notes, Contact Custom Columns, Client Attributes, Client Notes and Client Custom Columns.

(5.0.3.401) Improvement Timesheet Analysis Report - Added option to report by specific date range.

(5.0.3.401) Improvement When adding an address to an applicant, if this is the first address it will be set as the location automatically providing the location is not already set.

(5.0.3.400) Bugfix When filtering the notebook grid in client search match results screen switching between records, an error would occur if the next notebook did not have any items meeting the filter criteria.

(5.0.3.400) Improvement RDB Outlook Sync - improvements to Email folder enumeration methods.

(5.0.3.400) Bugfix A column called "Row" in the Notebook keeps reappearing even after you hide it.

(5.0.3.400) Bugfix Translate Search Range field names such as "Assessment Date (Range)".

(5.0.3.400) Bugfix Applicant Cardview - language translations being overriden by Grid Serialization.

(5.0.3.400) Bugfix Toolbar Ribbon - if you customise the Ribbon and delete a Group you would get an error :  Error encountered while serializing data into stream.

(5.0.3.400) Bugfix Applicant Search Results Screen Refresh  button has been hidden as it did not refresh the list. To refresh the search result list you should press the Run button on the Search Match Screen, or rerun your last search if you have arrived from a different screen.

(5.0.3.400) New There is an Option to Hide Awr Controls in the System Owner / Global Settings for those that do not need Awr.

(5.0.3.400) Bugfix Invoice index when printing multiple invoices the popup goes off screen. When highlighting multiple invoice and clicking print, The popup which appears asking if you would like to mark as issued appears but it goes off screen.

(5.0.3.400) Bugfix Typo in Plcement Reports screen - Payemeny Frequency.

(5.0.3.400) Bugfix Main Index and other indexes - if you use Autofit Columns in the User Preferences/Grid View Styles, then each time the Grid refreshed the leftmost column would grow in width by 1 pixel. We have chaged the Autofit behaviour to Extend the rightmost column rather than trying to fit all columns into the allocated space. If necessary the layout wil oveerflow the allocated space and put a horizontal scrollbar in place.

(5.0.3.400) Bugfix Open Notebook Types & Templates screen. 2. Select an existing entry that already has a subject line filled in. 3. Click New Notebook Item, the fields on the right are all cleared but the Subject line still displays the subject line from the previously selected notebook item.

(5.0.3.400) Workaround  To prevent the document editor from switching input keyboards when the text in a document is marked as being in a language other than the default, and where the user has a keyboard installed for that language, we have added a workaround setting in the Spellchecker Options Screen called "Force Null Culture". The effect is to set the proofing language for any documents you edit to be Null, which will mean that the keyboard will not switch. It does mean you lose the abilty to proof documents which are in multiple languages - as the default dictionary will be used for proofing the entire document. One alternative approach is to use the Windows Key + Space to quickly switch your input language when needed. Another is to use the More Button/Proofing Language/Set All to Default Option to perform the same function manually when required.

(5.0.3.400) Bugfix  When you add a new saved list (to an empty saved tag file screen), the Delete & Edit Saved List buttons are not enabled.
When you delete the only saved tag list, the Delete and Edit Saved List buttons are still enabled.

 

5.0 Service Release 3 - 13 November 2015

Included Applications:

RDB ProNet Client

(5.0.3.302) Bugfix  Object Diary Editor - when saving a record which has been blocked by a business rule in the after save procedure, the next save would fail with an error message even though the record had not been edited.

(5.0.3.302) Bugfix  Applicant Form, Add missing field chooser to consultant grid.

(5.0.3.301) Bugfix  Document merger to use MAP_URL registry setting when creating map link.

(5.0.3.300) Bugfix  Applicant and Job Screens - when saving a record sometimes users would be presented with a timestamp error message if a stored procedure business rule had rolled back the transaction previously.

(5.0.3.300) Bugfix  Self Billing Index - when manually emailing out a single Item the SentOn and SentBy columns were not being updated. This will now happen after the email is sent.

(5.0.3.300) Improved  When generating an Email directly from a Phones Cardview the resulting notebook entry after the email is sent will use the Notebook type selected (or Email if no type is selected), rather than always being stored as an Email. It will also go into the relevant folder for the notebook type rather than into Sent Items so that management reporting will recognise the Notebook entry.

(5.0.3.300) Bugfix  When you update an Applicants location using the Set Address button on the Address grid then the location  displayed in the Main Index location did not update correctly.

(5.0.3.300) Improved  The task editor now has Next and Previous buttons on the Toolbar to cycle through Tasks from the History List.

(5.0.3.300) Bugfix  View Previous/Next. If a record in the History chain is no longer in a sector to which the user is logged in then the records is not shown.

CV Reader

(5.0.3.300) Bugfix  Only create send to Drop zone shortcut in Windows context menu if the system folder exists.

5.0 Service Release 2 - 03 September 2015

Included Applications:

RDB ProNet Client

 

 

5.0 Service Release 1 - August 2015

Included Applications:

RDB ProNet Client

 

 

Version 5.0 - 11/06/2015

Change Alerts

Form Designer Changes - Saved Form Design that need to be checked after the update:

New Plugin Packages

Plugin Packages are now distributed and updated via the Rdb Store.

New Packages available with this release

Breaking Changes

 

Changes

 

 

 

 

 

4.0 Service Release 5 - 17/09/2014

Included Applications

Changes

 

 

4.0 Service Release 4 - 31/07/2014

Included Applications

Changes

 

4.0 Service Release 3 - 10/07/2014

Included Applications

Changes

 

4.0.5 Service Release 2 08/05/2014

Included Applications:

(RDB Sync 4.0.5.3) - Bugfix  Outlook 2013 was not returning all edited Calendar Items due to a bug in a Filter String.

4.0 Service Release 1 - 02/05/2014

Included Applications:

RDB ProNet Client

 

Version 4.0 (Back To Index)

Change Alerts

Form Designer Changes - Saved Form Design that need to be checked after the update:

Note: Due to the update of the underlying framework you are advised to check all of your form designs.

  1. ClientRateOvertime

  2. JobRateOvertime

  3. PlacementRateOvertime

  4. ApplicantRateOvertime

  5. Placement Expense Editor

New Plugin Packages

1. The Rdb Store - This is a new plugin which is supplied with this release and allows you to manage all of your existing plugin packages and also to download and try new plugin packages.

2. The RDB ProNet Protocol handler has been removed as this functionality has now been moved in to the RDB core.

 

Changes

 

Client Service Release 3.4.5

Released 12/12/2013

Included Applications:

RDB ProNet Client

 

Version 3.4.4 (Back To Index)

Change Alerts

Form Designer Changes - Saved Form Design that need to be checked after the update:

  1. None

New Plugin Packages

  1. Merge Suite - We will be shipping the Merge Suite with RDB ProNet and maintaining it with each future release. By default this plugin will be disabled but if any users have a previous version of the merge suite we will assign the package to those users.

Changes

Version 3.4.3 (Back To Index)

Please read the General Notes first.

Change Alerts

As of this release we have added categorisation flags to this file such as "Wishlist" and "Developer" to assist in identifying changes that may interest a reader.

Form Designer Changes - Saved Form Design that need to be checked after the update:

  1. Due to additional Columns in the Interview Types form you may need to reset the Columns in your List.

  2. Contract Job Manager - we have added a drop down at the top of the screen. Note also that the first time a user loads this form the Grid settings are reset to default values to support the newly customisable interface and the summaries.

  3. Contract Job Manager Explorer Bar - new Items are available - "Assign Worker".

  4. Job Form and Job Template Form - CV Keyword Text box - Note that if you have a saved form design in the Jobs Form you may need to reset the MaxLength of this field to a value of 32767 (which is the largest value that the control will accept.)

  5. CV Editor Form has had some changes which will affect form design, please check your layout.

New Plugin Packages

With this release we are including the following plugin packages. These packages will be enabled for all Users by default. You can disable them or assign them only to specific users, groups or sectors in the Plugin Package Manager screen.

Notes: If you already have the package installed then the update will detect this. If you already have a plugin of the same type installed as a Plugin Dll then this will remain in place, but we recommend that you switch over to using the new plugin packages and remove the plugin dll.

  1.  Drive Time - This Plugin adds a Drive Time option to the Explorer bar for Applicants and Clients and will attempt to calculate direction using Google in your browser after you select the destination Client (for Applicants) or Applicant (for Clients).

  2. Web Url Tab Control - this plugin adds a new tab to Applicants, Clients, Contacts, Jobs, Placements, Search results screens and the Contract Job Manager. The tab works with the Urls that already exist in your Phones table, so if you have a Company Website and a Linked in URL these tabs will show. There is a new tab which will search Google for the names of the Applicant/Client and you can navigate to a URL and if you like you can simply add the URL into RDB.

  3. Co Credo Credit Checking - this plugin allows you to Credit check your clients.

  4. Sales Pipeline Report - comprehensive Sales Pipeline custom Report.

  5. Daily Update - this is a summary of Diary and Tasks Due today, along with Outstanding Compliance Tasks, KPIs, Placement Fees and Contract Margins. There is both a Startup plugin and an Applicant Toolbar plugin installed by default.

  6. RDB ProNet Protocol handler - Developer This plugin is delivered disabled by default, but if this is enabled RDB will respond to protocol links such as this one: rdbpronet://viewapplicantrecord?applicantId=1466 The link can be treated in a similar way to an http link, for example you can attach a hyperlink to some text like this. This means you can send links via messages such as email to your staff which will open a specified page inside Rdb, or you can embed links in reports etc. Usage is documented in the developers SDK.

 

Changes

Version 3.3 (Back To Index)

Form Designer Changes - Saved Form Design that need to be checked after the update:

Change Alerts

  1. Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 is required on any Client machine that needs to run the RDB ProNet Client.

  2. Please review this document and other upgrade documentation carefully prior to upgrading. We recommend that you carry out the upgrade in a test environment first, and validate your customisations prior to upgrading your live systems.

  3. The suggestions engine of the Spellchecking component has been improved in this release.

  4. New Licensing options are now supported, including an Enterprise model. Please contact FCS for further details.

  5. Free text searching results screen has been improved with better information and hit buttons and we are now using the HTML preview engine from dtSearch to display hits.

  6. The new Plugin Packages will provide a much easier way of distributing plugins to your users and will allow us to more easily provide an online repository of plugins that will be easy to download and upgrade. 

  7. Many other bug fixes and enhancements.

Changes

 

 

Version 3.2 (Back To Index)

 

Form Designer Changes - Saved Form Design that need to be checked after the update:

Change Alerts

  1.  Please review this document and other upgrade documentation carefully prior to upgrading. We recommend that you carry out the upgrade in a test environment first, and validate your customisations prior to upgrading your live systems.

  2.  In this release we have introduced an updated Word Processing control. This will fix many formatting issues when interoperating with Microsoft Word, but inevitably may introduce subtle changes to the behavior of the control, so you are advised to pay special attention to documents and templates in this release, particularly if you have a templates with complex formatting. For further information see http://www.textcontrol.com/en_US/support/issues/dotnet/1700/ 

  3.  If you use the RDB Compress RTF Utility you should upgrade to version 3.2.

  4. We have introduced a new spellchecker in this release. This new spellchecker has improved integration with the Word processing control and allows us to reintroduce inline spellchecking. This spellchecker also integrates more easily with standard Text boxes so we have been able to introduce spellchecking in areas such as the Client and Contact Profiles.

  5.   Pure HTML Mailshots - this is a new feature that allows you to convert an Email Template into pure HTML. In this mode there is no merging of data in the Email body, although the Subject line can still contain merge data. The Email body will be the same for all recipients and is intended for Newsletter style mailshots. You will need to edit the HTML yourself in your HTML editor of choice. A benefit of this is that you can create very rich and attractive mailshots, but you need to ensure that you create HTML that is compatible with Email readers. Use the built in Preview Email button to assist with this.

  6. For the dba - the new default for RDB is to close the database connection after use and return it to the connection pool. Prior to this release the default was to keep a singleton connection open for the lifetime of the application. If you want to revert to the same behavior as before then add an entry in the RDB registry table - KEEP_CONNECTION_OPEN with a value of True.

  7. Also for the dba we have introduced External File Storage as an option for this release. This could be useful if you want to reduce the size of your database, at the expense of storage of document files in the file system and the need to back these files up separately. Please see document External Document File Storage.pdf which is included in this release for further information.

  8. We have now allowed users to Select Job Contacts from within the Clients Organisation structure. If you have customisation which assumes that the Job Contact will be linked directly to the Job Client then you will need to refactor this logic.

Changes

 

Version 3.1 (Back To Index)

 Form Designer Changes - Saved Form Design that need to be checked after the update:

Grid Views

 

Changes

 

Version 3.0.4 (Back To Index)

Form Designer Changes - Saved Form Design that need to be checked after the update:

Job Contract Rates Tab. 

Job Screen - Job Details group has been reworked to accommodate Client Hirer Legal Entity, required for AWR compliance.

Placement Screen - Placement Details group has been reworked to accommodate Client Hirer Legal Entity, required for AWR compliance.

Grid Views

Where Grid Views have been altered to be Customisable then the saved Grid View may need to be reset. Actual Columns present in the new default View may differ from previous versions.

 Developer Notes 

This version of RDB is compiled using Visual Studio 2010.

As a result of moving to VS 2010 we have had to upgrade the Crystal Reports runtime to 13.0.2000.0. This should not affect any existing report files (*.rpt), however you should check any custom report plugins you have written which are based on the CrystalReportPlugin class. (These will appear in the "Custom Reports" screen in RDB). If these reports throw an error, then you will need to recompile them as follows:

1. If you don't already have it, then download Crystal Reports for VS2010 here: http://www.businessobjects.com/jump/xi/crvs2010/default.asp

2. Open your CrystalReportPlugin project in VS2010 and check that it is referencing the 13.0.2000.0 version of the Crystal assemblies - this should be automatic.

3. Recompile your project.

4. Replace your delivered plugin assembly with the newly compiled version.

Changes

 

Version 2.8 (Back To Index)

Form Designer Changes - Saved Form Design that need to be checked after the update:

Work History Form.

Job Form -Published Tab

Interview Form - new field for Interview Prep will need to be accommodated.

Grid Views

Where Grid Views have been altered to be Customisable then the saved Grid View may need to be reset. Actual Columns present in the new default View may differ from previous versions.

Changes

 

 

Version 2.7 (Back To Index)

General Notes

New Explorer bar shortcuts will need to be added to the Explorer Bar (Right Click, Add) if you are using Saved Form Designs or Saved Explorer Bar Settings.

Form Designer Changes - Saved Form Design that need to checked after the update:

Client Billing Information Screen.

Review List - New Option Source may need to be added if required.

Changes

 

 

Version 2.6.1 (Back To Index)

General Notes

New Explorer bar shortcuts will need to be added to the Explorer Bar (Right Click, Add) if you are using Saved Form Designs or Saved Explorer Bar Settings.

Form Designer Changes - Saved Form Design that need to checked after the update:

None

Changes

 

Version 2.5.1 (Back To Index)

General Notes

Form Designer Changes - Saved Form Design that need to checked after the update:

None

Changes

 

 

Version 2.5   (Back To Index)

General Notes

Form Designer Changes - Saved Form Design that need to checked after the update:

Client Billing - new Checkbox "No VAT"

Invoice Detail Editor - new fields added

Main  Form / Main Menu new Interim Menu.

Changes

 

Version 2.4.2   (Back To Index)

General Notes

Database
Support for SQL Server 2000 has been dropped for this release. Microsoft SQL Server 2005 or greater is now required.

Crystal Reports
Version 2.4 has been built using VS 2008 and as a result you need to run the Setup.exe for the ProNet Client. This is because the Crystal Reports Runtime has been updated fro Application built using VS2008.

Plugins
The ProNet Client uses Infragistics 8.3, so if you have Plugins which require an earlier version of the Infragistics dlls you should add those dlls into the RDB Client Install Folder.

 

Form Designer Changes - Saved Form Design that need to checked after the update:

1. Job Form - Check Tab layout for Contract Info Tab

2. Applicant Work History Tab and Client Employee History Tab - buttons moved to accommodate new Tag button.

3. Main Index - new Explorer bar options - Organisation Chart

4. Client Bank Screen - additional Fields added

5. Applicant Banks Screen - additional Fields added.

6. Client Form - Check Contacts Tab - layout altered to allow for phone Card View.

7. Applicant Action Index - new shortcuts for Tags may need to be added to the Explorer Bar.

8. Applicant Employment Details Form - new button to Go To the Applicant's Limited Company may not be visible.

9. Placement Form - check the Contract Info Tab. The Contract Charges Section has a new field and has been rearranged to accommodate it.

 

Changes


 

Version 2.3.2 (Back To Index)

 

Version 2.3   (Back To Index)


Version 2.2   (Back To Index)

RDB ProNet Client

 


 

Version 2.1 .17   (Back To Index)

RDB ProNet Client


 

Version 2.0 February 2008   (Back To Index)

All Applications

RDB ProNet Client

Note: The executable name has been changed from UI.exe to RdbProNet.exe so if you have created custom shortcuts to the application you will need to update them.

RDB Sync

CV Reader

Note The default installation path has been changed to <Program Files>\First Choice Software\RDB CVReader Monitor (was <Program Files>\First Choice Software\CVReader Monitor)

Database Update Tool

Database Configuration

Database Creator Tool

 /databaselocation:<databaseLocation>
The path where the database files will be stored

/loglocation:<logLocation>
The path where the log files will be store

 

RDB Document Indexer Service

Free Text Search Engine

Database Notes

In version 2.0 we have removed some Foreign Key restraints from certain Tables which linked CreatedUserId and UpdatedUserId to the User table. This is because the Query Optimiser cannot deal with more than 253 foreign Keys on one table. We have retained the keys on the most significant tables to ensure data integrity.

We have updated a lot of Insert Stored Procedures to replace the use of @@IDENTITY with SCOPE_IDENTITY(). This ensures proper functioning if you add Insert triggers which themselves Inser other records and also ensures that Merge Replication functions correctly.

 


 

Version 1.6 May 2007    (Back To Index)

RDB ProNet Client 1.6.1 (build 1.6.1.28201)
General - fixed a bug whereby it was not possible to set criteria for a custom column of type Lookup in a search screen.

 

 

RDB ProNet Client 1.6 (build 1.6.0.18428)
General + It is now not possible to close all the toolbars on any screen, the first toolbar will always remain.

+ Added Select All/Deselect All options to Sector choosers.

+ Added Status bar to Invoice detail form showing Users and Dates Created/Updated.

+ Many small additions and improvements.

+ "View Contacts Jobs" on the contact Screen

+ When adding a new Job for a client the system will use the last Job you saved for the client as a template for the new one.

+ When Linking Documents to Notebook Items you can now multi select.

+ Added Cardviews to the Template Search Screen to display relevant information about the linked Object.

Database Administrator + Added new Stored Procedure PLACEMENT_DOCUMENT_USER_CAN_CREATE
This can be customised to Validate Data before Creating the specific Document for that Placement.

+ Added new Stored Procedure APPLICANT_ACTION_USER_CAN_EDIT
This can be customised to decide which users can edit which Applicant Actions.

 Diary - Fixed bugs in the Diary Sharing screen whereby when this screen was edited it did not always save all settings correctly.

- An alarm for a daily recurring event which was set to occur 1 day before the event would keep triggering when you dismissed it - fixed.

- When listing the shared User diaries (Other Diaries) in the Diary form, please adjust the Stored Procedure to not include any Other Diaries for Users who are Inactive - done.

Search Screens + Sector Selections are saved where possible in all search screens.

+ Free text search options are now remembered.

+ Applicant Search Results Screen now has a Consultants Tab

+ Location search screens have been changed. By default they no longer list all locations and new Search Options have been added. This was because the screens became slow when very large numbers of Locations have been created.

- Saved Searches - when a user opened a Search that was Saved by another user they should be allowed to then change the criteria in the screen without this being saved. They can now do this and also Save AS if they wish.

+Applicant Availability Search - changed the default Option to Worked in this Position before rather than in the Specific Job.

+ Word 2007 Documents now display hits correctly .

 CV Send Wizard + Format Body Text Option added. This supports the full range of merge options as in any other template.

+ Format Subject option added. The customised subject is always used by default once it has been set.

+ "Smart" email address buttons added on the To, CC and BCC fields.

Timesheet Tiff viewer + Move Option - the destination folder used is remembered.

+ Rename Option

- Toolbar settings were not remembered - fixed.

+ Added Contract Details Cardview

Contract Job Manager + Added colour coded view of Contact Job requirements filled so that the user can quickly see what Jobs need filling on a day by day basis.

+ Added the ability to choose Primary Consultant in this Grid view

+ Added ApproxWeeklyMargin Column as an available field in the Grid Field Chooser.

+ Added PayRatePAYE Column as an available field in the Grid Field Chooser.

+ Added Summary Options for the ApproxWeeklyMargin,Charge Rate, PayRateLtd and PayRatePAYE

Contact Manager and Placement Index + Added "Approx Weekly Margin" together with Summary Options for this column.
Custom Columns - If you create a custom column (type text) if there is an apostrophe then it will not save (incorrect syntax - unclosed quotation mark) - fixed
Attribute Chooser - Grid Settings not remembered.
Mailshots - When sending a Fax mailshot the User's settings regarding which plugin to use was not respected. Fixed.

+ If you create a new mailshot from the client search results screen and choose an existing description, if there is only one mailshot send and it is not locked, the search result will automatically be added to existing mailshot send.
If there is more than one unlocked mailshot send in the description, you are asked to choose a mailshot send (an instance) or create a new mailshot send.
I think you should be able to create a new mailshot send even when there is only one unlocked mailshot send listed in the description.
- Done.

+ New Status Bar in the Mailshot Transport Template Screen shows a warning if the Template is large, user will also get a warning when they merge. The warning threshold is 500kb.

Reporting - Timesheet analysis report has been updated and simplified. Now uses the Users setting for Employers NI Rate.
Indexes + Job Index has been reworked to allow users to specify at the database level any fields they would like to appear in the grid view. A special View for this called VW_ JOB_GRID_VIEW which defines the columns that will be available in the UI.

+ Invoice Index new view Options have been added to limit the amount of data that is loaded into this grid by default. This setting is remembered.

Applicant + Added an Internal Note Template for new applicants. This appears in the Templates editor under Standard Templates as Standard Applicant Notes Template.

+ Added new tab in the main screen to show Availability at a glance.

Canvass + Status Icons added to the Canvass Screens
Messaging - Grid customisation not working on Internal Message Screen - fixed.

CV Reader Monitor 1.6
General When adding CVs via the CV Reader application, any email domains ending in googlemail.com will actually be translated by default into RDB as googl.com within the email field, therefore losing some of the address.
   

Outlook Sync 1.6
Created Date We were Using the created Date from the outlook Item for the CreatedOn in the RDB Item.
If there is a ReceivedDate on the Outlook Item we now use that instead of the Created from the Outlook Item.
Sync Dates - Synchronised calendar events do not update in outlook when they are changed in RDB Pronet. A calendar even was changed in RDB, waited for an hour and then synchronised with Outlook. The changes were not carried across until the next day. Fixed.
If you set a recurrence in RDB of
- Daily, Every Weekday

When it Syncs to Outlook it is Daily, Every Day - Fixed.
Outlook Sync 1.6.1 - 6 Sept 2007 Updated to work around an incompatibility with certain installations of Outlook 2000.

RDB Document Indexer 1.6
General

Updated the core dtSearch Engine to version 7.41.

dtSearch 7.41 (Build 7420) Released April 21, 2007

Enhancements (dtSearch Engine)

  • Added support for automatically varying hit weights according to the field they occur in, through the new SearchJob.FieldWeights setting. For more information, see the "Relevance" topic in the dtSearch Engine API Reference.
  • Added improved progress reporting during unindexed searches to the C++ API (see dtsSearchProgressInfo in the dtSearch Engine API Reference) and the .NET 2.0 API (see ISearchStatusHandler2 in the .NET 2.0 API Reference).
  • Fixes and minor enhancements
  • dten600.dll: New fields added as properties of .eml files - CC, BCC, and Attachments (a list of the filenames of all attachments).
  • dtSearch .exe and .msi files digitally signed for better operation in Windows Vista
  • dtSearchNetApi2.dll: Error in ConvertPath caused unnecessary refresh of virtual path mappings from the metabase.
  • dten600.dll: Minor improvements in the binary file detection and Unicode filtering algorithm for binary files
  • dten600.dll: Fixed bug in MHT file parser that caused hit highlighter to generate blank HTML page for some MHT files
  • dten600.dll: IndexCache object added to the COM interface.
  • dtSearchw.exe: Fixed error starting indexer and dtSearch Web Setup under Windows Vista

dtSearch 7.40 Build 7360 Released February 22, 2007

Enhancements (All products)

  • Added support for Vista (XMP) metadata in .jpg and .tif images.
  • Added support for PowerPoint 2007 (*.pptx).
  • Added support for Vista XML Paper Specification (*.xps) documents.

 

   

 


Version 1.5  February 2007    (Back To Index)

RDB ProNet Client 1.5
Applicant Screen + Added a new Tab "Availability" which show a summary of the Applicant's Availability.
CV Send Wizard Screen

+ Added filtering to the Validate and Documents Grids

+ Add the ability to Add and Delete Attachments to Emails and Faxes.

+ The Wizard can now be sized and Maximized if required.

+ Added the ability to mark an Action record as "Hot" in the Wizard

   
Applicant Search Screen + Added Work History Options into the Applicant Search Screen
   
Work History Search + Added the ability to link Job Search Criteria to the Work History Search Screen.
   
Document merging

+ Added new fields for the Placement Merge:

+ HSManagerFileAs
+ CommercialManagerFileAs

- when running a new note item of letter from a contact in the main index it does not merge in the client name to the client.client.companyname merge field. Fixed.

 

-"We have a document that merges in a User Custom Merge Field (User Mobile). The user is chooses comes from the ApplicantConsultan:Primary Consultant: User Mobile.
when we do this, it merges in the mobile from the current logged on user NOT the user we are trying to choose." - Fixed



   
General Refresh Improvements + Screens such as the Job Screen would sometimes trigger a refresh of its associated Index (e.g. Job Index) after a Save. This could be resource intensive in systems with large numbers of row in an index. We have improved this so that only the relevant row is refreshed.
   
Tasks + Task Index is now multi Select so you can select a set of tasks and reschedule them in one operation.
   
Review Lists

+ We are now using a Specific Stored Procedure to Populate Review Lists. This means that these can now be customised to contain whatever data a user needs to see in the review list grids.

REVIEW_LIST_SELECT_FOR_APPLICANT_GRID

REVIEW_LIST_SELECT_FOR_JOB_GRID

   
Diary - Recurring Annual Events Bug Fix - when retrospectively setting up events to occur once a year - if I go to a date say 07/07/2004 and put in an annual reminder to reoccur every year starting from that date it seems to skip the first year and only add it for the following year - i.e. it doesn't show in the diary on the date 07/07/2004 when trying to reset the start date it doesn't respect the change and reverts to a start date of 07/07/2005.
This is fixed
   
New Restrictions

+ Restrictions have been added for the following :

Bookmark Merge Map
CV Send Activity Setup
Job Activity Setup
Placement Activity Setup
template Maintenance
Notebook Folder Maintenance
Notebook Types and Templates

List of Values
Custom Merge Fields

Review List Status

Attribute Maintenance
Resource Diary Maintenance
Sms Account
Broadbean Account
Fax Account

Print Grids

Copy Grids to Clipboard

   
Email Read Receipt + We have added new options for the User to request Email Read Receipts when sending emails.
   
Invoice + Added a link to the Client from an Invoice Screen
   
Notebook Item Size + Added the document size to the status bar in Notebook Editor please. 
   
Search Match Language Problem fixed - When we translate the Table and column names in the SearchMatchForm, this is saved to the underlying objects, thus potentially breaking the query builder. Fixed.
   
'Clients who have not been contacted' Report - Fixed an error in the stored procedure for this report.
   
Find Screens We have added cardviews to many Find Screens - such as Find an Applicant, Find a Client etc to enable the user to distinguish more easily between object which have similar/ same names and to provide fuller information in these screens.
   
Main Index + Added Primary Consultant to the Main Index and Object Search Screens.
   
Date Functions - Updated Several Stored Procedures which caused errors for users with database servers in Germany and France.
   
Applicant Action Form, bug fix

- "If however you go to the Applicant Action section, remove/add any fields via the field chooser, it will remember your selection, but if you then select 'View - Applicant Action By User' it will forget the fields selected via field chooser and change back to the default"

- The Applicant Action Form now correctly remembers its place in the grid after a refresh when the grid has Grouping set on.

   
Document and CV Forms - External Editor Only Added a new Option which will allow a user to specify that the Application should not attempt to edit the file directly, even if it is of a supported file type such as .doc. This allows user to use certain features in Word for example which are not supported by our own internal editor, such as Watermarks.
   
Contact "Has Left" Search Problem

- "If you run a search/match for contacts on ProNet, adding the 'Has Left' column with a Value of 'Y' the search will report that no results were found even if there are contact records on the system which have the 'Has Left' tick box checked.

Fixed.

Add tapi dial function to card views.  Done, added a context menu to Phone Cardviews which includes a TAPI dial option.
   
Work History

- "The date column is not sorted chronologically in work history for applicants and clients"

Fixed

Sector Login Form not using Language Tables - Fixed
   
Managers Reports + Inactive Users no longer are available to pick on the managers reports screen.
   
Language Table "Hot?" Changed to "Hot" and "'HotAction" changed to "Hot Action"
   
Contract Manager Filter - When running a filter in the Contract Manager and selecting a consultants name the results show only those placements created by that consultant. This has been changed to include Placement to which the consultant is assigned either directly or as part of a Group.
   
CV Reader Results

+ "Issue: Having installed CV reader; if the user starts processing CV's, without initially deselecting and reselecting the sectors in CV config and then saving and closing, then the CV's' do not go into any sector - despite the config options showing the users sectors. Therefore they are lost. "

Fixed -if a user does not specify Sectors then we assign the New Applicant to all Sectors to which the User has access.

Very Large Search Criteria causing error In all search screens the search criteria was limited to 8000 characters in total, this means that if you used a large number of criteria in your search you would get an error. This has been fixed and the new limit is 16000 characters.
   
Attribute display error

- "When adding a new attribute against a record by pressing the 'Add/Edit' button, selecting the attribute and then pressing the 'Select' button - the Selected Attributes section displays an empty attribute record in the list (i.e. no attribute description or grade are displayed). It seems that if you refresh or manually change the size of the columns the attribute description and grade appear in the record."

It seems that this only happens if a user does not have the 'Auto Fit columns' option ticked under User Preferences (Grid View Styles).

Fixed.

   
Timesheet Tiff Viewer

+ add an Option to view a Windows Explorer Window which would allow a user to Move/Rename etc

+

Outlook Sync 1.5
Command Line + Add a new option -m to the command line which will open the application minimized rather than in the System Tray. Usefully if you a running an environment which doesn't support the System tray such as Citrix.
   
Error when importing emails - "Cannot save the attachment. You don't have appropriate permission to perform this operation." Corrected the application to use the users Temp folder.
   
Send CV Wizard + Added the Hot Action check box to the Wizard
   
   
- Conflict Resolution Removed the individual settings for Conflict Resolution fro the UI to simplify the configuration.

 

CV Reader Monitor 1.5
Command Line Switch -m Added command line switch -m which forces the application to run minimized rather than in the system tray.
   

 

Misc 1.5
Database Versioning

Two new tables have been added DBVersion and DBCustom

These tables will assist in future updates as follows:

1. DB Version will be used to track when version update scripts have been run and whether it is "legal" to run a dbupdate script on a particular database.

2. DBCustom. This table should be used to track all customisations to database objects TABLES, VIEWS, STORED PROCEDURES AND FUNCTIONS.

Future dbUpdate script will check to see if any of the Objects that it is about to update have been customised and will be able to warn the user. You can store in the Notes field of this table the stpes required to re-apply the customisation after the object has been updated by the update script.

You need only add arecord when you customise one the ProNet Standard Tables, Stored Procedures or Functions.

For example if I customise the Stored Procedure ADDRESS_UPDATE I should add a record into DB Custom as follows

ObjectName = 'ADDRESS_UPDATE'

xType = 'S' (Note: Use S for Stored Procedure, T for Table, FN for Function, V for VIEW)

CreatedON = Date

Notes: Whatever will assist you in re-applying customisation after an update to this Stored Procedure.

If a future dbUpdate script is going to Update this Stored Procedure you will be warned.

   

 


 

Version 1.4 October 2006   (Back To Index)

RDB ProNet Client 1.4
Text Search Engine + Updated to version 7.30 of the dtSearch Engine. See here for detailed notes.
Timesheets + Changed the sort order on the timesheet and cover letter, they now print in order is timesheetid the same order as on the check list. rptTimeSheetCoverLetter.rpt & rptTimeSheet.rpt updated
  + Allow a user to change the charge and pay rates in Timesheet Entry form. Also create a new security setting to control this.
Cardviews

+We have introduced a new set of Stored Procedures specifically for cardviews. Named <OBJECT>_SELECT_CARDVIEW , e.g. APPLICANT_SELECT_CARDVIEW.

This will allow you to completely control what data is loaded into each cardview.

Notes:

The Order of the Fields Selected and the Naming defines what will be seen in the Application. The field names you define here will be passed through the Language processor so different users may see different labels if they are using a different Language.


Do not Rename StatusId or StatusDescription - if you do the the Status Icon will not work in the Cardview.
Any fields you do not want in the cardview remove from the select list.
Any other fields you want in the cardview add to the select list

  + It is now possible to set the width of field in Phone Cardviews
   
Filters - Fixed a bug whereby global Pre Defined Filters were not visible except to the User who created them
   
Review Lists +We have added the Hits and Score Columns to the Review lists.
   
Search Screens +In all search match screens, when displaying the search columns we now translate these both in the column chooser screens and in the grid on the search form using the Language Tables.
  + Allow users to Hide unwanted search columns so the only the most used columns are shown, along with a new system restriction to control who is able to set this.

 

 

+ Added Delete All option for Attributes and Columns
Office 2007 Look +We have introduced the new Office 2007 look - available in the user preferences.
   
Diary -The diary will respect the Users Choice of Toolbar look in user preferences.
   
Currency Merge -When merging a charge rate of 29.40 into a template it shows up as 29.4 - fixed.
   
Messaging + When selecting users for messaging the form now shows which users are currently logged in .
   
Mailshot "Remove" Options - Fixed the Stored Procedures to remove across all mailshots, not just within the current mailshot type.
   
Merge Fields Added Client Billing fields.
   
Object Edit Overrides

Similar to the Placement Edit override we have created new Procedures for APPLICANT,CLIENT,CONTACT AND JOBs.

Naming: <OBJECT>_USER_CAN_EDIT

These procedures are empty by default but allow you to override whether a user is allowed to edit an object.

   
Column Chooser + Fields are now sorted in the Column Choosers.
   
Client + Changed the "Our Ref" field type to alpha rather than numeric.
   
List Of Values - Bug Fix - "When I create a new list of values, the new list of options is not saved against the correct list"
   
Main Index + There is a new Send CV option on the Main Index. You can pick an Applicant or use Tagged Applicants.
   
CV reader + Added a new option for the user to control the behavior when a new CV's County is not fond in the lookup lists.
   
Internal notes Timestamp buttons default to adding the timestamp at the top of the note.
   
Availability Diary + add the ability to select multiple dates in the availability diary by using control and then selecting the dates and then right click to make the applicant unavailable on those dates.
   
Jobs Index + Added Phone Cardview
Job Form + Added Phone card View
  + When a work address is Selected the Job's Location is updated if a location record exists for that address.
   
Primary Email Address - Bug Fix "Primary email address field get cleared out when changing other details on the form."
Saved Tags - Fixed a bug whereby it was not possible to use a Saved Tag list for Contact Canvassing.
   
   
Language Keys Added some missing language keys into the Language Table
   
Canvass - When you are canvassing Clients, if you decide to take the consultants name off a record by accessing the main form from canvassing then going back to the canvass screen. If you then press done , the system throws up an error stating that Index was outside the Bounds of the Array
  + Many other small fixes and enhancements.

 

Outlook Sync 1.4
Email Sync - Workaround for a MAPI bug that would cause the Email Sync to fail sometimes when you ran a Manual Sync
  - The Email attachment Add Extension button did not work
   
General Updated to Outlook Safe Library 4.2.0.562
   

 

CV Reader Monitor 1.4
General Minor bug fixes.
   

 


Version 1.3 September2006   (Back To Index)

RDB ProNet Client 1.3
Search Match Screen + Added better feedback for the user if a Search Results in no matches.
  + Added Phones Table and Fields to Search Columns
  - Fixed a problem where the Contact Search Screen when user "Included Client Criteria" and the client criteria contained a Location Search
  + Many new search fields added from tables related to the Primary Object being searched.
   
User Preference + A new Option on the CV Tab, Check CV Reader Results on Close. If you check this, then when you close the application it will check to see if there are any outstanding CVs in the CV Reader results screen and if so prompt you and if required open the screen for you to process the outstanding CVs.
   
   
   
Availability Search Screen - The screen no longer auto runs a search when it is loaded from a Job form.
  - Fixed a bug that incorrectly counted date clashes.
  - Fixed a bug whereby a person who had a weekly recurring event that happened every 2 weeks would be excluded from a search result.
Job

+ Added NoOfPlaces field for Permanent Jobs

  + Added % Filled Column in Grid Views for Jobs
  - Fixed error where users were not able to "Create Default Activity" under certain conditions.
Invoice + Added New Item and New Task Options
  + Added Summary Options to the Invoice Index
   
Placement + Added Summary Operators to the Placement Fee Column
  - Fixed a bug - for a Contract Placement if you Set a Shift, Save, Unset the Shift, Save and reset the Shift all without closing the screen then the Shift display remained unset., even though the correct value was stored in the table. Fixed.
   
Applicant Contact Management + Added more tabs and a phone card view to this screen
   
CV Send Wizard + When emailing CV's, removed individual reports for each send in a batch and replaced with a report at the end of the process.
   
Notebook + New Notebook Items are not automatically saved. If the user does not save the entry then a blank note is no longer created.
  - Item Task -it was possible to incorrectly get two primary tasks linked to the same notebook item, this is fixed.
   
CV Reader Results + Added an Option to mark a CV as "Ready" and an option to ""Process Ready"
  - The lookups for country and County are populated even when no address is found.
   
Diary & Task + Selecting Today in Calendar drop downs behaves the same as in other screens, i.e. Today's date is selected rather than just highlited.
  + The "Other Diaries" (shared) list on the Main Diary Screen is now sorted alphabetically.
  + Allow a Task to be linked to multiple objects of the same type.
  - Recurring Diary Alarms. Fixed
   
Languages - phrases added to the tables.

+ Own Applicant Action
Applicant Action By User
Applicant actions – Applicant
Applicant Actions - Client

   
Main Index + Added the Postcode to the location field. Same also added to the Object Search Screen
   
Cardviews (All) + Added a column picker to allow the user to select what they want to see in the card view.
   
Grids + Added a column picker for grids.= other than Indexes, which already had column picker.
   
Job Title, Placement Description and Work History Description Field Increase + Increased the default field size to 100 characters.
   
Reminder (Alarm) + If there is only one link (to the diary) then can it be set to go direct to the diary form from the Main Form button
   
Applicant The Availability Field is converted to a lookup. Lookup values are managed in the "Lists of Values" screen.
   
Mailshot + When creating a new Mailshot from the tag file, on the Mailshot Instance search form added an Option to Create a New Instance of an existing mailshot type.
  + Added Custom Export Hooks for Mailshots
  + Added a new call to a new Stored Procedure at the point that a Mailshot is about to be sent. The Procedure is 'MAILSHOT_SEND_RECIPIENT_DISALLOWED_CUSTOM'. A dbadmin can set further criteria to check whether a mailshot recipient should be allowed to be mailshotted.
   
Invoice + New Option "Set Invoice As Issued" which also updates the issued date.
   
Client Contact - Modified User was not displaying correctly.
   
Internal Notes Fields Applicant, Job, Contact, Client

+ Added a Timestamp Option

   
Canvass Forms - Fixed a display bug and corrected the behavior for Objects with Canvass Period set to something other than the default.
   
Timesheet Tiff Viewer + New Option to Rotate 180 degrees
  + Add the option to Link, Move and Edit Selected Pages rather than the whole file.
Timesheet

- Timesheet correctly counts hour fractions when auto calculating default hours worked

- In Job or Placement Shift area the working time correctly takes account of lunch hours if the shift is >= 4 hours when displaying the total hours.

   
Messages It is now possible to send a message to a User Group.
   
Email Address - can now accept & character. Email address which fail the regex parser are now not blocked but the user receives a warning.
   
SMS Sending

Added Max Length validation to the Mailshot screen and also added correct count for special characters in the GSM character table which count as 2 characters .

€ <ff> [ \\ ] ^ { | } ~

 

Outlook Sync 1.3
Calendar Sync - Fixed a bug that would occasionally stop the Memo Text from an Appointment being transferred correctly to RDB.
  - Fixed an error whereby the application was unable to delete RDB diaries.
  - In the Conflict Resolution Screen renamed the "Cancel" button to "Close"
  + Imported emails will link to the Client notebook as well as a Contact if possible.
   

 

CV Reader Monitor 1.3
CV Parsing + CV Reader now looks only near the beginning or the end of a CV for personal contact details, reducing the number of 'false' finds of email addresses, postal addresses etc which are found.
Folder Names + Improved the naming of Folders for CV files that are dropped into a drop zone - rather than "CV_4" we now use the filename of the original CV e.g."CV For John Smith"

 


 

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