Friday, January 26, 2007

TATEMS: Fleet Maintenance Software - Update 4-30-2007 to 4.0.00XP

(the update link is near the bottom of this page)

WARNING!!! READ THIS ENTIRE MESSAGE BEFORE UPDATING!! ESPECIALLY BACKUP INSTRUCTIONS!!!

Just a quick note to announce the release to TATEMS 2005 4.0.00XP
If you are already running a licensed copy of TATEMS 2005 then this release may require you to acquire a new registration number, depending on the version you currently have .

This is to prevent any unauthorized access to the new releases after the 1 year of no cost version updates has expired.

To minimize any inconvenience to you, this release will give you 10 days to acquire the new registration number.

If you are in your trial period then the trial period will continue with the same number of days you had remaining before the update.

You will need to email your serial number along the version number and your company information or purchase information so that I can verify eligibility and email the new registration number back to you.


Remember, you don't need to apply all previous updates in order to update TATEMS 2005(not the update link) Fleet Maintenance Software.(not the update link)

So if you missed one you can just use the most current one.

You can watch a tutorial video that shows you some of the new updates here:

http://fleet-maintenanance-software.com/video-training/TATEMS3.1.html

or

Here:

http://tatems.com/movies/TATEMS2005-3.1.wmv

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This update will only work with TATEMS 2005

Below are the updates I have added/fixed in 4.0.00XP

  1. Improved Insurance Eq List report under Reports->All Equipment Reports
  2. Added Date placeholder mask to the installation date for Tires to make data entry easier
  3. Added Equipment List By Equipment Type report to Reports->More Reports Report Type:Equipment
  4. Sort the Alphabetically Short Description list in Work Orders
  5. Added Parts Types to DropDown List Maintenance
  6. Addressed issue with Inspections and Permits Due and Past Due for a
  7. Customer Report so that it narrows all Inspections not just the DOT inspection for a particular customer
  8. Changed Reminders Pop-up screen to a tabbed interface and added the ability to disable each reminder catgegory and the print eqach category individually
  9. Added Work Orders Pendinf and needed maintenance repairs to reminders
  10. Added the ability to Title a Completed Work Order an Invoice instead or Work Order completed
  11. Added Labor and Parts Lines on Work Orders for Mechanics to write on that will disapear when data is entered into system
  12. Changed Parts for This Equipment Quantity Field so that you can enter decimal rather than just whole numbers
  13. Added Work Order Parts User By Equipment Report under Reports->More Reports->Report Type: Work Orders
  14. Added Work Order Parts User By Customer and Equipment Report under Reports->More Reports-> Report Type: Work Orders
  15. Added Life Cycle Status fields to Financials Screen so that you can determine the current cost of replacement and months remaining before replacement
  16. Added Equipment List With Life Cycle/Replacement Cost to Reports->More Reports
  17. Updated Currency fields to adjust to regional settings in windows and adjusted phone number entry mask to accomidate other formats(updates Below are from 3.1.06a)
  18. Added default print button back to print preview and renamed the printer dialog button to Printer Dialog/Choose Printer & Pages
  19. Added Equipment Picture button that pops up a form that allows you to link a picture to that piece of equipment
  20. Added ability to link a company logo picture to your company information that will display on Work Order Printouts
  21. Added new report that shows labor hours by Employee for completed Work Orders Find it under Reports->More Reports->Work Orders->All Work Orders LaborTotals by Employee #
  22. Added new report that shows miles/km traved or hours run for a specific time period.(updates Below are from 3.1.06)
  23. Added ability to sort Inspections Reports by Due Date under Reports->More Reports -> Inspections
  24. Added Work Order Sales Tax Report to Reports->More Reports->WorkOrders
  25. Updated All Filters report so that it only displays filters list for equipment that actually has a filter entered
  26. Added the ability to Filter the Reminders PopUp By Customer, Location, Department/Area or Equipment Type
  27. Improved the Print Button on the Reminders Popup so that you get the preview before you print
  28. Improved the menu bar print button for all Print Preview Screens so that you can click on it and choose a printer or which pages to print before you print(updates Below are from 3.1.05c)
  29. Added new Lube/Service Reminders by Customer report to Reports->More Reports-> Report Type -> Lube Service
  30. Added new Equipment List By Customer report to Reports ->More Reports->Report Type -> Equipment(updates Below are from 3.1.05a)
  31. Changed Unit information printout so that is will display multiple tire sizes for a piece of equipment
  32. Delete Equipment function improved to overcome a Windows Update that broke it (updates Below are from 3.1.05)
  33. Added Inspections and Permits Due or Past Due For a Customer to Reports More Reports so that you can print up DOT and other permits due for each customer
  34. Made CDL box bigger to acccomidate longer CDL numbers on the Personnel screen(updates Below are from 3.1.04j)
  35. Changed Equipment Summary Printout so that the 90 Day Inspection Required relects the user selected number of Days
  36. Changed the Unit Imformation Report so that it does not print out duplicates when multiple tire entries are made (updates Below are from 3.1.04i)
  37. Improved Registration reminders popup so that reminders do not display for all registrations due in the current month if an actual last registration date has been entered and has not expired(updates Below are from 3.1.04h)
  38. Added warning message when user is not liked to the default data file TATEMS2005be.mdb, to help deter data entry into a backup file
  39. Elimiated ability to accidently add Permits and Inspections , Filters and Equipment when the track ball or page up page down is used
  40. Improved Filters Report to eliminate empty Equip Description fields (updates Below are from 3.1.04g)
  41. Fixed an equipment deletion issue introduced in version 3.1.04d when the new data table was added that increased the size of the Work Order Details field to 64,000 characters (updates Below are from 3.1.04e)
  42. Added a Equipment/Current Driver report that shows you all equipment and which driver is currently assigned. It can be found Reports->All Equipment Reports-Equipment/Current Driver List
  43. Improved the Search by Notes feature so that it will automatically find a word whithin a note not just at the beginning of a note (updates Below are from 3.1.04d )
  44. Expanded Detailed description field in Work Orders from 255 characters to 64,000 characters
  45. RE-Improved Inspections and Permits Due and Past Due report under Reports->More Reports-Equipment when bad data was entered into the 90 day Permit (updates Below are from 3.1.04c )
  46. Added Tool to allow you to edit the names each Tab. You can find it under Tools->Edit Tab Names
  47. Added DELETE button to Equipment Types dropdown maintenance under Forms-Dropdown list Maintenance-Equipment Types. The will alow you to delete a blank or Equipment Type
  48. Improved Inspections and Permits Due and Past Due report under Reports->More Reports-Equipment when bad data was entered into the 90 day Permit (updates Below are from 3.1.04b )
  49. Expanded the size of the part number fields in Parts Inventory and Work Orders. (updates Below are from 3.1.04a )
  50. Minor fixes and added an ALL NEW HELP GUIDE. (updates Below are from 3.1.04 )
  51. Optimized All Equipment Due Next 30 Days report and All Equipment Last/Next Maintenance Reports so that they run faster when user have a large number of mileage/Hours entries for each Equip.(updates Below are from 3.1.03f )
  52. Added ability to use the Parts Vendor as a criteria filter for the Parts Inventory Report and also removed inactive parts from displaying on the same report. (updates Below are from 3.1.03e )
  53. Improved Tires and Wheels report in the Tires and Wheels Tab when the Customer or Dept or Area or Location were not filled in for the equipment then the report would not print (updates Below are from 3.1.03d )
  54. Improved Equipment reports under Reports->More Reports for Inspections due when the Inspections/Permits Fields have not been filled in for all equipment(updates Below are from 3.1.03c )
  55. Improved handling of a cancelation when a a user tries to add new piece of equipment without first opening the tabs(updates Below are from 3.1.03b )
  56. Improved Grand Totals accuracy on some of the Work Order Reports(updates Below are from 3.1.03a )
  57. Altered Fuel Log reports to eliminate divide by zero issue when users don't enter mileage and to display records when mileage is no entered(updates Below are from 3.1.03 )
  58. Improved Work Orders Labor Totals Report so that it totals for each piece of equipment rather than a running total (updates Below are from 3.1.02i )
  59. Improved Fuel Log Reports under Reports->More Reports->Fuel Log to show cost per mile on the All Equipment Grouped by Equipment and All Equipment Grouped by Vendor and also to elimiate cost duplication when an entry had multiple states mileages for an entry. (updates Below are from 3.1.02h )
  60. Added New Report For Work Orders that will allow you to see the total Work Order costs for each piece of equipment for a date range or for all dates without having to see all the Work Order details.(updates Below are from 3.1.02g )
  61. Updated Fuel Log End Date Criteria so that it defaults to date format(updates Below are from 3.1.02f )
  62. Updated Parts Inventory So that it does not default to pounds(updates Below are from 3.1.02e )
  63. Added Utility To Eliminate Duplicate Inspection Items that were created on some systems(Under Tools-Special Utilities-Clean Up Data)
  64. Updated Changing Equipment Types To Insure Non-Duplication Of Inspection Items (updates Below are from 3.1.02 & 3.1.02a & 3.1.02b & 3.1.02c & 3.1.02d)
  65. Updated Quick Find so that it sorts by Sort Order Numbers
  66. Forced sorting by order entry on Global Inspections Maintenance Items List
  67. Added Quick Report Needed Maintenance Repairs to Reports -> All Equipment Reports
  68. Added Work Orders Labor Totals Report All By Equip Num
  69. Fixed Print Button For Inspections On the Reminders Popup Screen so that it does not ask for Equipment Type ID
  70. Re-Enabled orce Update button (updates Below are from 3.1.02 & 3.1.02a & 3.1.02b & 3.1.02c)
  71. Added Lic Place Number and expanded Vin Number and added completed date To Inspection Items Printout
  72. Changed Dates and Currency fields and hard coding so that date and currency formats used on Non-U.S. countries will work properly
  73. Improved Registration Reminders
  74. Added Print Filters List to All Equipment Reports
  75. Added Print These Filters button the Filters Tab
  76. Improved Feedback on update of Global Inspection Items Maintenance
  77. Improved adding first piece of equipment messaging when no number is used. The user will be notified that the program will close

Thanks again for your feedback and suggestions. If you don't see your update request then please be patient because I am working on many requests.

There are many new features and improvements in the pipeline based on customer feedback coming soon.

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Always make sure you make a backup copy of your data before updating.

The data file to backup is called

TATEMS2005be.mdb and is normally located in the:

C:\Program Files\TATEMS 2005


Folder. (It might also be on a network drive if you are networked. You can see the data file you are accessing before you update by clicking on Tools->Networking)

You can just right click on the file and choose copy and then paste it back into the same folder or another folder to create a backup copy.

There is also a backup feature in TATEMS 2005 if you go to File->Backup and Compact Data

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For Users that already have a working copy of TATEMS 2005(not the update link) on your computer
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This is a front end only download about 4 Megs.

This update requires that you have TATEMS 2005(not the update link) installed on your computer.

You can get the 4.0.00XP update here:

WARNING: Do not install this update unless you have made your purchase within the last 12 months or have purchased additional years of support and version upgrades that cover you until 4-30-2007.

http://tatems.com/download/TATEMS2005-4.0.00XP.exe(this is the update link)

Make sure TATEMS is closed and then after downloading the file you can double click it to unzip the files:

into:

C:\Program Files\TATEMS 2005

If you are UPDATING TATEMS on a NETWORK you will need to re-link to the data file after the update by going to

Tools->Networking

If you go to Tools ->Networking before updating you will be able to see where the data file is located. Write down the path and then use that information after the update to re-link to the data file.

NOTE BELOW IS VERY IMPORTANT!!!!

You should always update TATEMS on every workstation on your network, one after another, not at the exact same time... and don't allow any users to use an old version after an update has been done on any workstation on the network. It will cause data to not update properly!!

That's all you need to.

Thanks Again.

Respectfully,

Marc Ready
PCHelp, LTD

P.S. If you need an additional year of support and version upgrades for your TATEMS licenses you can get them here

http://tatems.com/purchase.cfm(not the update link)


posted by Marc Ready @ 8:35 AM(not the update link)    

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