by kathryn@timeclockmts.com | Apr 9, 2009 | New Releases, News
Many apologies for the two releases so close together, but it was critical to release version 2.2.8 due to a hard crash that some users were seeing.
Changes for version 2.2.8:
- Fix to hard crash that some users were seeing. Root cause was the fingerprint scanner support. For the time being fingerprint support has been disabled. It will be re-instated within 24 hours.
Changes for version 2.2.7:
- Added support for logging to an Excel worksheet. This can be enabled by running Time Clock MTS with the command line parameter ExcelDebug
- Fixed a problem where the password was not being reset correctly during the 30 day trial period
- Made various changes to allow easier recovery of forgotten or lost administrator passwords. Lots of users seem to lose them and I want to make sure this isn’t a programming issue with the software.
- Employee image capture can now be setup on a client by client basis. Previously it could only be setup if the administrator PC had a webcam on it.
- Fix to the view information button to require a finger scan when fingerprint security is activated.
by kathryn@timeclockmts.com | Mar 16, 2009 | New Releases, News
New release today that changes the way that Digital Persona Fingerprint scanner support is handled. Previously the install files for the fingerprint scanners were included in the general install file but this had beefed the install file to nearly 11 megabytes. In my opinion this was entirely too large and was probably leading to a lot of failed downloads. The fingerprint scanning feature is excellent but is currently only used by a small number of companies so I’ve decided to make support optional and not make the download excessively large for everyone. So, Time Clock MTS now detects if fingerprint support is installed when you try to access any of the fingerprint features within the software and prompts you to download and install the fingerprint scanner install files. Hopefully this will make things a lot easier for new users of the software and help improve download speeds and success rates.
I’ve been a bit remiss posting entries here when I’ve uploaded new versions lately so I’ll just cover the changes to the last few versions quickly (because they’ve been very minor).
Version 2.2.5
Version 2.2.4
- Fix to problem with adding employees to the database for people who had installed the update file, problem was caused by release of version 2.2.3.
Version 2.2.3
- Reworked all of the code that updated the Time Clock Database when upgrading to a new version of the software. Tested to make sure that MS SQL and MySQL databases were updated properly back from version 1.7.3.
Version 2.2.2
- Fix to minor vacation / sick time rounding problem.
by kathryn@timeclockmts.com | Feb 16, 2009 | New Releases, News
Just a minor release today that includes a few small fixes.
- If fingerprint verification was being used and the first enrolled fingerprint was used to clock in or out the message ‘not verified’ was displayed in error when scanned correctly. This is now fixed.
- Fixed up window sizing of the employee list screen when the maximize window button was clicked.
- Reports exported to TAB delimited files are now with a .txt extension rather than a .csv extension.
- Possible fix to rare occasion where enrolled fingerprints were not saved correctly.
by kathryn@timeclockmts.com | Feb 5, 2009 | New Releases, News
A new version released today. One small fix to stop a constant slow down of the software over time and one major new feature. The major new feature is the integration of Time Clock MTS with a Fingerprint Scanner. This is the last word in employee security and along with the other security features in Time Clock MTS should help you to eliminate buddy punching and payroll fraud completely.
The software will only work with the Digital Persona U.are.U 4000 and 4500 fingerprint scanners. Currently I am not selling the hardware but Digital Persona recommended I use California PC as a supplier for the scanners. The price they offer is good and they should provide you with good after sales service. To get the software running with a Digital Persona scanner try taking a look at the using Time Clock MTS with a fingerprint scanner help topic.
As always please email me if you have any questions or problems.
by kathryn@timeclockmts.com | Jan 21, 2009 | New Releases, News
A quick release today fixing up a couple of problems introduced in the new version yesterday and fixing up another problem with reports that I have been trying to track down for a while.
- Fix to divide by zero error that occurred when running a report that included sick/vacation accrual data. Only occurred when an employee was assigned to a sick or vacation accrual scheme with a zero ‘accrues every time period’ setting.
- Fixed up an error introduced to the calculation of working hours in the last version (did not effect payment amount)
- Fixed up a problem with the ‘always pay salary’ setting that was added in the last version.
