by Mark Nemtsas | Nov 10, 2012 | New Releases, News
This is the final entry about the release of version 4 of our Time Clock Software. This entry will cover the bugs that were found and squashed for this release.
- Employees no longer receive credit for public holidays before their hire date. Problem only happened if a report was run for a period before the employee hire date.
- The Edit Employee / Edit Times double click popup window now only pops up when the administrator is logged into the admin software. Would popup in the client software and not take the administrator anywhere.
- The Time Clock MTS window can now (finally) be re-sized properly.
- Fixed a situation where the Time Clock MTS process could still be running even though the program had been exited.
- When the number of employee licenses is exceeded the software now takes users to the correct URL to buy an employee database expansion.
- Fixed a fairly obscure error in overtime calculations where the OT2 rate was not applied correctly when an employee exceeded the weekly overtime limit on the seventh day of a week.
- Fixed some problems with various numeric fields on the Employee Maintenance screen .
- Ran and tested the software at a Windows DPI setting of 125% and fixed up several labels and captions that were not displaying correctly. The background images on the Splash screen and Help->About Time Clock MTS screen now display correctly at 125% DPI.
- The employee comment box no longer insists on an employee comment when employee comments are optional.
- Fixed up connection time calculation problems on the Tools->Manage Connections screen.
- Fixed up an issue with the First Run screen not functioning correctly after a user had viewed the in-program tutorial.
- Fixed a problem with the Insert Missing Punch screen. The screen threw an error if the job associated with the inserted time had been deleted.
- Fixed a problem with the Edit Time screen. The screen displayed the wrong job if the job associated with the time originally had been deleted.
- Fixed a problem with time validation when using the SQL Server backend.
That concludes the entries about the release of Time Clock MTS Version 4. In the coming days and weeks we’ll be posting up a series of Time Clock MTS How To articles covering (funnily enough) how to do things with the new features of the software. Stay tuned.
by Mark Nemtsas | Nov 10, 2012 | New Releases, News
This second blog entry about the release of Time Clock MTS Version 4 will cover the minor tweaks and improvements that we included in the timeclock software. In most cases you probably won’t notice a lot of these changes but it’s worth listing them off anyway.
- The Display Settings screen has been re-laid out.
- The Interface Settings screen has been re-designed and laid out differently.
- The control used for several different lists in the software has been changed to a new one. Should help improve the memory usage and performance of the software.
- The sort order of times on the Edit Times screen is now remembered.
- The Edit Times screen now displays the weekday name alongside of times.
- The Help menu now includes a link to take users directly to our Contact Us page.
- Some changes made to the Internet time servers, including getting rid of a couple of dead servers and replacing them with servers that work. When checking a custom time server on the Security Options screen a more sensible error is now displayed when no actual server details are entered.
- A few reports have been re-named for reasons of consistency. This includes changing the the Employee Notes report to the Employee Comments Report and the Detailed Punchcard Report with Full Notes to the Detailed Punchcard Report with Full Comments.
- The Time Log screen has been renamed to the Time Audit Log screen, as have all associated settings and help files.
- Various parts of the program code have had extra debugging added to them or have been optimized heavily to reduce database load and program speed. The primary areas of improvement were time validity checking and the license registration system.
- The Registration Key structure has been changed. Keys from earlier versions will no longer work in Version 4. Those eligible will receive a free upgrade to the new version.
- The Registration screen has been improved with the addition of better labels, better popup tool tips, and better data-typing.
- Cleaned up the first run experience for users. This includes better management of what windows they’ll see and allowing them to configure a few basic program settings (such as overtime and employee PIN entry) when they first run Time Clock MTS.
- The Log File now has a limit of 5000 entries,
I’ll post up the final entry covering the latest release of Time Clock MTS shortly. This will cover the bug fixes included in the new version.
Read Time Clock MTS Version 4.0.1 Released Part 3
by kathryn@timeclockmts.com | Oct 26, 2012 | News
Well, as they say, “resistance is futile”! We’ve given in and finally created a Facebook page for Time Clock MTS. This page will cover all our other products and may also include interesting tips and tricks that we come up with over time. So, if you’re a happy Time Clock MTS user why not head on over and like our shiny new Facebook page! Feel free to post on it and ask any questions you might have too!
by kathryn@timeclockmts.com | Oct 11, 2012 | News
There’s a couple of news items for today. Firstly, we’ve just posted up a nice new testimonial over on the Time Clock Software User Reviews page. Secondly, we’ve been compiling a list of features, enhancements, and fixes to be included in Version 4 of Time Clock MTS. We’re getting pretty close to finalizing this and starting development of this major release. The release is expected in the next 4 weeks or so. Stay tuned for more news about this release here as I’ll try to add more information as work progresses on the release.
by Mark Nemtsas | Aug 20, 2012 | News
As I mentioned in a recent post on this blog Time Clock MTS is designed to be simple to use and setup. However, it contains a range of features and settings “under the hood” that allows it to be configured to suit businesses with more complex needs. It’s interesting that these sorts of features, such as biometric employee tracking, payroll calculations, and attendance tracking are also the same sort of features that are required of time clock software in the Philippines. You can even setup the software to display in Philipino, Spanish or any other language or dialect you prefer.
A recent article on the Philippine Star website discusses a group of innovative businesses who reached the finals of a “start-up tech search and business plan competition”. It’s interesting that one of these finalists has developed a time and attendance solution whose key innovations are primarily the same as those that Time Clock MTS has been offering for quite a while. Given this it’s no real surprise that there’s already more than 50 companies using Time Clock MTS in the Philippines! So, if you’re in the Philippines and you’re looking for time clock software why not give the free 30 day trial a work-out?
by kathryn@timeclockmts.com | Jul 31, 2012 | New Releases, News
Time Clock MTS Version 3.3.8 has just been uploaded. This new version of our job tracking software contains a number of enhancements, a few bug fixes and a new report. Here’s a detailed list of the changes.
- While logged in as the administrator when using the Time Clock MTS administrator software you can now double click on an employee name and choose to either edit the employee or the employee’s times.
- Times on the edit time screen can now be sorted by date/time by clicking on either the date or time column headers.
- A Cancel button has been added to the Enter Note screen. Allows the clock in/out to be cancelled at the enter note stage.
- Added the Long Punch Report.
- Better messages are now displayed if an employee has compulsory job tracking turned on and is trying to clock in with no jobs defined.
- Changed the default payroll report for new users to the Punchcard Report.
- Fixed a layout problem on the Time Breakdown Report
- Fixed a logic error when using the keypad interface with employees who had the Employee PIN option active and compulsory job tracking active.
