Overview to Changes for the program Technical Inventory
(State: 29. April 2024)
Please note the following instructions during the installation of technical inventory on 64-bit systems.
Below you will find information about changes, as well as the related downloads.
Changes from Version 3.2.8.0 to Version 3.2.8.2:
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Inventory-Mainapplication:
- Bug fix in cost calculation for maintenance contracts for monthly, quarterly, semi-annual and annual periods.
- Correction when printing events (output correct fields/table rows).
- Fixed connection list errors.
- Bug fix when loading the user image.
- Correction when loading/saving the search (printer count).
- The toner levels can now be correctly with header columns copied to the clipboard from the Management -> "List printer toner levels" dialog.
Changes from Version 3.2.7.0 to Version 3.2.8.0:
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Inventory-Mainapplication:
- Fixed bug when deleting departments.
- Fixed bug when updating the table structure when an update was made from an verry old version to the current one and therefore many updates were skipped.
Changes from Version 3.2.6.1 to Version 3.2.7.0:
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Inventory-Mainapplication:
- Fixed an error where, after deleting a room in the room management, the room was still included in the selection dialog for rooms, so that errors occurred when a room with the same floor and room number was entered again, although the room was actually deleted in the database.
- For tools (only for application calls), it can now be specified whether they should be run with a different user account (login dialog appears). With pressed CTRL key, the login dialog can still be forced if the hook is not checked or suppressed if the hook is checked.
- Adjustments to the update check.
- Fixed a bug that prevented the loading of the icons in the hardware lists in certain cases.
- Fixed bug when deleting departments.
- The addition date is no longer displayed twice in the Software Types table.
- Fixed an error where an exception occurred when the PC name for reading the monitor data could not be resolved in DNS.
- The printer name can now be passed to a tool or copied to the clipboard.
- ConstraintException is now handled when loading table data.
- ConstraintException is now handled when loading table data.
Changes from Version 3.2.6 to Version 3.2.6.1:
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Inventory-Mainapplication:
- The personnel number of the user was saved immediately after each change and recorded in the change log. Storage and logging now only takes place when the recording / change of the user is completed.
- Fixed a bug when specifying a user-defined page margin when printing the license report.
- Corrected incorrect signed resources for the English language.
Changes from Version 3.2.5 to Version 3.2.6:
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Inventory-Mainapplication:
- Help for mobile inventory revised
- Maintenance management optimized.
- Optimizations when loading a user (accessrights)
- Contracts can now be assigned to PC extensions. The PCs are also displayed in the search service if only a extension is assigned to a contract, but not the PC itself.
- Added ping of the PC name.
- Fixed bug with AutoId value mapping.
- Adjustments to storage management for Android 10/11. ATTENTION, any existing data changes must be transferred back to the technical inventory before the update. After the update, the settings (IP address) must be made again.
- The name of the incident category is now displayed
- Correction to the text for messages
- Spaces when entering the IP are now filtered out
Changes from Version 3.2.4 to Version 3.2.5:
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Inventory-Mainapplication:
- Fixed a bug where changes to the user were not always correctly saved in the log.
- Corrected creation of inventory lists. The output of the list was not always complete or returned too many results (there were errors, for example, if there were multiple assignments to the same user or room).
- Optimizations when loading a user (rights)
- Fixed a bug where software assigned to the PC could no longer be deleted if the corresponding software type was deleted beforehand (unknown software).
- Optimizations when loading a PC (history, software)
- Optimizations when loading a printer (history)
- Optimizations when loading a printer (history)
- Optimizations when loading a printer (history)
- Optimizations when loading a printer (history)
Changes from Version 3.2.3 to Version 3.2.4:
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Inventory-Mainapplication:
- The size of the hardware- and accessright-list in the user dialog can now be changed by splitter.
- The inventory number for inventory objects and licenses (rights and software) can now be automatically assigned through Technical Inventory. To do this, select in the settings under Others the option “Inventory no. generate automatically" and enter, if necessary, a last inventory number. as format (see help).
- Fixed errors that could occur when adding a print to a consumable material if a printer was previously deleted from that consumable material.
Changes from Version 3.2.2 to Version 3.2.3:
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Inventory-Mainapplication:
- Label printing for individual inventory objects adjusted to the overall pressure in the search service. Fixed bug with single print, where the margin setting was not taken into account.
- Fixed a bug where a user who was restricted to certain departments could create new rooms in the room management that already existed at the same location with the same floor and room number, but were assigned to a department to which the user was not authorized is. Technical Inventory no longer started correctly afterwards.
- Fixed a bug when generating the inventory list, where inventory objects that were only assigned to one room were not displayed if "All" was selected for each selection.
- Fixed a bug where Technical Inventory crashed if you clicked on data dialog-> PC data-> software management in the help under Contents.
- Fixed a bug that sometimes was copied software from the wrong PC during add a new of a PC from an existing PC.
Changes from Version 3.2.1 to Version 3.2.2:
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Inventory-Mainapplication:
- It is now possible to delete old data from users and inventory objects centrally via Extras - Delete old data. The data to be deleted can be filtered by outsourcing date and supplier. The number of data to be deleted is displayed and the type of data to be deleted can be selected. At the end of the deletion, a log is generated as a CSV file.
- In the settings can now be chosen that the inventory date should be updated by the network inventorisation.
- Fixed a bug where the ID of the entry was not displayed in the tables if you hover over it with the mouse (e.g. suppliers).
- If a department was deleted, the reference in rooms was not adjusted and crashes occurred. In affected rooms, now after a department has been deleted, the higher-level department or no department is entered as the owner.
- Correction when reading out single and network inventorisation of PC data with a different identifier.
- Corrected an error that after the network inventorisation, new graphics card types were not displayed in the list in the PC data.
- Corrected an error that after a network inventorisation, new monitor types were not displayed in the list under the monitor data.
- Corrected an error that after a network inventorisation, new printer types were not displayed in the list under the printer data.
Changes from Version 3.2.0 to Version 3.2.1:
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Inventory-Mainapplication:
- Fixed an issue where loading the hardware icons would abort with an error message.
- Fixed a bug where documents could no longer be attached or removed to software licenses.
- Fixed a bug where the checkbox "Select license manually" when adding software to the PC as well as a double-click on a software had no effect.
- Fixed an issue where sending messages on 64-bit Windows now works with the 32-bit version of Technical Inventory.
Changes from Version 3.1.6 to Version 3.2.0:
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Inventory-Mainapplication:
- The Incident-button on user- and room-dialog will now be displayed in red if there is an open event.
- Maintenance and care contracts can now also be registered for PCs, monitors, printers, peripherals and furniture.
- For maintenance and care contracts for hardware types, the assigned hardware is displayed as a list in contract management.
- The date of the regular payment for maintenance contracts is now freely customizable (1st of the month etc.).
- The duration of the maintenance and care contracts for one-off costs can now specified.
- For each single costposition of a maintenance contract, a date can now be specified up to which the costs are incurred.
- The termination dates can now also be specified at the expiration date of the contract (including an extension).
- A person responsible for a maintenance contract can be defined.
- The responsible person receives a warning if the maintenance contract expires or soon will be extended, unless terminated. Individual messages can be hidden for the corresponding date.
- Fixed small issues in the design editor.
- The Incident-button will now be displayed in red, when there is an open incident to the currently displayed PC.
- A maintenance contract can now be assigned to a PCs.
- In the search service, PCs can also be searched by maintenance contracts.
- The Incident-button will now be displayed in red, when there is an open incident to the currently displayed monitor.
- A maintenance contract can now be assigned to a monitor.
- In the search service, monitors can also be searched by maintenance contracts.
- The Incident-button will now be displayed in red, when there is an open incident to the currently displayed printer.
- A maintenance contract can now be assigned to a printer.
- In the search service, printers can also be searched by maintenance contracts.
- The Incident-button will now be displayed in red, when there is an open incident to the currently displayed peripheral.
- A maintenance contract can now be assigned to a peripheral.
- In the search service, peripherals can also be searched by maintenance contracts.
- In the search service, the name for the type, property and other is now displayed according to the setting of the selected periphery type.
- The Incident-button will now be displayed in red, when there is an open incident to the currently displayed furniture.
- A maintenance contract can now be assigned to a furniture.
- In the search service, furnitures can also be searched by maintenance contracts.
Changes from Version 3.1.5 to Version 3.1.6:
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Inventory-Mainapplication:
- Fixed problem with entering new inventoryobjects and simultaneous assignment to another room / user.
- Cost period "unique" added to maintenance contracts.
- In the supplier table, the postalcode is now entered in before the location.
- Fixed an error in exporting the search result, where the data could not be output, if the user had previously changed a column name.
- Fixed print search result, where the data was not displayed in the correct column, if the order of the columns was moved.
- The calendar of a date field is now always on the current date if the date field is empty.
- In the table Software types, the added-date is now displayed so that the table can be sorted afterwards.
- The calendar of a date field is now always on the current date if the date field is empty.
- The calendar of a date field is now always on the current date if the date field is empty.
- The calendar of a date field is now always on the current date if the date field is empty.
- The calendar of a date field is now always on the current date if the date field is empty.
- A database structure check and correction is now possible.
Changes from Version 3.1.4 to Version 3.1.5:
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Inventory-Mainapplication:
- Added dialog for checking and correcting the database structure under Extras.
- Corrected an error that could cause a crash at value queries if the database structure was corrupted.
- Fixed a bug that caused a crash if the data directory was not found and tried to create a directory in the program directory and there are no rights.
- Corrected an error that could cause a crash at value queries if the database structure was corrupted.
- Corrections during software reading. There are now more software products detected.
- Fixed a bug where Technical Inventory hung if the PC was not a member of a domain and a PC name was entered.
- Corrected an error that could cause a crash at value queries if the database structure was corrupted.
- Corrected an error that could cause a crash at value queries if the database structure was corrupted.
- A database structure check and correction is now possible.
- The creation of extended indexes is now possible.
- A database structure check and correction is now possible.
- The creation of extended indexes is now possible.
- The creation of extended indexes is now possible.
Changes from Version 3.1.3 to Version 3.1.4:
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Inventory-Mainapplication:
- In the search service, the last folder in which a search was opened or saved is now called again if a search is to be opened or saved again.
- In the search service, the last folder in which a search result was saved is now called again if a search result is to be saved again.
- The search service now retains the changed order of the columns and the changed column names after a new search.
- When saving a search in the search service, the column order and the column name are now also saved.
- Fixed a bug where additional fields should appear in the search service that are concatenated with "," or ',' (eg Name & "," & Vorname), that were output as two columns instead of one.
- Starting the application will now be prevented if the database version is higher than the database version required by the current application version, so that no inconsistencies occur in the database.
- Added support for queries with JOINs, so the Search service will also see users who do not have this right when you search users with selected email and / or login field.
- Fixed bug with INSERT and DELETE of individual data rows.
- When setting the database connection, the password is now retained.
- Added support for queries with JOINs, so the Search service will also see users who do not have this right when you search users with selected email and / or login field.
Changes from Version 3.1.2 to Version 3.1.3:
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Inventory-Mainapplication:
- After creating the inventory list, it can now be opened directly via an open button.
- Help for settings of labels revised.
- The PC Type field has been renamed to Description and placed under the serial / inventory number in the data-dialog.
- The field Chassis was set under the field Description in the data dialog and the field Hard disk is now behind it.
- Add setting to select what is displayed on the hardware list (processor and memory / description).
- In the inventory list, the description is output for PCs instead of the processor and the enclosure, if the desription was selected in the settings for the PC hardware list.
- Fixed a bug where the data was not displayed correctly when loading a monitor, if a new port was added by other users on the same day.
Changes from Version 3.1.1 to Version 3.1.2:
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Inventory-Mainapplication:
- Port types (screen connections / USB ports, etc.) can be entered in a separate table.
- A contact person can now be registered for access rights.
- Fixed a bug where entries could be deleted from the tables even though inventory objects were still connected to them.
- Fixed a bug where Network Inventory will not show anything in the list of founded inventory items.
- Fixed a bug, where at datatransfere to the mobile inventory could cause the application to crash when all departments were selected.
- Hard disk details can now be captured.
- Network inventory for a single PC will automatically save disk details for disks with a stored serial number. The prerequisite is that the PC operated with the operating system Windows 8/2012 or higher.
- Ports can be entered.
- Extensions and there count can be entered in a list.
- A contact person can now be registered for software types.
- The memory type and the number of modules will now be queried and saved (ex .: "DDR3 1.333 (4x)").
- Correction to the processor query. Results was not always saved.
- Fixed a bug where the network inventory of a single PC did not use the specified credentials.
- Ports can be entered.
Changes from Version 3.1.0 to Version 3.1.1:
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Inventory-Mainapplication:
- In the search service can for all listed users in the search result now be create an e-mail if the e-mail field has been selected.
- Fixed an issue within settings for labels, where an empty barcode selection list was displayed.
- Fixed an error when printing a label from a data dialog, where the set upper margin was ignored.
- Added article in the help for license assignments to departments for access rights and software.
Changes from Version 3.0.27 to Version 3.1.0:
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Inventory-Mainapplication:
- Access rights licenses can now be assigned to a department during the registration. This ensures that a user can only be assigned the access right licenses assigned to his department or a parent department. Access right licenses that are not assigned to any department can still be assigned to all users.
- The right "Send messages" added to the assignable user rights.
- Help added for „Send messages“.
- A new dialog for maintenance contracts is now available via the management menu item. Here, you can for all access rights and software, that required a licens manage the maintenance and care contracts. A corresponding right can be assigned to the user.
- Fixed an error that no license type could be selected when editing an access license directly from the user dialog.
- Some small bug fixes.
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PC-Dataextension:
- Software licenses can now be assigned to a department during the registration. This ensures that a pc's can only be assigned the software licenses assigned to his department or a parent department. The department is derived from the user assignments or from the room allocation. licenses that are not assigned to any department can still be assigned to all pc’s.
- A new dialog for checking all active PCs for which the user is authorized has been added in the management menu. Here the data field "last activity" is updated for all PCs that are reachable via ping (except outsourced).
- The right "Identify active PC's" added to the assignable user rights.
- Fixed a bug that caused a crash at entered a pc name on a fresh installation of Technical Inventory.
- Fixed a bug when a PC should be created from another as a copy and the original PC was not the last one. The editing of the serial number / inventory number was not enabled and there was an error message (double primary key) when saving.
- Fixed an error that the PC name was not generated correctly if the name rule was set (IP to PC name). Instead was a zero entered.
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Monitor-Dataextension:
- Fixed a bug when a monitor should be created from another as a copy and the original monitor was not the last one. The editing of the serial number / inventory number was not enabled and there was an error message (double primary key) when saving.
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Printer-Dataextension:
- Fixed a bug when a printer should be created from another as a copy and the original printer was not the last one. The editing of the serial number / inventory number was not enabled and there was an error message (double primary key) when saving.
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Peripheral-Dataextension:
- Fixed a bug when a peripheral should be created from another as a copy and the original peripheral was not the last one. The editing of the serial number / inventory number was not enabled and there was an error message (double primary key) when saving.
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Furniture-Dataextension:
- Fixed a bug when a furniture should be created from another as a copy and the original furniture was not the last one. The editing of the inventory number was not enabled and there was an error message (double primary key) when saving.
Changes from Version 3.0.26 to Version 3.0.27:
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Inventory-Mainapplication:
- The user rights list for users can now be copied to the clipboard via the context menu.
- The overview in the room management has been improved (display of department and cost positions).
- Fixed an exception that caused at occasional startup of Technical Inventory.
- Fixed an exception when something was printed and no printer was installed.
- Fixed bug that instead of the license group name, only "unknown status" appeared when printing the license evaluation per group.
- Correction in the transmission of the mobile data (better data confinement).
- Some minor improvements.
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PC-Dataextension:
- The change of the unique serial or inventory number is now also possible via the context menu of the text field.
- The list of AD rights can now be copied to the clipboard via the context menu.
- Messages can now be sent to the current PC.
- Messages can be sent to all PCs or PCs in a particular department (including sub-departments).
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Monitor-Dataextension:
- The change of the unique serial or inventory number is now also possible via the context menu of the text field.
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Printer-Dataextension:
- The change of the unique serial or inventory number is now also possible via the context menu of the text field.
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Peripheral-Dataextension:
- The change of the unique serial or inventory number as well as the peripheral-type is now possible via the context menu of the text field.
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Furniture-Dataextension:
- The change of the unique inventory number is now also possible via the context menu of the text field.
Changes from Version 3.0.25 to Version 3.0.26:
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Inventory-Mainapplication:
- When searching for users in the Active Directory with multiple results and existing network login, only the user with the appropriate login will now be used. A selection does not appear here anymore.
- Problem solved, that the listing of the dialogs for "Favorite for" in the Tools-Settings was empty and thus no assignment of the tools to the Data dialogs was possible.
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PC-Dataextension:
- If the PC is assigned to Active Directory groups, these are displayed in the PC dialog under the rights, analogous to the user dialog.
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Inventory Mobil:
- New version of the mobile software solution for Android published on the Google Play Store.
- The categories for incidents are now also transferred to Technical Inventory Mobile.
Changes from Version 3.0.24 to Version 3.0.25:
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Inventory-Mainapplication:
- E-mails (EML and MSG files) can now be dragged directly from the e-mail client to an incident or a user or inventory object via drag & drop. This will link the e-mail to the incident or create a new incident with this e-mail as a document link.
- User data can now be read from the Active Directory for the current user in order to supplement the missing data such as first name, telephone, fax, personnel number, e-mail or network login.
- Fixed a bug where under certain circumstances the list of open incidents was not fully displayed.
- Fixed a bug through that on some systems could not add servers to the list for network check in the settings because the table was not displayed correctly.
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PC-Dataextension:
- Fixed a bug where PC privileges with a underscore (_) were shown in the selection list when adding without underscore, and an exception occurred after selection.
- Correction at takeover from readed network cards.
Changes from Version 3.0.23.2 to Version 3.0.24:
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Inventory-Mainapplication:
- At the tables it is now possible to display the number of linked inventory objects of that type, to thereby remove unused types more easily.
- Error corrected, that by Icondownloads at the tables for each record the login was asked, provided an proxy for the internet has been used.
- If an inventory item is selected (via searchservice or in the datadialog itself), will also be highlighted the appropriate inventory object in the hardware lists of user- and room-dialogue.
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PC-Dataextension:
- Error corrected, that by software-types-summary the wrong software assignments have been deleted.
- Data Field Memorytype from 16 to 32 characters increased.
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Monitor-Dataextension:
- In the table for monitor types now will the number of linked monitors displayed.
- The datafield resolution was been added for monitor types. This is also picked by the networkinventory and can be entered manually in the table for the monitor types.
- Monitors can now be correctly read from PCs with Windows 10.
- Error corrected, that the serial number was written only in the inventory number field, when reading monitors over the network inventory, if the inventory number is set as the primary key.
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Printer-Dataextension:
- In the detail analysis for printer consumables will now also the name of the issuing / recording users be show.
- Error corrected, that the serial number was written only in the inventory number field, when reading printers over the network inventory, if the inventory number is set as the primary key.
Changes from Version 3.0.22 to Version 3.0.23.2:
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Inventory-Mainapplication:
- Open incidents are now marked in red.
- In the supplier-table were increased the fieldlength of telephone and fax from 16 to 30 characters.
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PC-Dataextension:
- Corrections at the reading of the NICs.
- Corrections at reading of software-licenses.
- Design changes in the Search-Service.
- Fixed a bug where in fields cost, MHz, memory size and disk space, the values could not be set to 0 or NULL.
- Corrections to settings for labels.
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Monitor-Dataextension:
- Fixed a bug where the value of the field cost could not be set to 0 or NULL.
- Corrections to settings for labels.
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Printer-Dataextension:
- Fixed a bug where the value of the field cost could not be set to 0 or NULL.
- Corrections to settings for labels.
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Peripheral-Dataextension:
- Fixed a bug where the value of the field cost could not be set to 0 or NULL.
- Corrections to settings for labels.
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Furniture-Dataextension:
- Fixed a bug where in fields cost and count, the values could not be set to 0 or NULL.
- Corrections to settings for labels.
Changes from Version 3.0.21 to Version 3.0.22:
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Inventory-Mainapplication:
- The splash screen is displayed again at the start.
- If to an room over the history "add Hardware to the selected user / room" a new inventory objects have been added, the display was not updated.
- Correction that when creating a new room in the Room-Management the department was not saved. Only at the second call of the room and specify the department it was possible.
- All assigned groups from the Active Directory are now be listed in the user-dialog.
- Incidents can now be marked as "open" and are be assigned to an responsible user.
- There is a new right, with that you controll which users can be also search incidents of other users in the incident-search.
- The incident-search was supplemented by the selection of the responsible person and the status.
- When calling an incident from the incident-search this is directly displayed when its state is "open" and the change mode is set on "immediately".
- Fixed a bug that in change mode "immediately" in case of change of the room or the department, this was not logged in the change log.
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Printer-Dataextension:
- The printer status for printers of the manufacturer Kyocera will now are entirely displayed (multiline output of Kyocera).
- The printer status message can now be selected and copied to the clipboard.
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Peripheral-Dataextension:
- Fixed bug where assigning peripherals to a user or room over the history, context menu "add hardware to the selected user / room" the ID of Peripherieart was not transferred correctly, so that an incorrect assignment was created.
Changes from Version 3.0.20 to Version 3.0.21:
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Inventory-Mainapplication:
- Correction in the permissions dialog. Entering of licensedata for permissions without a license-duty are now no longer possible, since not necessary.
- The incident dialog has been reworked so that linked documents to an incident are be seen already in the main dialog and so they can be called directly.
- Search service results can now be saved in the .xlsx file format.
- The proxy login for the access to the Internet for the upload and download of the icons in the tables and also for the checking of updates for Technical Inventory now can be saved.
- Chanes of the update logic for the version updates to the database.
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Monitor-Dataextension:
- Fixed a bug in the Monitor-query (WMI).
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Printer-Dataextension:
- In the Printerdialog now will be displayed the status of a network printer. Thus, you can seen direct in Technical Inventory whether a printer has paper jam or other problems.
Changes from Version 3.0.19 to Version 3.0.20:
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Inventory-Mainapplication:
- You can now set, whether at program start Technical Inventory automatically checks for a new version (update check - setting are per user).
- For the upload and download of the icons in the tables and also for the checking of updates for Technical Inventory now can be entered the proxy login for the access to the Internet.
- The comments from the access right types are now displayed in the license management of the user-dialogue.
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PC-Dataextension:
- Fixed a bug in the PC-query (WMI), where does not the correct error message came, when the access to the computer was not possible. Instead, an exception has been displayed.
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Monitor-Dataextension:
- Fixed a bug in the Monitor-query (WMI), where does not the correct error message came, when the access to the computer was not possible. Instead, an exception has been displayed.
Changes from Version 3.0.18 to Version 3.0.19:
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Inventory-Mainapplication:
- The window size and the sorting of selection- and data-dialogs has been modified, so that at the first launch of the program on a computer the display and sorting of extensions is optimal.
- The printing of the incidents is now chronologically.
- The network inventory can now be done with a different user account.
- In search service in the tab rights a new checkbox "assigned licenses" has been added. If this is selected, will for each right the number of assigned licenses to the users in the result displayed. It is thus recognizable which users are assigned no licenses, although they have the right.
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PC-Dataextension:
- Minor bug fixes in the update of the software from a pc.
- The readout of the pc-data can now be done with a different user account.
- In search service in the tab software a new checkbox "assigned licenses" has been added. If this is selected, will for each software the number of assigned licenses to the pc in the result displayed. It is thus recognizable which pc‘s are assigned no licenses, although they have installed the software.
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Monitor-Dataextension:
- The readout of the monitor data can now be done with a different user account.
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Printer-Dataextension:
- The readout of the printer data can now be done with a different user account.
Changes from Version 3.0.17 to Version 3.0.18:
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Inventory-Mainapplication:
- Improvement of e-mail creation in case an exemption in the program.
- The output of network inventory has been revised. The query can now be canceled.
- Troubleshooting by printing of labels from the search service. Labels could not be printed, because an exception occurred.
- Troubleshooting the print preview of the search service. The print preview could not be displayed, if no default printer was set. Instead, an exception was thrown.
- Optimization of the general table editing - it has been set the maximum width of a column to 500 pixels, so, for example, to long Comments do not pull apart the dialogue too broad.
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PC-Dataextension:
- Over the network inventory can now also the software be queried. These must be set in 'Reading the software in network inventory' in the setting under the tab 'Others'.
- Date data field for the automatic registration of the last activity of PC (Ping) added.
- Updated by each calling of the PC the date [Aktiv am], if this is pingable.
- Date data field for the automatic registration of the last successful remote data query of the PC added.
- Updated with each successful remote query of the PC the date [RemoteabfrageAm].
- Optimizations of the table-dialog for managing the software types (max. Column width, automatic Adjustment of the dialog width and alignment of the data fields).
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Printer-Dataextension:
- The page number and the level of the black toner will now properly formatted and aligned in the toner levels listing.
- On the toner levels list the age of the printer has been added in years and months.
Changes from Version 3.0.16 to Version 3.0.17:
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Inventory-Mainapplication:
- Fixed a bug that on the printout of the search service result lacked a space by the page number (Page 1 of2).
- When printing from the search service, the column widths are now exactly like they are set in the search service.
- The error message "The Thread was being aborted" now fixed, which where appeared while updating the view by a choosing of a user in the room selection and then changing of the room in the user dialog.
- When creating new rooms during the network inventory the required cost position now will set.
- The dialog AD-settings has been customized so that no control elements are truncated.
- In the department-management is a button for the Apply / Updating the entered data been added.
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PC-Dataextension:
- In the dialogue "Added Software" a hook has been added, so that you may select manually the license for license requiring software.
- In the PC-Dialog the vertical scrollbar came to view, when the comment field contained multiple lines of text. This has now been fixed.
- By the network inventory now are generated a room allocation for new PCs.
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Printer-Dataextension:
- New function for listing the current counter values (pages, toner and other consumables) added. For this, the appropriate authorization must be granted to the user.
- With some printers, the page count could not be read correctly because the wrong data type was used. This error has been corrected.
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Structur-Selectionextension:
- An error in updating the structure selection extension, through which the entire application could hang, has been resolved.
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Room-Selectionextension:
- When a single inventory object by using drag & drop was dragged to a user in the room view, then the assignment was not changed. This is now fixed.
- In the room-selection extension will now the selected user or room are again visible after updating the data.
Changes from Version 3.0.15 to Version 3.0.16:
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Inventory-Mainapplication:
- Fixed bug that the status bar messages was not completely filled, so that the text was cut off.
- In hardware list are several inventory objects can be selected and can be moved together using drag & drop to users and rooms in the selection dialogs.
- Correction in the license evaluation. In certain situations, it could cause the crash of the program.
- If in the license evaluation a column was pulled small (to zero) then you could not enlarge them.
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PC-Dataextension:
- If You want an existing inventory object copy and it is not the last associated inventory object, so not this but the last inventory object has been copied. This error is fixed now.
- Fixed a bug, where the single values in the IP address field slipped up, if You goes with the cursor keys before or back.
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Monitor-Dataextension:
- If You want an existing inventory object copy and it is not the last associated inventory object, so not this but the last inventory object has been copied. This error is fixed now.
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Printer-Dataextension:
- If You want an existing inventory object copy and it is not the last associated inventory object, so not this but the last inventory object has been copied. This error is fixed now.
- Fixed a bug, where the single values in the IP address field slipped up, if You goes with the cursor keys before or back.
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Peripheral-Dataextension:
- If You want an existing inventory object copy and it is not the last associated inventory object, so not this but the last inventory object has been copied. This error is fixed now.
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Furniture-Dataextension:
- If You want an existing inventory object copy and it is not the last associated inventory object, so not this but the last inventory object has been copied. This error is fixed now.
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TAPI-Toolextension:
- For incoming calls with a preliminary zero, the preliminary zero is now also used for callback.
Changes from Version 3.0.14 to Version 3.0.15:
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Inventory-Mainapplication:
- The User- and Room-dialogue was supplemented by a vertical scroll bar.
- It is now possible to install Technical Inventory as a pure 32-bit application. This has the advantage, that for 64-bit PCs no specific Access database driver must be installed.
- Is in the room view a user, then the room of the user and now again a user in this room be selected, so the user's data were not displayed. This error has been fixed.
- At room management was not clear, if a room was assigned not to a cost position. Therefore, there is now in the list of cost positions a item "no cost position", but to save a change of a room, is still a cost position to be selected (required).
- Fixed a bug, that an incomplete change of a room was stored, when closing inventory(a room is changed, in the status bar appears an error on incomplete information, inventory is closed).
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PC-Dataextension:
- The PC dialogue was supplemented by a vertical scroll bar.
- If the User History of the PC had many entries, the dialogue was long drawn, and possibly you could not reach the software and rights. The height of the user history has now been limited.
- By dragging an inventory object to another room, can now also be selected, whether all users assignments should to be removed.
- Inventory number, inventory date and Label Printing date is now in the Data-dialog at the same place like for all others.
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Monitor-Dataextension:
- By dragging an inventory object to another room, can now also be selected, whether all users assignments should to be removed.
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Printer-Dataextension:
- By dragging an inventory object to another room, can now also be selected, whether all users assignments should to be removed.
- The warning for printer consumables managers will appear again on startup, when the warning threshold is exceeded.
- Fixed a bug, that the datatable version is saved in the wrong format and thus updates were not performed correctly.
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Peripheral-Dataextension:
- By dragging an inventory object to another room, can now also be selected, whether all users assignments should to be removed.
- Fixed a bug, that the datatable version is saved in the wrong format and thus updates were not performed correctly.
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Furniture-Dataextension:
- Fixed a bug, that the program is hanging up, when is searching for furniture by using the quick search or the search service.
- By dragging an inventory object to another room, can now also be selected, whether all users assignments should to be removed.
- Fixed a bug, that furniture data can be edited, even though no furniture is loaded.
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Im- und Export-Toolextension for SAP Dresden:
- When exporting has been added a limitation for rooms (for example. "4*" for all rooms in the 4th floor).
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Inventory mobil:
- Is now available for inventory as Android version (beta).
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Access-Dataprovider-Extension:
- Improving the connection to the database when using 32bit and 64bit systems.
Changes from Version 3.0.13 to Version 3.0.14:
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Inventory-Mainapplication:
- It can now be manually checked for new updates for Technical Inventory (Extras -> Search Update).
- Correction, where in change mode "immediate" by a Reacquisition / change of a user the changelog entry per character was filled (name, first name, telephone, etc.). The changelog is now only updated, when another user is selected or you exit the program.
- Added field for an external supplier-ID to the suppliers, which is for the import and export interface using.
- Fixed a bug, that the label settings are not displayed correctly when a second time you go to the settings.
- Fixed bug, where the password was not detected after a change of a user in the settings.
- Im- und Export-Extension to SAP (Landeshauptstadt Dresden) available.
- Fixed a bug that if no cost position was assigned to the room and a cost position has now been assigned, the status did not change and thus further processing was not possible.
- Fixed a bug that was not assigned a cost position to the sample room at a reinstalling.
- The change of name of a department appeared partially only after reboot or manual update in the tree view. This is now updated immediately.
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PC-Dataextension:
- Optimization of the position of the old inventory number and selectability of this allows.
- Call of suppliers with existing TAPI extension allows.
- Correction of the faulty status message at new recording of a PC, when no supplier and delivery date was given.
- Fixed a bug that PC data were editable, although no PC is loaded.
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Monitor-Dataextension:
- Optimization of the position of the old inventory number and selectability of this allows.
- Call of suppliers with existing TAPI extension allows.
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Printer-Dataextension:
- Optimization of the position of the old inventory number and selectability of this allows.
- The warning to the person responsible for printer consumables will appear at the start, when the warning threshold is reached and not, as previously, below is.
- Call of suppliers with existing TAPI extension allows.
- Printer consumables can now be disabled in the administration (marked as no longer used).
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Peripheral-Dataextension:
- Optimization of the position of the old inventory number and selectability of this allows.
- Call of suppliers with existing TAPI extension allows.
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Furniture-Dataextension:
- Optimization of the position of the old inventory number and selectability of this allows.
- Call of suppliers with existing TAPI extension allows.
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TAPI-Toolextension:
- Setting extended to determine the possibility, when an entry from the call list will be deleted (ever / by selection / by call / by selection and call).
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Inventory mobil:
- The Inventory no-old will now be considered, when scanning or entering.
Changes from Version 3.0.12 to Version 3.0.13:
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Inventory-Mainapplication:
- Implementation of an import and export interface for all data extensions for custom programming a corresponding extension for data exchange with third party applications / databases.
- Enhanced caller list to call time and a callback function.
- Caller list shows now the last ten calls.
- Calls from users via the TAPI interface now possible (User dialog).
- Help page can now be printed.
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PC-Dataextension:
- Importinterface implemented.
- Exportinterface implemented.
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Monitor-Dataextension:
- "Inventory no-old" add as a field for all inventory objects (preparation for import interface, when changing the inventory number).
- "Inventory no-old" can are found over search / Quick search.
- Importinterface implemented.
- Exportinterface implemented.
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Printer-Dataextension:
- "Inventory no-old" add as a field for all inventory objects (preparation for import interface, when changing the inventory number).
- "Inventory no-old" can are found over search / Quick search.
- Importinterface implemented.
- Exportinterface implemented.
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Peripheral-Dataextension:
- "Inventory no-old" add as a field for all inventory objects (preparation for import interface, when changing the inventory number).
- "Inventory no-old" can are found over search / Quick search.
- Importinterface implemented.
- Exportinterface implemented.
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Furniture-Dataextension:
- "Inventory no-old" add as a field for all inventory objects (preparation for import interface, when changing the inventory number).
- "Inventory no-old" can are found over search / Quick search.
- Importinterface implemented.
- Exportinterface implemented.
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Tapi-Toolextension:
- Calls over this extension now possible.
- Setting an internal code allows (will not be dialed by a call).
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SAP-Dresden Im- and Exportextension:
- Im- and Export of CSV- and TXT-files from SAP are possible.
- Integrated import and export protocols.
Changes from Version 3.0.11.2 to Version 3.0.12:
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General changes:
- Implementation of an import and export interface (Import currently PC only) for the individual programming a corresponding extension for data exchange with third party applications / databases.
- Correction of navigation in menus, where with the arrow keys it was unable to navigate through the separators.
- Fix for the new creation from inventory object as a copy. Although no serial or inventory number was specified, a copy could be created (PC / Monitor / Printer / Peripheral / Furniture).
- When several inventory objects as copy are new created and the last new recording is canceled, the number of Associated inventory objects is not increased, so that it looked as if all inventory objects have been rejected / deleted. This error has been fixed.
- Fixed a bug that the help of the TAPI extension was not displayed.
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PC-Dataextension:
- "Inventory no-old" add as a field for all inventory objects (preparation for import interface, when changing the inventory number).
- "Inventory no-old" can are found over search / Quick search.
- Fixed a bug, that no license was assignable, when the PC was not accessable over a ping.
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Peripheral-Dataextension:
- Fixed a bug that when you update the periphery-typelist Technical Inventory crashed.
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Furniture-Dataextension:
- The field number in furniture was added again.
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Room-Selectionextension:
- Fixed a bug that when a user in the room view is moved to another room, the view was not updated. Also no dialog for the selection of assets, which also will be moved in the new room, was displayed.
Changes from Version 3.0.10.2 to Version 3.0.11.2:
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General changes:
- Error corrected that in the user's rights dialogue license data could not be edited.
- If from the TAPI expansion a call with a telephone number is transferred, which is assigned to multiple users, now a selectionlist of users, which can be opened, will be displayed.
- If in the search-service wrong inputs to lead to a defective execution of the query, the error is now displayed, instead of this to be noted only in the log file.
- Fixed a bug, where the program can crash, if you double click on an entry in the help at the content or index.
- By license counting in the license evaluation for access licenses, an error has been corrected. When deleting users, the license allocation was not removed correctly.
- Fixed a bug, that basic settings, such as the update method were not loaded.
- Code optimizations
Changes from Version 3.0.10.1 to Version 3.0.10.2:
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General changes:
- Correction of the Error, where basic data like the Updatemethod were not loaded.
- Code optimizations
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Monitor-Dataextension:
- Correction in the Resouces.
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Printer-Dataextension:
- Fixed a failure. If you manage only one stock for printer consumables, then by adding a new consumption to a printer no consumption was found.
Changes from Version 3.0.9 to Version 3.0.10.1:
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General changes:
- When entering new tools the icon can now be assigned immediately.
- In the Icon-assignment also icons from application files can now (* exe) are extracted.
- When changing the room of a user, will be the inventory objects now transferred to the new room on demand.
- The data field for department name was increased from 32 to 128 characters.
- In the quick search now can also be searched for PC- and printer-name.
- When installing, the specified data directory is reduced if space were included. This bug has now been fixed.
- Debug mode added (DB-SQL accesses are documented in the log file) - activatable in the config file.
- Code optimizations
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All Dataextensions:
- When the room of a monitor, printer, peripherals or furniture from a selected room was changed, the display was not updated correctly. This is now corrected.
- In the room-history of the respective inventory objects will be now also the serial- and inventory-number displayed.
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User-Dataextension:
- When entering new access-rights-licenses, the general comment is not by "Save" be taken over. This failure has now been corrected.
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PC-Dataextension:
- Software, which is not to be allocated, is now grayed out in the Search Service.
- In PC-data reading now also the data field pc-case is read (works mainly with laptops and other mobile devices).
- The data field for pc-case was increased from 16 to 32 characters.
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Printer-Dataextension:
- Fixed a failure. If you manage only one stock for printer consumables, then by adding a new consumption to a printer no consumption was found.
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New Extension:
- New extension for the integration from telephones (TAPI extension) is are available. By this can automatically by incomming or accepted calls in the Technical Inventory the user are opened.
Changes from Version 3.0.8 to Version 3.0.9:
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General changes:
- When you select an inventory object in the lists of the user- or room-dialoges, the position in the corresponding data dialogue on this inventory object will now also set, so that usable tools access data of this inventory object.
- The license number as well as the comments for the license are now displayed in the access rights of the user dialog with.
- Allows integration of forms for users in the user dialog with transfer of user data for mail merge.
- The Incident-window can within active processing will no longer be closed, to ensure the correct completion of the entry.
- Correction of the Printout of a Protocol for mobile inventory.
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Monitor-Extension:
- Correction in readout of the serial number of monitors from the manufacturer Acer.
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Printer-Extension:
- New Setting added, so that in spite of several locations only one stock for printer consumables is managed.
- Correction in the evaluation and detailed evaluation to printer consumables (Date From/To will now used correctly without time reference).
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Access-Dataprovider-Extension:
- Correction for queries with conditions on date / time in Access-Dataprovider.
Changes from Version 3.0.7 to Version 3.0.8:
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General changes:
- Error correction in the transmission of icons from the table dialogues.
- Correction that the Title field is not disabled in the user dialog at startup.
- Correction in the display of a selected room from the favorites.
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Selectionextensions (Structur and Room):
- Deleted or disabled users are now better in the selection dialog by using italics recognizable.
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Monitor-Extension:
- Fixed a bug in the monitor module, through which a data transmission to mobile inventory has not been possible.
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Printer-Extension:
- When entries of a new consumption, the selection list is no longer displayed when only one consumable is available. This consumption material will be immediately registered as consumption.
- The printer name is displayed in the printer list on the user- and room-dialog. If also be specified the server name within the printer name, then will the server name not be showed in the printer name in the list. The server name must be separated by a backslash from the following printer names.
Changes from Version 3.0.6 to Version 3.0.7:
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General changes:
- An favorites-list of the last 20 displayed inventory items/users/rooms is be placed in the toolbar. So you can quickly jump between this objects.
- In the incident-search can with a double click on a result entry now be jumped to the corresponding inventory object. The search result remains even after closing the dialog.
- Using the keyboard shortcut CTRL + I can now the incident-search be opened.
- Improvements in exception handling.
- Fixed some issues.
Changes from Version 3.0.5.1 to Version 3.0.6:
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General changes:
- When the application starts appears now a so-called SplashScreen, to inform the user, that the program will started. Because in certain situations (extensive database updates or network restrictions) of the start process takes a little longer, inventory was started more than once by the user. Some updates could by this be fail.
- When editing an access-right-license in the access rights management the button "Documents" shows now the number of attached documents.
- In the first capture of rights licenses, the price of the right will now already been filled with the value from the appropriate tables.
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PC-Extension:
- When editing an software-license in the software management the button "Documents" shows now the number of attached documents.
- In the first capture of software licenses, the price of the right will now already been filled with the value from the appropriate tables.
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Printer-Extension:
- A new right "Manage page counts" has been added for setting up users.
- To Printer dialog, the fields "Meter reading" and "Date of Meter reading" (read-only) and a button "Update meter reading" were added.
- The readed meter readings will all saved in the table for consumption, so can be researched, how the consumption has evolved.
- To the search service dialog for Printers, a hook for Meter reading and Meter reading date is added.
- To the management-menu a dialog has been added for reading the meter readings of all network printers. All Meter readings of printers to which the user has rights (subject to the limitation on location / department and sub-department) and which are reachable are updated.
Changes from Version 3.0.4 to Version 3.0.5.1:
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General changes:
- English language support added. The application will automatically on operating systems that do not operate with a German language, executed in English. A manual switching to a language is also possible.
- Inventory can now also automatically check for updates at startup and when available inform the user.
- Error messages can now be sent out by E-Mail from the program for a better support.
- Correction of the displaying of the currency symbol. The correct currency symbol will now again be displayed in the access-rights- and software-management and also in the license-evaluation.
- Correction in the capturing of a group of access rights licenses, where the license- or registration-number is a pure number and has more than 9 digits. License groups could not be created.
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PC-Extension:
- Correction of setting the MAC- and IP-Address when reading PC data.
- Correction in the capturing of a group of software licenses, where the license- or registration-number is a pure number and has more than 9 digits. License groups could not be created.
