RentPlus

 

What's new in version 1.8?                                 Updated January 2, 2003

 

NOTE: Version 1.8 was released January 2, 2003
 

The RentPlus version 1.8 update is distributed free (on CD) to all customers with current technical support agreements or to customers who have purchased RentPlus or the 1.7 update within the year prior to the release date. Customers who do not qualify for the free update may do so by updating their technical support agreement, or the version 1.8 update may be purchased for $195. Contact HI-TECH customer service (admin@hitechsoftware.com or 800-551-8324) for additional information.

 

Principal New Features and Enhancements

  • Added the Daily Activities folder, which displays icons for the most popular functions. Users can edit and customize the list using a Customize This Folder option.

  • Send a text message daily summary report to your cell phone (SMS messaging).

  • Right-click to filter the Unit Folder list to show only vacant, occupied, or out-of-service units.

  • New Collection Wizard (Tools menu) allows you to add a charge or a print a letter to a selected group of customers

  • Added an option to save a copy of all receipts, billing notices, and late letters so they may be reprinted.

  • Added support for EFProcessing to do Credit Card Processing and ACH (direct deposit) transactions (does not require ICVerify).

  • Added the ability to browse from unit to unit without having to return to the Explorer.

  • Added RentPlus Data Mapping including a menu option in RentPlus to export Mapping data and a menu option (COM+ Add-In) for Microsoft MapPoint that adds a RentPlus Data Mapping Wizard to MapPoint (requires additional module - RentPlus Data Mapping).

  • Added option to the discount plan setup that allows you to specify a discount plan as valid for move-ins only.

  • Added option to attach files such as letters, spreadsheets, and other files to customers' records. You can also attach files to a 'company' list of attached files: a great way to organize form letters, spreadsheets, documents, scanned documents and more.

  • Added a status setting for Reminders.

  • Added an option to the Contract Properties in Customer Properties that allows you to add a recurring discount without having to take a payment.

  • Added a button to the customer screen in Move-In that allows you to add a photo during the move-in process.

  • Enlarged the viewing area for customer photos and retain the original dimensions of the image. A zoom button was added which provides the opportunity to print the image.

  • Option for the cash drawer added to allow the user to specify which payment types the drawer should be opened for.

  • Transfer Unit now has a printout.

  • Reverse Payment has a printout, in addition to a returned check letter, if there is one.

  • Added an option to send statements (billing notice) to selected customers via e-mail.

  • Added an option to set the number of copies to print for statements

  • Added an item to Options to repeat the ending customer ledger balance below the detail display of the ledger on notices.

  • Added progress display to the Move-In Wizard.

  • Walk-in Report added to Reports menu - shows units in walk order for all locations.

  • Added an option to hide the reference number of letters in the Customer Ledger.

  • Added an option to not compute quantity-on-hand when displaying the Products and Services folder.

  • Added an option to print payment coupons (Contract tab in Customer Properties)

  • The bank deposit and business summary reports include details for each credit card type.

  • Added an option to the Payment Wizard screen to set the number of copies to print for a receipt.

  • Added an option to preview receipts on screen. Once on-screen, you can e-mail and/or print the receipt.

  • Added an option to include the current due date and amount on rent increase letters.

  • Added new interactive accounting report, General Ledger Accounts by Customer.

  • Added a count of the number of new prospects to the Business Summary report.

  • Added additional built-in filters for the Mailing Label and Letters Wizard (Reports menu).

  • The Report Wizard has been redesigned to make it easier to use and provide additional information.

  • Added an option to display the specific amount of each type of tax (e.g., state and county, PST and GST) on receipts.

  • Added minimum length settings for login name and password.

  • Added two new reports about Discounts.

  • Added Rent Changes report of rent increases, decreases, and changes to general ledger or tax settings.

  • Added Rent Roll report which shows all units and includes occupancy and account status information for each unit.

  • Added two new detailed occupancy reports - Size Occupancy Statistics and Size Statistics.

  • Tax Invoice by Category report added to Reports menu. Groups tax invoices by general ledger account.

  • Added Unavailable Units report - a report listing only the units that are currently unavailable.     
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Bugs fixed in v1.8   

                                                                                                          
These are bugs that were in earlier versions but have been fixed in v1.8

  • Customer Properties - Invoicing tab:  Displays the tax column with the heading "VAT" - Value Added Tax - instead of using your preferred word for tax as set in Options.

  • Security System Activity Report was not always correctly displaying information.

  • Moveout Wizard - was not properly displaying units to be displayed if the unit size contained decimals and your Windows Regional Settings has a comma as the decimal symbol.

  • Purchase Order printout was not including the shipping charges.

  • The Move-In Wizard was incorrectly prorating certain service type charges.

  • The Prospect Properties form was incorrectly showing an error message when adding or removing telephone numbers (the numbers were added or removed correctly, just the message should not have shown).

  • The Report Wizard displayed an error if either (a) you have a Phone Type with an odd character (such as #) or (b) you have more than 20 phone types. Now allows up to 50 phone types.

  • Reminders for Suppliers were sometimes not attached to the correct supplier.

  • When using the Accrual By Month automatic journal entry, the journal entry was created twice in some circumstances.

  • Customer Data Extract function was not including tax invoice data.

  • In multi-user systems, under certain circumstances, some contracts were being marked as being in use and therefore the daily processor was not adding new charges.  These accounts are now double checked and the user is given the option of clearing the flags.

  • If more than one new unit type was added by the user, the new unit types were grouped together on the Occupancy Statistics report.

  • If you added Insurance to an existing customer that was paid ahead one month only, the insurance charge for that month was not added.

  • The Unit Occupancy Statistics report was corrected to always use the current period's rent for the actual rent. In some instances, it was using the rent scheduled for a future rent increase.