Rather than wait for the next update of Virtual TimeClock, one more beta has been squeezed in to test five significant enhancements:
1. Time card reporting has been enhanced,
2. Time and date calculations are now completely year 2000 compliant,
3. Time and date formatting is fully localized for international users,
4. Program menus have been integrated and simplified,
5. Auto totaling time cards on the fly is now a user selectable option.
Specific changes to the b7 beta can be found in the version history below. Please see the revised user documentation for the full functionality of this release of Virtual TimeClock.
The final 1.8 version will immediately follow the testing of this b7 release - hopefully within a week to 10 days. Therefore, I am very interested in reports of errors, glitches, or interface irregularities ASAP!
Keith DeLong
kdelong@lightspeed.net
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Version History
Virtual TimeClock 1.8
02/10/98
1.8b7 Added on the fly switching between several time card files
(Use the 'Select Time Card File' in the File menu)
Improved/Additional Reporting features
Updated layout of all time card reports
Added time card summary report (registered version only)
Allows for printing 1 card per page or continuous (registered version only)
Modified the time card report dialog and preferences dialogs
Improved/Simplified menu commands
'Admin' functionality merged into File & Edit menus
Command-T moves user between time clock and time cards
Command-H Totals hours on a time card
All dates and time functions are now fully Year 2000 compliant.
All Dates/Times are now localized rather than using the US date defaults.
Payroll period date entry is more flexible - all valid dates now accepted.
Fixed calculation error (as of 1.8b4) when clocking out after midnight.
Fixed an error when using color card files with the Black & White program.
Fixed an error in the registration window of the Black & White program.
Fixed a bug that often caused a lost program path at launch.
Added a simple dialog to confirm printing of a single time card.
Created a Preference for auto calculating current time card hour totals
Updated the serial number dialog to include the registered company name.
Numerous cosmetic fixes when running with older (larger) system fonts.
Removed debugging code from time card files (50% smaller).
01/22/98
1.8b6 Runs under Mac OS 8.1.
Improved time card file handling for better network support.
Fixed routine for cases where the time card file is not found.
Fixed an error in deleting time card data from a single time card.
Fixed a cosmetic error in manually clearing total hours from time cards.
Included this "What's New?" readme.
Cleaned up and revised the user documentation.
Enabled keyboard arrow keys on registration screen.
Encrypted all passwords.
Made the use of the administrative password optional
Using 'none' for admin password disables admin password checking
Added a preferences file and dialog to facilitate numerous user settings
Added option to calculate hours to the minute or in quarter hour increments.
Made daily and weekly overtime calculations optional
Added ability to set daily overtime hours threshold
Added ability to set weekly overtime hours threshold
Added password protection of time clock optional
Add password protection of time cards optional
12/31/97
1.8b5 Changed program name to Virtual TimeClock
Updated internal code to reflect name change
Improved support for importing of timecard files (for upgrades)
PowerPC code removed from the 68K version (reducing app size by 1MB)
