Release Notes
Product Updates
New updates and improvements
6.3.4.1
T20250730.0008
🐛 Bug Fix Printing
When using template printing (Document Register) to XML/Crystal Reports, the field names could not exceed 20 characters. This has been increased to 100 to allow for new tokens. E.g. Contract Extra Information Questions.T20250730.0002
🐛 Bug Fix Contracts
🐛 Bug Fix Printing
When using template printing (Document Register) to XML/Crystal Reports, the field names could not exceed 20 characters. This has been increased to 100 to allow for new tokens. E.g. Contract Extra Information Questions.T20250730.0002
🐛 Bug Fix Contracts
Contracts > Enquiries > Contract
Resolved “bad digit encountered” exception6.3.3.7
T20250725.0011
🚨 Breaking Change System
In V6.3, new logic for handling keyboard shortcuts in .Net screens has been introduced. The “Delete” shortcut key has been changed to CTRL+DeleteT20250725.0010
🛠 Improvement Accounts Payable
Updated Accounts Payable Vendor Contact Enquiry screen with the following changes:
🐛 Bug Fix Interface
🛠 Improvement Estimating
The “User” grid filter in the Estimating Console will now function correctly if “Use ODBC” is enabled.
🚨 Breaking Change System
In V6.3, new logic for handling keyboard shortcuts in .Net screens has been introduced. The “Delete” shortcut key has been changed to CTRL+DeleteT20250725.0010
🛠 Improvement Accounts Payable
Updated Accounts Payable Vendor Contact Enquiry screen with the following changes:
- Reinstate F5 Edit Button in locked mode.
- Update F5 Edit screen to lock fields in locked mode.
- Fix right click copy not loading field value.
🐛 Bug Fix Interface
- From new .Net grids, it is possible to attempt to display a 2nd Modal MessageBox when the 1st is still open, causing a “Recursive XCALL” exception.
- In this scenario, subsequent MessageBoxes will now be displayed as a notification instead.
🛠 Improvement Estimating
The “User” grid filter in the Estimating Console will now function correctly if “Use ODBC” is enabled.
6.3.3.6
T20250724.0004
🚨 Breaking Change Accounts Payable
🐛 Bug Fix Interface
🐛 Bug Fix 🚨 Breaking Change Contracts
🐛 Bug Fix Invoicing
🚨 Breaking Change Accounts Payable
Accounts Payable > Transactions > Invoices
- Improved logic when editing Invoices from the View screen.
- Note: We are considering disabiling (C)hange mode in the View screen, or requiring Unprotected Edit Mode in AP Setup due to complicated timing of On Hold Status checks.
🐛 Bug Fix Interface
- Attempt to resolve an exception that can appear randomly when clicking buttons in .Net screens.
- The message contains “ThrottleDebounce.RateLimiter” which is a common technique for preventing double-clicks from triggering 2 updates.
- This particular ticket relates to Saving Dashboards from the Designer.
🐛 Bug Fix 🚨 Breaking Change Contracts
- A change added in 6.1.10.03 forced Contract Checklist Questions (Answer Type “Q”) to be “Y” if the Question was Required.
- This change has been reverted.
- Questions (Answer Type “Q”) that must be “Checked” (“Y” Value) will now need the “Required” field set to “C”
🐛 Bug Fix Invoicing
Console > Contracts > Billing
- Resolved issue where the “Paid” label was being displayed without applying correct business logic.
6.3.3.5
T20250722.0013
🐛 Bug Fix Contracts
🐛 Bug Fix Accounts Payable
Resolved possible “Argument Missing” exception during AP Posting. This related to a check for GST Imbalances.T20250714.0002
🐛 Bug Fix Estimating
The Estimating Console and Job Console will now correctly load the Production Estimator initials.
🐛 Bug Fix Contracts
- Contract Maintenance > Events
- Restored logic for “Set Contract Due Date” option that was added to V5 but missing from V6.
🐛 Bug Fix Accounts Payable
Resolved possible “Argument Missing” exception during AP Posting. This related to a check for GST Imbalances.T20250714.0002
🐛 Bug Fix Estimating
The Estimating Console and Job Console will now correctly load the Production Estimator initials.
6.3.3.4
T20250716.0010
🐛 Bug Fix Miscellaneous Interface
🐛 Bug Fix Contracts
Updated the Get User Contract List routine used by BC Mobile with the following changes:
🐛 Bug Fix Colour Selections
Resolved issue in the Job Information Quantity and Unit Cost textboxes. When typing, unintended updates were being triggered.
🐛 Bug Fix Miscellaneous Interface
- Miscellaneous > Users > User Names
- A recent change in 6.3.03.02 had introduced a possible Grid refresh on keyboard focus. This change caused issues editing User Categories. This refresh check has been removed.
🐛 Bug Fix Contracts
Updated the Get User Contract List routine used by BC Mobile with the following changes:
- Prevent including the same contract more than once in the list.
- User Event activity code now supports specifying a comma delimited list of activity codes.
- A new “QBCGO_ALL_CONTRACTS” registry entry has been added to allow bypassing the User/management table to get the contract list in BC Mobile when set to “Y”
🐛 Bug Fix Colour Selections
Resolved issue in the Job Information Quantity and Unit Cost textboxes. When typing, unintended updates were being triggered.
6.3.3.3
T20250714.0008
🐛 Bug Fix Console
Restored a refresh in Console Child views which had been removed as part of V6.3 optimisations. This will fix an issue that was discovered when updating quantities in Estimating Bill lines.T20250711.0008
🛠 Improvement Purchase Orders
Contract Finalisation > Outstanding Purchase OrdersIn V6, the “Write-Off Amount” was updated so only Issued PO’s allowed entry into this field.An environment variable BSN_CLSPO_WRITEOFF,Y has been introduced to restore V5 logic. Adding this will allow all PO’s, except Closed, to update the “Write-Off Amount”.T20250711.0004
🐛 Bug Fix Colour Selections
Resolved issue in the Job Information > New Question panel, where selecting a Category was not refreshing the question list.
🐛 Bug Fix Console
Restored a refresh in Console Child views which had been removed as part of V6.3 optimisations. This will fix an issue that was discovered when updating quantities in Estimating Bill lines.T20250711.0008
🛠 Improvement Purchase Orders
Contract Finalisation > Outstanding Purchase OrdersIn V6, the “Write-Off Amount” was updated so only Issued PO’s allowed entry into this field.An environment variable BSN_CLSPO_WRITEOFF,Y has been introduced to restore V5 logic. Adding this will allow all PO’s, except Closed, to update the “Write-Off Amount”.T20250711.0004
🐛 Bug Fix Colour Selections
Resolved issue in the Job Information > New Question panel, where selecting a Category was not refreshing the question list.
6.3.3.2
T20250710.0015
🐛 Bug Fix Purchase Orders
Resolved issue during Purchase Order Generate that would display “Exception: Argument Missing”T20250707.0002
🐛 Bug Fix Interface
Resolved issue where child grid views (E.g. Estimating > Cost Centres > Bills) could attempt to save a new record with a blank key value. Child grid views will now ensure the key is updated from the parent view if blank.T20250627.0012
🐛 Bug Fix Job Costing Report Viewer
Have resolved the issue with the Job Costin > Cost Explosion Report - XML based reports not creating the report output. The issue was with the WK_LAST_INV field not being output with the correct type and Crystal would not process the file.T20250627.0008
🐛 Bug Fix Payroll
During STP Submission, some error messages were not being displayed correctly. The message “Object reference not set to an instance of an object” has been fixed to display the true message.T20250626.0014
🚨 Breaking Change Console
Console > Right Click Tab > Show In Window. This legacy feature has been deprecated. Displaying the same grids in multiple windows is unsafe. An alternative option to open console views in a new window will be considered in the roadmap.T20250618.0008
🐛 Bug Fix Estimating
Resolved issue where the Job Section data table (mainly used for showing .Net grids) could throw a divide by zero error for totals less than 1.00, however no error message was displayed. This has been fixed and the error handling has been improved.T20250515.0007
🐛 Bug Fix Estimating
Console > Production Estimating > Supplier Assignments. The functionality for the “Reprice Cost Centre” was not being called. This has been resolved.
🐛 Bug Fix Purchase Orders
Resolved issue during Purchase Order Generate that would display “Exception: Argument Missing”T20250707.0002
🐛 Bug Fix Interface
Resolved issue where child grid views (E.g. Estimating > Cost Centres > Bills) could attempt to save a new record with a blank key value. Child grid views will now ensure the key is updated from the parent view if blank.T20250627.0012
🐛 Bug Fix Job Costing Report Viewer
Have resolved the issue with the Job Costin > Cost Explosion Report - XML based reports not creating the report output. The issue was with the WK_LAST_INV field not being output with the correct type and Crystal would not process the file.T20250627.0008
🐛 Bug Fix Payroll
During STP Submission, some error messages were not being displayed correctly. The message “Object reference not set to an instance of an object” has been fixed to display the true message.T20250626.0014
🚨 Breaking Change Console
Console > Right Click Tab > Show In Window. This legacy feature has been deprecated. Displaying the same grids in multiple windows is unsafe. An alternative option to open console views in a new window will be considered in the roadmap.T20250618.0008
🐛 Bug Fix Estimating
Resolved issue where the Job Section data table (mainly used for showing .Net grids) could throw a divide by zero error for totals less than 1.00, however no error message was displayed. This has been fixed and the error handling has been improved.T20250515.0007
🐛 Bug Fix Estimating
Console > Production Estimating > Supplier Assignments. The functionality for the “Reprice Cost Centre” was not being called. This has been resolved.
6.3.3.1
T20250625.0005
✨ New Feature Documents
A Default Privacy Code has been added the Document Register Types Table. This will be used when adding/Importing Contract Documents to set its privacy code (CLW_PRIVACY).T20250623.0007
🐛 Bug Fix Report Viewer
Resolved issue with deserialization of custom DevExpress reports.T20250623.0001
🐛 Bug Fix Purchase Orders
An issue was disovered in the Purchase Order Copy routine for Non-Job Purchase Orders. This has been resolved.T20250613.0015
🛠 Improvement Console Contracts
Contracts Console > Open in New Tab. A change was added to V6.0 to refresh the Activities grid when updating Event Notes. This has been removed to improve performance.T20250603.0005
🐛 Bug Fix Accounts Receivable
Have resolved the issue with the Invoicing/Accounts Receivable > Credit Note posting process where it was not ageing the credit note correctly.T20250513.0006
🛠 Improvement Accounts Payable
The Accounts Payable Invoice processing process has been modified to ensure Invoices that use “GST by Line ” Are correctly distributed before they are allowed to be posted.The following modifications have been made:A new Summary view has been added which will be displayed when the user attempts to exit the Invoice and the Amounts have not been distributed correctly.A new GST Adjustment default tolerance has been added to ensure incorrect GST Adjustment amounts are created for incorrectly distributed Invoices.The Invoice import process will ensure the Invoice is put on Hold if not correctly distributedThe Invoice entry screen will check the GST distribution when attempt to take invoice off hold.The posting routine has new checks to ensure the Invoice is correctly distributed.T20250509.0006
✨ New Feature Security
Added Approval Limits as a child view to the File > Security Setup > Groups > Menus view.T20250423.0007
🐛 Bug Fix Cashbook
Resolved issue with the Banking Console Undo Match function.T20250207.0009.001
✨ New Feature Payroll
ATO Tax Tables have been updated for the 2025–26 income year.T20250206.0002
🐛 Bug Fix Interface
Removed low level calls to Begin/End update in DevExpress DataGrids. We believe this will resolve an issue where the grid does not behave correctly (such as losing the ability to horizontally scroll). The update calls can be restored with an environment variable BSN_DXLOADEVENTS,Y
✨ New Feature Documents
A Default Privacy Code has been added the Document Register Types Table. This will be used when adding/Importing Contract Documents to set its privacy code (CLW_PRIVACY).T20250623.0007
🐛 Bug Fix Report Viewer
Resolved issue with deserialization of custom DevExpress reports.T20250623.0001
🐛 Bug Fix Purchase Orders
An issue was disovered in the Purchase Order Copy routine for Non-Job Purchase Orders. This has been resolved.T20250613.0015
🛠 Improvement Console Contracts
Contracts Console > Open in New Tab. A change was added to V6.0 to refresh the Activities grid when updating Event Notes. This has been removed to improve performance.T20250603.0005
🐛 Bug Fix Accounts Receivable
Have resolved the issue with the Invoicing/Accounts Receivable > Credit Note posting process where it was not ageing the credit note correctly.T20250513.0006
🛠 Improvement Accounts Payable
The Accounts Payable Invoice processing process has been modified to ensure Invoices that use “GST by Line ” Are correctly distributed before they are allowed to be posted.The following modifications have been made:A new Summary view has been added which will be displayed when the user attempts to exit the Invoice and the Amounts have not been distributed correctly.A new GST Adjustment default tolerance has been added to ensure incorrect GST Adjustment amounts are created for incorrectly distributed Invoices.The Invoice import process will ensure the Invoice is put on Hold if not correctly distributedThe Invoice entry screen will check the GST distribution when attempt to take invoice off hold.The posting routine has new checks to ensure the Invoice is correctly distributed.T20250509.0006
✨ New Feature Security
Added Approval Limits as a child view to the File > Security Setup > Groups > Menus view.T20250423.0007
🐛 Bug Fix Cashbook
Resolved issue with the Banking Console Undo Match function.T20250207.0009.001
✨ New Feature Payroll
ATO Tax Tables have been updated for the 2025–26 income year.T20250206.0002
🐛 Bug Fix Interface
Removed low level calls to Begin/End update in DevExpress DataGrids. We believe this will resolve an issue where the grid does not behave correctly (such as losing the ability to horizontally scroll). The update calls can be restored with an environment variable BSN_DXLOADEVENTS,Y
6.3.2
T20250624.0004
🐛 Bug Fix Printing
Fixed an issue that would cause an out of memory error when printing a crystal report via a remote procedure.T20250620.0006
🐛 Bug Fix Contracts
Fixed channel has not been open issue in Weblib which was preventing BC Online from saving edits to the Contract header.T20250213.0016
🛠 Improvement Job Costing
Updated Job Update remote procedure to update the Area Code on the Job (JSM_AREA) when updating the District code on the Contract(CO_DISTRICT). This can be disabled by setting the new BSN_JC_ALLOW_AREAUPD registry entry to “N”.T20250603.0004
🛠 Improvement Job Costing
Added active flag to Job Information Default Selections table.T20250530.0009
✨ New Feature Importing
Updated the XML Import routine.
🐛 Bug Fix System
Discovered an issue where some BusinessCraft grids (mostly in Console) were not releasing their connection to the main database file. Over time, if the number of connections exceeded 999, the application would crash. This issue was introduced in April 2025 (2 months ago) and has now been resolved.T20250521.0016
🐛 Bug Fix Estimating Printing
Fixed script error when printing from Console > Job Costing > Quote> Headings > Print button.T20250521.0005
🐛 Bug Fix Documents
Fixed Document Register Types > F7 Documents screen not populating the key correctly when saving records.T20250519.0008
🛠 Improvement Interface
Added Save Layout button to the Contract Important Documents Popup.T20250519.0006
🐛 Bug Fix Interface
Fixed an issue where a users shortcut settings could be deleted upon logging into BusinessCraft.
🐛 Bug Fix Printing
Fixed an issue that would cause an out of memory error when printing a crystal report via a remote procedure.T20250620.0006
🐛 Bug Fix Contracts
Fixed channel has not been open issue in Weblib which was preventing BC Online from saving edits to the Contract header.T20250213.0016
🛠 Improvement Job Costing
Updated Job Update remote procedure to update the Area Code on the Job (JSM_AREA) when updating the District code on the Contract(CO_DISTRICT). This can be disabled by setting the new BSN_JC_ALLOW_AREAUPD registry entry to “N”.T20250603.0004
🛠 Improvement Job Costing
Added active flag to Job Information Default Selections table.T20250530.0009
✨ New Feature Importing
Updated the XML Import routine.
- Added CONLIN_D buffer
- Added new co_integ_check=“Y” attribute to enable running the Contract Integrity check for each CONHDRA record processed. Note the Contract integrity check report will be added to Saved Reports, 1 for each contract.
- Added new BSN_IMP_ALLBUFFERS registry entry to enable importing buffers that haven’t been specifically added to the XML import.
🐛 Bug Fix System
Discovered an issue where some BusinessCraft grids (mostly in Console) were not releasing their connection to the main database file. Over time, if the number of connections exceeded 999, the application would crash. This issue was introduced in April 2025 (2 months ago) and has now been resolved.T20250521.0016
🐛 Bug Fix Estimating Printing
Fixed script error when printing from Console > Job Costing > Quote> Headings > Print button.T20250521.0005
🐛 Bug Fix Documents
Fixed Document Register Types > F7 Documents screen not populating the key correctly when saving records.T20250519.0008
🛠 Improvement Interface
Added Save Layout button to the Contract Important Documents Popup.T20250519.0006
🐛 Bug Fix Interface
Fixed an issue where a users shortcut settings could be deleted upon logging into BusinessCraft.
6.3.1
T20241115.0012
✨ New Feature Estimating Bill of Materials
Production Estimating Console > Sections > Generate BOQ. Added the ability to “Replace” or “Append” items to an existing Bill.T20230809.0008
✨ New Feature Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous > Users > User Names Added new button “Cross Company Sync” which will allow users to be created/details to be updates across BusinessCraft databases.T20250310.0007
🛠 Improvement Console Estimating
Sales Estimating Consoles - Added “Supplier Code” to the available columns to be selected in “Show Column Chooser”. This column is the Supplier Part Number from the Inventory record.T20250228.0019
🛠 Improvement Estimating
Production Estimating Console > Reprice. Added the ability to select multiple sections when performing a Reprice.T20250422.0001
🐛 Bug Fix Console
Console Modules which do not have child views are designed to “Open Classic” by default when double-clicking a record. This functionality was broken in the 6.3 release but has now been resolved.T20250409.0011
🐛 Bug Fix Accounts Receivable
Sales Entry - The F10 lookup in the “Apply To” field has been fixed.T20250403.0007
🐛 Bug Fix Order Entry
Resolved issue in Order Entry > Maintain > Orders screen where the “Override Allowed?” setting was not functioning correctly.T20250401.0015
🐛 Bug Fix Miscellaneous
Resolved issue where a few fields in classic screens were not performing the correct validation logic when exiting the field.T20250401.0014
🎨 Style Interface
Added the ability to disable .Net In-Grid editing.
🐛 Bug Fix Console
Resolved issue where some Console grid views may not finish loading all records. A child view could sometimes interrupt the records being loaded in the main view.T20250328.0004
✨ New Feature Contracts Documents
Enhanced the new field set “DOCREG_BTN:” which allows the Contract Activities to display a button to access the document register for the Contract. This field can now append a document type to the end to have that view filter to just that document type. E.g. DOCREG_BTN:NOTES will display just the lines with a document type of NOTES.T20250326.0007
✨ New Feature Estimating
Sales Estimating > Line Item Detail Added the ability to default focus to the Margin % textbox when prompting. Requires environment variable JCSE_MGN_FOCUS=YT20250324.0011
🐛 Bug Fix Purchase Orders
Have resolved the issue with the Cost Centre > Project PO Generate where selecting a Job was displaying an empty edit window.T20250324.0009
🐛 Bug Fix Exporting Contracts
Have resolved the issue with the Contract Report Writer output to SQL Server option where it was not including the columns specified in the report.T20250324.0007
✨ New Feature Contracts
The Contract Field Set field COEV_WDUR has a new option “C” added where it will use the Actual Date on the Event and if it is not registered will use the Current Date. eg COEV_WDUR:01000A:02000CT20250321.0008
🛠 Improvement Printing Contracts
Added following field to be output on the Service Request Sheet Print. ENOTES - Employee Notes VNOTES - Vendor Notes RNOTES - Person Responsible NotesT20250320.0008
🐛 Bug Fix Estimating
Fixed issue with Estimating Job Section Copy dialog reverting the value entered into the source or destination Job Number fields when pressing tab rather than pressing F10.T20250314.0022
🚨 Breaking Change System
♻️ Refactoring System
BusinessCraft 6 introduced the first major refactor of low level Synergy DBL source code. Extensive refactoring has continued in 6.3, introducing a new core library “BsnCraft.elb” for the current Windows Application. The source code for this core library is cross-platform and compiles in both Traditional Synergy and Synergy.Net. The core Synergy.Net library will be used for future native .Net applications.T20250314.0007
🎨 Style Interface
The BusinessCraft version number will now be displayed in the bottom status bar of the desktop.T20250313.0002
🚨 Breaking Change Interface
BusinessCraft v5 and v6.1 uses the WebBrowser WPF control to display HTML in various windows and dialogs. This control uses outdated Internet Explorer libraries. All WebBrowser controls have been replaced with the WebView2 WPF control, which is built on top of Edge libraries. Some servers may need to install a new runtime to support WebView2. There is an environment variable to switch back to WebBrowser if there are any issues with WebView2.T20250312.0007
🐛 Bug Fix Importing Purchase Orders
Added new po_skip_check attribute to JCLINEP XML import to allow skipping PO validation check when importing JCLINEP records.T20250312.0005
🛠 Improvement Importing
Updated the Table Import tool to support the BMSPEC_Y table.T20250312.0004
🛠 Improvement Colour Selections
The Job Information (Colours) module has been modified to now load the Supplier Code from the User Tables 1 2 and 3. This Suppliers Code will now be included in the dataset for the Job Information Print as “AnswerSupplierCode” on the Job Information Questions Table.T20250312.0003
♻️ Refactoring Colour Selections
The source code for Job Information (Colour Selections module) has been heavily refactored to improve the development and delivery for future versions. These changes should not affect logic.T20250311.0013
⚡️ Performance Console
Added the ability to close the following desktop views:
🚨 Breaking Change System
The shortcut to disable the save layout setting has been changed from the CTRL key to the CTRL+SHIFT key. This is to allow key shortcuts that include the CTRL key to not affect the layout when showing new screens.T20250310.0009
🛠 Improvement Estimating Interface
The Console Sales Estimate Heading Grid has been modified to show the Following Columns ‘Heading Sale’ Total (exclusive of GST Amount) ‘GST Amount’ Total GST of Heading
’Heading Total’ Total (Inclusive of GST Amount)
‘Sale Amount’ Either ‘Heading Sale’ if ‘GST Inc?’ = “N” or ‘Heading Total’ if ‘GST Inc?’ = “Y”T20250307.0014
🐛 Bug Fix Console
Update Customer Satisfaction Table and Contract Event Table lookups to filter inactive entries.T20250307.0009
🛠 Improvement Job Costing
When “Use Sub-Classifications?” is enabled, pressing the Tab key in “Job Class.” field will now enter the “Sub-Classification” field.T20250306.0011
🐛 Bug Fix Estimating
Updated Classic Sales Estimating Detail Lines screen to populate the Extra Description field (JSEC_EDESC) from the Item Extra description.T20250305.0001
✨ New Feature Inventory
Added the Ability to load the Inventory Finder with new Column “Has Supp Rate” this can be enabled from the Supplier Rates Panel by selecting “Load Grid”. Added Ability to filter the grid to only show Items that have a Supplier Rate by selecting new “Filter Grid” checkbox.T20250304.0007
📚 Documentation Payroll
Update Payroll Termination Lump Sum E field help to remove reference to $1200 threshold to reflect changes to ATO legislation coming into effect July 2025.T20250227.0011
🛠 Improvement Importing
Updated the Table Import tool to support the CONTBLJ table.T20250226.0009
🐛 Bug Fix Contracts
Fix project variation event registration not updating the issued flag on the variation when the “Variation Issued” event is registered and the “Register Across Projects” flag is set to “Y”.T20250225.0010
🐛 Bug Fix Accounts Payable
Update Vendor Enquiry Contacts screen to prevent editing unless “Allow Edit Contacts” extended access level has been configured.T20250225.0004
✨ New Feature Contracts Documents
Document Types > Merge Format “V” Email Message Sent. There has been significant enhancements to sending email via Contract Documents. The document type now allows F5 Edit File to setup a template, including tokens and system formulas. When adding these new email contract documents, the template will populate the new email dialog. Fields can be locked with additional setup.T20250221.0017
🐛 Bug Fix Contracts
Fix event register from events tab in the Contracts console and activities console not creating an audit history record.T20250221.0012
🐛 Bug Fix Purchase Orders
Update Purchase Orders Lines Item Spec copy routine to increase number of spec records copied from 99 to 999 records.T20250221.0002
🛠 Improvement Interface Security
Improve Two Factor Authentication Code entry behavior.T20250220.0012
✨ New Feature Inventory
A new flag “Override Price Method” on the Inventory master file. This will allow Items to use either the cutting list lines or the quantity of the Bill line. This is for Items with a Price method of L, A, V or Q. The Q method has also been change to allow entering cutting lists lines with quantity only.T20250220.0010
🎨 Style Interface
The Date textboxes have been modified to use the same calendar control as the one shown in the classic screens. This will support navigating the calendar control using the keyboard.T20250211.0012
🐛 Bug Fix System
Have resolved the issue with the Field Auditing screen/report for Date fields where is was displaying the date in the incorrect format.T20250210.0002
🛠 Improvement Interface
The loading of Lookup field descriptions has been improved in new .Net screens. In later versions 6.1, descriptions were not not being populated on the initial load. This has also been fixed.T20250207.0003
🐛 Bug Fix Payroll
Resolved possible Bad Digit Encountered error when entering Allowance/Deduction on Timesheet LineT20250206.0010
✨ New Feature Estimating
A new flag has been added to the Job Costing setup > Page 2 : “Use Vendor Supplier Codes?” If this is set to “Y” when Items are added to the Production Estimate Bill lines the Supplier Code field will be loaded in the following order:
✨ New Feature General Ledger
The FIXGL routine has been modified to use new grid to display/edit the Period transactions.T20250205.0011
🐛 Bug Fix Estimating
Have resolved the issue with the console - Paragraph Lines where the Lock/ Unlock button was not working and the Add button was disabled if on a locked paragraph.T20250204.0012
The Cutting list lines in the Estimating Console has had a number of improvements. Added Inline grid Editing Added Quick Add button (CTRL + pLUS) Changed Icon for the Quick Entry command Change the Check for when the Cutting lists are allowed to be entered to when the user changes the item code on the bill line. Ensure the correct fields are locked based on Price Method for the item. Fixed issue with the inline editing where if the user move up and down while editing the wrong row was being updated with the valued entered.T20250203.0016
🐛 Bug Fix Inventory
Have resolved the issue with the F10 Inventory finder where the Supplier Rates panel was only allow two digits to be entered in the quantity field.T20250203.0014
🛠 Improvement Estimating Importing
The Estimate Import has been modified to allow the Status field on the Bill lines (JSK_STATUS) to be imported. “&STS” will need to be added to the JCSPEC.IMP file.T20250203.0005
🐛 Bug Fix Security
Update the Security Users screen to prevent being able to change or reset the password of the SUPERVISOR user if one exists. A warning is displayed telling the user to use the Supervisor Options screen instead.T20250203.0004
🐛 Bug Fix Contracts
Have resolved the issue with the Contract Maintenance screen where the Integrity check that is ran when changing the Operating Centre field, was getting “No Matches for search criteria”T20250131.0012
✨ New Feature Contracts Documents
A new field has been added to the field sets. DOCREG_BTN this will add a button to the Activites grid allow the user to open the Document lines window for that contract.T20250129.0013
🐛 Bug Fix Importing
Have resolved the issue with the Import Definition Edit screen where a field that was missing a description was causing and exception to occur when applying changes.T20250129.0009
🐛 Bug Fix Contracts
Fixed issue in the Sales Group/Workflow Viewer where adding a new dependency using the connector tool was not loading the new record in the edit panel.T20250129.0009
🐛 Bug Fix Contracts
Fixed issue in the Sales Group/Workflow Viewer where adding a new dependency using the connector tool was not loading the new record in the edit panel.T20250129.0006
🛠 Improvement Estimating
The Copy To/Form has been added to the Console > Sales Estimate Paragraph Lines.T20250129.0002
🐛 Bug Fix Inventory
Fix Serial Tracking lookup issues.
🛠 Improvement Estimating Interface
The Console > Sales Estimate Paragraph lines has had the “Sub Total?” field added to the grid and edit form.T20250128.0014
✨ New Feature Colour Selections
The Job Info synchronisation (JOBINFOSYNC) has been modified to support the following tables “BMSPECF” - Job Information Default Header “BMSPECG” - Job Information Default lines “BMSPEC_R” - Job Info Groups “BMSPEC_S”- Job Info Categories “BMSPEC_T”- Job Info Cat LinesAlso added the specifications for the following tables Stock Attribute Table 1 Stock Attribute Table 2 Stock Attribute Table 3 Job Information Question NotesT20250120.0005
🛠 Improvement Job Costing
The following fields have been changed on the Job Costing and Estimating Console Catalogs to use the fields from the JCSPECM buffer. ‘Prod Est’ - JSM_PRODEST
’Design Ass’ - JSM_DAEST ‘Quote Est’ - JSM_QUOTEEST
’Sales Est’ - JSM_ESTCODET20250115.0011
🛠 Improvement Contracts
Updated the Contract Creation Wizard to preload the Contract Details Page using the standard Contract defaults routine.T20241210.0010
🛠 Improvement Interface Purchase Orders
The Unissued Purchase Order screen has been updated to include additional fields on the order lines view.T20241025.0012
🎨 Style Interface
Tidied up the Advance G/L Period informational prompt. Increased the default height of informational windows due to extra spacing in V6.T20241024.0004
🛠 Improvement Security
The Security Users maintenance screen has been modified to now have a search panel to allow the grid to be filtered include “Active Only”.T20241011.0010
🛠 Improvement Accounts Receivable
The purge of AR Open Adjustment transactions has been modified to check the balance of a Document Number instead of by Customer to ensure the Adjustment transactions are removed and not kept due to new Adjustment records keeping the customer with a non zero balance.T20240927.0010
🛠 Improvement Cashbook
The Banking Console - Add Bank Statement popup has been modified to only allow dates within the specified Start - End Date of the Bank Statement.T20240731.0019
✨ New Feature System
Debugging in BusinessCraft will now output to the special folder: AppData\BusinessCraft\Logs. When stopping, the log file will automatically be zipped and copied to the DEBUG environment variable. Clicking on the notification message will now open Windows Explorer at that location.T20240621.0011
✨ New Feature Payroll
Added new “Require Department” flag to the Payroll setup page 3 > Timesheets to prevent saving a blank department code on Timesheet lines.T20240520.0006
🛠 Improvement Accounts Payable
Remove extra error messages after the Credit Request Report has finished printing when creating Credit Requests from Back Charges.T20240516.0003
✨ New Feature Accounts Payable
The Accounts Payable > Credit Request Acceptance screen has been modified to have an F10 Calculator on the PO, ETS and GL Amount fields so that the user can enter the Inclusive of GST Amount and back calculate the GST, this is to help cases where GST rounding causing the screen not to accept correct amounts.T20240319.0013
✨ New Feature Documents
The Contract Document Register lines has been the following modifications: Add extra protection around the add function to disable any call from attempting to move the current record. A quick add button has been added to prompt for a Document type and and the line. The grid will now allow in grid editing. Added new function to add a document to existing line. Added new shortcut keys for notes and new Add DocumentT20231208.0015
🛠 Improvement Contracts
Contract Checklists have been updated to include Notes and Documents button on questions with Q answer type.T20231206.0112
🛠 Improvement Accounts Payable
Accounts Payable > Transactions > Invoice Entry > F8 Documents. Updated the Document Date field to default to the Invoice Date when attaching a new document to an AP invoice.T20231115.0010
🐛 Bug Fix Job Costing
Remove F7 Copy button from the Detailed Estimates Multi Currency Screen.T20220709.0015
🐛 Bug Fix Inventory
Inventory Posting Routine has been fixed to use the Stock on Hand Account for the Location when the Accounts on Locations setting is set to Y.
✨ New Feature Estimating Bill of Materials
Production Estimating Console > Sections > Generate BOQ. Added the ability to “Replace” or “Append” items to an existing Bill.T20230809.0008
✨ New Feature Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous > Users > User Names Added new button “Cross Company Sync” which will allow users to be created/details to be updates across BusinessCraft databases.T20250310.0007
🛠 Improvement Console Estimating
Sales Estimating Consoles - Added “Supplier Code” to the available columns to be selected in “Show Column Chooser”. This column is the Supplier Part Number from the Inventory record.T20250228.0019
🛠 Improvement Estimating
Production Estimating Console > Reprice. Added the ability to select multiple sections when performing a Reprice.T20250422.0001
🐛 Bug Fix Console
Console Modules which do not have child views are designed to “Open Classic” by default when double-clicking a record. This functionality was broken in the 6.3 release but has now been resolved.T20250409.0011
🐛 Bug Fix Accounts Receivable
Sales Entry - The F10 lookup in the “Apply To” field has been fixed.T20250403.0007
🐛 Bug Fix Order Entry
Resolved issue in Order Entry > Maintain > Orders screen where the “Override Allowed?” setting was not functioning correctly.T20250401.0015
🐛 Bug Fix Miscellaneous
Resolved issue where a few fields in classic screens were not performing the correct validation logic when exiting the field.T20250401.0014
🎨 Style Interface
Added the ability to disable .Net In-Grid editing.
- Environment variable QNO_GRID_EDIT,Y will disable all grids.
- QNO_PEGRID_EDIT,Y will disable Production Estimating only.
- QNO_SEGRID_EDIT,Y will disable Sales Estimating only.
🐛 Bug Fix Console
Resolved issue where some Console grid views may not finish loading all records. A child view could sometimes interrupt the records being loaded in the main view.T20250328.0004
✨ New Feature Contracts Documents
Enhanced the new field set “DOCREG_BTN:” which allows the Contract Activities to display a button to access the document register for the Contract. This field can now append a document type to the end to have that view filter to just that document type. E.g. DOCREG_BTN:NOTES will display just the lines with a document type of NOTES.T20250326.0007
✨ New Feature Estimating
Sales Estimating > Line Item Detail Added the ability to default focus to the Margin % textbox when prompting. Requires environment variable JCSE_MGN_FOCUS=YT20250324.0011
🐛 Bug Fix Purchase Orders
Have resolved the issue with the Cost Centre > Project PO Generate where selecting a Job was displaying an empty edit window.T20250324.0009
🐛 Bug Fix Exporting Contracts
Have resolved the issue with the Contract Report Writer output to SQL Server option where it was not including the columns specified in the report.T20250324.0007
✨ New Feature Contracts
The Contract Field Set field COEV_WDUR has a new option “C” added where it will use the Actual Date on the Event and if it is not registered will use the Current Date. eg COEV_WDUR:01000A:02000CT20250321.0008
🛠 Improvement Printing Contracts
Added following field to be output on the Service Request Sheet Print. ENOTES - Employee Notes VNOTES - Vendor Notes RNOTES - Person Responsible NotesT20250320.0008
🐛 Bug Fix Estimating
Fixed issue with Estimating Job Section Copy dialog reverting the value entered into the source or destination Job Number fields when pressing tab rather than pressing F10.T20250314.0022
🚨 Breaking Change System
- Reinstate BusinessCraft’s inline SQL replication.
- The ActiveX control that was removed in v6 has been replaced with a .NET alternative.
- Note: this is a temporary change. Inline SQL will be depreciated in Version 6.5
♻️ Refactoring System
BusinessCraft 6 introduced the first major refactor of low level Synergy DBL source code. Extensive refactoring has continued in 6.3, introducing a new core library “BsnCraft.elb” for the current Windows Application. The source code for this core library is cross-platform and compiles in both Traditional Synergy and Synergy.Net. The core Synergy.Net library will be used for future native .Net applications.T20250314.0007
🎨 Style Interface
The BusinessCraft version number will now be displayed in the bottom status bar of the desktop.T20250313.0002
🚨 Breaking Change Interface
BusinessCraft v5 and v6.1 uses the WebBrowser WPF control to display HTML in various windows and dialogs. This control uses outdated Internet Explorer libraries. All WebBrowser controls have been replaced with the WebView2 WPF control, which is built on top of Edge libraries. Some servers may need to install a new runtime to support WebView2. There is an environment variable to switch back to WebBrowser if there are any issues with WebView2.T20250312.0007
🐛 Bug Fix Importing Purchase Orders
Added new po_skip_check attribute to JCLINEP XML import to allow skipping PO validation check when importing JCLINEP records.T20250312.0005
🛠 Improvement Importing
Updated the Table Import tool to support the BMSPEC_Y table.T20250312.0004
🛠 Improvement Colour Selections
The Job Information (Colours) module has been modified to now load the Supplier Code from the User Tables 1 2 and 3. This Suppliers Code will now be included in the dataset for the Job Information Print as “AnswerSupplierCode” on the Job Information Questions Table.T20250312.0003
♻️ Refactoring Colour Selections
The source code for Job Information (Colour Selections module) has been heavily refactored to improve the development and delivery for future versions. These changes should not affect logic.T20250311.0013
⚡️ Performance Console
Added the ability to close the following desktop views:
- Console
- Reports
- Dashboards
🚨 Breaking Change System
The shortcut to disable the save layout setting has been changed from the CTRL key to the CTRL+SHIFT key. This is to allow key shortcuts that include the CTRL key to not affect the layout when showing new screens.T20250310.0009
🛠 Improvement Estimating Interface
The Console Sales Estimate Heading Grid has been modified to show the Following Columns ‘Heading Sale’ Total (exclusive of GST Amount) ‘GST Amount’ Total GST of Heading
’Heading Total’ Total (Inclusive of GST Amount)
‘Sale Amount’ Either ‘Heading Sale’ if ‘GST Inc?’ = “N” or ‘Heading Total’ if ‘GST Inc?’ = “Y”T20250307.0014
🐛 Bug Fix Console
Update Customer Satisfaction Table and Contract Event Table lookups to filter inactive entries.T20250307.0009
🛠 Improvement Job Costing
When “Use Sub-Classifications?” is enabled, pressing the Tab key in “Job Class.” field will now enter the “Sub-Classification” field.T20250306.0011
🐛 Bug Fix Estimating
Updated Classic Sales Estimating Detail Lines screen to populate the Extra Description field (JSEC_EDESC) from the Item Extra description.T20250305.0001
✨ New Feature Inventory
Added the Ability to load the Inventory Finder with new Column “Has Supp Rate” this can be enabled from the Supplier Rates Panel by selecting “Load Grid”. Added Ability to filter the grid to only show Items that have a Supplier Rate by selecting new “Filter Grid” checkbox.T20250304.0007
📚 Documentation Payroll
Update Payroll Termination Lump Sum E field help to remove reference to $1200 threshold to reflect changes to ATO legislation coming into effect July 2025.T20250227.0011
🛠 Improvement Importing
Updated the Table Import tool to support the CONTBLJ table.T20250226.0009
🐛 Bug Fix Contracts
Fix project variation event registration not updating the issued flag on the variation when the “Variation Issued” event is registered and the “Register Across Projects” flag is set to “Y”.T20250225.0010
🐛 Bug Fix Accounts Payable
Update Vendor Enquiry Contacts screen to prevent editing unless “Allow Edit Contacts” extended access level has been configured.T20250225.0004
✨ New Feature Contracts Documents
Document Types > Merge Format “V” Email Message Sent. There has been significant enhancements to sending email via Contract Documents. The document type now allows F5 Edit File to setup a template, including tokens and system formulas. When adding these new email contract documents, the template will populate the new email dialog. Fields can be locked with additional setup.T20250221.0017
🐛 Bug Fix Contracts
Fix event register from events tab in the Contracts console and activities console not creating an audit history record.T20250221.0012
🐛 Bug Fix Purchase Orders
Update Purchase Orders Lines Item Spec copy routine to increase number of spec records copied from 99 to 999 records.T20250221.0002
🛠 Improvement Interface Security
Improve Two Factor Authentication Code entry behavior.T20250220.0012
✨ New Feature Inventory
A new flag “Override Price Method” on the Inventory master file. This will allow Items to use either the cutting list lines or the quantity of the Bill line. This is for Items with a Price method of L, A, V or Q. The Q method has also been change to allow entering cutting lists lines with quantity only.T20250220.0010
🎨 Style Interface
The Date textboxes have been modified to use the same calendar control as the one shown in the classic screens. This will support navigating the calendar control using the keyboard.T20250211.0012
🐛 Bug Fix System
Have resolved the issue with the Field Auditing screen/report for Date fields where is was displaying the date in the incorrect format.T20250210.0002
🛠 Improvement Interface
The loading of Lookup field descriptions has been improved in new .Net screens. In later versions 6.1, descriptions were not not being populated on the initial load. This has also been fixed.T20250207.0003
🐛 Bug Fix Payroll
Resolved possible Bad Digit Encountered error when entering Allowance/Deduction on Timesheet LineT20250206.0010
✨ New Feature Estimating
A new flag has been added to the Job Costing setup > Page 2 : “Use Vendor Supplier Codes?” If this is set to “Y” when Items are added to the Production Estimate Bill lines the Supplier Code field will be loaded in the following order:
- Inventory Vendor lines
- Supplier Rates Header
- Inventory Master file if the Item Vendor code matches the Bill Vendor or the Item Vendor code on the Item is blank.
✨ New Feature General Ledger
The FIXGL routine has been modified to use new grid to display/edit the Period transactions.T20250205.0011
🐛 Bug Fix Estimating
Have resolved the issue with the console - Paragraph Lines where the Lock/ Unlock button was not working and the Add button was disabled if on a locked paragraph.T20250204.0012
The Cutting list lines in the Estimating Console has had a number of improvements. Added Inline grid Editing Added Quick Add button (CTRL + pLUS) Changed Icon for the Quick Entry command Change the Check for when the Cutting lists are allowed to be entered to when the user changes the item code on the bill line. Ensure the correct fields are locked based on Price Method for the item. Fixed issue with the inline editing where if the user move up and down while editing the wrong row was being updated with the valued entered.T20250203.0016
🐛 Bug Fix Inventory
Have resolved the issue with the F10 Inventory finder where the Supplier Rates panel was only allow two digits to be entered in the quantity field.T20250203.0014
🛠 Improvement Estimating Importing
The Estimate Import has been modified to allow the Status field on the Bill lines (JSK_STATUS) to be imported. “&STS” will need to be added to the JCSPEC.IMP file.T20250203.0005
🐛 Bug Fix Security
Update the Security Users screen to prevent being able to change or reset the password of the SUPERVISOR user if one exists. A warning is displayed telling the user to use the Supervisor Options screen instead.T20250203.0004
🐛 Bug Fix Contracts
Have resolved the issue with the Contract Maintenance screen where the Integrity check that is ran when changing the Operating Centre field, was getting “No Matches for search criteria”T20250131.0012
✨ New Feature Contracts Documents
A new field has been added to the field sets. DOCREG_BTN this will add a button to the Activites grid allow the user to open the Document lines window for that contract.T20250129.0013
🐛 Bug Fix Importing
Have resolved the issue with the Import Definition Edit screen where a field that was missing a description was causing and exception to occur when applying changes.T20250129.0009
🐛 Bug Fix Contracts
Fixed issue in the Sales Group/Workflow Viewer where adding a new dependency using the connector tool was not loading the new record in the edit panel.T20250129.0009
🐛 Bug Fix Contracts
Fixed issue in the Sales Group/Workflow Viewer where adding a new dependency using the connector tool was not loading the new record in the edit panel.T20250129.0006
🛠 Improvement Estimating
The Copy To/Form has been added to the Console > Sales Estimate Paragraph Lines.T20250129.0002
🐛 Bug Fix Inventory
Fix Serial Tracking lookup issues.
- Fix Item Serial Number lookup (E.g. Order Entry > F9 Options > Despatch > F6 Partial Despatch > Match Supplied Quantity) exception and filtering issues in simple search and item and location filtering issues in classic lookup.
- Fix Inventory Transactions Adjustments screen Serial Number lookup throwing an exception when no FIFO History exists for that item.
🛠 Improvement Estimating Interface
The Console > Sales Estimate Paragraph lines has had the “Sub Total?” field added to the grid and edit form.T20250128.0014
✨ New Feature Colour Selections
The Job Info synchronisation (JOBINFOSYNC) has been modified to support the following tables “BMSPECF” - Job Information Default Header “BMSPECG” - Job Information Default lines “BMSPEC_R” - Job Info Groups “BMSPEC_S”- Job Info Categories “BMSPEC_T”- Job Info Cat LinesAlso added the specifications for the following tables Stock Attribute Table 1 Stock Attribute Table 2 Stock Attribute Table 3 Job Information Question NotesT20250120.0005
🛠 Improvement Job Costing
The following fields have been changed on the Job Costing and Estimating Console Catalogs to use the fields from the JCSPECM buffer. ‘Prod Est’ - JSM_PRODEST
’Design Ass’ - JSM_DAEST ‘Quote Est’ - JSM_QUOTEEST
’Sales Est’ - JSM_ESTCODET20250115.0011
🛠 Improvement Contracts
Updated the Contract Creation Wizard to preload the Contract Details Page using the standard Contract defaults routine.T20241210.0010
🛠 Improvement Interface Purchase Orders
The Unissued Purchase Order screen has been updated to include additional fields on the order lines view.T20241025.0012
🎨 Style Interface
Tidied up the Advance G/L Period informational prompt. Increased the default height of informational windows due to extra spacing in V6.T20241024.0004
🛠 Improvement Security
The Security Users maintenance screen has been modified to now have a search panel to allow the grid to be filtered include “Active Only”.T20241011.0010
🛠 Improvement Accounts Receivable
The purge of AR Open Adjustment transactions has been modified to check the balance of a Document Number instead of by Customer to ensure the Adjustment transactions are removed and not kept due to new Adjustment records keeping the customer with a non zero balance.T20240927.0010
🛠 Improvement Cashbook
The Banking Console - Add Bank Statement popup has been modified to only allow dates within the specified Start - End Date of the Bank Statement.T20240731.0019
✨ New Feature System
Debugging in BusinessCraft will now output to the special folder: AppData\BusinessCraft\Logs. When stopping, the log file will automatically be zipped and copied to the DEBUG environment variable. Clicking on the notification message will now open Windows Explorer at that location.T20240621.0011
✨ New Feature Payroll
Added new “Require Department” flag to the Payroll setup page 3 > Timesheets to prevent saving a blank department code on Timesheet lines.T20240520.0006
🛠 Improvement Accounts Payable
Remove extra error messages after the Credit Request Report has finished printing when creating Credit Requests from Back Charges.T20240516.0003
✨ New Feature Accounts Payable
The Accounts Payable > Credit Request Acceptance screen has been modified to have an F10 Calculator on the PO, ETS and GL Amount fields so that the user can enter the Inclusive of GST Amount and back calculate the GST, this is to help cases where GST rounding causing the screen not to accept correct amounts.T20240319.0013
✨ New Feature Documents
The Contract Document Register lines has been the following modifications: Add extra protection around the add function to disable any call from attempting to move the current record. A quick add button has been added to prompt for a Document type and and the line. The grid will now allow in grid editing. Added new function to add a document to existing line. Added new shortcut keys for notes and new Add DocumentT20231208.0015
🛠 Improvement Contracts
Contract Checklists have been updated to include Notes and Documents button on questions with Q answer type.T20231206.0112
🛠 Improvement Accounts Payable
Accounts Payable > Transactions > Invoice Entry > F8 Documents. Updated the Document Date field to default to the Invoice Date when attaching a new document to an AP invoice.T20231115.0010
🐛 Bug Fix Job Costing
Remove F7 Copy button from the Detailed Estimates Multi Currency Screen.T20220709.0015
🐛 Bug Fix Inventory
Inventory Posting Routine has been fixed to use the Stock on Hand Account for the Location when the Accounts on Locations setting is set to Y.