Abacus Consulting, LLC

Open Beta! When editing a Billing Matters™ billing record, are you frustrated that you can only see a few lines of the billing description? The Description Edit utility allows full page editing of the billing description to allow more effective editing and review.

About the Description Edit  Author

Description Edit was written, and is maintained by Kevin Bross, Time Matters CIC (Certified Independant Consultant) of Abacus Consulting, LLC based in Butler, New Jersey.

Requirements

Time Matters 8.0 SR1C/SR2A Enterprise or Professional
Time Matters 9.0 Enterprise or Professional
Windows XP SR2 or Windows Vista

Features

• Automatically pops open a full page editing area to edit Billing Matters billing record description fields

Installation and Upgrades

Run the downloaded setup program to install. During install, optionally add a shortcut to the startup group to run the utility when Windows starts. To upgrade to a newer version, first EXIT THE UTILITY if it is running, then run the setup program. It will install into the same folder using the prior setup options. It is not necessary to uninstall the prior version first. 

Usage Notes

The Description Edit interface will appear automatically when the number of characters in the 'Description' field exceeds 260. The interface can also be manually opened by using the CTRL-E hotkey.

Known Limitations

AutoText will not function within description edit. It may be possible to add autotext functionality using a third party application. Spell check will not function within description edit.

Support

Support for this product is available in the Abacus Consulting, LLC Support Forums only. Please be patient with requests, as we are generally busy on active projects so we cannot assure an immediate response. Fee based telephone support is available. Please contact us by telephone or email for more information. REQUESTS FOR SUPPORT SENT VIA EMAIL WILL RECEIVE AN AUTOMATED REPLY DIRECTING THEM TO THE SUPPORT FORUMS.

Bug Reports

Please report any bugs in the Abacus Consulting, LLC Support Forums. Use the correct forum for your utility, and be sure to include meaningful information in both the subject of your post, as well as the body. The subject should read as follows: Bug: Short description of the bug. The body of your message should include your Operating System (ie: Windows XP Professional), as well as your version and edition of Time Matters (ie: Time Matters 8 SR1C Enterprise) as well as any other relevant information that may help us to reproduce the bug.

Changes and New Features - Description Edit 8

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8 v1.0.0 Beta 6 - May 23, 2008

• Changed beta expiration date to December 1, 2008 

8 v1.0.0 Beta 5 - October 23, 2007

• Fixed SR compatibility issue
• Changed beta expiration date to March 1, 2008
• Improved (significantly) performance updating the description field

8 v1.0.0 Beta 4 - June 20, 2007

• Added compatibility for TM8 SR2+ 

8 v1.0.0 Beta 3 - June 20, 2007

• Changed location of Description Edit form to open in same location as billing record
• Changed behavior to open only if number of characters in the description field exceed 260
• Added option to manually activate Description Edit (CTRL-E)
• Changed maximum text input to 1999 characters to conform with billing record field limit
• Changed beta expiration date to November 1, 2007

8 v1.0.0 Beta 2 - May 16, 2007

• Fixed problem where Description Edit would try to run in Time Matters versions other than Version 8
• Fixed excessive process cycles used by Description Edit utility
• Added a revert option to dialog
• Fixed dialog redraw issue when 'about' is selected while Description Edit is active
• Removed extra line from top of tray icon menu
• Fixed problem where Description Edit would open again after clicking cancel
• Fixed problem when certain punctuation, such as "!" or "?" is used in description

8 v1.0.0 Beta 1 - May 15, 2007

• Initial Release

Changes and New Features - Description Edit 9

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9 v1.0.0 Beta 1 - October 23, 2007

•  Changed beta expiration date to December 1, 2008

9 v1.0.0 Beta 1 - October 23, 2007

• Initial Release

Planned Features

The following are the highest priority proposed changes as the current date (not necessarily in exact priority order). Feel free to suggest enhancements to any of them, new items for the list, and/or what priority you feel these items should have relative to each other. Please make all suggestions in the Abacus Consulting, LLC Support Forum.

• Method to use existing (Time Matters) or external AutoText entries

How much does it cost?

This open beta is currently free of charge during the beta period as long as the terms of the EULA are met. Abacus Consulting reserves the right to charge for future versions of this software utility.

Beta Expiration

The current beta will expire on 12/1/2008

Where can I get it?

The Description Edit 8 utility (for Billing Matters 8) is available for download here:

Description Edit 8 v1.0.0 Beta 6

The Description Edit 9 utility (for Billing Matters 9) is available for download here:

Description Edit 9 v1.0.0 Beta 3 

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