1.2. Cloud Edition Release Notes
**NOTICE : These release notes have been discontinued in favor of the LandlordMax blog and the email newsletter for updates on new features.
September 28, 2018
- Added color codes to the Accounting sections. You can learn more about it in this video tutorial: LandlordMax Accounting Color Code Tutorial
- Darkened the font colors.
- Changed the default sorting order of the main accounting table.
- Fixed a confirmation message when you created leases but had the creation of scheduled entries turned off.
- Several screen resizing adjustments to better handle different screen sizes.
September 23, 2018
- Fixed a bug which could occur in some cases when trying to download a document.
- Several system updates.
September 17, 2018
- Improved the handling of custom reports created by users which could consume unreasonable resources.
September 9, 2018
- Fixed a bug which in some cases could result in the chart image not being correctly loaded which could in turn result in the report generation failing.
September 5, 2018
- Fixed a bug on the receipt data view page where if you sorted the line items table but didn't set any other preferences it could cause the screen to not fully load.
August 26, 2018
- Added full support for international characters such as Arabic characters.
August 20, 2018
- Added the ability to create new tenants, buildings, units, and vendors in the Accounting Entry and Scheduled Accounting Entry forms
- Added the ability to create tenants in the Building and Unit forms.
- Added the ability to create new buildings and units in the tenant form.
- Added the ability to create new vendors in the Accounting Entry and Scheduled Accounting Entry forms.
- Widened the date filter fields so that they can display the full date and not have the end truncated on some computers.
- Fixed a bug when trying to print a check related to the management company but no management company had yet been created.
August 16, 2018
- Fixed a billing bug for a very specific and rare configuration.
August 12, 2018
- Fixed a bug where you could enter a comma for the check number which resulted in an error one screen.
- Updated a major internal library and system.
July 28, 2018
- Added a new Building Status called "Inactive"
- Fixed a bug where the Rent category may not have been selected for Scheduled Entries when created from Leases.
July 19, 2018
- Fixed a bug where the system could encounter an error when printing invoices and receipts in new accounts if certain settings hadn't been configured prior to printing. These are no longer required to print and the software assumes defaults if none have been configured.
- Fixed a bug which prevented some new accounts from saving the Management Company settings.
- Updated internal libraries and systems.
July 15, 2018
- Fixed a bug where png and gif files sometimes not upload as expected.
- Fixed a bug which could result in a previous tenant appearing in the unit's form and data view under specific conditions.
July 14, 2018
- Added additional sorting by default for rent roll reports
- Fixed a bug which caused an error on printing and emailing printouts in some new trial accounts.
- Fixed a bug where Tenant status combobox color for potential and non-potential didn't match the colors on the table.
- Fixed a bug where some rents with no Lease End Date or Lease Begin date may not appear in the Rent Roll reports
- Fixed a timezone formatting bug.
July 12, 2018
- Compressed the login screen so that it can be better viewed on computers with smaller screens.
- Added scroll bars to the login page as well as the sign up page for computers with smaller screens.
- Fixed the sorting for the countries combobox.
- Fixed the size of the countries combobox.
- The terms and conditions are now displayed on a popup window instead of going to the webpage to prevent losing the form data entry on the new user sign up page.
July 11, 2018
- The website now includes links to the Cloud Edition (publicly released).
- Login page has been re-designed to make it easier for the different types of users (new trials, existing customers who want to convert, and existing Cloud Edition users).
- Fixed a bug with the timezone on new trial user signups.
- Fixed a bug that could result in a second account being created when editing account details in very rare cases.
- Fixed a bug where the maximum number of email addresses per email was too less than allowed.
June 29, 2018
- Fixed a bug which could result in some situations where not all units would appear in the Units subpanel under the building.
- Fixed a bug which ocurred in some cases when the cost field in the workorder form was loaded with an empty value.
- Updated three libraries and one major internal system.
June 23, 2018
- Added the Sign Up option on the login page for new users.
- Fixed a bug when applying a late fee if that could result if a lease had no end or begin date.
June 20, 2018
- Fixed a bug in the Leases reports where the date only showed the Start Date rather than both the Start and End Dates.
June 17, 2018
- Fixed a bug in checks where it would not let some users edit the same payee multiple times.
- Fixed a bug where the email preview for file attachments of Word documents resulted in an error rather than a message.
- Fixed a bug where the subscription payment was processed a day late.
June 16, 2018
- Fixed a bug in the "Accounting entries" report which ONLY affected a small subset of users who converted after April 27.
- Fixed a bug in the Dashboard where the Profit & Loss could be empty for less than 1% of users.
- Updated core systems and libraries.
May 29, 2018
- When creating a new invoice or receipt from the tenant screen the landlord is now also automatically preset for you.
- Added the Partial button to the Accounting SubPanels (for example the Accounting SubPanel under the Tenant screen view, etc.).
May 27 2018
- Significantly increased the performance of the validation for Checks.
May 25 2018
- Upgraded internal systems.
May 23 2018
- Several enhancements to the billing system to improve it's ease of use.
May 20 2018
- Fixed an issue with the credit card processing system which declined a very small percentage of valid transactions.
May 19 2018
- Significant internal improvements to the billing system.
May 16 2018
- Improved the performance of the autofill on several screens
- Added autofill for the landlord based on the selected tenant for invoices and receipts (including suggested and scheduled).
- Fixed a bug where the autofill would sometimes pre-emptively autofill an empty value.
- Fixed a minor display bug with the billing display screen that affected a subset of users.
May 11 2018
- Fixed a bug where the copy on the accounting entry data screen could result in an error under certain specific conditions.
May 10 2018
- Fixed a bug where the lease renewal didn't renew a lease in some cases.
- Fixed a bug in the lease renewal calculation for percentage increases.
- Improved the system update message.
May 9, 2018
- Fixed a bug where in some cases the dates on the printouts could be off by one day for specific date values.
- All tables now have checkboxes to avoid any confusion rather than just multi-select tables.
- Lease renewal cancellation message is now a warning rather than an error popup notification.
- Fixed a bug when trying to edit a saved document that had no content.
May 8, 2018
- Fixed a bug with the report grouped by category for an account where a specific category group could be split into more than one group.
- Fixed a bug with the report grouped by category for a unit where a specific category group could be split into more than one group
- The column settings in the receipt and invoice line items are remembered
- The column settings in the recept and invoice get action are remembered
May 7, 2018
- Fixed a bug where the Get button for the Receipt was using the Date Due and Amount Due instead of the Date Paid and Amount Paid values.
- Fixed a bug where the Get button for the Receipt wasn't always grabbing the latest value but rather than saved valued to get the list of Accounting Entries
- Fixed a bug which prevented some people from accessing the Billings page.
- Fixed a bug where Payment Due Date on the Workorder form was not using the date format set in the preferences.
May 5, 2018
- Fixed a bug due to a previous library update that in some cases prevented the print preview popup from displaying.
May 4, 2018
- Fixed a bug where you could have an error message when entering a comma as part of accounting amount.
May 1, 2018
- Adjusted the order of receipts menu so that the suggested receipts were before the scheduled receipts to be consistent with the other menus.
- Adjusted the accounting report chart labels to state Expenses rather than Costs to be consistent with the rest of the system.
- Updated internal libraries and systems
- Upgraded the SSL certificate level
- Fixed a bug that should remove the bootstrap error some users reported seeing
April 29, 2018
- Added the ability to reset the System Templates with a new Reset button
- Fixed a bug where you could not filter on the unit number in the tenant table.
- Fixed a bug where the filter for Amount Due filter on the Scheduled Accounting Entries table
- Fixed a bug where editing a building in the building table under a vendor.
- Fixed a bug that could result if an empty amount was entered for a lease.
April 28, 2018
- Added a new System Template called Accounting Entry which allows you to print individual accounting entries in both the data view and the table view
- Added the ability to print an individual tenant directly in the main tenant table
- Added the variable ${accountingEntry.dateDiscrepancyLabel} to display the same text as on the screen rather than just the number of days late or early.
- Added this document to list the most recent updates
- Adjusted the accounting reports chart label to Revenues instead of Profits when the report includes either the option to select only revenues or select a category that is a revenue.
- Fixed a bug when editing and accepting certain values in Suggested Receipts or Suggested Invoices in the table directly.
- Fixed a bug that could result in an error in some cases when trying to edit and save a single residence building in the building table
- Fixed a bug where the date discrepancy always displayed 0 if used in a custom accounting report
- Improved the wording in the Cloud Edition release notes.
April 27, 2018
- Fixed a bug where the Amount wasn't always saved in Scheduled Accounging Entries.
- Fixed a bug where the classified ad for a single residence building was not always saved.
April 26, 2018 and Prior