Corrected an error with Cash Desk opening with the client associated to the last highlighted appointment instead of the currently selected client when the appointment is no longer highlighted. Bug (v 4.0.9401)
Change to ensure tax codes with no 'from date' are processed correctly. If no from date has been set for the code then 'today's date' will always be used as the from date. Bug (v 4.0.9407)
Correction to an occasional error when automatically assigning a location or department to a charge created from a custom form. Bug (v 4.0.9407)
Invoices will no longer show the authorisation code for charges that have been re-assigned from the third party that they were originally raised for to the client. Bug (v 4.0.9404)
Change to prevent the payments window being resized below a minimum size, which was causing an error. Bug (v 4.0.9401)
Change to ensure that the low stock warning uses the dynamic stock figure when the system is set to use dynamic stock calculations. Bug (v 4.0.9405)
Added spell check options to the activities screens. Improvement (v 4.0.9401)
The 'Insert Date / Time stamp' button now enters the stamp at the cursor location rather than at the top of the input field. Bug (v 4.0.9404)
Change to ensure that manually scheduled appointment booking confirmations are marked as completed when sent via auto-processing. Bug (v 4.0.9406)
Changed the calculation of all 'last appointment' and 'next appointment' merge fields to always identify the last or next appointment based on the current date, rather than the selected appointment. Bug (v 4.0.9408)
Resolved an issue with third party email addresses sometimes not populating when sending an email template to a third party. Bug (v 4.0.9401)
Resolved an error sending plain-text emails through Outlook. Bug (v 4.0.9404)
Corrected the email selection when sending an email to a third party to ensure the client's cc email address is not pre-selected. Bug (v 4.0.9405)
Corrected an issue viewing emails dragged and dropped to the PPS client log from Outlook. Bug (v 4.0.9405)
Corrected an issue populating merge field values in plain text emails. Bug (v 4.0.9408)
Corrected an issue populating merge fields in the footer of emails created using the PPS HTML email wizard. Bug (v 4.0.9408)
Correction to the detection of unresolved merge fields within HTML emails causing false warnings on emails containing CSS styling information. Bug (v 4.0.9409)
Deleting a letter from PPS will now delete any associated word documents. New Feature (v 4.0.9405)
Resolved an issue where changes made in the plain text letter editor were not being printed if print was pressed immediately after editing. Bug (v 4.0.9412)
Resolved an error deleting plain text letters from the client log. Bug (v 4.0.9414)
Update the styling of the 'send a message' screen. New Feature (v 4.0.9401)
Fixed duplication of the word 'messages' in the message screen header. Bug (v 4.0.9401)
Opening a message from the process activities window or activities list now displays a 'reply' button instead of a 'resend' button if the user opening the message is the recipient. New Feature (v 4.0.9401)
Change to ensure custom form client numbers are updated when consolidating clients. Bug (v 4.0.9407)
Corrected spelling on the client export screen. Bug (v 4.0.9401)
Corrected an issue with audit update stamps for bulk updates to client contact preferences not being removed when deleting a client. Bug (v 4.0.9401)
Corrected an occasional error when deleting clients that have attached documents. Bug (v 4.0.9410)
Clients marked as deceased are now 'low-lighted' on client search screens. Change Request (v 4.0.9405)
Resolved an error saving some custom forms. Bug (v 4.0.9401)
Corrected an issue potentially allowing clinical notes to be saved to the incorrect client's log when starting a consultation for a client whilst a consultation for another is client open and unsaved. Bug (v 4.0.9401)
Added a check when closing the consultation screen without saving any notes to prevent the consultation being automatically deleted if it has been edited and saved by another user. New Feature (v 4.0.9401)
Updated the method of checking that signed-off consultation notes have not been edited. Bug (v 4.0.9404)
Corrected an error when opening integrated exercise apps from the consultation screen. Bug (v 4.0.9406)
Changed the right click options when completing a custom form to allow for spell-checking controls. When right-clicking a misspelt word the spell-checking controls will be displayed, right-clicking elsewhere will show the standard custom form controls. Change Request (v 4.0.9407)
Change to ensure the consultation screen closes after using the 'consultation complete' button. Bug (v 4.0.9410)
Resolved an error when using 'F Key' shortcuts on the consultation screen. Bug (v 4.0.9411)
Resolved an issue preventing images attached to a consultation being previewed within the consultation history window. Bug (v 4.0.9412)
Resolved an error opening a previous consultation that has an associated custom form that is set as private. Bug (v 4.0.9413)
Introduced functionality to capture a signature using a touch screen, graphics tablet or other mouse-class input device. New Feature (v 4.0.9401)
The tab key can now be used within a custom form to move from a free text input field to the next field, rather than inserting a tab character. Improvement (v 4.0.9404)
Corrected the positioning for the title and delete button for the new signature custom form question type. Improvement (v 4.0.9405)
Added the option to make the 'create a charge' custom form question type mandatory. Improvement (v 4.0.9405)
Replaced the custom form window to improve the display of custom forms. Resolves an issue with text in free text answers not being visible when the question is not active. New Feature (v 4.0.9405)
Fixed an issue with the display of 'mouse click scale' custom form question types. Bug (v 4.0.9406)
Added the option, per appointment type, to show an appointment type's associated custom form in focus automatically when opening the consultation screen. New Feature (v 4.0.9406)
Corrected an error deleting a consultation with associated custom forms when selecting to also delete the custom forms. Bug (v 4.0.9406)
Change to remove whitespace on the right-hand side of the custom form toolbar when an independent custom form is completed. Bug (v 4.0.9406)
Change to ensure the custom form window remembers and restores to its last position and size. Bug (v 4.0.9406)
Resolved an issue resizing the contents of a custom form when it is 'popped out' from the consultation window. Bug (v 4.0.9406)
Change to resolve an issue scrolling the contents of a custom form when a question is partially off-screen. Bug (v 4.0.9406)
Corrected an error that could cause completed dental chart information not to save correctly. Bug (v 4.0.9410)
Corrected an issue causing some items in the consultation window to become misaligned when double-clicking to open a previously completed custom form. Bug (v 4.0.9410)
When completing and saving a custom form as part of a consultation then starting another new form clicking on the new consultation history entry for the first completed form will now switch to that tab instead of opening a second copy of the form. Bug (v 4.0.9410)
Corrected an issue causing annotations of forms to not be visible on custom forms when those annotations had been carried forward to a newer copy of the form. Bug (v 4.0.9410)
Fixed an issue when loading a second copy of a custom form into the custom form designer that could cause changes to one custom form template to be replicated in the other copy of the custom form template. Bug (v 4.0.9410)
Resolved an issue that could cause the in-focus area of a custom form to move when completing a body chart. Bug (v 4.0.9413)
Resolved an issue where completed and saved custom forms would display the default font within formatted free text questions rather than the one set by the user in the custom forms designer. Bug (v 4.0.9412)
Change to fix an error that would in some circumstances allow the consultation window to be opened with the diary open but no appointment slot selected. Bug (v 4.0.9410)
Corrected an issue causing the name of some reasons for non-availability to display twice on the diary within the non-available slot. Bug (v 4.0.9401)
Added an additional check when opening the diary to ensure that the display area is large enough for the number of columns the user has set to display. If the display area is not large enough the diary will show the maximum possible number of columns. Bug (v 4.0.9401)
Fix to an issue matching appointments booked online to clients when the search function is used. Bug (v 4.0.9403)
User's settings files are now held centrally within the PPS Database, rather than on the machine that they are using. Settings that the user sets will automatically apply whichever machine they are using when logged into the PPS Database that they were set for. New Feature (v 4.0.9401)
Updated many screens including consultations and activities to use the new faster text editor. New Feature (v 4.0.9401)
Changed the standard dictionary used for spell-checking to British English. Change Request (v 4.0.9410)
Moved the storage of Rehab My Patient settings from user's local machines to the centralised settings folder within the PPS Database. Task (v 4.0.9401)
Changed the default behaviour for checking for an active internet connection to off. This can be re-enabled by adding 'CHECKINTERNET=1' to the '[Settings]' section of the ppsset.ini file. Improvement (v 4.0.9401)
Added improvements and optimisations to the checking and processing of uncompleted activities. Improvement (v 4.0.9412)
Improvement to memory handling of the PPS diary. Change Request (v 4.0.9414)
Corrected an issue opening the PPS Help & Support site from within PPS Hosted. Bug (v 4.0.9401)
Added a 'Caps Lock' warning to all password entry fields. Improvement (v 4.0.9404)
Updated the password mask character on the login screen and added the option to view the characters entered by right-clicking the password field. Bug (v 4.0.9410)
Corrected an error checking the validity of PPS licences when logging in. Bug (v 4.0.9402)
Corrected an issue preventing the update screen from detecting a newer version is available for download. Bug (v 4.0.9403)
Changed the way in which the preference for the database to log in to is stored to allow switching between different databases on one machine. Bug (v 4.0.9405)
Updated the layout and appearance of the check for updates screen. Improvement (v 4.0.9410)
Improved the display of the text on the help > check for updates screen. Improvement (v 4.0.9412)
The 'install' button has been changed to 'locate the file yourself' when the update has not downloaded automatically. Improvement (v 4.0.9412)
Added date-based breakdown options to the estimates list report. Change Request (v 4.0.9406)
Change to prevent overlapping of text on the estimates list report output preview. Bug (v 4.0.9406)
Changed the stock movement report when to ensure that stock booking in on the 'from date' of the report is not used in the calculation of the opening stock. Bug (v 4.0.9407)
Added an 'Is Stock Item' criteria to the accounts report. New Feature (v 4.0.9411)
Updated the third party 'post code' criteria's name entry to use the default name for the third party if a name has not been set. Change Request (v 4.0.9401)
Carriage returns or new lines at the end of custom report criteria would prevent the report running. These are now automatically removed from the criteria before running the report. Bug (v 4.0.9404)
Corrected an error when re-running a report after sending a mailshot from the report when it was initially run. Bug (v 4.0.9407)
Updated the error message displayed when running PPS from an incorrect location to be more under friendly and informative. Change Request (v 4.0.9401)
Improved error handling during unrecoverable errors and loss of access to system files. New Feature (v 4.0.9401)
Added spell checking to activity, consultation and medical history screens and the option to disable automatic highlighting of spelling errors. New Feature (v 4.0.9401)
Introduced the functionality to store the 'add to dictionary' list for spell checking separately for each user. New Feature (v 4.0.9401)
Added functionality to allow additional settings to synchronise between systems. Improvement (v 4.0.9401)
Correction to user account controls to prevent users without permission to modify appointments from modifying appointments marked as DNA. Bug (v 4.0.9401)
Update the 'change password' button to 'set password' when adding a new user. Improvement (v 4.0.9410)