Release History
finPOWER Connect 1.05.00
NEW: Client Form, Account Page; slow to load list of Accounts
The Client Form, Account Page is very slow to load the list of Accounts.
FIX: Importing Bank Accounts; causes an Unhandled Exception error
Importing Bank Accounts from the File, Import Information menu causes an Unhandled Exception error.
FIX: Reporting; Reports listing External Parties now vary External Party Id column width
Reports listing External Parties now vary the Workflow Id column width based on the longest code contained in the database.
FIX: Payment Details entry; better validation/ non-validation of Bank/ Credit Card details
When entering Payment details the Payment Method selected indicates whether or not the Bank Transaction to be created will be exported to the Bank.
FIX: Edit Bank Transaction; changing the Payment Method may cause an error to occur
If you edit a Bank Transaction and change the Payment Method a "An unhandled exception has occurred. Object reference not set to an instance of an object." error may occur and crash finPOWER Connect.
FIX: Account Refinanced; fails to calculate new Account
When refinancing an Account with a small balance and selecting the "New Account" option, finPOWER Connect may error with the following message:
NEW: Bank Export; Australian "ABA Standard" file now lists ABA file extension
The Australian "ABA Standard" Bank export service now lists "ABA" file extension as the default file extension.
FIX: Bank Import; "CBA BPOINT Dishonour" wasn't dividing value by 100
The "CBA BPOINT Dishonour" Bank import wasn't dividing the value by 100. The value returned was the whole number of cents rather than dollars.cents - and therefore needs to be divided by 100.
FIX: Securities Register Add-On; Adding Security Stmt, Key does not exist in collection error
This error may occur when adding a Security Statement to an existing Account.
NEW: Account Details Report; Logs section updated
The Logs section of the Account Details Report has been updated to match the default columns in the Account Log grid. This involved reordering columns, removing and adding columns.
FIX: Admin library global collections; may cause "Key does not exist in collection" error
Admin libraries such as External Parties are held as an in-memory collection for quick access (rather than having to query the database all the time).
NEW: SQL Server 2000; support for this version of SQL Server has been discontinued


Support for SQL Server 2000 has been discontinued.
FIX: Reports; User Log List and User Log Details; Log Filters page, Omit Published Logs and Omit Completed Logs filters not working.
When printing User Log reports, the Omit Published Logs and the Omit Completed Logs filters were not working.
NEW: SQL Server; change to how an identity column value from a newly inserted row is retrieved from the database engine
When a new record is added to the database finPOWER Connect uses a special query to find the record number (primary key or identity) it was added as. This is used to relate other records to this newly added record.
NEW: SQL Server indexes added for Account and Client External Id fields
SQL Server indexes have been added for Account and Client External Id fields.
NEW: AccountTransaction Table; add indexes and relationships
Added indexes and relationships on the AccountTransaction table for performance.
NEW: Database Relationships; updated table relationships
Added table relationships as follows:
NEW: Log Summary Page updated to include 'Fee' for Account Logs
The built in Log Summary Page has been updated to include the 'Fee' for Account Logs.
NEW: Securities Register PPSR Add-On; Australian Databases; Now displays the Search Criteria and other information for searches that do not return any Registrations.
A new page has been added to the PPSR B2G Search wizard which will display the search criteria used for searches that do not find any registrations on the PPSR.
FIX: Task Manager; may cause Outlook to popup a login dialog
Task Manager (and other forms) may cause Outlook to popup a login dialog.
NEW: Database Purge; Archived Account purge updated
The Archived Account Database Purge has been updated as follows:
NEW: Clients; a Client can be deleted with declined or unwanted archived Accounts
A Client can be deleted when it has declined or unwanted archived Accounts. This leaves the Archives "orphaned" on the database.
NEW: Reporting; Log reports; 'ActionedDate' parameter renamed 'ActionDate' for consistency

The 'ActionedDate' parameter available on log reports has been renamed 'ActionDate' for consistency.
FIX: Account Details report; Workflows sub-report; order of columns changed to match form
The Account Details report, Workflows sub-report has been updated so that the order of columns matches that of the Workflows grid on the Accounts form.
FIX: Reports; Log Detail and Log List reports; Published from date filter not working
Filtering by 'Published From' date also included logs with a published date of NULL
NEW: Reporting; Reports listing Workflows now vary Workflow Id column width
Reports listing Workflows now vary the Workflow Id column width based on the longest code contained in the database.
FIX: Reporting; Security Statement Details; Accounts sub-report; 'Account Name' heading changed to 'Name'
The 'Account Name' heading on the Security Statement Details report, Accounts sub-report has been updated to 'Name' to match the grid on the Security Statements form.
FIX: Account Suspension wizard; may cause an error "An unhandled exception has occurred. Key does not exist in collection."
The Account Suspension wizard may cause an error "An unhandled exception has occurred. Key does not exist in collection.".
FIX: Workflow Add-On; Workflow Search form; Adding the 'Category' column to the results grid caused an unhandled exception.
If the Category column was selected on the column chooser and the results was refreshed the following error was displayed:
NEW: Licensing; additional warning added if no Account Types are licensed for
In circumstances were a licence does not include any Account Types a warning is now given upon opening the database. The warning is "You are not licensed for any Account Types.".
NEW: Security Statement Accounts; Limited Account details now shown for filtered out Accounts
The Accounts grid on the Security Statements form now displays limited Account details if the Account is filtered out due to User Group filters.
FIX: Reporting; Security Statement Item Log details report; shows warning even if 'From' Actioned Date specified
The Security Statement Item Log details report is showing a warning even if a 'From' Actioned Date is specified. The warning should not appear if any 'From' dates are specified.
FIX: Accounting Ledgers Add-On; Reports, Accounting Ledgers List; Not printing Element Column
When selecting column 'Element Id' the element column was not printing. When running the report from the default settings the element column was printed even though it was not a selected column.
FIX: Calendars; Add Holidays for Australia incorrectly notes ANZAC day as Australia Day
When adding holidays for Australia, ANZAC day is incorrectly noted as Australia Day.
FIX: Account Processes; Standard Transactions now processed with Payment Due Transactions
Account Processes now include a separate option to process Standard Transactions. Previously these were included with the "Transactions?" option. The "Transactions" option is now renamed "Interest and Fee Transactions".
NEW: Workflows; Workflow code size increased for better auto-sequencing
The size of a Workflow's code has been increased to allow for better auto-sequencing.
NEW: Advanced External Parties Add-On; Approve Disbursements and Disbursement Account Payments wizards; Grid processing slow
Grid processing code was slow. It refreshed the entire grid for each row, which forces various other events to fire = slow.