finPOWER Connect 2.01.00 Released

Friday, 27 June 2014

We are pleased to announce the release of finPOWER Connect version 2.01.00.

To upgrade to this latest version please contact your authorised Intersoft Reseller or see the Downloads page.

This is a major release, including updated database and many new features. Please take your time reviewing the changes before upgrading.

Warning, System Requirements have changed, see System Requirements. In particular, Windows XP is no longer supported, and the .NET framework requirement is now version 4.5.

Some of the highlights are:

  • Accounts.
    • Review Date is now audited as part of the Account Dates audit.
    • Alert message; updated from 50 to 100 characters.
    • Disbursements; new Reference field added.
    • Account Close Quotation log now includes Balance Due in Notes.
    • A negative Payment now automatically re-opens a "Closed Pending" Account.
    • Interest Cycle; new option "At Maturity" added.
    • Standard Transactions; new option to move date to previous or next Business Day.
    • Script events; new "StatusChangePreOpening" event fires before an Account is Opened.
    • New "child" Account facility added. For Enterprise Edition only and requires scripting to implement.
  • Account Archives.
    • New Business Layer objects to directly create Archived Accounts, rather than archiving an existing Account.
    • Used in finPOWER 5 conversion to convert Archived Loans.
  • Clients.
    • Alert message; updated from 50 to 100 characters.
    • New "Date of Birth" and "Miscellaneous" auditing options added.
    • Workflows for Clients added.
  • Credit Enquires.
    • Veda Australia; added support for Individual AML Report.
    • Veda Australia; added support for Commercial (Company) AML Report.
    • Veda New Zealand; now supports Commercial Plus Report.
  • Bank Statement Enquires.
    • Credit Sense; Interface to Credit Sense officially released (Australia only).
    • Decision Logic; added ability to retrieve Reports from an existing request code.
  • Banking.
    • Bank Transactions; date no longer includes a time portion.
    • Bank Lodgments; new option to make Cash Register mandatory.
    • Updated Australian BSB list.
    • New "Ezidebit" import service. This supports importing dishonour files.
    • New "ExportPreOpen" script event added to allow better customisation flexibility of Bank Exports.
  • Security Statements.
    • Security Item grid; updated default columns shown and added new columns.
  • Motorweb Interface.
    • Vehicle Monitoring interface officially released.
  • Workflows.
    • Added support for Client workflows.
  • Reports.
    • Account Reports; added Date Created range as an Account Filter.
    • Account Transaction Report; added filter for Account Status.
    • Merge Queries; now allows merging of Queries between columns with different Names.
  • Page Sets.
    • New functionality added to show Page Sets modally, pseudo-modally and to refresh their Parent form.
    • New function added to switch between Flow and Positioned layout and preserve layout properties.
    • Adding event handlers now automatically creates a "Select Case" statement (where relevant).
    • Right click show Records functionality added to Textboxes and DBComboboxes.
    • Added ability to show Quick Search form.
    • "Image" page object type added.
    • DBCombobox; enhanced data binding.
    • HTML Panel; now includes a Print method.
    • Grids; add new column types for Icon, Currency, Double, Integer and Percent.
    • Grids; added support for "Selected Rows".
    • Grids; column Readonly property can now be modified on the fly.
  • Web Services and Automation.
    • Renamed "Web Automation" Add-On to "Web Services and Automation".
    • Web Configurations; added SMTP details.
    • Web Subscribers; Secret Key can now be manually entered.
    • Test Web Services; added option to display/ hide time portion of dates.
    • Custom Web Services; new Code Snippets facility added.
    • Custom Web Services; Summary Pages returned via a Custom web service now work better.

For a full list of all the release notes click here.