Order status

The order handling just got a lot better! For those of you who know where to find the beta releases feel free to get the latest one and try it out.
The key change is that when you make a purchase order you are first prompted to take already made orders (not yet delivered) into account. When the purchase order is done you are prompted to update the Order status table with the new orders.
It works really good and gives a lot better order tracking than before (when there was none!).

Order improvements

Since Charles Wessman will use Tracktimer to keep track of the part handling for a team competing in the German Formula Renault series this year he has found a lot of things to improve. For instance yesterday he asked me if it was possible to remember what parts he had ordered so those parts wouldn't show up again if he did another purchase order before they had arrived.
Hmmm, I have never thought of that but it makes a lot of sense. Another page under Maintenance called "Order Status" will take care of this but it will also keep me busy a few days more.
Who needs television anyway when you can spend all nights programming? :)

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Regarding Tracktimer it is getting the last refinements to the user interface.

Internationalization

v3.0.0.39 has been released as a beta version, it has an improved purchase order model where parts are added more intellegently and also with possibility to add or change order details for each supplier. You can even decide if you want the order form written in English or translated to your own language.

I have been in contact with all my translators and sent out the material to be translated so shortly there will be versions in German, Italian and Norwegian too. Most likely I will have to modify the user interface to make place for longer strings but that's no big deal.

Getting closer to Christmas...

Last week I released beta version 3.0.0.37 to a few Swedish users to get some feedback. Fortunately Charles Wessman was one of them and he has pointed out a few errors in the car version and also made me add some nice new features.
The latest beta release is now v3.0.0.38 and what remains is essentially a more flexible way to create a purchase order.

Translators
I am also looking for translators, it is about 1300 strings to be translated and I need help with the following languages: Spanish, French, Finnish and Danish.
Translators salary will consist of a free license after the work is done! Please contact me at torkel@tracktimer.com if you can assist (only the program shall be translated, the documentation will still be in english).
I already got German, Italian and Norwegian translators and I will start to feed them with data shortly so they can begin to work.

The new maintenance page that consists of part status, maintenance log and suppliers. Note also the Stock group check box and the two new columns Supplier and Req. Qty. Red parts has qty zero, blue parts has qty < req. qty. By using the supplier data Tracktimer creates purchase orders for each supplier ready to be either sent as a telefax or as e-mail.

Screenshot of the new detailed suspension page for motorcycles

Screenshot of the new basic suspension page for motorcycles

Just a little bit more...

The suspension setup possibilities for motorcycles are now hugely improved thanks to input from Espen at www.esp1tech.com. A place for everything, just as it should be.
I have also taken the plunge to create an "intelligent" stock function, a part status group (or more) can now be assigned as a "Stock group" and when it is two new columns are shown: Required Qty and Supplier. Together with the new supplierdatabase this means that you can easily create reports and buy orders to be either faxed or e-mailed directly to the supplier. All items where qty is less than required qty are also indicated in the program.
This is also the best place to enter all inspection intervals, task lists and such since an item in a stock group can have a qty count of zero without being removed. Think of the stock group as the complete part list from where you move parts to other groups.
Most of this has already been implemented, what remains is the supplier database and the reports.

Ooops!

I noticed zero visitors for two days in a row. When I checked I had forgot to renew the domain name tracktimer.com... :-( But now it has been payed for so in a few hours the site should be up and running again.
No more news about Tracktimer unfortunately, August has been a very busy month "real world wise".