New Property Linking Option in Contact File Screen

As you know Contact File records are designed so that any property can have as many contacts associated with it as needed, and any contact can be associated with as many property records as needed. The way the Windows screens were designed it is easy to go to a Property Screen and add new contacts to it, but not as easy to assign one contact to multiple properties. That shortcoming has been addressed with a new Link button that has been added to the Contact File Screen. Starting at a Contact File Screen you can now click on the Link button to search for other property records that the contact should have a link to and then make that link. Using this method you can quickly link a given Contact File record to multiple property records. (The updated Contact File Module with this feature is ready for download through the Installed Modules Screen.)

Rental Record Archive Option

An option has been added to ZonePro that allows users to move older records out of the Rental database. The old records are then stored in an archive database that is created just for that purpose. To use this option you would go to the ZP Toolbox screen and click on the SQL Archive Utility button. A new tab has been added here for Rental records. It only selects records that were entered at least five years ago and have a Rental Status of "Archive." These records can then be pulled out of the main database and stored in a new one. The benefit of using this tool is really just reducing the size of the Rental database and thereby speeding up report operations and other activities that sift through the full set of records. The downside is that you are removing records that may be of historical interest.

Install Tip for Path Name

I have run into an issue a couple of times where the installation path name tripped up a feature in ZonePro. The issue is that you do not want to have any spaces in the installation path name for ZonePro. So c:\zpsql\install\zpsql.exe is fine but not c:\zp  sql\install\zpsql.exe. Although most features work just fine, this issue is known to cause problems when exporting "to spreadsheet." Better to avoid.

Windows 10 Compatible For ZonePro

I'm slowly getting inquiries about ZonePro's compatibility with Windows 10. I've installed the Windows upgrade on a laptop here in the office and have not seen any problems running ZonePro SQL or ZonePro 32. If you come across a problem please let me know but I see no reason you can't upgrade to Windows 10 if desired.

Email Screen for Property Page

I've added an Email option off of the primary Property Page in the Staff Web site. It will auto-load any email addresses stored for Contacts. It also has an option to easily reference any photos or pdfs that have been uploaded for the current property record. I think this will prove useful.

Email Attachment Option

I've added a button to all the email screens in the Staff site to allow users to add an attachment to the email. I would advise not trying to attach anything over 1 MB big. I'm not sure how useful this feature will be in the context of ZonePro but I would like to hear about it.

Email Troubleshooting

I've done some work to help ensure that everyone can send e-mails via their Staff web site. I did troubleshooting of the default email server settings and they should now work for all customers. Please let me know if that is not the case. There are a few new settings added to the Email Setup page in Maintenance to enable more precise control. The Test Email page off of the Email Setup Page gives more setting information as well to aid in getting it working for each customer. I would recommend going with the default settings and a custom "From" address rather than trying to use your own mail sever. Try it out for yourself.