Note: There may be a discontinuity in version numbering because some minor updates
were not made publicly available; their changes are incorpoarted in the subsequent update.
Coming on August 25... Update v5.2 with over 30 enhancements and fixes
New: When a Contact has information in its' Notes field an icon appears at top of screen
2308 Fix: in Customer Service module, clicking the companylink would not take you to the company record
2307 Fix: the Search window in the Customer Service module shows incorrect list of selection for 'companyLink' field
2304 Display fix: the label for Contacts postcode did not display
Release 5.1.26 - February 10, 2010
removed 'security warning' for PRO User Permissions
When a Company has information in its' Notes field an icon appears at top of screen
Added support for MYOB EXO accounting (AUS/NZ only)
Release 5.1.25 - December 30, 2009
2274 (PRO only) Fix: No data is returned in Calendar Task List when criteria are "Task Completion=Both"
or "Task Completion=Completed"
2273 Fix: Runtime Error in Cust Service if the current record is linked to a calendar event that has no Contact
Release 5.1.24 - November 30, 2009
Fix: When synchronizing data local changes to marketing Targets and Respondents are not
uploaded to the Master database
Fix: when exporting an Activity List the error "Field Notenum1 does not accept NULL values" sometimes happens
Fix: can't delete Opportunity Stage, even when it has not been used
Fix: when performing an email merge from the Customer Service module the email template does not always merge
Fix: when performing an ADD or REMOVE from Worklist operation only every second record was being added/removed. (error introduced in 5.1.23)
2263 Fix: After the PRO 5.1.23 upgrade the calendar no longer returns any results for
a Day View; i.e. in the 5-day view you can see several appointments for Today, but when you
click on the Today view no appointments are shown
2260 Fix: Some fields in Item record remain disabled after an unsuccessful
search; e.g. search for a serial number that does not exist, then perform another search
this time for a serial number that does exist and you'll find that some of the fields are greyed out.
2259 Fix: Word mail-merge of date fields (e.g. [#ItemTracking_DatePurchased#] or [#Contacts_Date2#]
always includes midnight time display (e.g. “10/08/2009 12:00AM”) even though it is just
a date field without a time element.
2258 Fix: In the Calendar listing, when you “mouse over” a calendar record the Calendar Details
only popup when the Contact has a personal phone number or mobile number, otherwise it stays
on the last one that you looked at rather than the one selected.
Release 5.1.23 - October 31, 2009
2263 Fix: After the PRO 5.1.23 upgrade the calendar no longer returns any results for
a Day View; i.e. in the 5-day view you can see several appointments for Today, but when you
click on the Today view no appointments are shown
2261 Fix: When selecting a series of Contacts to be removed from the current worklist not all the unwanted contacts are removed.
2260 Fix: Some fields in Item record remain disabled after an unsuccessful
search; e.g. search for a serial number that does not exist, then perform another search this time
for a serial number that does exist and you'll find that some of the fields are greyed out.
2259 Fix: Word mail-merge of date fields (e.g. [#ItemTracking_DatePurchased#] or [#Contacts_Date2#]
always includes midnight time display (e.g. “10/08/2009 12:00AM”) even though it is just a date field without a time element.
2258 Fix: In the Calendar listing, when you “mouse over” a calendar record the Calendar Details only popup when the Contact has a personal phone number or mobile number, otherwise it stays on the last one that you looked at rather than the one selected.
Release 5.1.23 - October 31, 2009
Please note: this will upgrade your database from v5.0 data structures to v5.1
New! The Web Capture module now supports newsletter Subscribe/Unsubscribe function
New! Filtering function in Web Capture lets you filter web records by
type: web lead, sales lead, unsubscribe and spam
New! The Web Capture module now provides more control over the processing of a web lead: search the
database for similar contact or company records and decide how the web lead is
to be processed:
(1) create new company and contact records, or
(2) create a new contact record but assign it to an existing company, or
(3) assign to an existing contact record.
New! Import wizard to import Activity records
New! The phone interface has been enhanced for better support of International dialling.
In User Preferences you can now specify the international access code for your
location (e.g. 011, 0011 or 00, to just mention a few) and Legrand CRM will automatically handle
the formatting.
New! Search functions 'Lastname contains' and 'Lastname starts with' have been
added to the QuickList section in the Contacts module
New! Search functions 'Company Name contains' and 'Company Name starts with' have been
added to the QuickList section in the Companies module
New! You can now specify the next Opportunity Reference Number in System Administration
New! Multiple delete of Activity Notes has been added
New! Link activity notes created “En-masse” to a customer service
New! Added menu selection in the Opportunity module to send an email to the Opportunity's main Contact.
New! The email configuration now allows you to specify a SMTP port number in case your email server does not use the default port 25.
New! The ability to re-Activate a closed marketing campaign has been added.
New! The Marketing Campaigns module now has a menu dropdown at the top left of its screen,
similar to all the other modules.
New! The User listing in Calendar is now sorted on Lastname
New! Added support for MYOB Singapore ODBC driver
Change: When assigning a task or calendar event to another staff member
the email notification now includes the notes for that task or calendar event
Change: The Legrand Reporting tool now includes a library of over 25 reports.
Change: The Department field in Contacts screen is now an unrestricted textbox
Change: The 'No Transaction' report now includes further selection options to determine
how to apply search conditions to Contacts that are not linked to a Company
Change: Support for the old Crystal Reports IX has been disabled by default in favour of the
new Legrand Report Designer. You can still access the old Crystal Reports functions by
specifying this in User Preferences.
2257 Fix: The font of the Targets and Respondents lists in the Campaigns module randomly becomes too small to read
2256 Fix: Word merge template for an Activity Note incorrectly processed merge code[#Note_TZ#] as the Notes.Type value
2255 Fix: Word merge templates for Calendar were not visible/selectable when in 'Letter Templates Maintenance'
2250 Fix: Export Contact List problem when data contains null values
2251 Fix: When using the 'send single email' function the merging of the
default template would sometimes not work. You can now reload & remerge the template.
2249 Fix: Export Contacts now also includes the Department field
2247 Fix: When saving edits to a marketing campaign all other active campaigns disappear from the list view
2242 Fix: In task list the 'Delete' menu appears twice
2237 Fix: The 'disable input fields' function does not work for all fields in Item Tracking module
2232 Fix: The merge process in Fax Preview did not function correctly
2231 Fix: Calendar display issue when changing the work hours
2228 Fix: When importing an email from Outlook TAB in Legrand CRM and creating a new Contact record
on-the-fly the system correctly creates the Contact record but incorrectly assigns the email
to the first contact record that starts with the same letter as the new contact
Release 5.0.22 - July 7, 2009
New: Delete multiple Activity Notes in the Activity listing in the calendar module. (Is controlled by user permissions)
New: Cust Svc module: hyperlink from the Serial No field to the Item Tracking asset record
New: added support for MYOB accounting ODBC driver 9.0
Fix: if you drill-down into an Item Tracking record and cancel the edits you can no longer drill-down again
Fix: can not perform search on Manager ID and any field using Lookup IDs
Fix: search in Item Tracking: ContractType = 'xxx' OR ContractType='yyy' produces wrong results
Fix: error when email notification window appears on a Customer Service assignment
Fix: FinancePlus accounting: 'Link to existing account' function
Fix: Task reminder time not correctly displayed (error introduced in 5.0.21-A)
New: right-mouse click menu items in Campaigns to add Calendar Event, Activity Note or Task for current Target/Respondent
New: Opportunity list now provides a reporting range for Closed Opportunities
New: improvements to graphical analysis of Closed Opportunities
New: Label printing: added support for Avery label L7415, 10x2
New: introduced a new icon and standard command name for 'Add Record' hyperlinks in all modules
New: Sybiz accounting interface changes:-
+ Accounting Import wizard is now resizable
+ 'Select Customers' and 'Select Suppliers' buttons have been added to the Import screen
+ 'Export List' function has been added
Fix: Dashboard - the preference setting for Opportunities display was not being used
Fix: in the 'Add Activity Note for Multiple Contacts' screen the user-defined captions for Number1 and User1 fields were not active
Fix: sort order for marketing Targets and Respondents
Fix: in the Task window clicking on the Contact and selecting 'Go To Contact' would sometimes cause a freeze
Fix: Calendar listing in Cust Svc module: the 'Assigned To' and 'With' columns were reversed.
Fix: when viewing a Closed Opportunity the 'Outcome reason' field was not displayed
2217: When sending email from Contact module if there is a problem with sending (eg invalid email address)
the entire email message is lost and has to be retyped
2217 and 2166: When sending an email from CS module clicking on the TO or CC buttons brings up the Find Contact screen in the backgroudn rather than foreground.
2212: The "GoTo CustService" menu command did not work in Contacts module
2210: Importing Account Manager from a csv file was not working
2209: search criteria for Closed opportunities did not always include 'Date Closed' condition
2208: Opportunity list now provides a reporting range for Closed Opportunities
2207: Opportunity Search was not working for the Outcome Field. Value search for Outcome now contains drop menu with Won, No Sale & Lost
2206: Opportunity Influencers list is not refreshed when moving to another record
2205: Opportunity; when viewing Closed opportunities the 'Outcome reason' field was not displayed
2203: Opportunities Closed today are not appearing in the Opportunity list when selecting Closed
2200 and 2146: Print Calendar week view
2198: The 'Add' button has been renamed 'Add Record' in Cust Service module
2197: Task list in Calendar module did not allow you to sort on Description
2196: User Permissions controlling data export were not applied to the 'Export List' menu button
2195: Opportunity 'Estimated Close Date' was not fully visible in the listing
2183: Screen label for Item Tracking purchase price did not rename
2182: Email Notification option for0 Cust Service re-assignment was not selectable
2174: When the Search screen resizes the 'Delete Search' button is not being moved
2168: Fix error importing identically named Sybiz accounting customer records
2162: Issue with selection filter when selecting 'Closed' opportunities, incorrect results would show
2159: Cust.Svc module - dropdown lists are refreshed each time you navigate to the module
2158: List Criteria Search Function in Contacts returned results incorrectly
2156: error when printing labels via Dymo printer
2153: Printing calendar's for multiple users not working
2132: Could not add logical fields to the search criteria
2112: Exporting closed opportunities within a date range produced wrong list
2111: When printing monthly view the screen would reset and display ONLY the last ticked name in the list.
2107: Update to Outlook from Contact was going to Marketing Campaign Selection rather than exporting the contact to Outlook
2106: The link to an ABM accounting function still had "Quickbooks" name in the text
2104: The search in contacts does not allow the logic fields to be added to the search criteria via the Add to List button
2101: The FirstName and Lastname fields on the contact detail were reversed after an ABM accounting update
2100: Sort order of Activity List is lost when you delete a record
2099: Drill-down from Company module into a Closed Opportunity does not always go to the correct record
2057: error when printing contact labels for a Marketing Campaign
Release 5.0.20 - February 2009
NEW: added Help menu item to access online video tutorials
New: Quickbooks accounting interface now supports QuickBooks 2009 (USA, CA)
New: "Assign Task to multiple Contacts" screen now also includes the Cust.Service field
Fix: Pastel accounting interface; 'Link to existing' command now available
Fix: Sybiz accounting interface; when importing or updating Address details from Sybiz
a leading blank was being inserted in Lastname
Fix: Customer Service module; 'number of records' is now displayed above the list
Fix: Customer Service list moves to top of list after any edit to current record
Fix: Customer Service module; renaming the 'Company Link' label did not work
Fix: Error oData when printing Company Word report
Fix: when drilling down into an ItemTracking record the window disappears in background
Release 5.0.19 - December 2008
NEW: added Help menu item to access online video tutorials
Fix: An Item Tracking search condition that includes a Company keyword would
always return no result
Fix: Item Tracking - the date selection field would become inactive after a Search was executed
Fix: Contact search consisting of Contact Keyword and Company field produced wrong result
Fix: label printing succeeds first time but fails on subsequent times
Fix: 'Invalid Path' error message appears on startup when Legrand CRM is installed on D: drive
Fix: error in PRO v4.6-to-v5.0 upgrade routine affected display of Opportunity process
Fix: in ItemTracking in the Company Info section the Company 'Type' and 'Industry' fields were not displayed
Enhancement: new TAPI controller for enhanced support of phone systems and response to incoming calls
(1) new TAPI ActiveX control provides better support for caller ID and VOIP systems, including
support for mixed mode Voice+Data
(2) new 'Incoming Call' screen provides more information and control over the call
(3) new 'Outgoing Call' screen provides more information and control over the call
MYOB accounting enhancements (USA, AUS, NZ, UK, Singapore):
(1) now supports MYOB ODBC v8 which is used by MYOB Accounting v12
(2) now uses read-only connection by default (which does not consume MYOB license)
(3) switches to read-write connection if you execute a command that requires MYOB Write access
(4) displays connection string when error 'connection string too long'
QuickBooks enhancement: now supports QuickBooks 2009 edition (USA)
Sybiz accounting enhancements (AUS, NZ, UK, IRL):-
(1)Fixed: linking existing Legrand CRM company to existing Sybiz account
(2)Fixed: Legrand CRM 'accounting type' field now currently displays Sybiz Customer or Supplier type
(3)New: Legrand CRM 'accounting type' field is now searchable with QuickSearch
(4)Fixed: Sybiz customer code is brought across to Legrand CRM
(5)New: address mapping rule when transferring addresses from/to Sybiz
(6)Performance increase when scanning Sybiz for accounts that have not yet been imported into Legrand CRM
Release 5.0.16 - November 2008
Enhancement: label printing has been updated to better handle multi-line addresses
Enhancement: the Excel export of Contact or Company data no longer truncates the Notes/Comments data to 255 characters
Enhancement: the 'Imminent License Expiry' message in the Login screen has been made much more visible
Security: Legrandv5.dot Word macro file has been digitally signed with a new certificate
Fix: label printing error "Variable _REPORTOUTPUT is not found"
Fix: QuickSearch has been added on the ZIP code field of the Contact personal address
Fix: QuickSearch has been added on the 'Contract price' field of an Item Tracking record
Fix: in Companies module, right-mouse click on a Contact and select menu 'Assign > Assign to Marketing campaign'
Fix: error when exporting list from Calendar events tab in the Contacts module
Fix: document listing in Company module now sorts correctly by date
Fix: import of Company User07, User08 and User09 lookup fields
Fix: deleting a Company document did not delete it from disk
Fix: when setting the caption of a checkbox to "." the system did not disable the checkbox
Fix: when creating a new product and clicking on the Select Supplier button the Company
selection screen was hidden behind the New Product screen
Fix: error "lnOpprefNumber not defined" when executing restricted synchronization
Release 5.0.15 - October 2008
New: User preferences for Dashboard display and Windows sizes are remembered
from session to session on the same computer
New: the Legrandv5.dot Word template has been digitally signed
New: changes to layout of Item Tracking record
New: Web Capture now supports creating a new Sales Opportunity
Enhancement: Web Capture now supports the assignment of Contact and Company keywords
Enhancements to QuickBooks accounting interface:
- now handles special characters ('&') in address lines
- improvements to address mapping and import
- now provides QB error log when QB XML request not processed
- ability to Disconnect and Resume the connection to QuickBooks
Enhancement: now supports ABM Accounting 2008 edition
Enhancement to FinancePlus accounting interface
bug fix: closing the legrand CRM via X close button would sometime cause an error
bug fix: Opportunity list would have error if opportunity value not specified
bug fix: errors in import wizard
bug fix: error with menu command 'Assign to Campaign' in Company Contact list
bug fix: 'acyWebLinks' in Company detail menu
bug fix: Sybiz accounting financial summaries
bug fix: error message 'CRM_CONTACTSALUT' when using TAPI to respond to incoming phone calls
bug fix: the Computed Address wasn't being computed properly for mail-merge
bug fix: local DataDictionary table was growing in size after every synchronization
bug fix: Disappearing windows.
Sometimes the popup window for task, Activity Note or Calendar event
would disappear behind the main window
bug fix: when searching for a Contact Name the search list does not highlight the
matching contact record in the list
bug fix: when synchronizing an opportunity created on local DB the OppRef number
is wrongly created
bug fix: Selecting Probability numbering sequence 1,2,3,4,5,... was not working
bug fix: could not specify Est Close Date when creating new opportunity
bug fix: Deleting an Influencer in opportunity
bug fix: Search by Probability did not allow you to specify "Greater than" or
"Less than" condition
bug fix: Opportunity list did not include stage numbering for anything
but the default stage
bug fix: the function 'Create List of Contacts' was not working in Opportunities
bug fix: error "Property CRM_CONTACTEMAIL is not found" when sending email
from Cust Service module
bug fix: error message when deleting Product
bug fix: sending email direct from Legrand CRM did not correctlt handle CC:
bug fix: exporting Item Tracking records had error when one of the item records
is not linked to a Company record
bug fix: could not print labels for Targets or Respondents in marketing campaign
Release 5.0.09 - September 2008
Changes to Calendar interface: new interface for displaying Event, Task and Activities lists
User configuration settings for calendar display are now working again
Fixed problem in CSV import wizards
Fixed problem in Opportunity Search function
Fixed: sending email always went via Outlook irrespective of User Preferences
Removed duplicate names from default captions
Fixed: some user-defined screen captions were not working
Fixed: 'Primary Contact' status was lost when making an Edit to a primary contact
Fixed error assigning to incorrect Contact when importing multiple emails via Outlook module
4.6 to 5.0 upgrade routine has been enhanced to check validity of record IDs
Fixed error assigning to incorrect Contact when importing multiple emails via Outlook module
Fixed error when sending email to multiple contacts. (Non-personalized email)
Added ability to specify Probability when defining Opportunity Stage
Fixed error not saving Staff Participants when editing a recurring calendar event
Fixed problem invoking Help file
QuickSearch on company accounting data is now possible
Fixed missing Quicksearch function on several Contact user fields
Fixed error with Customer Service mail-merge templates
Fixed login screen error: when selecting a different datafile the system still uses the user login accounts of the previous datafile
Fixed error message when changing Account Manager for Contact without company
When having more than 10 Stages in opportunities, error "Alias not found" when going to Analysis view
You can create a Calendar Event with NO company and contact but linked to an Opportunity. This, however, created an error when displaying the list of Calendar Events for that opportunity
When an email is sent to Target/respondent of a campaign the system now correctly links the resulting Activity record to that campaign
Using the [#Contact_Company_Department#] merge code was producing the wrong output
Release 5.0.08 - August 2008
added support for MYOB accounting using ODBC 7.0 driver (USA, UK, AUS, NZ)
fixed error importing customer accounts from QuickBooks 2008
fixed error exporting to Outlook from Calendar event list
fixed error printing Calendar event list
fixed error exporting Contact to Outlook from Company's Contact list
fixed display refresh error for Opportunity's 'Current Stage Notes'
Release 5.0.07 - July 2008
adds support for MYOB accounting (USA, UK, Australia, NZ)
fixes error in Month-To-Date sales calculation for ABM Accounting (Australia / New Zealand)
5.0 licensing system now supports Server Licences for Terminal Server / Citrix environments
significant performance enhancement in Calendar Note: to obtain the speed improvements you need to perform a Cleanup & ReIndex operation in System Administration
added support for QuickBooks 2008 (USA)
added support for Avery DL24 and DL30 A4 labels
added support for Sybiz accounting(Australia / New Zealand)
added Help menu links to new online Support Knowledgebase
added missing Company & Contact details in export of Opportunities
added X symbol in the list display to identify Item Tracking records that are marked InActive
fixed mailmerge template for Customer Service records
fixed occassional 'ole error' when clicking on View Map
fixed intermittent error when Adding an image to a Contact
fixed 'Assigning Campaign to Opportunity'
fixed 'Go To Opportunity'
fixed error when Adding an Item Tracking record from Contacts module
fixed error when adding text to an automatic notification email
fixed error when drilling-down into a Task from the Opportunity module
fixed error when re-activating a Closed Opportunity
fixed issues with Update To/From Outlook function
Release 5.0.06 - June 2008
fixes to Search and QuickSearch functions in all modules
incremental search in Company list now works again
Restricted Synchronization works
Synchronization now includes screen definitions and text field redefinitions
fixes to the Upgrade routine. Also, the upgrade routine now checks that there is at least one user account of type 'Admin' and, if not, sets all 'Public' user accounts to 'Admin'
Dashboard: default settings for 'new Companies' and 'new Contacts' are now set to 'All Records' and 'This Week'
QuickBooks UK, Australia and Canada editions are now supported
Import QuickBooks inventory items and sales transactions (QB USA only)
fixed error in Link to existing QB account
ABM accounting system now supported (Australia & New Zealand)
fixes to the Transfer To/From Outlook function for tasks and calendar events
Drag & Drop for Document attachments: you can drag documents from the Search Document screen and drop them as attachments in the Legrand Send Email screen.
Images are available in the Contacts, Item Tracking and Products screens. Fixed error that occured when performing right-mouse click on Image.
new Import Holidays function in System Administration enables you to import public holidays for a number of countries (USA, AUS, NZ, UK and European countries)
when editing an existing Activity Note that has a document attachment the system will now correctly move the attachment if the Activity Note is assigned to a different Contact.
Opportunity list now includes the Ref # field.
fixed login error message "impprofile.dbf not found"
the go to Google Map function in the Company screen now uses the first two lines of the address field plus the City, State, Code and Country fields to bring up Google Map at that location.