v1.5 (18th March 2003)

Features

• Support for bar code scanning implemented.
• Labels can be printed for names (including address labels and barcode labels.
• Display of margin and gross profit for invoices.
• Improved graphics for buttons on invoice forms (thanks to Cognito Software for the ideas and graphics!)
• OK & Next button now works when editing an invoice, so one can edit lines on an invoice without returning to the invoice list.
• The main invoice list window now updates in the background when an item is being added or edited.
• The font can be chosen for invoice lists.
• Item notes can now be set to display when issuing or receiving the item.
• Automated backup while mSupply is running, along with a scheduler to specify when backups should run.
• Can now use a bill of materials when building items.
• Built items can now report the production yeild in relation to theoretical quantity on the bill of materials
• Expiring items report can now be sorted by value, name or expiry date.
• Stock totals report can now be for all items or just one department
• Much expanded user permissions system. Many more access priveleges can be set on a per-user basis.
• Preference to automatically renumber lines when a line is deleted.
• Backorder list now displays available stock
• A new button on invoices shows the profit (value and markup/margin) for a customer invoice.
• Printed transaction lists now display the total value of the transactions at the bottom.
• New Report type to print an item ledger between any two given dates. This allows a ledger to be printed for any historical period.
• Improved support for certain dot matrix printers that require line advance before printing.
• Each batch of an item can have it’s own location specified when goods are being received.
• New preference to determine whether or not placeholder lines are deleted when an invoice is confirmed.
• When repacking items mSupply now attempts to guess the price of the new pack size.
• Can now do custom reports on item notes.
• New progress windows more accurately show progress for long operations.
• Added a new report to the transaction reports total value for each item to show the value supplied or received of each item over a date range.
• Added a new report to the transaction reports: ítem usage broken down by cost centre which shows the totals for each cost centre under each major item heading. (This report can be run for just a single item or group of items)
• Items can now have a long description field.
• A new tab for each item shows the orders for the item (both historical and current).
• Customers can now have a separate shipping and billing address
• A new report lists each user, their access level, last log-on time and date, and the number of log-ons for the user.
• Can now lock orders to stop them being deleted.
• Can now resize order windows correctly.
• Orders can now be partially received, and receved in multiple consignments. More information is stored about the original order quantity etc, allowing reporting on supplier performance.
• Finding orders in mSupply is now easier.
• Each invoice line now stores the item name, so that historical information is retained, even if an item name is edited after an invoice has been finalized.

Bug fixes

• In Client/Server mode, deletion of placeholder lines when confirming an invoice could cause some items to not have their stock updated
• Fixed bug (also fixed in 1.43r5) where comment was not editable on supplier invoices, but service item fields & supplier ref were.
• Fixed a problem where export batch numbers could be skipped if the user cancelled the export.
• Certain build transactions could advesely affect ledger reports
• Ledger reports for items with fractional quantities would report an discrepancy when there was none.
• Deleting orders did not work properly in client-server mode.
• Custom reports can now be done with a query on the √íhold√ì fields for items