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Recent updates to the Tadds website:

04/28/08

Downloads:  Updated to level 80428.  Now allows mass team-member moves
                      between gender-specific and coed activities. Changed background color
                      of Date of Birth field on Student Detail Data panel to reflect "is required"
                      status.

03/12/08

Downloads:  Updated to level 80206.  Added option to auto-email (selected) reports
                      to coaches.  Improved usability of the way team equipment inventory is
                      updated.  New report that allows use to create own headings for a roster
                      checklist form. Fixed problem in email routines that was still using old
                      MAPI email procedures (which some users do not have).  Additional
                      documentation of the CoachClone feature and procedures.

01/17/08

Downloads:  Updated to level 80116.  Added a new Senior Check-Out form for
                     use in textbook/fees/debts clearances at end of school year.

12/04/07

Downloads:  Updated to level 71204.  Corrected error in team roster mass cuts and
                      moves process that was deleting too many roster records.

09/05/07

Downloads:  Updated to level 70901.  Minor internal changes dealing with user
                      authorities on tables.  Added macro to create Oracle-friendly queries
                      for all tables.

08/06/07

Downloads:  Updated to level 70731.  Improved AutoQuickLoad process (now will
                      dynamically detect which TaddsQn.txt files are present and just load
                      those files.  Added new report showing room team members are in for
                      a given period.  Minor changes to team equipment functions.  Corrected
                      problem with downloadable demo module that was keeping demo from
                      installing properly.

06/18/07

Downloads:  Updated to level 70611.  Corrected error in envelope printing (city/
                     state/zip not printing).  Added option to export data with first line of
                     each data file having the column names in upper case with no blanks
                     (for importing into Oracle databases - Contact Tadds support for info
                     on this option.).  Updated the Tadds Access/97 Runtime install process
                     (the downloadable 70xxx versions would not install/uninstall properly).
                     Added two new functions to the Emblem assignment process:
                         a.  Auto-assign all outstanding emblems from prior seasons,
                         b.  Auto-assign all outstanding emblems for "this" team.
                     And general code and documentation cleanup preparing for 07/08
                     school year.

06/07/07

Downloads:  Updated to level 70316.  Corrected problem with background color of
                     default school symbol bmp files for reports and letters.

06/03/07

Downloads:  Updated to level 70315.  Adds CoachClone Feature, improved Team
                     Equipment tracking, and additional support for student team awards and
                     other awards and achievements.  Changes e-mail process to interface
                     directly with user's ISP's SMTP interface instead of assuming that the
                     user's system has a working MAPI interface (which is what Tadds used
                     prior to level 70315). 

02/22/07

Downloads:  Updated to level 70222.   Fixed error in "Add Student to Team Roster"
                     function that was preventing the display of Activities if the Activity Scope
                     was set to All.

02/09/07

Downloads:  Updated to level 70209.  Added Address_Line_2 and Country to the
                     Students table.  Added links (on Documentation panel) to the online
                     User's Guide and Reference Cards.  Corrected error in the secure-erase
                     function (was not always overwriting the file being erased before actual
                     deletion of the file).  Modified QuickLoad utility function to work with
                     non-numeric primary keys.  Added optional Badge (Empl.) Nbr field to
                     the Contacts table.

02/06/07

Downloads:  Updated to level 70122.  Added a SIMS option to the install process.
                     (This is under development, can be used but is in initial stages.)  Added
                     non-athetic Activity definitions to the set of (optional) activities that can
                     be preloaded into Tadds at database  initialization time.

02/01/07

VideoClips:   Added a VideoClips page to web site.  Inserted a link to it in the
                      Overview page.  Posted a beta-clip that stars the Tadds Demo db.

11/17/06

Downloads:  Updated to level 61102.  Added an end-section to the "Duty Roster (full-
                      year and rest-of-year)
reports that shows those staff individuals that have
                      no (uncancelled) duty roster assignments for the current school year.
                      Added a "find person" function to the Master Contacts panel that functions
                      like the "find student" function added in level 60830.

10/23/06

Downloads:  Updated to level 60925.  Fixed problem in signature block of user-saved
                      letters.  Fixed problem that was preventing display of Academic Rosters.
                      Updated code to handle rollover of level to 6-digit (yymmdd) values. 
                      Major improvement in the way the AutoLoad of SASI data is handled.
                      Added a "find event" function to the Master Event Schedule panel.
                      Added "Hot Key" support to frequently selected buttons on main menu
               
      panels. 

09/07/06

Downloads:  Updated to level 60830.  Improved the quickfind student function
                     on the Student Master List panel.  Added a quickfind event function
                     to Master Event Schedule panel.  Also now calculates the student's
                     currrent age and displays it on the Student Detail Data form.

08/15/06

Downloads:  Updated to level 60815.  Corrected problem in code that calculated
                     start/stop times for worker duty rosters (a "code race/timing problem"
                     resulted in a few calculations being based on a midnight time value).
                     Also  re-enabled the "copy team roster data from prior year" function.

12/26/05

Downloads:  Updated to level 51120.  Tweaked Student Transfer/Checkout form
                     to include signature line for return of P/E equipment.

09/28/05

Downloads:  Updated to level 50928.  Added ability for Tadds FrontEnd systems
                     to connect to multiple Backend databases (one BackEnd at a time).
                     Useful for district-level personnel to view Tadds data at multiple schools,
                     or for selected users such as Athletic Trainers that serve multiple schools to
                     connect to the Tadds database for each school.

09/14/05

Downloads:  Updated to level 50914.  Added Contract ID to printed contracts.

09/13/05

Downloads: Updated to level 50820.  Added choice of "source year" and "target
                     year" to contract cloning utility.  Reformatted Coach Roster Telephone
                     report (340-1) to provide more space
for the Activity name (which was
                     being cut off at about 15 characters).  Provided a FrontEnd "Athletic
                     Trainer Mode" option for data imports that imports JUST the injury data
                     (to the medical database).

06/15/05

Downloads:  Updated to level 50615.  Added Team Dates-of-Physicals report.
                     Now remembers data sort-order on Team Roster data display panel.
                     Added GPA-at-date-of-issue and GPA-current columns to student
                     Work Permit display form. Updated demo data to be for 2005/6 year.

04/04/05

Downloads:  Updated to level 50307.  Added batch (unattended) QuickLoad of
                     student data.  Added variation of Student Transfer/Withdrawal Form
                     that is to be returned to Registrar instead of Student Counseling.  Added
                     new function that allows mass moves of (selected) students between
                     different teams of the same activity.  Also supports mass drops of students
                     from teams.

01/27/05

Downloads:  Updated to level 50126.  Improved installability in Access 2003 systems.
                     (Fixed install problem in Access/2003 environment that resulted in a
                     spurious (empty) Access/2003 task window being left open at end of an
                     install.)  Enhanced calendar scheduling ability by adding a new non-student-
                     related activity of Other, with full event scheduling and reporting for same.
                     Added ability to do a data import to the Tadds Demo system even when
                     the Demo license is expired.  (Makes it easier to test new releases of
                     Tadds.)  Added beta-test version of special calendar (schedule) event-data
                     export function that creates .vcs data files that can be downloaded to
                     PDA's.  (If you want to play with this feature, please contact Tadds
                     Support for additional information.)  Modified Student Transfer-Out
                     Checklist form to provide for teacher to enter ID numbers of student's
                     textbooks and whether said books were in fact returned by student.  Also
                     added signature line for Library debts.  Enhanced 7-Day Event Schedule
                     Recap report to allow for selection of other time spans (examples:  Next
                     Week, Next Month, Rest of this Month, Week after next, user-specified
                     date-range, ...).  Also added Day-of-Week (Monday, Tuesday, ...) to
                     the n-day Event Schedule Recap report to make it more "friendly" to the
                     readers.  Corrected Student Participation Report subheading to correctly
                     show the season being reported.
Notes:          1.  This is a required Tadds update.
                     2.  It will be used as the basis for future updates to Tadds.
                     3.  For SiteLicense users:   Be sure to read the special install instructions
                          that came with the update CD or are in the Readme.1st file.

12/06/04

Downloads:  Updated to level 41206.  Fixed problem 56 - import failure to read student
                      emblem data.  Also compiled Demo system for better code security.

10/21/04

Downloads:  Updated to level 41020.  Misc. text message cleanup.  Restored the
                      sorting of the student's classes on Transfer-Out-Checklist.  Added
                      GPA and Unexused Absences to Work Permit Master List display.

10/02/04

Downloads:  Updated to level 41002. Has better cleanup of  leftover install files.

9/23/04

Downloads:  Updated to level 40920. Eliminated hanging unzip window that was "left
                      over" on reinstalls over existing Tadds FE, SU or DE applications.

9/14/04

Downloads:  Updated to level 40920. Twitched it a bit so it works with Access 2003
                     without issuing macro security warning messages when starting Tadds.  Also
                     confirmed that Tadds works with Windows XP Service Pack 2 installed.

8/29/04

Downloads:  Updated to level 40824.  Fixes QuickLoad problem with SASI data that
                      had the Gender field in SASI change from Male/Female to M/F encoding.
                      The symptom was that all students wound up in Status=T (transferred).
                      NOTE for FE/BE users:  See 06/24/01 note below.

8/09/04

Downloads:  Updated to level 40702.  Better documentation re team career emblem
                     management function.  Simplified the Quickload process of preserving
                     manually-entered student data for students not yet in district database..
                     Added new function to help manage team career emblems (block letters,
                     stars, ...).  Added ablility to display ID's of users currently connected to
                     BE database.  Added documentation noting that Access is only needed at
                     the BackEnd machine if the machine also has Tadds FE installed on it.
                     NOTE for FE/BE users:  See 06/24/01 note below.
Hints/Tips:   Updated Support Tip 3 to reflect new ability to install a BE database from
                     a (remote) FE system.

07/28/04

Downloads:  Updated to level 40701.  Updates demo data to 2004/2005 schoolyear.
                     Added new function to help manage team career emblems (block letters,
                     stars, ...).  NOTE for FE/BE users:  See 06/24/01 note below.

06/24/01

Downloads:  Updated to level 40624.  Fixes slow application loading-time in some
                     Access 200x environments. 
NOTE for FE/BE users:  If you are upgrading from a level prior to 31216, you will need to first do a BackEnd install, and then go to each FE system and do an FE install of your new Tadds level.

04/01/04

Downloads:  Updated to level 31216.  Adds autoswitching to 1024x768 mode,  ability
                     to do BackEnd installs/upgrades remotely.

11/11/03

Downloads:  Updated to level 31111.  Added ability to specify non-existent directories
                     as targets for the import/export utility function.

10/24/03

Downloads:  Updated to level 31024 with following changes:  1.  Year-End rollover
                      processing:  Added utility function that can create
current-year volunteer
                      lists from prior year's volunteer lists.  2.  Improved options on the CA CIF
                      Eligibility Certification report to allow suppression of redbar lines on
                      displayed rows.  3.  Modified Team P/R and eligibility reports to include
                      student's ID.  4.  Corrected gender and ethniticity reports and some letters
                      to remove spurious %sig-block info that appear after the end of the output.

10/20/03

Downloads:  Updated to level 31017.  Minor twitches to Work Permit reports.

10/09/03

Downloads:  Updated to level 31009.  Adds ability to do BackEnd SourceCodeOnly
                      and TableDefinitionsChanged updates from FrontEnd systems. Also fixes
                      problem 50 - loss of visual (pink) indication of Clone status.
Tips:               Added Tip 8:  Installing Tadds to a network drive's root directory.

10/06/03

Downloads:  Updated to level 31006.  Adds Arkansas permit to work form support.
                      Also has more online documentation re error conditions re disk errors.

9/25/03

Downloads:  Updated to level 30924.  Adds ability to direct data import/export/clone
                      input/output to path
other than the A: drive (for systems with no A: drive).
                      Added encryption to the data import/export/clone utility function so that
                      the resulting data diskette zip file is encrypted.

9/16/03

Downloads:  Updated to level 30916.  Activated support of new California CIF/CCS
                      student eligibility form.  Added ability to optionally bypass GPA and
                      SubjectsPassedLastSemester
eligibity checks for incoming freshmen.
                      Fixed (rare) problem with some Access/2000 users that resulted in the
                      status line at the bottom of the screen not being shown.

8/22/03

Downloads:  Updated to level 30822:  Added new Calif CIF/CCS student eligibility
                      report sample support pending resolution of report format..

8/07/03

Downloads:  Updated to level 30807:   Updated demo data and base code to assume
                     school year 2003/2004.  Added NxtYrEvents table to list of tables that
                     are exported/imported.  Expanded list of default activities to include more
                     of the typical set of activities at the high school level.  Modified backend
                     source-code-only install process to allow Tadds to be updated to a new
                     level while Tadds is in use by other systems. Expanded the student deletion
                     code to include deletion of any work permits issued to the student.
                     <<We recommend that you install this upgrade.>>

6/25/03

Downloads:  Updated to level 30623.  Performance improvement update with major
                      reduction of program module sizes and load times.  Also fixed problem 49
                      dealing with yearend rollover problems.

6/21/03

Downloads:  Updated to level 30618.  Cleaned up example of student data load from
                      SASI data extract files:  File#.txt and .ctl files, FixFile#.bas files.  Added
                      ability to handle comma-delimited data files (instead of tab-delimited).

6/18/03

Downloads:  Updated to level 30612.  Modified SiteLicense install process to allow
                      BackEnd SourceCodeOnly updates to be done from FrontEnd systems.
                      Extended Annual Hunt time window to 7/15/03.

6/06/03

Downloads:  Updated to level 30606.  Improved example of mass-loading next year's
                      event scheduling. Additional online help documentation.  Improvements to
                      work permit function..