ACCTivate! 8.1 introduced the Landed Cost and Custom Kitting modules, along with an improved registration process. Version 8.1 was released on January 28, 2013.
The release notes for the QuickBooks edition are listed below:
| Component | Summary |
|---|---|
| Business Activity | Include Address from Primary Related Item in Business Activity Review |
| Business Activity | Create Business Activity appears on Sales Order when not registered for the Business Activity add-on module |
| Business Activity | Internal GUID is displayed for inactive Labor items on Time tab |
| Business Activity | “Object Variable…” exceptions received in when Business Activity Review refreshes |
| Business Activity | Creating Service Order from Business Activity returns error not allowing creation |
| Create Company | “Order … already exists” error if duplicate order numbers exist in QuickBooks |
| Create Company | “Tax code is missing on one or more lines …” error while importing Sales Orders from QuickBooks |
| Create Company | “Invalid Use of Null” Copying Orders during Create Company Wizard |
| Create Company | Totals for orders imported from QB not matching totals in ACCTivate! |
| Create Company | Order detail lines not imported for QuickBooks sub-total “groups” |
| Database Maintenance | Improvements to simplify the ACCTivate! Configuration File (acct.ini) |
| Database Maintenance | Support for Database Prefix for all ACCTivate! SQL Server databases |
| Database Maintenance | Merge legacy “MSDE” with “ACCTivate” Database Server entries in ACCT.ini |
| Database Maintenance | Unable to reset link between ACCTivate! and QuickBooks |
| EDI | Include Subtotal, Tax and Total Amount for EDI Invoice (810) |
| EDI | Include Current Terms Code and Due Date (from Terms) in EDI Invoice |
| General | Resize Detail Grid columns when window size is adjusted or maximized |
| General | Opening Import Spreadsheet may result in “Object or variable not set” |
| Help | ACCTivate! Help will not load when Dashboard window is open |
| Import | “New Product ID” field to modify existing Product ID values with Import Data function |
| Import | “Assertion Failed: Abort=Quit, Retry=Debug, Ignore=Continue” error when importing a balance adjustment |
| Import | “Quantity must be 1, 0, or -1 for serial numbered products” error during Inventory Receipts import |
| Installation | Support for Windows Server 2012 (All Editions) |
| Installation | Support for Windows 8 (All Editions, except RT) |
| Inventory | Allocate Landed/Added Cost across one or more Inventory transactions |
| Inventory | Improved Bill of Materials Type naming for Assemblies, Kits and Assortments |
| Inventory | Split Variable Build/Batch Bill of Materials type to “Custom” and “Process” |
| Inventory | Landed Cost Register report to include details on Landed Cost session, including allocation |
| Inventory | Print/Preview Report window does not appear when posting Inventory Issue |
| License | Improvements to Register ACCTivate! process, including Refresh button for new users, modules |
| Mobile | Web Page for ACCTivate! Mobile Printer configuration |
| Mobile | OutOfMemoryException when submitting large inventory count |
| Mobile | Error “BC30451: Name ‘ACCTivate’ is not declared” in Mobile Web Service Status page |
| Mobile | Special Order Items are not included in Mobile Inventory Receipts |
| Mobile | Mobile Receipt Error: Conversion from type ‘DBNull’ to type ‘Decimal’ is not valid |
| Purchasing | “Multiple-step operation generated errors” message may occur on a Purchase Order follow-up note |
| Purchasing | Enter Landed Cost amount on Other Amounts tab of Purchase Invoice |
| Purchasing | “Max decimals for Displayed Prices” option for Purchase Orders |
| Purchasing | VAT/Tax drop-down on Purchase Invoice Other Amounts tab for UK, Canada, South Africa and Australia editions |
| Purchasing | Other Amounts do not re-calculate when toggling Amounts Include Tax option in VAT edition |
| Sales Order | “Non-nullable column cannot be updated to Null.” error may occur when opening a Sales Order or Prepare Invoices |
| Sales Order | Amount paid changes from blank or 0.00 to full amount on Sales Order window |
| Sales Order | Kit Component options to Add/Remove and Update quantities with Custom Kitting add-on module |
| Sales Order | Lookup Sales Quotes, Orders, Invoices and Credit Memos by Custom Fields |
| Sales Order | Alert if Customer Contracts exist when entering a Sales Quote or Order |
| Sales Order | Warehouse(s) options for Sales Order Product Substitutions list |
| Sales Order | Sales Tax Code appears as GUID for each line in Sales Order |
| Sales Order | “Cannot save changes because Sales Order has been modified by another user…” message while creating Sales Invoice |
| Sales Order | Lot Number quantity may default to the availability from a subsequent lot number |
| Sales Order | Row cannot be located for updating. Some values may have been changed since it was last read. |
| Synchronization | “Value is empty” error during Invoice synchronization |
| Web Store | Multiple, duplicate shipments are being exported to Magento |
| Web Store | Expiration date may be imported incorrectly |
| Web Store | “Column ‘ShippedOn’ does not belong to table” error when exporting shipments to Volusion web stores |
You can also view the release notes for the prior release, ACCTivate! 8.0.