Summit Event Manager - Light

Update Details

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This page details all the updates made to Summit Event Manager - Light (SEML) from time of first release.

To decide if you want to update:

• Check what your current version of Summit Event Manager - Light is by selecting About Summit... from the Help Menu. Your current version number will be displayed at the top of the About Summit screen after the words Summit Event Manager - Light Version
• Check the improvements between your version and the current version on the list below

Update your software (Link to another page)

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From 10.20 - 10.21 (released 15 December 2005) Please note that this update will overwrite your existing software. Please make backups of any customisations/modifications that you have made prior to running this update so that they can be reinstalled.

• Name Badges & Tickets - NEW - Sessions At A Glance for Avery 5392 (US Letter) Stationary
• Name Badges & Tickets - NEW - Event Summary for Ezitage 94x112 A4 Stationary
• Postcodes - NEW - Updates Australian Postcodes listing.
• Reporter - NEW - Added Financial Group Leader as a selection criteria on the Participation tab.
• Abstracts - Correctedspelling error on the Abstracts In Review reports.
• Catering Events - Corrected an error wheer the special diet did not always appear on catering lists.
• Internet Assistant - Modified Event Web File creation process to ensure that event web file names do not contain spaces or underscores
• Name Badges & Tickets - Corrected an error where Given name did not display correctly on badges or tickets.
• Name Formats - Amended Asian Name display to include Title on formats 17,18, 19 (Setup -> Event Options).
• Reporter - Corrected an error if more than 32,767 records were selected on the Reporter.
• Reporter - Modified to display details of datasource location if mail merge selected.
• Tabling & Seating - Corrected an error on the Special Dietary Requirements by Table report.

From 10.19 - 10.20 (released 19 July 2004) Please note that this update will overwrite your existing software. Please make backups of any customisations/modifications that you have made prior to running this update so that they can be reinstalled.

• General - New: Ctrl+S will now go directly to the Search by Family Name field in Persoanl Details. Fir users familiar with Tracker and Maximizer.
• Correspondance - Removed Itinerary as an option.
• General - Updated duplicate checking process.
• Exporting - Corrected an error where if one or more sessions included in selection criteria, the deata was exported and the user selected Yes to having name badges marked as produced, the wrong number of records were marked.

From 10.18 - 10.19 (released 13 April 2004) Please note that this update will overwrite your existing software. Please make backups of any customisations/modifications that you have made prior to running this update so that they can be reinstalled.

• Name Badge and Ticket Design - Line Contents: Changed Christian Name to Given Name (First Name).
• People by Table with Organisation and Accompanying People report - Corrected an error were the primary person's middle initial and post nominals were displaying against the accompanying person.
• Reporter - New: Added Purchase Order Number as a Column Contents choice for the Name Plus... reports.
• Tabling and Seating - Modified process for greater speed and more accuracy.
• Tabling and Seating - Modified to now warn of locked name deletions if reducing/changing add-on allocation.
• Function Attendance Reports - Improved, now more than 3 times faster.
• Function Attendance Reports - Modified report listing to indicate Function Attendance reports that only work if the Catering Event has been marked as Tabled.
• Group Tax Invoice - Corrected an error where the page header dod not turn off correctly.
• General - Updated About Summit screen to 2004.
• General - Modified the Help calling process to eliminate a problem when clicking on the Help button on forms under Windows 2000.
• General - Modified control of file dialog box to eliminate the need to use the comdlg32.ocx file.

From 10.17 - 10.18 (released 10 December 2003) Please note that this update will overwrite your existing software. Please make backups of any customisations/modifications that you have made prior to running this update so that they can be reinstalled.

• New Report: Financial Status of Delegates by Financial Group shows for each Financial Group (sorted by Financial Group Name) the event participation and breakdown of charges into owed, paid and outstanding for each group member then subtotals by Financial Group then totals for the report. Also the inclusion of two new Financial Group names: "Organisation and PIN" and "Surname and PIN".
• New Report: Abstracts in Review can be run as either a consolidated report or one abstract per page. Located in Presenter Reports.
• New Report: Abstract Booklet. The booklet has a title page with each presenter abstract presented on a new page. Located in Presenter Reports.
• New process to convert all A4 reports and correspondence to US Letter equivalents. Process does 3 things:
  1. It changes the paper type from A4 to Letter.
  2. It increases the left margin on Portrait reports so that information is correctly centred on the page.
  3. It decreases the left margin on Landscape report so that all information is displayed on the one page.
• MS Windows XP and MS Office XP
  1. Modified appearance of all forms for enhanced display with Windows XP and Office XP.
  2. Modified handling of working and global variables and lists to eliminate errors when writing to system and root directories on Windows 2000 and Windows XP systems.
  3. Modified startup process to eliminate software opening to a blank screen and not running the AutoExec macro.
• Internet Assistant can now pick up membership number, the five user defined fields and up to 10 session preferences from on-line registrations. (Membership number does not apply to unsecure registrations with payment).
• Corrected the display of the Event Short Name to wrap correctly.

From 10.16 - 10.17 (released 1 September 2003) Please note that this update will overwrite your existing software. Please make backups of any customisations/modifications that you have made prior to running this update so that they can be reinstalled.

• Added more direct links to the MIE Software web site.
• Added the ability to link straight to the on-line serial number request form from the Registration screen.
• Added the ability to link straight to the on-line serial number request form if a user tries to register with an expired number.
• The Current Event screen (Ctrl W) will now list the users who currently have an event file open.
• Updated forms to ensure consistent display under Windows XP.
• Modified registration process to always recalculate tax areas regardless of whether or not registration details have been updated.
• Changed heading on GST Receipts report.

From 10.15 - 10.16 (released 13 August 2003) Please note that this update will overwrite your existing software. Please make backups of any customisations/modifications that you have made prior to running this update so that they can be reinstalled.

• Updated Australian postcodes to 8 August 2003 settings.
• Added a data element (Checksum) to capture any credit card security codes to the Payment form.
  Important: Change to template so only affects events created using version 10.16 or higher.
• Corrected an error where GST percentages could display incorrectly as inclusive on reference file screens.
• Corrected an error where there was a problem producing group tax invoices or adjustment notes from a person's Money Menu if no pervious tax invoices or adjustment notes have been produced.
• Modified all forms for better display under Windows ME, Windows 2000 and Windows XP environments.
• Modified Main Menu for for better display under Windows ME, Windows 2000 and Windows XP environments.
• Corrected an error where software update process completed successfully but then tried to run the nonexistent Autoexec macro.

From 10.14 - 10.15 (released 21 May 2003) Please note that this update will overwrite your existing software. Please make backups of any customisations/modifications that you have made prior to running this update so that they can be reinstalled.

• Updated Australian postcodes to 15 April 2003 settings.
• Modified software start up procedure to correct problem where on some Windows 2000 and Windows XP sites the autoexec macro did not run and as a result no form or database window is displayed.
• Modified software custom update process so that the custom update file semlu.cdb is the default.
• Modified event web creation process to not verify elements not used in WebLink.
• Modified Avery L7162 address label - changed Can Grow in StandardLabelAveryL7162 from yes to no.

From 10.13 - 10.14 (released 11 February 2003) Please note that this update will overwrite your existing software. Please make backups of any customisations/modifications that you have made prior to running this update so that they can be reinstalled.

• Modified income reconciliation report repair process.
• Amended checking of payment type name change.
• Modified postcode lookup routines for faster loading.
• Updated address/postcode lookup functions. On any form with an address user can double-click on Suburb/City field to choose from pull-down list (also updates state, postcode and presort if applicable). User can also double-click in postcode. This will lookup postcode if suburb and state are present or lookup suburb and state if they are blank and postcode is present.
• Updated links to MIE web site from help menu.
• Corrected an error with display of credit card expiry date on Reporter Name Plus. listings.
  Important: Change to template so only affects events created using version 10.14 or higher.
• Updated Australian postcodes to 22 January 2003 settings.
• Spelling change on MAPI testing form.
• Corrected a problem with import of Job Title/Position from non-WebLink registration pages.

From 10.12 - 10.13 (released 28 October 2002) Please note that this update will overwrite your existing software. Please make backups of any customisations/modifications that you have made prior to running this update so that they can be reinstalled.

• New Tabling and Seating report: Table number, seat number, name and organisation.
• Corrected an error that could occur on banking runs where there were Bankcard/Mastercard/Visa sales voucher transactions.
• Corrected a display error on the Add Ons Results form.
• Modified income reconciliation report correction process to eliminate add-on allocations that are not related to anyone in the event file.
• Modified event web file creation process to prevent illegal characters in event name.
• Modified the Registration Desk Worklist screen to search on the same surname, first name basis as the Personal Details screen.
• Corrected a problem with number of fields on a couple of queries.
• Added the ability to open the Tabling and Seating screen from the event registration form.
• Corrected a problem when checking for duplicates by first initial and family name on the Personal Details screen if no first name was present.
• Changed expected field label on incoming e-mails for notes from Notes: to USERCOMMENT: to avoid conflict with PaymentNotes: label.
• Modified event web file creation process.
• Modified mail merge from reporter to place data source in c:\seml10 to make location of summitmm.txt easier in Windows XP/Office XP environment.
• Modified payment type entry so that a payment type can not be entered without specifying a summary report format.
• Added detailed breakdown of GST Free sales to the GST Receipts and Payments report.
• Modified Presenter Abstracts report to give same naming method as draft programme.
• Added primary person salutation to standard export.
• Added the ability to add new contact people from within Contact screen by double-clicking on Contact With.

From 10.11 - 10.12 (released 10 September 2002) Please note that this update will overwrite your existing software. Please make backups of any customisations/modifications that you have made prior to running this update so that they can be reinstalled.

• Modified wording of create event web file process.
• Modified Fill function so as to not overwrite existing phone or fax numbers.
• Added the ability to test Windows Messaging to the Internet Assistant.
• Modified string matching in the Internet Assistant.
• Modified event creation process to allow underscore characters in path but not in event file name. Previously, underscore characters could not appear in any part of the path or the name.
• Corrected a problem where unallocated totals could be overstated on the Payments and Receipts report.
• Modified event web file process to stop components containing commas.
• Updated Australian postcodes to 1 July 2002 settings.
• Modified Financial Group pull-down list for faster display.
• Corrected an error with hiding/showing salutations on group tax invoices.
• Removed Auto Correct from Given Name and Family Name entry on Personal Details screen to allow certain names that were automatically corrected (e.g. Teh to The).

From 10.09 - 10.11 (released 31 May 2002) Please note that this update will overwrite your existing software. Please make backups of any customisations/modifications that you have made prior to running this update so that they can be reinstalled.

• Modified event creation process to prevent the inclusion of the underscore character because of MIE WebLink conflicts.
• Corrected an error where multiple instances of partial registration types could be displayed on lists showing registration details.
• Modified order of display of names on Tabling and Seating form.
• Corrected an error on the Report with saved queries when an add-on was selected.
• Modified tabs on Reporter and Event Options screens to correct a problem where tab captions did not display correctly on some monitors.

From 10.08 - 10.09 (released 26 March 2002) Please note that this update will overwrite your existing software. Please make backups of any customisations/modifications that you have made prior to running this update so that they can be reinstalled.

• Corrected a problem where event web files had rounding problems on uneven amounts using percentage GST.
• Added user defined fields to available fields for mail merge from the Reporter.
• Modified shut down process to check search name index.
• Added user defined fields, membership number and session preferences as fields that can be collected via MIE WebLink registration pages.

From 10.07 - 10.08 (released 12 March 2002) Please note that this update will overwrite your existing software. Please make backups of any customisations/modifications that you have made prior to running this update so that they can be reinstalled.

• Added the ability to accept registrations without payment over the web using MIE WebLink.
• Modified Internet Assistant for better handling of long drawer/payee names.
• Corrected a problem where an invalid function call message could be displayed when processing WebLink registrations

From 10.06 - 10.07 (released 27 February 2002) Please note that this update will overwrite your existing software. Please make backups of any customisations/modifications that you have made prior to running this update so that they can be reinstalled.

• Added PIN to list of report field options in Reporter listings. Only affects events created after updating.
• Corrected an Additional GST display error on the Income Reconciliation report.
• Added Row to TablingAndSeating table (template only).
• Modified Internet Assistant to look for 'Position' instead of 'Job_Title' on incoming secure payment registrations.
• Corrected a problem with the number of people contacts were recorded against with bulk contacts from the Reporter.
• Modified import from master database to also import matching profiles.
• Modified import from master database to correctly update Search Name
• Modified double-click opening of reference files.
• Added reason for adjustment note to adjustment notes.
• Modified discount and extra charges GST to allow entry of decimal prices. Only affects events created after installing update.
• Added facility for users to decide which fields to have shown on an MIE WebLink registration form and which fields not to be displayed. Only applies to events created with version 10.07 or later as changes are made to new event template files.

From 10.05 - 10.06 (released 5 December 2001) Please note that this update will overwrite your existing software. Please make backups of any customisations/modifications that you have made prior to running this update so that they can be reinstalled.

• Made random auto-tabling more random.
• Modified surname lookup to take given name and middle initial into account.
• Corrected an error on the Reporter where an incorrect number of records could be exported if Multi-Registration, Multi-Add-On or Multi-Session selected.
• Modified Reporter to prevent invalid multi-registration, multi-add-on and multi-session listing combinations.
• Corrected an error where bulk contacts were not recorded correctly for tagged records if records were untagged.
• Corrected a mis-spelling in the Group Invoice.
• Changed the length of MemberNumber from 20 to 50 characters for compatibility with Summit Membership Manager. As changes made in template it only affects data files created after applying the upgrade.
• Change the wording on software update report.
• Added the ability to create an event web file to drive MIE WebLink event registration pages.
• Modified individual correspondence for better faxing and e-mailing of receipts and tax invoices.

From 9.09 - 9.10 (released 27 June 2001) Please note that this update will overwrite your existing software. Please make backups of any customisations/modifications that you have made prior to running this update so that they can be reinstalled.

• Corrected an error introduced in the 9.09 update that prevented hotel rooms from being added, edited or deleted.

From 10.04 - 10.05 (released 26 July 2001) Please note that this update will overwrite your existing software. Please make backups of any customisations/modifications that you have made prior to running this update so that they can be reinstalled.

• Corrected an error in the Find Person function.
• Corrected count errors when faxing or e-mailing from Reporter using multi-registration, multi-add-on or multi-session selection.
• Corrected an error where group documents could not be edited from the Personal Details correspondence screen.

From 10.03 - 10.04 (released 23 June 2001) Please note that this update will overwrite your existing software. Please make backups of any customisations/modifications that you have made prior to running this update so that they can be reinstalled.

• Improved handling of discount and extra charges GST on income reconciliation report.
• Corrected a problem with e-mail auto reply.
• Modified address formatting to better address Null values in required fields.
• Corrected an error where accompanying person full name did not display correctly on Name Plus. reports.
• Corrected an error where newly created events could have the wrong software version number. Change to template so only affects newly created events.

From 10.02 - 10.03 (released 30 May 2001) Please note that this update will overwrite your existing software. Please make backups of any customisations/modifications that you have made prior to running this update so that they can be reinstalled.

• Modified on-line software update process.

From 10.01 to 10.02 Please note that this update will overwrite your existing software. Please make backups of any customisations/modifications that you have made prior to running this update so that they can be reinstalled.

• Added an autocorrect for errors relating to Payment Types when old events are converted into SEML.
• Corrected an error where newly created events have incorrect payment types.(Only affects events created after the update is loaded)
• Added right mouse click shortcut to all forms in SEML.
• Corrected an error that occurred when modifying the Add-Ons section of The Usual.
• Changed the National Australia Bank scannable deposit slip to meet their new requirements.
• Corrected an error where the Internet Assistant did recognise Add-On options 6-10.
• Added display of date and time to a Catering Function attendance listing.
• Corrected an error where the accompanying person badge name would not print if they had nothing entered in the Title, Given name and Surname fields.

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