tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4205140363688666907Thu, 07 Jul 2011 23:32:41 +0000http://lortega.microkey.com/noreply@blogger.com (Luis Ortega)Blogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4205140363688666907.post-7663794057925149910Thu, 03 Jun 2010 20:33:00 +00002010-06-03T13:53:17.837-07:00As we move along, we just finished a modification that allows the users to generate an alarm at certain time/day out of any panel. This type of event is called “Others” and it can be used in countless scenarios. Before we go in deep, let’s first discuss some minor changes on the Events screen. First, the Type selection has been changed to a drop/down list (rather than a radio group). This http://lortega.microkey.com/2010/06/custom-others-events.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Luis Ortega)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4205140363688666907.post-1364265714331461607Tue, 13 Apr 2010 14:37:00 +00002010-04-13T09:38:19.699-07:00One of the new features that will be included in the upcoming release is the ability to email any appointment from the tech schedule screen (and employee calendar). By right clicking the appointment, a new menu option called ‘Email’. Out of that menu there are 2 sub menus, ‘Email’ and ‘Email (With attachment). The second one will attach a pdf file with the work order assigned to that appointment http://lortega.microkey.com/2010/04/email-me-that-appointment.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Luis Ortega)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4205140363688666907.post-4395735532554778194Tue, 06 Apr 2010 19:30:00 +00002010-04-08T07:04:58.740-07:00After busy back to back events (User Conference and ISC West), it’s time to prepare for a new version. This will include many requested items from the “round table” (no longer round) as well as some sales request.One of those modifications is to integrate mapping technology with our addresses around our software. To accomplish this we have utilize the free API from Google ®. With this API the http://lortega.microkey.com/2010/04/whats-coming-down-pipe-422010.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Luis Ortega)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4205140363688666907.post-4633016737872850192Mon, 24 Aug 2009 20:08:00 +00002009-08-24T13:09:27.076-07:00New Report Engine 2.0 During the current quarter there is a new enhancement for our software. This is actually a set of features that will apply to a set of reports within different modules on our system. Those enhancement wont be on all the reports, however if you feel that there is a missing one that will impact most of our customer, feel free to request it free of cost. Enhancements: http://lortega.microkey.com/2009/08/report-engine-20.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Luis Ortega)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4205140363688666907.post-6613661098092106296Tue, 14 Jul 2009 19:00:00 +00002009-07-14T12:03:36.636-07:00Within the many uses and configuration supported by our software, one that has recently gained some recognition lately is the capability to manage the receivables of your dealer within the same software (primarily bill and receipts). Millennium is capable to define dealers as ‘Divisions’ and therefore every invoice printed to that customer will contain the dealer “division” information. Some http://lortega.microkey.com/2009/07/dealer-billing-from-our-central-station.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Luis Ortega)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4205140363688666907.post-6467770901670019901Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:14:00 +00002009-07-06T09:16:09.824-07:00Recently one customer complain about how to go thru all his saleitem list to pickup one at the end of the list… knowing that we order by id, and that you can start typing and the software will assist u searching for that item I was not worried about it… that until came to common knowledge that this customer have hundreds of items, and that many of them use similar start character.Solution: http://lortega.microkey.com/2009/07/hidden-treasures-in-our-central-station.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Luis Ortega)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4205140363688666907.post-628011381144705246Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:00:00 +00002009-07-01T14:11:50.099-07:00As many customers crave for more ways to select information during the data entry process, many of them had express to lookup information by code, other by description (or other available fields). There has always been a struggle to find the perfect lookup field… Well, I think we found it… you select what field you want to lookup by… simply right click the dropdown, select ‘Search by’, and selecthttp://lortega.microkey.com/2009/07/custom-dropdown-search-initial.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Luis Ortega)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4205140363688666907.post-307185198252076805Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:21:00 +00002009-06-30T10:23:01.721-07:00As we are in the last day of the second quarter, here is a list of the status of our primary target plus some last minute added items.Done items...Statements Exports Support 64bit systems (x64)Virtual Printer (Transaction Screen)MKS DBISQLCustom ReportsWholesale Rate (Dealer Billing)In the processArabic language support (expected to be done today)SureView Integration - in the process (but paused)http://lortega.microkey.com/2009/06/roadmap-update-end-of-2nd-quarter.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Luis Ortega)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4205140363688666907.post-2433196336397021473Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:16:00 +00002009-06-23T08:46:31.432-07:00Out of the last blog entry (Roadmap update) I mention about custom reports, yet is seems not to be clear what is involve on it. Here is a summary…What reports are “customizable”? Service Request form (all 3 types), Proposal (legacy and default format), Invoices (Full and summary). Is there any pre-setup requirements? There will be a new form called Custom Report that u need to give rights to http://lortega.microkey.com/2009/06/custom-reports.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Luis Ortega)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4205140363688666907.post-1138778996505806485Thu, 18 Jun 2009 19:54:00 +00002009-06-19T07:32:41.935-07:00 As we are near the end of this quarter, I'm doing some review for this quarter roadmap and the status of some of our projects.Statements exports - Done, now users can export their statements to be printed by a 3rd party company.Support 64bit systems (x64) - Keep in mind that is not intended to rebuild our software in 64 bit format, but to be able to run our software in Windows 64 bit http://lortega.microkey.com/2009/06/roadmap-update-2nd-quarter.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Luis Ortega)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4205140363688666907.post-6477844276593413136Tue, 26 May 2009 21:13:00 +00002009-05-27T06:35:42.845-07:00Hi everyone, now it's my time to start a new blog (yup, another one). This one with a more business oriented point of view (sorry for those Orlando Magic’s fan).Within this blog I’ll try to keep you updated with the latest on research and development. That should be the primary goal, however I might add a bit of politics, sports, social life, food, gossip, and whatever jumps on my head while I’m http://lortega.microkey.com/2009/05/hello-world.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Luis Ortega)2