Goldenseal 4.9 Update

This section covers bug fixes and new features in the Version 4.9 and Version 4.92 software updates for Goldenseal accounting and estimating software.

We have fixed many small bugs that turned up since the last update, and added a few new features.

Goldenseal 4.9 was released on July 11, 2014, and a minor 4.92 update was released August 21, 2014.

Bugs Fixed
Accounts-- AFPP error message when opening account records
Bill of Materials-- doubled items from Project Phases
Checking Transactions-- Weird record display for first transaction in new account
Contracts-- printed forms give errors for contracts made from some sources
Deposit Funds-- sometimes shows already-deposited rental transactions
Error Message-- problems loading a line
Estimates-- Bad quantities in Labor Hours report, for items in Project Phases
Estimates-- Cost Summary misses some labor hours
Estimates-- Cost Summary saves record before showing report
Estimates-- crashes during warning for price changes, with auto update
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Estimates-- labor hours wrong (version 4.9 only, fixed in 4.92)

Estimates-- Taxable status is not saved for line items
Find Command-- searches with Any Match return duplicates
Find Command-- searches with Omit and Find Within not working on Macintosh Intel (version 4.92)
Job Costs-- project cash income too high if a deposit covers multiple projects
Multi-User-- client crashes upon sign-on, in Macintosh OS 10.9
Multi-User-- connection errors for Macintosh users (version 4.8 only, fixed in 4.81)
Payroll-- penny rounding errors for wages and commisions paid, on W-2 forms
Printed Forms-- can't add a new table to a form
Printed Forms-- company name & calculations not filling in
Printed Forms-- headings and comments are included with dollar amounts
Projects-- bad Paid on Account amount after using Clean Up record
Rental Units-- problems adding from multi-user client
Rental Transactions-- amount erased when change payment method
Reports-- breakdowns & match field not working (version 4.9 only, fixed in version 4.92)
Reports-- scrolling problems for Mac Intel
Reports-- some details not saving in Custom Layouts, for custom reports
Reports-- Unpaid Sales does not show correct items

Minor Changes & Improvements
Breakdown Tables-- warning for more than 400 lines removed
Estimates-- better handling of locked quantities in line items
Estimates-- Fill Down fills in the category color
Estimates-- fill in quantity when line item padlock is clicked

Estimates-- first print form is now a simpler one
Estimates-- padlock column gray in awarded Estimates
Expenses-- better handling of recurring instant payments
Interface-- transparent buttons
Macintosh-- better handling of modifier keys
Macintosh-- Xcode and SDK updates
Multi-User-- client computer gets recent window positions from server
Payroll-- better handling for multiple tax tables (mostly for British Columbia)
Payroll-- post payroll taxes from Payroll Records
Reports-- all items is better at finding all items (version 4.92)
Sales-- saves line items with zero quantity
Save a Copy-- removed temporarily from Macintosh version

New Features
Expenses-- default cost category, to automatically fill in a category from the account
Payroll-- annual minimum cutoff for Tax Items
Reports-- reminders by item report