Changes made to CARS+ software from Jan 1, 2020 through Dec 31, 2020.

Changes are listed in ascending date order or release order within each table below.

Finding your release number:

Use the shortcut VERSION to determine which release is installed on your system. It will look something like this: v13.01.2

THE MEANING OF THE RELEASE NAME

The Release Name has 3 sections such as 13.05.01. Each character in this name has a meaning as explained below:
The last element indicates a bug fix release. Thus, 13.05.01 means that this release has fixes to programs that are in release 13.05.00, in fact it is the first set of fixes for that previous release. In theory, there should be no new features in this release over the feature set that was in the previous release. That said, in this document, new features may be announced by the bug fix release which now includes the cleanest production version of a new feature. For example a new feature may have first appeared in 13.05.00 but a bug was found that makes that version unuseable. Version 13.05.01 will then be used here to communicate that this is the first version of the new program that should be used in production.

The middle element indicates that this release contains new documented features. Therefore 13.05.00 contains new programs or changes to existing programs that were not in any previous release. in addition, 13.05.00 may also contain bug fixes to existing programs.

The first element indicates that this release is NOT backwards compatible. It contains one or more new features that involve changes to either data files or to existing programs that cannot be run on previous releases. Releases of this type are major upgrades and often require that all users be off the system while the new programs are put into place. It is relatively easy to roll back from 13.05.00 to 13.04.03, but it is very difficult, perhaps impossible, to go from 14.00.00 back to 13.05.01.

To find all changes to a certain program, use your browser’s “find” or “search” feature with the appropriate synonym.

Enhancements: The majority of enhancements to CARS+ do not go into effect unless a setting is changed in the system. That is, the goal is to allow current users to continue using the system just as they are using it unless they decide to use the feature.

Changes: Sometimes changes are made that affect all users. For ease in reviewing this document, changes that directly affect the rental counter are noted in the "Affects Rental Counter" column.

IMPORTANT UPGRADE INSTRUCTIONS

When upgrading from any release prior to 12.9-100411, the upgrade process must be done in two stages. See detailed instructions in the 2012 Jan - June Release Notice.


The Issue # in the last column below is Thermeon’s internal tracking number.


VERSION NUMBER
 AFFECTS RENTAL COUNTER

MENU

SYNONYM (SHORTCUT)

PROGRAM

DESCRIPTION

ISSUE #
23.0.2
RENTAL ACCOUNTING
 SUNDRY
 SUNDRY INVOICING
 Added a Picker credit card pop-up window in the payments window
 44669
20.5.0
EXPORT DATA MENU
 DBREXP
 DBR REVENUE EXPORT
 Added new fields to report (rate-class, rental-days)
 47362
25.0.0
 YES
 RAOPEN
 OPEN
 RAOPEN
 Added Federal Tax Id to add'l driver entry
 48880
25.0.0
CUSTOMER MAINTENANCE MENU
 CUST
 CUSTOMER FILE UPDATE
 Added the customer's last RA number on page 3
25.0.0
 YES
 EDIT NEXT RA RANGES
 NEXTRA
 SYSTEM CONFIGURATION MENU
 Added Brand ID
 50711
25.0.1
ELECTRONIC DRAFT CAPTURE MENU
 SETRPT
 SETTLEMENT REPORT
 Allow to print for rejects only
 51518
25.7.9
RENTAL ACCOUNTING MENU
 MULTRA
 MULTIPLE INVOICED RENTALS
 Add fuel card, fuel calculation logic to MULTRA
 59453


PRINT RATECONTROL FILES MENU
 PRTRGP
 PRINT RATE GROUP CODES
 Added a new report to print Location Rate Group Codes
26.0.0
 YES
 RA OPEN
 OPEN
 RAOPEN
 Add flag to EDIT OPTION RATES to Prompt on Open - when options are not sold
 66553
26.0.0
EDIT CORPORATE ACCOUNT RECORDS
 EDITCD
 CORPORATE ACCOUNT SUBMENU
 Add Brand Code to CDPiD Contract Record Key
 57511
26.2.0
 YES
 RAOPEN

Option to have a pop up window for entering the driver's license data at the time of RAOPEN using a GVT record "DLFIRST"
 53952
26.3.0
IMPORT VEHICLE HISTORY RECORDS
 IMPHST
 IMPORT DATA SUBMENU
 Added the Import Vehicle History Records
 51785





































































































































































































NEW ADD-ON FEATURES

VERSION NUMBER

 AFFECTS RENTAL COUNTER

MENU

SYNONYM

PROGRAM

DESCRIPTION

ISSUE #









BRAND-SPECIFIC FEATURES

VERSION NUMBER

 BRAND
 AFFECTS RENTAL COUNTER

MENU

SYNONYM

PROGRAM

DESCRIPTION

ISSUE #