Changes made to CARS+ software from Jan 1, 2020 to present.

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 un-useable. 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.

Data in the 2 right hand columns are for Thermeon’s internal use.

VERSION NUMBER	AFFECTS RENTAL COUNTER	MENU	SYNONYM (SHORTCUT)	PROGRAM NAME	DESCRIPTION	ISSUE #	PROGRAM CODE
20.5.0	no	EXPORT	DBREXP	DBR Revenue Export	Added fields for rate class and rental days.	47362
23.0.2	no	INVOICE	SUNDRY	Sundry Invoicing	Added a pop-up window for picking a credit card from the customer record. Use Shift/F7 in the FOP field.	44669
23.0.2	no	LOCCTRL	EDITGRP	Edit Group Names	Changed name from Edit Group Names to Edit Group Codes	n/a
		CORP	PRTPRIV	Print Privilege Codes	Moved this program from Print Rate Control Records to Corporate Account Submenu	n/a
25.0.0	yes	CONFIG	NEXTRA	Edit Next RA # Ranges	Added a field for Brand ID which is now part of the primary key to the file and creates a new hierarchy for assigning numbers to transactions.	50711
	yes	RA	OPEN	RA Open	Added field for Federal Tax ID# to additional driver subwindow.	48880
	yes	CUSTMNT	CUST	Customer File Update	Added a field which displays the customer's last closed RA # on page 3, bottom right.	n/a
	no	INCENT	REVRPT	Revenue Incentive Report	Instead of referring to the option by the 5 character option code, it now shows the 10 character short description.	n/a
	yes	RA	OPEN	RA Open	Added a check when opening a RA that will remove the billing days from the G subwindow if the length of the RA is not sufficient to be a multiple-invoiced rental.	52223
	no	PRGDEP	MKPRLS	Mark Rules for Purging	New program similar to Mark Rates for Purging (MRKRLS). But provides a start date instead of cutoff date. Moved both MKPRLS and MRKRLS to the Purge Dependent Files submenu.	Zh1969	MKPRLS
	yes				When 2 users are accessing the same record (such as a vehicle, RA, Reservation etc.) the record locking message now displays more information about the situation. Refer to the chapter Overview - Record Locking for more information.	51209
		RA	CLOSE	RA Close (calculation)	Reversed the change that was made in release 22.0.0 regarding the 'change to' rate based on the RA Closing dat/time. With this reversal, the open date/time on the RA is once again used to find the 'change to' rate in effect. Note that the feature using the close date /time is available through Thermeon Customer Support via a GVT record CLOSCLC.)	46189 50483
		LOCCTRL	EDITLOC	Edit Locations	The 'Local Currency' field (page 3, field 3) is now a required field whether or not multi-currency is used.	Zh1919
25.0.1	no	EDC	SETRPT	Settlement Report	Added a field for 'rejects only'. Report can show reject details only or all items.	51518
					Two new chapters have been added to the manual: Credit Card Processor Overview - EDC North American - Changing from Swipe Readers to PIN Pads
25.4.2	no	RACTRL	EDPMCL	Edit Payments Service Class Conversion Records	New program to create a conversion file used as reference between the CARS+ vehicle classes and the vehicle classes required by a payments service.		EDPMCL
19.7.4	NO	MONTH END	DEPSHORT	Deposit Short Report	This is a report from an older release that lists all Rental Agreements where the deposit amount is less than the total estimated charges.
26.0.0	no	PCTRL	PRTRGP	Print Rate Group Codes	This is a report that will print all Rate Group Codes, from the Edit Rate Group Codes program.	1762	PRTRGP
27.0.0	yes				Add decimal to all authorization fields.	71640

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 #