Changes
are listed in ascending date order or release order within each table below.
Finding your release number:
Prior to release 13.0.0, the release date is displayed in the upper left corner of the login screen. If already logged in to CARS+, type “LOGIN” from the OPTION field of any menu to view the login screen and see the release number.
The format of the release number is:
With release 13.0.0 and later, the release number does NOT display on the login screen. Use the shortcut VERSION to determine which release is installed on your system. It will look something like this: v13.01.2v12.9-YYMMDD (where YYMMDD represents the date in the format “year month day”.)
For example, April 14, 2017 is shown as: v12.9-170414
A change with a date more recent than your release date is a new feature that is not available in your present release but which can be installed via an upgrade. Call your CARS+ Customer Support representative to schedule an upgrade.
THE MEANING OF THE RELEASE NAME
Starting with June 2017, we have gone to a three element Release Name, 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.
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.
| VERSION NUMBER |
AFFECTS RENTAL COUNTER |
MENU |
SYNONYM |
PROGRAM |
DESCRIPTION |
ISSUE # |
| 14.0.1 |
RESMENU |
RES |
Reservations |
CARS+ now supports Mail-Order/Telephone-Order (MOTO) logic as required by First Data Corp |
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| 15.0.0 |
RACTRL |
EDITMAIN |
Edit Main Control Record |
New field that can require data be entered in the Passenger field in Reservations and/or RA Open. |
49821 |
|
| 15.0.0 |
CASS |
WebXML |
Added the ability to void a reservation |
49876 |
||
| 15.0.0 |
RA |
OPEN |
RA Open |
Prevents rentals of more than 999 days from using a tiered rate |
||
| 15.0.0 |
IMPORT |
IMPHOL |
Import Holiday Hours |
Added the second open and close times to the import |
49904 |
|
| 15.0.0 |
yes |
RA |
OPEN |
RA Open |
Rentals can be GST exempt by CDPID # |
49555 |
| 15.0.0 |
CORP |
EDITCD |
Edit Corporate Account Record |
Added a field to exempt the CDPID from federal tax. |
49555 |
|
| 15.0.0 |
CORP |
EDITCONT |
Edit Corporate Contracts |
Added a field to exempt the corporate contract from federal tax. |
49555 |
|
| 15.1.0 |
RA |
OPEN |
RA Open |
The check for more than 1 open RA with the same DL# was moved forward from F1 save |
49911 |
|
| 15.1.0 |
RA |
OPEN |
RA Open |
Added a new logic for multi-month rental elapsed miles/km |
49611 |
|
| 15.1.0 |
RACTRL |
EDITMISC |
Edit Miscellaneous |
Added fields for new logic for multi-month rental elapsed miles/kms | 49611 |
|
| 15.1.0 |
AUDIT |
OPTEDT |
Rental Option Removal Report |
New report looks at each option on a RA and checks to see if it was sold and later removed from the reservation used to open the RA. Used to track rental agents who are trying to take credit for option sales on a RA when the option was originally sold the reservation. | 49934 |
|
| 16.0.0 |
CUSMNT |
CLEARCUS |
Clear Customer PID Data |
Clear all customer personal ID data for inactive customers. For compliance with GDPR. |
50207 |
|
| 16.0.0 |
MULT |
BILLDAYS |
Update RA Billing Days Field |
New program to update the number of billing days for several
multiple invoice rentals. Selections by date, location, CDPID and
bill-to. |
49958 |
|
| 16.0.0 |
yes |
RA |
OPEN |
RA Open |
give warnings and hard hold s for hold code type C |
50081 |
| 16.0.0 |
yes |
RA |
OPEN |
RA Open |
Apply modification charge if return date is edited |
49974 |
| 16.0.0 |
yes |
RA |
OPEN |
RA Open |
Super Coverage - selling one coverage causes a list of other options to be added at no charge |
49533 |
| 16.0.0 |
yes |
RA |
OPEN |
RA Open |
Changed the order in which N subwindow notes display |
50021 |
| 16.0.0 |
yes |
RA |
OPEN |
RA Open |
Added logic to block edits to CDPID on existing RAs |
50020 |
|
VERSION NUMBER |
AFFECTS RENTAL COUNTER |
MENU |
SYNONYM |
PROGRAM |
DESCRIPTION |
ISSUE # |
|
VERSION NUMBER |
BRAND |
AFFECTS RENTAL COUNTER |
MENU |
SYNONYM |
PROGRAM |
DESCRIPTION |
ISSUE # |
| 15.0.0 |
Hertz |
yes |
RA |
OPEN |
RA Open |
interface into Hertz's Carfirmation system |
49100 |
| 15.0.0 |
Hertz |
yes |
RA |
OPEN |
RA Open |
Hertz Ultimate Choice logic |
49100 |
| 16.1.0 |
Hertz |
yes |
RESMENU |
RES |
Reservation Update |
block edits of return dates on Hertz voucher rentals |
SM2185 |