Update History


These updates are now obsolete and have been superseded by the current versions. The information is provided here for reference only.

Version 5.5

Version 5.50C (11/05/08)

  • Corrects an "attend_alisas" bug when using the attendance quick check-in on a new clubber
  • Corrects a problem with the attendance quick check-in that would not allow changing Sunday School attendance to "no" for specific clubbers after "check in all" was used.
  • Corrects a problem with the attendance quick check-in that would not save dues paid, dues amount, and adopt-a-club paid entries.
  • Corrects a bug on the clubber screen which would display an incorrect default church when entering new clubbers
  • Hangglider Flight 3:16 changed to six sections
  • Journey Faith foundations changed to eight sections
  • Corrected a bug during the Backup procedure where the drive letter of the removable drive was not getting picked up during the copy step
  • Corrected a bug which caused doubling of Hangglider points

Version 5.50B (10/10/08)

  • Corrects a bug which impedes restoring databases, especially in the case of importing a version 5.0 database into the new version
  • Corrects a bug where clubbers not rolled over from last year properly would appear duplicated in the clubber table.
    Note: When this update corrects for this bug, all your clubbers be assigned to standard Awana clubs. If you use custom groups, you will want to regroup your clubbers following the update. Go to Tools => Setup for Next Club Year => Regroup clubbers
Version 5.50A - Initial release 10/03/08
Version 5.0

Version 5.00F (9-19-07)

  • Corrected a bug in Check out/Check in during the copy step which aborted the process
  • Corrected a bug where duplicated clubers would appear in the Attendance check in listing and some other reports on occasion.

Version 5.00E (7-19-07)

  • Added Trek2 and Trek3 handbooks
  • Corrected Attendance Check In user defined headings
  • Corrected compatibility issue with Internet Explorer 7

Version 5.00D (11-22-06)

  • Trek handbook screen updated to include new material
  • Week by Week Attendance and Dues Listing computation corrected
  • Club and Sunday School Attendance reports corrected
  • TNT Silver and Gold extra credit sections no longer erroneously appear in Awards listing week after week.
  • Corrected a bug where Leaders of "All Clubs" were not saving their group designation
  • Corrected a bug where Leaders of "All Clubs" could not be checked in for attendance
  • Leader browse now requires a primary position to be specified for all leaders
  • Leader browse screen now resizes properly
  • Awana Bucks for Bonus Points computation has been corrected
  • Corrected a bug where the "H" button didn't work correctly for Journey clubbers on Main Study 4
  • Fixed a "Record Retrieval Error" which occurred when changing a clubber's status from Active to Not Coming.

This update supersedes update 5.00C

Version 5.00C (9-13-06)

  • Corrects a major bug that prevents club calendar changes from propagating to subgroup calendars. This would cause "invalid date" errors when taking attendance.
  • Unlocks the first date of the first quarter calendar field which was inadvertently locked.

Version 5.00B (8-30-06)

  • Corrects a bug in the Leader Browse displaying the same group on multiple positions
  • Corrects an Error 37 when running Setup for Next Club Year
  • Corrects a "bind" error when trying to add a leader
  • Adds the Journey Trek Main Study #4 handbook
  • Corrects an Error 47 which occurs when trying to import Version 4.57 data
  • Corrects a bug in the New Teams Setup where totals/averages table wasn't getting updated when swapping two clubbers
Version 5.00A - no update released
Version 4.57

Version 4.57P (1-16-06)

  • Corrects a bug in the calculation of points across weeks

Version 4.57O - no update released

Version 4.57N (11-22-05)

  • Corrects a miscalculation in the Individual Clubber Points Report
  • Auto-corrects internal administration record for users who don't run Setup for Next Club Year properly.

This update supersedes updates 4.57K through M.

Version 4.57M (8-31-05)

  • Corrects an "Abort/Ignore" message which pops up when adding Leaders.
  • Corrects a bug which was not marking clubbers correctly as checked out on the remote computer.
  • Corrects a bug in the New Teams Setup which was not calculating for every clubber

Version 4.57L (8-18-05)

  • Corrected a bug in the Leader's screen which caused an error message to appear when deleting Leaders.
  • Corrected a similar bug when removing states from the Zip Code table.

Version 4.57K (3-09-05)

  • Corrected a bug where JV team units and service awards were being marked automatically.
  • Corrected a bug in the attendance screen where clicking "Next" at the last clubber caused an error.
  • Fixed the Awana Bucks report calculations.
  • Corrected problems caused by the "J" update throwing off the predefined queries

Version 4.57J (2-14-05)

  • Attendance Awards Report, Secretary's copy (at the end of the report) would always sort in first name order regardless of the requested sort order. Now the whole report sorts based on the order you specify.
  • TNT Gold & Silver sections previously could not be marked until the all memory units were completed. They can now be updated at any time.
  • The Birthday Listing did not report the correct clubbers with a date range from December through January. This has been corrected.
  • JV Service Award was getting automatically marked in the Sprint book when entering memory units. This has been fixed.
  • Handbook percentages were getting zeroes out when updating clubber information. This has been fixed.
  • "Clubber of the Month" field added to the clubber browse and screen.
  • A new report called "Individual Clubber Points" has been added. This report is identical to the process run during the New Teams Setup, but has been made into a separate report for convenience

Version 4.57I (11-03-04)

  • The feature to check for possible family members when adding new clubbers was inadvertently removed in the previous version. It has been restored.
  • Default attendance checkboxes were not working after checking in the first clubber. That has been corrected.
  • The current attendance date now displays correctly in the clubber browse table.
  • Check Out/Check In feature significantly improved
    • Remote computers must be put into "remote mode"
    • Main computer will only check out clubbers and check back in
    • Remote computers will only receive clubbers and send back to the main
    • Internal controls have all been tightened up
  • .An option has been added to the Backup which will email the file to Tech Support, if desired.
  • The clubber attendance check in report now includes an option to combine clubs on the listing

Version 4.57H (9-28-04)

  • Corrected a bug with the Visitor Listing Report title cutting off
  • Corrected a program error when attempting to remove zipcodes
  • "Previous" button on Attendance screen was causing a lock up at times, this has been corrected.
  • Percent handbook completion was not being calculated for Cubbies. This has been corrected.
  • A Leader designation and carpool number have been added to the clubber screen for future use.
  • "Oregon" is now spelled correctly in the zipcode file. (Sorry, guys)
  • Leader Attendance Report was not showing positions like Nursery and "Other". This has been corrected.
  • Leader Information cards now show correct years of service.
  • Corrected a program error when entering Leader attendance.
  • Club Night Summary for Individual Clubs now shows correct TNT information.
  • Absentee Listing for a Club Night was not including Cubbies. This has been fixed.
  • Check out / Check internals have been cleaned up and refined.
  • Errors occuring while running in multi-user mode have been cleaned up.

Version 4.57G (8-13-04)

  • Corrected a bug in the Leader table in which the club names displayed were being cut off.

Version 4.57F (8-03-04)

  • General
    • Club names are user-definable now. The names are specified in the ClubYear Settings.
    • Eliminated the ability to preserve live data when sample data is removed. Getting Started procedures revised to require sample data removal prior to going live.
  • Clubbers
    • The phone number column on the Clubber and Leader browse will now sort properly whether or not an area code is present.
    • Clubber email address is now pulled in when copying from sibling clubbers.
    • If Gender is not selected on the clubber screen, then club, rank and book drop lists are disabled.
    • Required fields are now marked with an '*' on the Clubber screen.
    • Date of Salvation/Baptism/Recommitment, Dues paid for the year, and emergency contact information added to the Clubber screen.
  • Attendance
    • Week by Week Attendance Listing now includes dues status and has been renamed to "Week by Week Attendance and Dues Listing".
    • Attendance screen now advances alphabetically by first or last name depending on how the clubber browse is sorted.
    • Attendance check in screen now allows all clubbers to be processed instead of only by club.
    • Attendance check in report can now list all clubbers or separated by club or team color.
    • Clubber new attendance cards have been modified to reflect the club's entrance test sections at the bottom of the card. This allows a clubber to fill out a card and say sections the first night.
    • On club attendance check-in screen, if Late check box is checked then all other checkboxes will be automatically unchecked so no points are earned.
    • Added two buttons beside the predefined queries on the Clubber table to display only clubbers who have or have not checked in selectively.
  • Reports
    • Fixed a bug in the Current Handbook Summary report in which Books 2, 3, and 4 were displaying incorrect information.
    • Team points listing for a club night balanced scoring has been modified. Instead of being based on the maximum number of kids per team, it is based on the maximum number of kids attended giving a truer representation of the adjusted score.
    • Clubber List of Current Handbook Summaries can now include yearly attendance along with handbook information.
    • Salvation/Baptism/Recommitment Listing had been added to Other Reports.
    • Awana bucks for sections report now allows sorting by Awana bucks or total sections, in addition to name.
  • Tools
    • Backup and transfer options no longer default to A:. They now use the default prn path specified in the user logon.
    • The backup utility now verifies that the file copied to the target drive matches the backup file created.
    • In the Checkout process, when multiple clubs were checked back in, only the first one was being marked. This has been corrected.
Version 4.57E - no update released.

Version 4.57D (10-29-03)

  • Team points weren't being added on completion of skipper, hiker and climber review and workbooks. This has been corrected.
  • Team points weren't being added on completion of TNT books 2, 3, and 4. This has been corrected.
  • A new points field has been added to the Club Year and Calendar Settings which allows you to award additional points upon completion of a group of sections. For example, additional points can be awarded for completing Discovery 2 or Bible Drill 4.
  • Minor point calculations and report alignments we corrected.

Version 4.57C (10-22-03)

  • Corrected a bug in the Clubber Browse which occurred when trying to access the "A" or "H" shortcut buttons when there was nothing displayed in the table.
  • Attendance Check In screen now displays a "Dues Paid for the Year" notice if the corresponding check box is checked on the clubber screen.
  • Yearly Information screen reorganized slightly
  • Corrected a bug in the year-end rollover that was displaying calculated dates
  • Modified the program heading to display both the start and end years of the current club year.
  • Modified the Handbook Summary Report to display the correct book titles for TNT books 2-4.
  • Corrected the Awana Bucks for Sections report to include the sections for TNT books 2-4 which were accidentally omitted.
  • Added the ability to send PRN reports to any folder. The default may be specified in the Logon preferences.
  • Corrected a bug in "Club or Leader Attendance/Information cards" which caused some information to be filled in when printing "blank" cards.

Version 4.57B (10-07-03)

  • Corrected a harmless bug which generated an error message when rolling over from 2002 to club year 2003.
  • Corrected a problem causing an inability to copy to a diskette during check in/check out, doing a backup, and creating PRN files.
  • Added a "previous" button to the attendance screen.
  • Added a new report to the Post Club menu: "Clubber List of Current Book Summaries".
  • Added the handbook name to the clubber info line in the "Current Handbook Forecast".
  • Renamed "Attendance Status for Previous Weeks" report to "Week by Week Attendance Listing".
  • Renamed "Print Award Certificate" on the clubber browse to "Print Award Certificate for Highlighted Clubber"
  • Renamed "Summary for a Moving Clubber" on the clubber browse to "Moving Summary for Highlighted Clubber"
  • Renamed "Clubber Section Progress for Current Handbook" on the clubber browse to "Current Handbook Section Progress for Highlighted Clubber"

Version 4.57A (9-29-03)

  • Corrected a bug in the "Current Handbook Forecast" report that caused it to list only one clubber regardless of search criteria.
  • Corrected a harmless bug which generated an error message when removing sample data.
  • Renamed "New Clubber Attendance Cards" to "Clubber or Leader Attendance/Information Cards"
  • Renamed "Awana Bucks for Sections" to "Awana Bucks Calculation"
  • Renamed "Absent Clubbers Listing" to "Absentee Listing for a Club Night"
  • Renamed "Bible Quiz Qualification" to "Bible Quiz Qualified Clubbers"