I've been completely open with everyone who has asked about the program, and would like to remain that way. This program has been designed from the start by Home Inspectors and the only way to keep it a great program is to have constant input from you guys.Hi Guys,
I've finished up the beta version of 2.5.7. There have been a TON of new features and updates since the last release. If you're up to trying out the beta version of the software, and did you receive an email with the link to the program, just let me know. Even if you have not purchased the program yet, you can try on the beta.
If you find any bugs or have any questions, post them here so we can get a good discussion going. Also, inspectors have been posting their sample reports and discussing possible new updates.
Below are a list of all changes to the program since 2.5.5 which was the last publicly released version, lots of important new features!
2.5.7
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New Feature: Can type in url's into a comment and it will become a clickable link in the report.
New Feature: Additional options for what is contained in the header/footer of each page have been added. They can be changed in the Report Settings->Option.
New Feature: In Edit Template you can now move and copy items from the right side (tabs) to any other section. Just click the Move/Copy button after selecting the section.
New Feature: Under Company Information there is a date format selection box so that you can choose the way you want dates to be displayed. The formatting is no longer linked to the country you are in.
New Feature: When you are in the Edit Comments mode and select a comment it will now stay selected when you move it up/down. You can also move more than one items up/down at a time and they will all stay selected.
New Feature: The open and save template have been completely rewritten to allow for easier selection of templates and to prevent accidentaly overwriting a template. When saving a template you can type in a name for the template (i.e. Condo Inspection Template) and a description of the template as well as a description of the template (i.e. This template is designed for condos downtown in tall buildings where the roof and exterior are not important and have been removed). It is ok to make the file name the same as the template name. If you try to save a template over a template with a different name you will be presented with a warning message. Please let us know what you think of this new feature.
New Feature: When saving a template the name of the last opened template populates the file name field.
New Feature: When saving an inspection the file name will automatically be populated with the current inspection file name if there is one (you had to reselect it before), or the pdf name if you have already saved the pdf.
New Feature: When saving a pdf the file name will automatically be populated with the name of the inspection file if you have saved the inspection already.
New Feature: You can now make any template the template that opens when the program starts. Check the designated box when saving the template.
New Feature: Enter Key responds the same as clicking add button when typing in the add comment box.
New Feature: Updated for Mac OS Leopard Compatibility
New Feature: Added Age of Home to Client Info and cover page.
New Feature: Added Size of House to Clienfo Info and cover page.
New Feature: Added a Clear All Photos option to the Photos menu. This will clear all the photos currently added to the report (useful if you batch add the wrong folder).
New Feature: Inspection file name or template name will show at the top of the site. Once you save or open an inspection file the name will appear at the top of the program even if you save a template as it's assumed you are updating your current template, but the inspection job is the primary focus. If you open the program and click Open Template, then the template name will appear unless you open or save a client inspection.
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Design Change: Huge improvements in batch photo addings. Can now run using much less ram than before and will run faster and smoother.
Design Change: Improvements made to PDF rendering. The total time to create the pdf should decrease a bit.
Design Change: When adding new areas to a template the damage panel and selection panel names are now checked to make sure that the names are not already used on the same page. Names must be unique.
Design Change: If you use Batch add photos multiple times the previous batch will not be cleared. We added a Clear All Photos option instead. The reason for the change is to make the process simpler for multiple inspector teams. Now you can batch add the photos from one camera card, then batch add the photos from the next.
Design Change: Description text now takes affect immediately, before you had to save template then reopen the template.
Design Change: If there is no description text there will not be a space printed out in it's place.
Design Change: When you click open template the current client info will be cleared.
Design Change: When you click print preview only pdf files will be shown in the file chooser.
Design Change: The Report Settings menu was updated to use Edit Comments rather than Edit Tables.
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Bug Fix: If you have enough comments in a single section such as Bathroom->Cabinets to fill more than a page, you do not get a full page gray box with the words Bathroom Cabinets.
Bug Fix: Logo image quality was reduced in the last version due to optimization. This has been fixed now to maintain high quality logos. You will need to remove the old logo and add your logo again to see the affects of this
Bug Fix: Letters such as g,p,y no longer hang slighly over the header border.
Bug Fix: Once you set a section for a photo to print in you were not able to undo the sections by setting them to blank to leave the photo in the file, but not in the actual report. Fixed.
Bug Fix: Large logo images (over 400 pixels wide) were not being centered properly. All large images will now properly be shrunk down to 500x100 pixel max and aligned properly.
Bug Fix: Documents can now be printed on their own page before the summary page when in continuous mode.
Bug Fix: Documents can now properly be printed on the same page as the summary when in continuous mode.
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Sincerely,
Dominic Maricic
Home Inspector Pro
www.HomeInspectorPro.com
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