Version 4.4.4 July 14, 2008.

Maintenance release - minor corrections.
Improved delete, copy, move, or save shifts and data display.
Easier to save and use shift patterns.
Increased the rotation to 70 days.
Improved usability of displays and dialogs.

Version 4.4.3 May 28, 2008.

Maintenance release - minor corrections.
Updated shut-down of other open copies(multi-user only) when required.
Both HTML(multi-user) and compiled help are included.
Improved usability of displays and dialogs.

Version 4.4.2 February 29, 2008.

Replaced the web page dialog for sending web pages to a user defined folder.
The weekly schedule report can display the shift name or abbreviations for area and job type.
The bi-weekly, monthly and rotation schedule reports can now display time as 9:00am or 0900.
Changed the install folder and importing of data from an earlier installation.
Code signed all executables.
Improved installation and looks on Vista.
Added support for Windows 2008.

Version 4.4.1 November 29, 2007.

Automatic scheduling based on patterns.
Update feature added to the 'file' menu.
General usability improvements in screens and in assigning and reassigning shifts.
Minor correction to schedule display columns when moving month to month.
Minor correction to schedule report when showing costs without hours.

Version 4.4.0 August 6, 2007.

Changed wording for 'Work Groups' to 'Crews'.
Moved 'backup/restore' to the 'file' menu.
Correction to schedule reporting over-writing last report line.
Correction to checking needed shifts when inactive staff still have shifts booked.

Version 4.393 June 17, 2007.

Added shift abbreviation column on several displays. This will help to quickly identify each shift.
Correction to check for needed shifts on the daily schedule.
Correction to first date of each-user report when there is 2 or more shifts.

Version 4.392 May 30, 2007.

Added authentication user name and password for email servers that require this information.
Correction to vacation assignment when aborting selection.

Version 4.39 May 30, 2007.

Backup data via email to off site locations.
Restore data backed up via email.
Correction to minimum hours between shifts.
Correction to skip report preview on each-user schedule reports.

Version 4.38 May 15, 2007.

Assign vacations, leaves, or unavailable on the schedule displays. Click on an empty cell and select the 'Vacations / Leaves / Unavailable' tab.
Click on a schedule display date to go change the current date and display the daily schedule.
Can change unavailable times by clicking on the unavailable blocks and selecting change from popup menu.
Can delete vacations, leaves, or unavailable times by clicking on these bookings and selecting delete from popup menu.
Will print vacations or leaves on main schedule report when no other activities are booked.
Correction to maximum hours per day in rules.
Correction to adding records to work groups.

Version 4.37 May 4, 2007.

Individual schedules greatly improved. Can print for selected group. Can email schedules to each employee.
Correction to adding records to scheduling rules.

Version 4.36 April 4, 2007.

Maintenance release.

Version 4.35 March 22, 2007.

Maintenance release.

Version 4.34 March 15, 2007.

Shift coverage required for any schedule.
Display missing and remove unneeded shifts.
Copy web pages to a separate directory.
New Vista compatible installer.
Code signing certificate and digital signatures.
Related job types to staff. Staff can be assigned job types.
Option to change unavailable color.
New report - not available dates and times.
Schedule report - added total hours when time booked is selected.
Schedule report - option for 24 hour time on all reports.
Fix - individual staff over-ride on hours needed in shift to allow breaks.
Fix - removed rubber band time bogus error message.
New Able Staff Viewer.

Version 4.32 July 3, 2006.

Improved integration of Able Staff Viewer.

Version 4.31 June 9, 2006.

Maintenance - Corrected break time error in totals.
Maintenance - Corrected missing data on schedule reports.
Feature - Increased daily report from 30 to 36 staff.
New Application - Able Staff Viewer was released.

Version 4.30 May 11, 2006.

Maintenance - Several outstanding errors have been corrected.
Maintenance - Some screens were modified to increase visibility of important data.

Version 4.27 - March 2, 2006.

Export data to XML format.
Patterns of shifts and days off that can be assigned to an employee. Easy to gather, edit, and apply patterns of shifts. Includes a pattern report.
Better looking XP themed screens.
Corrected error in reports. Missing staff and over-writing of data under some conditions.
Corrected error on monthly schedules. When current date was very close to the end of the month the forward and backward a month buttons did not always work properly. Sometimes a month was skipped and sometimes the data was not accessible from the monthly schedule display.

Version 4.26 - November 24, 2005.

Work Groups were added. Groups or teams operates in conjunction with work areas on schedules and schedule reports. An employee can belong to any number of groups.
Added ability to email calendars to employees.
Enhanced security and made it easier to implement.
Overhauled schedule reports to make reports more uniform, compact and complete.

Version 4.25 - July 5, 2005.

A monthly schedule was added as well as a monthly report.
Unpaid breaks can now be over-ridden by break length for individual staff.
Old HTML pages are removed from the directory each time the web reports are generated.
On weekly report when all areas were selected. The no cost jobs hours were included in the totals.
The calendar pages would link to the next month when a selected ending date was in the first few days in a month.
A regression error was corrected in 'bulk' processes. When selecting a staff or any item not on the first page the wrong item was returned.
The height of the schedule report rows would be as high as needed for any staff regardless of the work area.

Version 4.24 - June 1, 2005.

PDF Version of manual can be downloaded.
A version of Able Staff Scheduler help is also on-line.
The width of the total costs on displays has been repaired.
Costs could be seen on payroll work report even when not wanted.
The selecting target records in 'bulk' records has been corrected.

Version 4.22 - 15 May 2005.

Staff unavailable days and times.
Effective start and stop dates.
Day of the week.
Before a time of day.
After a time of day.
Corrections:
Reports were showing all booked shifts, when an area was selected. Only booked shifts in the area show now.
Payroll report included the hours for 'special days' in totals.
Rotation report now has an option to 'default' to the period in the configuration table.

Version 4.21 - 2 May 2005.

Added question - "Want to copy note with booking?".
Improved appearance of all list boxes.
Added totals to days on work and payroll reports.
Added a bi-weekly schedule.
Made every second line on the schedule grey for guidance.
Put daily totals on two lines for total hours booked per hour of the day.
Added a work group heading tile to reports.
Corrections...
Web calendar showed vacation when leave was booked.
Size of total display on schedule when total on left and 1024 setup.
Put color back for special days when area selected on schedule.
Can book more than one shift in a day on the schedule.
Schedule did not move when minimized window moved.
Notes not carried to next added booking.

Version 4.20 - 14 March 2005.

Can shutdown other users in multi-user.
Collision detection correction on back-to-back shifts.
Web work schedule pages were corrected for end of period errors.
Option to include booking notes on staff calendars.
Major change in job types, areas and shifts.
Shifts have a job type and an area.
Shifts have a starting and ending time.
Job types are not restricted to an area as before.
A startup wizard was included to erase and add new records.
Can apply shift type times to all booked shifts.
Can apply shift length to all booked shifts.
Daily column totals were restored.
Minimum row height was made smaller.
Warning was added to delete preferences.

Version 4.09 - 18 February 2005.

Added a file manager module.
Added a select current date to the main menu bar.
Added a 24 hour clock option on weekly schedule, web reports and calendar.
Corrected an error in move tasks.

Version 4.08 - 11 February 2005

Legend changed to show shift type for group selected.
Option added to not show special days on the legend.
New guard check box on the schedule display.
Guards against an accidental task move.
Can easily be checked on or off.
Remind user to export on change feature.
Will display an export button when activated.
User reminded to save data and create web reports on exit.
Added a bi-weekly report to the reports menu.
Added the schedule reports to the reports menu.
Can select dates and job group.
Weekly and bi-weekly report starts on the date selected.
Date will fall into rotation or payroll period.
Enhanced schedule reports by allowing up to 6 tasks per day.
New option on the weekly schedule to print bi-weekly report.
New option to select the rotation period when printing rotation report.
Adjusted margins on all schedule reports.
Relinked weekly web reports.

Version 4.07 - 1 February 2005

Added vacation and time-off support.
Web pages and calendars updated to show vacations.
Corrected the line skipping on 2nd page of daily graphical report.
Job area was made a required field in job types.
Job type was made required field in shift types.
Minor add shift error was corrected in staff update.
Corrected an move error when same task was moved three times.
Prints 'special' days on graphical reports for groups.
Will print on A4 sized paper.

Version 4.06 - 18 January 2005

New weekly graphical report daily and weekly.
Added color to graphical reports(daily and weekly).
Added notes to .csv export file.
Fixed several errors in displays and bulk copy.

Version 4.05 - 28 November 2004

New report previewer.
Improved add staff process.
Fixed several report bugs.
Better report calendars per staff.

Version 2.30 - 21 April 2004

Corrected staff cost per hour printing error.
Corrected staff cost on people report.
Added 2 new staff reports.
Incorporated active staff member only feature.

Version 2.29 - 11 February 2004

Corrected printing past end on the daily report.
Corrected the daily schedule display when copying several dates.
Corrected errors in the list browses for staff and hours.
Added an SQL export script feature.

Version 2.28 - 11 January 2004

Many paper report improvements.
More web report improvements.
Several report and printer bugs are resolved.

Version 2.25 - 17 November 2003

Many web report improvements.
Changed html index pages.
Rubber-band minimum is now 5 minutes.

Version 2.01 - 1 August 2003

Corrected error on screen resize. Screens closed prematurely.
Changed the change icon on browses and forms.
Corrected error on color change after shift was selected on schedule.

Version 2.00 - 2 July 2003

New report on holidays and special days.
New icons and color scheme.
Ease of use modifications.
Corrected display edit error on area changes.
Changed name from Visible Scheduler.

Visible Scheduler Versions

Version 1.80 - 17 April 03

June 7, 2003 build corrected error in erasing sample data.
User can change the currency symbol.
Select starting and ending dates for the web pages.
Display total hours and cost on the left side, after the staff name, but before the schedule.
Tasks support editable notes with a new report on menu.
Gridlines length altered when a new area is displayed. Grid changes its height.
Pick combines picking a date and a group area before displaying a schedule.
'EDIT' or 'VIEW' display modes for an editing or a faster read only display.
Cosmetic changes in icons, colors, and text boxes.
Corrected reports that asked if you want to print costs when there are no costs.
Corrected 4 other bugs, 3 of which were display related.

Version 1.63 - 7 December 02

Added VS help pages to VisibleSchedules.com web site.
Updated the Holidays table.
Simplified the program configuration and user configuration screens.
Corrected prior day move task error when dragging a task into the future.

Version 1.62 - 2 December 02

Corrected an obscure column total error.
Added a simpler calendar function.
Improved support for special days.
Made access control simpler.

Version 1.61 - 29 November 02

Corrected copy dates routine errors.

Version 1.60 - 28 November 02

Task legend was added to the schedule display.
Staff details were expanded.
Access control was expanded.
Individual user schedule configurations were added.
Enhanced cursor message display.
Corrected minor display errors.

Version 1.52 and 1.53 and 1.54 - 11 October 02

Changed startup from User Name to Login Code.
Corrected install procedures for some downloads.
Corrected several minor errors.

Version 1.50 and 1.51 - 18 September 02

Shifts can start one day and end the next.
Rotation schedule that handles rotations from 1 to 7 weeks.
Cost per hour for each job type or for each employee.
Costs and hours can be displayed on the daily, weekly, rotation and pay period schedules.
New weekly and payroll schedule reports for hours and costs.
Can schedule and record special days like vacation, training, sick days, etc.
Edit or delete tasks by clicking on a task bar and using popup menu.
Stretch the task or move the task on any schedule screen.
Click on an empty cell to add shifts, tasks or special days.
Option to deduct break times for shifts after working a number of hours.
Improved data entry.
Improved speed of display manipulation.

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