LOADMASTER TMS The Loadmaster current production version is 44.0.1.73 Loadmaster is a multi-user 32 bit Windows application that is designed for Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8, 10 & 11. IF YOU MISS ANY UPDATES IN THE SEQUENCE THEN THESE WILL AUTOMATICALLY BE DONE FOR YOU ON THE NEXT UPDATE. UPDATE LIST 09/10/2024 44.0.1.73 Further PF update. Updated 'Check for Orphans' on Secure menu. 07/10/2024 44.0.1.72 Update to Palletforce imports 06/07/2024 44.0.1.71 Update to mapping 05/06/2024 44.0.1.70 Update to Reports/Sales to display VAT and Gross 27/04/2024 44.0.1.69 Mapping changed from Google Maps to OpenStreetMaps 22/04/2024 44.0.1.68 Updates for OpenStreetMaps searching 09/01/2024 44.0.1.67 Alterations to invoice descriptions 01/12/2023 44.0.1.66 Intermediate update 10/10/2023 44.0.1.65 Removal of maps from screens where Google maps only work in full screen 27/06/2023 44.0.1.64 Alterations to mapping options. This will be further updated later. 22/06/2023 44.0.1.63 Updated Fortec consignment entry screen 20/06/2023 44.0.1.62 Added Sales Ledger option to Reports menu 19/04/2023 44.0.1.61 Updates to deal with malformed quote delimited CSV files exported from Excel 14/03/2023 44.0.1.60 Security update 10/01/2023 44.0.1.59 Intermediate update 20/12/2022 44.0.1.58 Update on Setup/Invoice rename to rename Invoice title and Fuel Surcharge wording. Compressed backups can now exceed 4GB. 11/10/2022 44.0.1.57 Update for change in TPN import format 01/09/2022 44.0.1.56 Added PDF option to statements 03/08/2022 44.0.1.55 Minor updates for Business Post DHL jobs 13/05/2022 44.0.1.54 Updated all mapping options. Updated Sage Export to include Sage Cloud. 07/02/2022 44.0.1.53 Updated invoice layouts for large email addresses 03/12/2021 44.0.1.52 Added an option to invoice warehousing work as a transaction on the invoice 03/11/2021 44.0.1.51 Altered routines to determine operating system and help options. Windows 11 identified as Windows 10 V7777 (a Microsoft issue) 12/10/2021 44.0.1.50 Fuel surcharge is now selectable to be Vatable or non-Vatable. After consultation with HMRC the application of VAT on this depends upon the location of the customer. VAT should be applied to UK customers and not applied to EU customers. 27/08/2021 44.0.1.49 Updated Sage export to create distict entries for Vatable and Non-Vatable postings 05/08/2021 44.0.1.48 Corrected an issue where TPN order numbers were truncated to 16 characters if the job was amended. What is the current version check and update list corrected on Help menu. 01/06/2021 44.0.1.47 Change to invoice formats to allow longer customer order numbers 05/04/2021 44.0.1.46 Change Account function updated. Export to PF updated. 11/01/2021 44.0.1.45 Updates to expland TPN service zones from 100 to 255. TPN import can alter VAT rate dynamically. Updated invoice layout. 24/11/2020 44.0.1.44 Security update altering surcharges for Users to read-only 23/10/2020 44.0.1.43 Update for xdp import. 24/09/2020 44.0.1.42 Update for Irish Cartons. Update to consignment entry screen. Update to Sync with TPN. 20/08/2020 44.0.1.41 Update for mapped drives. 26/06/2020 44.0.1.40 Update for DHL Secure FTP 18/06/2020 44.0.1.39 Update to TPN Unique surharges to give more records in display 11/06/2020 44.0.1.38 Update to SFTP for DHL FTP transfers 03/05/2020 44.0.1.37 Bulk delete option added to Pre Invoice View 27/04/2020 44.0.1.36 Altered Pre Invoice View to have a delete option. 02/03/2020 44.0.1.35 Altered invoices to display DHL job number. TPN pricing zones can now be different to normal zones. TPN Unique Pricing and TPN Unique Pricing Overrides extended. Altered pricing zones to 999. 13/11/2019 44.0.1.34 Altered invoice text to read RHA 2009 on terms and conditions 15/10/2019 44.0.1.33 CSV invoice export file structure altered to include weight. 18/09/2019 44.0.1.32 Update for EU services in TPN 06/08/2019 44.0.1.31 Fix for rare error when using Quick Find Consignment 17/07/2019 44.0.1.30 Update for Palletforce. Caused by issue with Openstreetmap. 03/06/2019 44.0.1.29 Updates for Sage export. Date can now be DDMMYYYY or DD/MM/YYYY. Added options on TPN Unique surcharges to delete all for an account or merge. 15/03/2019 44.0.1.28 Updates for importing external files. 22/02/2019 44.0.1.27 View customer consignment section rewritten to make it simpler and easier to use. Traffic Profile reports rewritten. 21/01/2019 44.0.1.26 Updates for Palletforce. Import. Manifest etc. 01/11/2018 44.0.1.25 All postcoding and mapping moved to OpenStreetMaps. Fix bug in Unique Surcharge percentage update. 02/10/2018 44.0.1.24 Updated fuel surcharge to allow percentage increases. 13/08/2108 44.0.1.23 Numerous updates for mapping due to changes of websites from http: to https: 04/07/2018 44.0.1.21 Update for UK Mail downloads. 14/06/2018 44.0.1.20 Update to force a connection on a network drive. This stops the program from defaulting to the local C: drive if the connection is not already established. 23/05/2018 44.0.1.19 Update Create Invoices for TPN jobs. 19/05/2018 44.0.1.18 Updates for UK Mail 14/05/2018 44.0.1.17 Updated UK Mail import section. Updated Pre-invoice check list. 13/03/2018 Updated TpnSync to stop OOG accidentally being loaded. 13/02/2018 44.0.1.16 Updated P & L reports to allow Fuel Surcharge to be included in figures.Updated UK Mail iport to allow for a complete day of data to be imported. 06/12/2017 44.0.1.15 Added Non-using customer report on Reports menu. Fixed problem in getting current version and details of updates from Help menu. 24/11/2017 44.0.1.14 Added Pallex Raw Data Import. You can now pull in the Raw file from Pallex, update and post into Loadmaster. This is the first stage of a longer development to incorporate auto pricing of these jobs. 03/11/2017 44.0.1.12 Xero export added. Please note the default nominal for Xero is 200. Sage is 4000. Xero does not use account numbers, it uses names. Match the Billing Name in Loadmaster with the account in Xero. It must be exact. Xero also does not use codes for VAT. It uses a description instead. Use any code you want in VAT codes but use the exact description of the Xero code in VAT description. 02/11/2017 44.0.1.11 Update Fortec import to allow for longer customer references. 26/10/2017 44.0.1.10 Updated TPN UK consignment entry to increase loading speed. 25/10/2017 44.0.1.9 Update for Fortec posting to avoid passing data through without an existing account number. 20/10/2017 44.0.1.8 Altered Fortec import to allow the purging of imported data prior to posting into Loadmaster. 19/10/2017 44.0.1.7 Added an option to syncronize the local TPN gazetteer with the hub. The local gazetteer is used in the event of a total communications failure to the hub. (When might that occur?) This option is in Setup/Networks/TPN/TPN Settings/Gazetteer. Updated P&L reports, adding totals. 29/09/2017 44.0.1.6 Incorporates a number of updates to POD image emailing. P & L report. 29/08/2017 44.0.1.1 Updated bulk email option to send to selected bulk customers. 20/08/2017 44.0.1.0 Major update. Document storage and retrieval Docutrak module added. Note that you need to tick 'secure area option' to use it on the individual username. Email POD and associated images added to data entry screens. Complete revamp of all screens. 17/07/2017 Updated for Windows 10 Creators Update 26/06/2017 43.1.85.0 Altered POD image import for TPN to add multiple images per consignment. 18/04/2017 43.1.84.0 Added Profit and Loss reports to secure area options. 29/03/2017 43.1.83.0 Further update for Outlook to deal with multiple email addresses. 20/03/2016 43.1.82.0 Updated emailing by Outlook where you are sending to more than one address by placing a semi-colon between the addresses. While this still works with SMTP for some reason when using Outlook it fails. Rewritten to send individually. 08/03/2017 43.1.81.0 Updated emailing of customer section. Bulk emails can now be done via SMTP or Outlook. Ability to attach a file of type txt, doc, docx or pdf. 01/03/2017 43.1.80.0 Minor alteration to add an insurance premium filed to the TPN screen. The program is fundamentally the same as 43.1.79.0 24/02/2017 43.1.79.0 Added complete Flightboard section for local pickups by routes. This includes a real-time (10 second delay) display of current pickups. Installation password altered. PLEASE NOTE: THERE ARE FILE STRUCTURE CHANGES IN THIS WHICH WILL REQUIRE YOU UPDATE ALL COMPUTERS. 22/02/2017 43.1.78.0 Added ability to email all PODs relating to an invoice to the customer. Email by SMTP, Outlook or MAPI. 21/02/2017 43.1.77.0 Added ability to download missing TPN PODs by date range. Bulk import of unnamed POD images by Jobs number and TPN Consignment number. 20/02/2017 43.1.76.0 You can now import POD image files from the Local Parameters images directory. These files are named x.jpg, x.gif, x.png, x.pdf etc where x is the job number. You can also import TPN POD image files from the Local Parameters TPN images directory. These files are named x.jpg, x.gif, x.png, x.pdf etc where x is the TPN consignment number. You can now email POD images from the consignment entry screen directly to the customer. 17/02/2017 Improved quality of POD images for standard entry and TPN. Now high resolution. 15/02/2017 Emailing by Outlook added (note: not Outlook Express as this simply usess SMTP). You can now use the various email functions of SMTP, Outlook and MAPI. 02/02/2017 Updated windows in Warehousing section. General tidy up and sort out. Stock listing improved. 31/01/2017 Added From Name to PreInvoice Check. Also button to give account details of highlighted row. Corrected 'Select Warehouse' Vision box to correct size. Option added to not invoice jobs with no price. 25/01/2017 Updated Pre Invoice check window. Added items. Display items now selectable. Right-click on table and choose fields required. 23/01/2017 Updated invoices to display TPN pallet types in breakdown 17/01/2017 Altered Pre-invoice check to display more information 15/01/2017 Added discounts to accounts. 13/01/2017 Added another invoice format. There are now 5 formats. 12/01/2017 Extended invoice notes and factoring notes to 500 characters. 05/01/2017 Altered Global Parameters to have an invoice factoring message. Accounts now have a factored yes/no option. If the account has a specific invoice message then this is displayed on invoices. If not and the not factored option is in use then the standard invoice message is displayed. If the account is set to factor then the global factor message is displayed. Note: There is a file structure change in this update so ALL computers must be updated. 04/01/2017 Altered pricing in standard entry screen. Altering the surcharge code did not force a price update unless you went onto another field. 29/12/2016 An external Quote Delimited Comma Separated text file normally has records like this :- "Name","Address 1","Address 2","Address 3","Address 4" "John Smith","Ivy Cottage","Main Street","Any Town" If polluted with additional quotes like this "Ivy Cottage" then it may not read in :- "John Smith",""Ivy Cottage"","Main Street","Any Town" New menu item removes the additional quotes inside data fields to restore it to a computer readable form. 08/12/2016 Further Palletforce updates for importing data file into Loadmaster. 29/11/2016 Updates for Palletforce import. Delivered flag can be set on/off on import. 22/11/2016 Altered TPN consignment entry screen to stop altering of price after invoice produced. Ability to export consignments to another Loadmaster system. (Cloning) Ability to import consignments from another Loadmaster system. Phone number and email address added to invoice type 2. 12/11/2016 Altered structure of invoice type 2 for TPN depots to show a breakdown of freight. 07/11/2016 Palletforce Import duplicate consignment checker added. 02/11/2016 Updated due to TPN UK altering their Web Services. 31/10/2016 Flightboard extended to 42 vehicles. Distinct real-time displays for vehicles 1-21 and 22-42. 28/10/2016 Flightboard added to replace your whiteboard for pallet collections. This displays in real-time. 25/10/2016 Updated import for TPN Ireland. 24/10/016 Extensive rewriting of standard data entry. 23/10/2016 Filtercodes can be added to gazetter using bulk change. Updated Palletforce import. 19/10/2016 Fixed bug on Fortec pricing on Extended Economy. Added a view consignments not priced option on Actions menu. 18/10/2016 Upate for TPN Ireland import. New special consignment import. 11/10/2016 Palletforce mods. 06/10/2016 Further modifications for Palletforce import. 05/10/2016 Palletforce import operational. Now imports CSV and Excel files. 14/09/2016 Updates to Collectors/Deliverers to allow a bulk update of associated postcodes. New option on SETUP/GAZETTEER. Preparatory work done on Palletforce Import. 08/09/2016 Updated so that URN can be used instead of mapped drives as the data directory. \\Computer\directory is a URN where T:\directory is a mapped drive. 30/08/2016 Internet placefinder updated to use Google API, OpenStreetMaps and OpenWeatherMaps. Displays any location on the planet. Use address, part address, town, village or local feature to locate e.g. EIFFEL TOWER Displays address, maps, temperature and wind direction. 25/08/2016 Resolved issue with TPN BOOK times. Addded TPN Clone of individual prices from one customet to another. Added USA Zip Code lookup with map, placename, latitude, longitude, temperature and wind direction. Fixed 'check version' number function. Fixed 'updates' function. 24/08/2016 Update for import of POD from TPN UK. 22/08/2016 Update to TPN Input screen to push Town and County onto required fields. 19/08/2016 Alteration on TPN for book-in times. 18/08/2016 Updated label printing for TPN to stop 2 labels being placed on one 8 inch label. Update to show TPN number after adding a record. 18/08/2016 Updated for TPN Web Services. See README file. 22/07/2016 What3words features updated to work with the Version 2 API 19/07/2016 Added the ability to change one account code to another to correct an issue where the accounts package has a different account to the one in Loadmaster. 04/07/2016 Bug in Import Accounts it the account had a space after it and you had already imported once - fixed. Ability to print Avery 2 and 3 across labels added. 09/06/2016 Updated Sage Export to deal with Secondary currencies. 25/05/2016 Extensive updates for TPN Ireland to sync with new depot systems. Some Citipost sections added. 11/04/2016 Added function to check for orphaned consignments. These are jobs where the account has been removed. Update on the account field to stop the ability to add a space at the end accidentally. 05/04/2016 Full Windows 10 compatability. Altered data directory so that the program can use mapped drives or URLs. Screens reworked to use large font in Windows 10. Internet mapping updated. What3words incorporation. 25/01/2016 Email invoices now stores a data log of all those sent so you can see when they went together with SUCCESS or FAIL. 16/12/2015 Service/Surcharge added to the various view jobs screens. 09/12/2015 Export consignment option on Export section added. 10/11/2015 Update for global pricing change 23/10/2015 Update for TPN. You can now redirect the delivery depot according to the postcode. Additional options on Setup to allow this. 15/10/2015 Update for Windows 10. Until recently Windows 10 was internally reporting itself as Windows 8. The program looks at the Windows version and places local files in the program directory in Windows XP and similar but in \programdata\zipzapcomputerslimited\loadmaster in Vista, 7, 8, 2003, 2008 and 2012. As a result when it changed to internally reporting itself as 10 it would try to use loacl files in the program directory. This has been altered. To see this go to Help and then System Information. If you are running Windows 10 then this may say either 8 or 10. 12/10/2015 Substantial general updating. Boot up speed increased. RDC notification for TPN. Business Post file restructuring. Invoice format 4 altered. Mapping between poscodes updated. 18/08/2015 Added code to deal with spurious extra spaces in imported postcodes from Fortec, TPN, UK Mail and imported accounts. These can cause routing issues. As an example LN6 3QN looks like LN6 3QN but there is an extra space in the former. LN6--3QN against LN6-3QN. The pattern matching may therefore fail. Extra spaces are now reduced to a single space. Bulk delete also updated to provide more information and stop any 'not responding' message during use. 22/07/2015 Minor update on export accounts to add fuel surcharge. Exported fields now user selectable. 16/07/2015 Added a new Pre Invoice report 14/07/2015 Updates to Fortec pricing. 01/07/2015 File structure changes to Accounts. Added new manifest. Updated Business Post. 28/05/2015 Added diagnostic code on TPN Online entry to catch SOAP service errors and missing information. 12/05/2015 Update to TPN SOAP call for Consignment Import owing to change of company. 08/05/2015 Reworked TPN Online SOAP method results to trap possible errors. 29/04/2015 UK Mail manifest update. UK Mail pricing update. 24/04/2015 Update for UK Mail pricing. Bug on import corrected. 02/04/2015 Update for UK Mail import. Add surcharges where you are using Unique Freight types. Previously these were zeroed. 31/03/2015 Updates to deal with changes in TPN Connect SOAP functions. 26/03/2015 Import from UK Mail repricing updated. This version is data structured the same as the previous version 43.0.44.0 23/03/2014 THERE ARE DATA FILE CHANGES IN THIS VERSION SO ALL COMPUTERS MUST BE UPDATED. Added an invoice note area on every account. This will replace the invoice message on individual invoices. Updated sectiond for Business Post rate calculations. Updated extensively for TPN Connect. Changes made to Local Parameters to accommodate this. Sync updated. Updated data entry screen and fixed collection address issue. Update POD download. Added TPN Depot section on Setup/Networks/TPN/TPN Depots. PLEASE NOTE THAT TO PRINT THE NORTHERN HUB labels you must go into every depot concerned and put a tick in Northern Hub. 11/03/2015 Updates for TPN Connect completed. 24/02/2015 TPN side updated fro TPN Connect. See the additional setting in Local Parameters on the TPN tab. All TPN related items should auto-adjust. 21/01/2015 Altered screen properties of some screens to stop them exceeding screen resolution area. 15/01/2014 Updated calculation of prices in the jobs screen. 07/01/2015 Surcharges and freight types can now be entered directly. 11/12/2014 Update Archive option to take larger amounts of data. Was limited to 2GB and now unlimited. Freight types and surcharges can now be entered directly on consignment entry screen. 14/11/2014 Further work on GPS 10/11/2014 GPS Admin initial core added. THis allows the program to communicate with an external Android delivery app. 24/10/2014 Update to pre-printed consignment notes 16/10/2014 Import Consignor.dat file from UK Mail added Tidy up icons 29/07/2014 Start credit note added to Global Parameters Credit note numbers can be manually overwritten after confirmation Scheduler added to Extras screen showing diary and vehicle entries (start of a future development) Diary updated 04/07/2014 Workaround supplied for an issue with the TPN version of PostcodeAnywhere. 30/06/2013 Added an export to Excel option on Reports/Invoices/Print Invoice in Range 19/06/2014 Tractor feed preprinted notes feature added. General optimization. 15/05/2014 On import Fortec jobs the extended economy pricing was not working properly and has been recoded. 13/05/2014 Modifications on new invoice 06/05/2014 Updates re Fortec pricing 23/04/2014 Further invoice format modifications 07/04/2014 Added a new invoice format - no. 4 Set in Global Parameters 28/02/2014 Alter default scanner option added to Utilities menu. 30/01/2014 Added option on Reports menu for TPN throughput status by customer. Altered Credit Note text in Global Parameters Altered Credit Notes report 30/10/2013 Emailing from the Actions menu now has a 'bulk' option. You can send an email to every customer by either the email address on their account or their billing email address. 23/10/2013 Global Parameters altered to have a 300 character limit on invoice and statement message. TPN Live POD download now marks consignment as being delivered. 'Your' address and 'their' address swapped on invoice type 1. Note: this change required a file structure change in GLOBAL PARAMETERS 09/10/2013 Update pricing on Fortec to allow for a 72 hour service. 03/09/2013 Delete all consignments for customer for day now has a Fortec only filter. 30/08/2013 Pre-invoice check Utilities/Corrections can be filtered by Account and date. TPN Live filter service option for increased speed TPN Live learn addressess now looks at collection address as well 21/08/2013 POD Image upload to TPN Live added to TPN entry screen. 06/08/2013 Amended customer import 05/08/2013 Create invoices now has an option to skip the POD Signature Requirement 31/07/2013 Extra format added to import consignments from implant. 18/07/2013 Amended Fortec data entry to add learnt addresses TPN Live data entry screen field sequence alteration 20/06/2013 Added an option to view and alter prices on a table of consignments before invoicing. On Utilities menu. 19/06/2013 Update for those using bespoke invoice type 3. It was possible that if there were only just enough items to fit the first page then the total block could hide them underneath, effectively making them invisible. The totals at the bottom were correct. 12/06/2013 Updated development language. General overhaul of system. 20/05/2013 Invoice periods added to accounts. Now invoices can be done as Monthly, Two Weekly, Weekly and Daily. 15/05/2013 Updated Unique Postcode Rates for individual customer. You can now update a complete postcode area. TPN Live consignment entry screen now warns of zero charges. 14/05/2013 Altered TPN Sync so that it does not alter the position of the Town field on import. 13/05/2013 Bug fixed that marked non-Free text invoices as Free Text. Correction option on Utilities menu added as well. 09/05/2013 Bug fixed to display free-text invoices in 4th invoice format Previous Bug fixed in Fortec posting which may have initially used the wrong pricing area Bug fixed in Postcode Anywhere lookup in TPN Live option. On rare occasions the address returned with commas in it. This threw the file to go into TPN Live out of sequence. New Pre Invoice list in Fortec style Added function to copy base prices. Added function to copy TPN Unique Prices. Added function to copy accounts to TPN Live database Added function to skip the drawing of maps on TPN Live input screeen Added Job Description to TPN Live input page. Added Free Text Invoicing. Business Post dayend now allows 'held' items to optionally go in data. Fortec data entry screen updated Reads in Fortec export file Amendment in invoice type 3 on items. Fully imports TPN Live POD data and images. New Fortec style invoice. ZiPZAP Computers Limited Commerce House 2 Carlton Boulevard Outer Circle Road Lincoln Lincs LN2 4WJ