ASW 10 Update 10.73.36

On Wednesday we intend to post an update for Auto Shop Writer 10.  We have tested this at several shops plus in house. 

One thing we can’t always catch are ways that people do something which is different than the standard method.  Hopefully, we know most ways, and everything will work fine for everyone.

If you do encounter a problem, please notify us by email immediately.  IF you have email setup in ASW 10, then simply go to Help – Email Tech Support.  In the popup box put a quick description of what you were doing, and where … and the email will automatically attach the error log.  Please do it right away … updates will be pushed out as reports come in.  For 95% of you there will be no issues at all.

If you do NOT have email setup in ASW, send an email to support@masterlinksoftware.com and please attach the error.log file found in the ASW10c folder on the computer where the error occurred.

IF you have reported problems over the past few weeks ( usually in processes rarely used by most shops, but important for you ), please check to be sure they are working in this version.  If not, please let us know … again, right away.

With all of that said, hopefully no one will have any type of problem and everything will work perfectly.  Of course these are computers and they are designed to torment us ….

ASW 9.54.34 Update Notes

On 12/28/2015 at 1 PM PDT, an update was pushed to our servers and should download to your computers within that time.  Please note the following information:

1)  A new Datamanager was included.  You should always keep Datamanager closed on your server, and if you have, then this will automatically be moved into place.  You do not need to run it.  It is there in case it is needed for future use.

2)  A new APAFTT.dbf file has been placed on your server.  This is the 2016 tax table.  It is in the MLS folder.  Before your first payroll processing of 2016, be sure to copy it to the \ASW9s folder from the \ASW9s\MLS folder.  Then go into Tools – Index and reindex the payroll file.

3)  There has been some confusion regarding the tax status on Retirement funds and Cafeteria plans in payroll.  This has been refined in the latest update.  Use the following codes in the Deduct When field:
I = Retirment account:  When you use this, FICA, FUTA, and Medicare will be calculated on the gross earnings but federal income witholding will not.

C = Cafeteria plan:  This is the category for health plans where the employee does not pay the FICA, FUTA, and Medicare on the amount deducted from earnings.

Please watch the total carefully after making these adjustments, and notify us of any issues.

4)  In the last update there were some problems noted with the display of columns in some browse fields.  This was caused by an issue in the core engine and some changes were made to reverse that problem.  If you still have any issues, please notify us immediately by email.