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As
always, before you upgrade our (or anybody else's) software, backup the
programs and data that you're already using!
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PST New Users, Full Install, and Upgrades |
Click
Here for Printable Install Instructions for PST Full Install for Windows.
Notice: If you have
a large database or a slow network or computer, the conversion to 6.0a (or newer) might take a while! Don't upgrade from below 6.0a if you have several
papers to get out in the next 60 minutes!
- PST
Version 6 Full Install - Now
Version 6.2w, about 15 MB, (about 40 minutes at 56K or less than 5
minutes with most broadband connections). This full install of the
Win95/98/NT/2000/XP/Vista version of PST will have to be downloaded by new
users and upgraders alike. It is a true 32-bit program and runs only in
Win95 or above.
- Microsoft
Data Access Components - This
file (MDAC_TYP.EXE) will be needed by almost everyone as they move from
the 5.3 series to the 5.4 series or install PST for the first time. You
should download it, save it to disk, and then install it once on each
workstation. It installs the Data Access Components that let PST's Web
Services Pack work across the Internet. Note: If you are on Windows XP Service Pack 2 (or newer) you will not need this file.
- For Win95 users
only - You need to download and install Microsoft's DCOM95.EXE
prior to installing MDAC. You can ask Bill Gates and company why they
didn't include it in the MDAC install, but I'm guessing that they think
most of the world is on Windows 98 by now.
- PST.EXE
(just the 6.2w executable file). If you already have a very recent
version of PST installed (6.2a or higher), and are comfortable
copying the files around yourself, you can save some download and install
time by just getting the latest version of the EXE file. In a networked
environment, you'll have to manually place this file at every workstation.
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Recently Updated Features
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6.2w Added form: SC-104 (Small Claims Proof of Service for California).
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6.2v Added the ability to post payments for jobs not currently invoiced from the Record Payments window.
Added the ability to insert a Servee Address when adding a new comment.
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6.2u Added feature: "Add a new job with Search" (located under the Jobs menu). This feature will allow you to perform a lookup to determine if a job has already been added. If you decide to add a job, the information that you used in your search, will carry over to the new job.
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6.2t Added the ability to use the "Address Suppression" feature on all California Forms.
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6.2s Added support for assigning a Judge on a Case.
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6.2q Added the ability to print barcodes on Standard PST Affidavits.
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6.2p Added a Paned View option on the servee details window. This feature will allow you to view all four servee details tabs at once. NOTE: Your Screen Resolution must be at least 1024x768 to use this feature.
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6.2g WSP Users: Added the ability for a Server to originate a job for their Client (when using the "PST to PST" transfer feature). To enable this feature, go to Utilities>Special Function & type "ServerOriginationOn". In order for this feature to work, your trading partner will need to be on version 6.2g or newer.
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| 6.2f Fixed a bug when adding similar jobs which was causing the total "Amount Due" to show as zero on an invoice. |
| 6.2a Added the ability to manually send comments to a client or server via email. Added a "Frequently Used Comments" option. |
| 6.1a Added a "Copy Comments" feature. This feature allows you to copy multiple comments from one job to another. Also improved database connectivity & error reporting for users running Process Server's Toolbox on a Local Area Network. |
| 6.0d Added a button to the Servee Details window that allows you to "Lookup" a previously served person. |
| 6.0b Improved Job Status Sheet to include name & address of actual person served. |
| 6.0a Overhauled the invoice window - store as many sales items as you need on a single invoice (you are no longer limited to 12 lines). Added the ability to add Credits to jobs. Added the ability to add late fees to past due invoices, Added "Client / Server Notes" feature - these notes can be displayed when adding a new job and / or closing a job. Added an option to display a breakdown of fees charged for that job on the Affidavit of Service (OR, AZ, WA). |
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5.9k Added support for the Arizona Affidavit of Service. |
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5.9g Added option to create a PDF Invoice & attach the PDF invoice to a job to be used for printing & trading with the Web Services Package. |
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5.9c Added quite a few options to
make printing, attaching, and sending PDF Attachments
through the Web Services Pack easy and nearly automatic.
You can set your PDF and printing options on a per-Client basis now
and they inherit to new jobs. Added the ability to save a
given Client's PDF files anywhere on your computer. Changed
the "Lookup by Person Served" feature to a comprehensive, "Query by
Example" type form. Fixed
the "File 24 marked IN USE" bug
with busy print queues. |
| 5.9a Added the ability to attach files (.pdf, .jpg, .doc, .xls, xlw, & .txt) to a job & made the attachments viewable from the web (with the Web Services Package). Created a lookup by Action Date & lookup by Court Date. |
| Changed style
of Frequently Served Writs. Can hold unlimited writs now, Overhauled long person served to
include separate fields for person being served, address, person actually served, etc., Added support for California Forms (POS-010, POS-020, FL-330, Declaration of Diligence, Declaration of Mailing & Generic Proof), Created a "Type Service Editor" to allow a user to have more control over how their service types are worded, added Web Help Tool under
Help menu (or click here to view the PST Help Tool) |
| Added
Split Server Pay, enlarged several fields, updated
the PST Customer list. |
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Added support
for two completely different printers for multiple copies of the
Affidavit. Added the ability to review agent and server comments
prior to the client seeing them on the Web via the WSP. Fixed the
Postal Request (broken in version 5.4s). |
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Added a Print
List function to 'Lookup by Check Number' and 'Cash Receipts List'.
Added a warning for Barcode Wand users if they try to mark the same
invoice as paid twice. |
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Finished the
Server updates from the field via Palm Pilot or compatible features.
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Added the Client
Phone Book and Client Letter options under the Utilities Menu. Now
you can print a detailed listing of Clients or Servers to carry
in the car, and start a letter to a client as long as Microsoft
Word is installed. |
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Added Landlord
and Tenant to list of case style titles. Adjusted the Addressee
lines on the Invoice and Statements to better fit a window envelope.
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Added the PST
Tutorial file. |
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Added
the Zone to the Review Unfinished Jobs window. Made the Review Unfinished
Jobs window remain the same size after an Edit Job. |
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Added two new
headers for the Affidavits - Due Diligence and Motion in Support
of Substitute Service. |
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Doubled the
amount of room for the Sendaway Personal and Sendaway Business types
of service section. Also added 'What's This' style help so you can
point at an item with your mouse and hit the F1 key to get a little
guidance on what it's for. |
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Corrected a
couple of problems in LiveBac Central. The Entities, Comments, and
Invoice Transactions were not all being backed up. You need this
download to use Livebacs successfully, and you need to be doing
Livebacs! If you've already been making Livebacs and PST prompts
you to allow it to replace some files, please let it! |
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Added the Special
Function 'Print Zone Miles' to let users print a simple report totaling
mileage for each server based on values entered in the Zone Field.
Also updated the SendAway Affidavit so that the prompt for dates
reads 20___ instead of 19___. |
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Added LiveBac
Central to the Utilities Menu. Now PST has the ability to make record
by record copies of your data as you work. You currently have to
turn it on each day, but for the three or four of you who aren't
making real backups, this could save the bacon! |
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Changed the
Serial Number System in PST from 8 digits to 10 to allow all four
digits of the year to show in the Serial Number. All users will
need this upgrade before the end of the century! |
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Modified the
Record Payments Window to make it sortable, added the Client Reference
Number to make it easier to find the jobs you are marking paid. |
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Added the ability
on the Review Unfinished Jobs window to narrow the list to one Server
or Client so that all jobs don't have to be printed at once. |
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Added a function
to let you print mailing labels for your Clients. |
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Added the 'Change
Job Number' special function so you can increment the PST job number
to a higher number to avoid conflicts with your previous program.
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Added the Request
for Service form. |
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Added the Client
Status Report. Print a list of all jobs for one Client or many.
The list is sorted by the Client's Contact Person, then their Reference
Number, then the Case Number and finally by the Job Serial Number.
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Added Barcode
support. Now you can pull up and edit a job by scanning the barcode
on the Field Sheet and automatically mark invoices paid when your
Client returns the invoice with payment. |
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Added support
inside PST for multiple printers, copies and printer trays. |
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Added support
for Faxing from PST if you have a fax driver. |
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Added a button
to allow you to lookup a previous Plaintiff or Defendant from the
Edit Case window. |
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Added an Acknowledgment
option for Field Sheet. If checked, a place for the recipient to
sign for being served shows up. |
There are so
many improvements and so much added functionality we're not going to try
to list them all! Over 1500 PST Users at 550 companies are raving about
the improved look of the printouts and the added search techniques. Download
and see for yourself. As always, give us a call if you have any questions.
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CST New Users or Full Install |
- New Users: CST Full Install Version 3.5c - This is Courier Service Toolbox for
Win95, Win98, WinNT Version 4, ME, 2000, and XP. CST is THE
low-cost efficiency enhancing program for courier services. If you are
running a courier business with a run count between 10 and 10,000 runs
per day, you need this software!
- Existing Users: CST
Full Install Version 3.4f - If you are already using Courier Service Toolbox & want to upgrade to the latest & greatest version, you will need to install version 3.4f prior to upgrading to 3.5b (note: If you are already on version 3.2a or higher, you can download the CST.EXE file for 3.4f, instead of doing the full install). Once you have completed upgrading to 3.4f, you must open CST to begin converting your data. Once the conversion is complete, you can download the cst.exe file below to complete the upgrade process. If you need any assistance, please do not hesitate to call us, we are ready to help.
- CST.EXE
(just the 3.6b executable file). If you already have a very recent
version of CST installed (3.4f or higher), and are comfortable
copying the files around yourself, you can save some download and install
time by just getting the latest version of the EXE file. In a networked
environment, you'll have to manually place this file at every workstation.
(note: by upgrading with just the EXE file, you will not receive a new
copy of the "What's New" section in CST. To obtain a list
of ALL the latest features, please use the Full Install)
- Microsoft
Data Access Components - This file (MDAC_TYP.EXE) will be needed
by almost everyone as they move from the 3.1 series to the 3.4 series
or install CST for the first time. You should download it, save it to
disk, and then install it once on each workstation. It installs the
Data Access Components that let CST's Web Services Pack work across
the Internet. If you are running Windows XP Service Pack 2, you will not need to install this file.
Recent Changes:
3.4c
Added the ability for a user to provide status to their clients and also allow their clients to add their own runs over the web. This is an add-on feature called the "Web Services Package". You can click here for more details on this powerful feature. |
3.3a
This is a
complete rewrite of several areas in CST. Invoicing is much
more flexible with a new 'Sales Item' based model and
you can split driver pay per invoice line. You can have many
'legs' per run. Existing customers should call for
more information - this upgrade's conversion process takes a
while! |
3.1m
Added the long awaited Edit Prices for Zone Pair Window. It's under
Setup, and it's really easy to use. Just click on a Zone From, click
on a Zone To, and edit the grid of Prices on the right! |
3.1k
Added the Price List on the Utilities Menu. This allows you to print
a list of prices for all priorities from one zone to all others. |
3.1j
Added the Client Activity Report. Added the CST Tutorial to help users
get all the way through adding a new job. Added two Indexes to the
Jobs Database (DateTimeDropped and ClientNumber fields) to make several
reports faster. Fixed the bug on some reports where the Licensee's
company name was repeated. |
3.1h
Fixed the bug that didn't include the prepayments when calculating
the amounts due on invoices. Showed up mainly when using the COD feature. |
3.1g
Added the ability to Add and Edit Scheduled Jobs. You can use this
feature to maintain a list of regularly done jobs and add them to
the Dispatch Screen each morning. Jobs can be configured to only add
on certain weeks of the month and days of the week. |
3.1f
Made it possible to clear a zero balance Invoice on the Record Payments
window. Fixed the bug that invalidated your CST codes when you printed
your CST Invoice. |
3.1d
Added a new Client Option. If Discount Run Only is checked on a client,
the 'extra' charges will not be discounted - only the Service Fee
and Round Trip Amount. |
3.1c
Fixed a bug on Invoices. If you were sorting by Reference Number,
the individual subtotals for each reference number were rounding off
to the nearest dollar, the actual totals were correct.
Fixed a bug on startup where CST would produce an Error 13 - Type
Mismatch for a new user that didn't have any licensee data yet.
Made the Dispatch Screen Refresh notice show up on the form rather
than in a new window, users were seeing 'Can't show modal form when
non-modal form is showing' if they tried to access other menus. |
3.1a
Fixed missing dates on several report setup screens.
Added an error message and stopped the save when the Driver Rate is
less than zero or greater than one.
Changed the starting point for database transactions when obtaining
the next serial number to try to stop the intermittent corrupt change
numbers database problem.
Took out the Print Preview when printing Job Tickets. |
3.0y
Added the Client Statements.
Fixed a problem where we didn't recalculate the invoice totals and
driver amounts if a user made a change to the pricing, then didn't
leave the field before accepting. This was hard to see, because the
job would recalculate when you brought it up to see what was wrong
with an invoice or driver report. |
3.0x
Made Invoices obey the 'ShowDates' option for each client.
Made Reprint Invoice obey the Sort Order choices for the client.
Added the missing asterisks on the Driver Report when the job was
manually priced.
Corrected the sort order on the Driver Reports - was sorting by serial
number, we've always sorted by Date Delivered in the past.
Adjusted the bottom margin on the Driver Reports - was wasting quite
a bit of paper.
Reviewed all data access in CST, we had left some tables open and
one client was getting a 'Can not open any more tables' message through
the course of a busy day. |
3.0w
Added the Priority for the Job to each line of the invoice.
Added the additional charges (when non-zero) as separate line on the
invoice.
Changed the 'Call-in Date Time' to 'Released Date Time' on the invoice.
Added options on the Driver Report to show or not show the From/To
Destinations and to show or not show the Client Amount.
Added the Receivables report. |
3.0v
Made the Zone dropdown list on the Edit Job window display '(No Zone)'
when the destination is not zoned.
Made it possible to assign 'No Zone' to a destination to prevent automatic
pricing.
Stopped CST from automatically pricing a job while adding a new job
when either From or To had no zone assigned.
Stopped the payment lines on the Edit Job window from shorting the
driver's pay.
Fixed the Reprint Invoice. It was printing a bogus Invoice Number
on the printouts. This did not affect the actual invoice number in
the database.
Added a date range window on Lookup by Driver, Lookup by Client, and
Lookup by Destination. It defaults to 'Today', and you can easily
adjust it or just hit 'Escape' to get everything since the beginning
of time. |
3.0u
Fixed brand new bug (from 3.0t) that prevented Add New Job after one
edit.
Made the Dispatch Screen put new jobs in the proper place as defined
by the user's sort order.
On Add New, we now paste in the search text that you had entered while
looking for existing Clients, Drivers, and Destinations. |
3.0t
Made the additional charges defaults paste in when you start Add a
New Job.
Added a menu selection on the Jobs menu for Adding Scheduled Jobs.
This allows you to add the Scheduled Jobs that you had already defined
when you converted.
Added Reprint Invoices. This feature works better than ever. You can
now reprint one invoice or a range of invoices. Please read the example
in the prompt, it's quite easy. Reprint Invoices also recalculates
the invoice totals, so if you had printed some without Tax or with
improper discounts, just reprint them.
Made the Invoices use the Tax settings that you have already defined.
Made it possible to abort invoicing or previewing invoicing without
leaving the 'Someone else is already Invoicing' marker in place.
Made the focus jump to the Accept button when you Dispatch or Acknowledge
a page.
Added an Index to the Jobs to make Invoicing much faster. |
3.0s
Added a Driver Report (under Accounting of course). Providing rather
detailed info at this time, you can use this to check my math and
your data entry skills. We'll add some options to cut the size down
later.
Made the 'Job is Invoiced' check box reflect reality.
Added 'Zoom In' and 'Zoom Out' buttons on the Print Preview window.
Added the 'Driver Adjust' amount to the equation for calculating Driver
Pay when finishing a job. For jobs that were edited over the last
few days, the Driver Adjust amount was NOT taken into account.
Stopped the fake 'Same Day' priority and 'RT' flag from printing on
all invoices. The RT flag now works correctly, I've left the priority
blank for now. Yes, it will be back soon!
Added a Driver Number Index on the Jobs database to speed up Lookup
by Driver and Driver Reports. |
3.0r
Fixed the 'Version Table message' in Livebacs that made you acknowledge
the non-backed up table every pass.
Corrected the cutoff date for selecting jobs for invoicing - was stopping
one day short.
Made driver and priority dropdown lists sort by multiple keystrokes.
Made the associated 'NOW' button get an ALT-N shortcut when the date
or time has the focus.
Added Beepster sending support to CST - Not yet checking for rejected
pages.
Took out comctl32.dll and imm32.dll from InstallShield due to bug
in Microsoft's ComCtl32.exe versioning. (Many thanks to Brian Dowsett
and Boaz Frankel for their help in troubleshooting this fiasco!)
Revamped entire InstallShield package.
Added Hidden Columns to sort priority number and Status Number correctly.
Fixed Status Column so that Not Released doesn't show as Ready.
Made Priority and Status sort logically instead of alphabetically.
Made Dispatch Screen self-refresh.
Added Version table in Defaults database to protect against different
versions on same network.
Require at least one character before starting a lookup into the databases.
Added Index on Reference Number to speed up Reference Number lookup. |
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