New Features

Welcome to Collect! Version 13.7. This latest version has several new features and functionality, as well as several optimizations and enhancements to existing features.

The full revision history is available to Members via the Member Center.

Display And Environment

Optimized the loading of the collectcfg.ini files.

Added Database Logging to trace deadlocks. This requires users to open Collect! with "/txu" in the startup options.

Rewrote the Group button navigation to use standard internal calls, so navigating Group Members will now invoke the same pre and post edit logic as the main Debtor's OK, Next, and Prior buttons.

Added the ability to sort Client Debtors by Listed date descending.

Archiving and unarchiving accounts will now update Archive Date.

Financials

The Debtor recalc was optimized to be added to the API and the optimized version was implemented in the Tools -> Recalculate menu.

Added an option to the Recalculate Totals form called "Recalc all except Controls" which, when selected, will behave identically as "Recalculate All Debtor Totals" except it will skip the Contact Controls, which update the "# Attempts" and "# RCP" fields.

Updated transaction types 398 (add commission to owing) and 399 (collection fee) to use the Transaction Type configuration, rather than hard-coding configuration.

Contact Management

Added "Include in Client Portal" to the contact plan form.

Optimized the batch processing automated contacts to only look at the last 30 days of contacts when run from the Task Scheduler.

Added an option to the Contact form called "Allow Delete on Close" which, when checked, will ignore the "Do Not Autodelete" box if the mode is being set to closed.

Added the ability to use HTML signatures for ad-hoc emails where the email body is put inside a PRE tag. The HTML file can use CSS to style the PRE tag in any way.

Report Writer

Optimized importing of Reports.

Increased the size of the File Name field on the Report Options form to 255 characters to match the File Name field on the Print Report form.

Added the ability to print to alternate addresses in Letter Service.

Added “@apppath” to the report commands that will return the Collect! root directory.

Improved the @REPLACE command in the Report Writer to support commas (~~) and spaces (``) using the special characters.

Added the ability to clear all tags for a record in the report editor so you don't have to loop through each individual recort using the untag function.

Importing

When using @d in the Default Value field on a Field Specification form, we are now checking the Import Map's global date format, so you don't have to specify the date format on the field level.

Added a check box to the Import Field Options form called "Exact Match" which, if checked, will use an exact match on Must Equal Default Value instead of the default of partial match.

Payment Processing

A rewrite of this module is in progress.

Credit Bureau Reporting

Added an option to the Credit Bureau Setup form called "Force Age Out" which, if populated, will automatically set accounts to age out after the specified number of years. The checking processed in set in the Debtor Recalc and CBR Metro Reactivation process.

When unchecking the "Report to Credit Bureau" box on the Client Settings, you are now given an option to run a query to disable reporting on the Debtors.

Upgrading To This Build

Please refer to How to Upgrade Collect! for details about upgrading your existing Collect! system to take advantage of the features and optimizations in this latest release.

If you are upgrading from Version 11 or earlier, this is a major revision and considered a paid upgrade.

Prior Releases

Version 13.6
Version 13.5
Version 13.4
Version 13.3
Version 13.2
Version 13.1