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AyaNova 4.1.5 Upgrades

Ground Zero Tech Works recently released 4.1.5.  Your system has been upgraded.  This is a pretty minor update and more information is available in their forum.  To ensure smooth operation, you should log in as the original Administrator user at the earliest opportunity.  This is not the same as any general administrative level user, it is the login where FirstName = AyaNova, LastName = Administrator.

FireFox 3 Patch

A minor patch was provided by Ground Zero to solve the problem for FireFox 3 producing an error when attempting to edit an existing workorder item, labor record, existing subgrid item, etc or accept a newly created item.  Your system has already been upgraded with this patch, and it will likely be rolled into the next AyaNova upgrade release.  For those interested, more information is available in their forum.  If you're a FireFox fan, hopefully there's no longer anything stopping you from jumping on the FireFox 3 bandwagon!

AyaNovaPanel Update

We are evaluating the best development strategy for our AyaNovaPanel utilities and add-ons.  We have been encouraged by Ground Zero to avoid touching the database directly for any purpose, even read-only.  The underlying database structures are subject to frequent changes by Ground Zero and an alternative solution (a .NET API) is provided to allow us to do anything we need without touching the database.  We will likely migrate to ASP.NET and the API for development of our add-ons in the near future.

While our Perl + SQL direct database approach enables us to very quickly develop custom solutions, tools and add-ons, we also wish to be able to upgrade you to the latest versions of AyaNova as they come along.  We will always test upgrades with our tools before upgrading your system.  We will work with you to determine the best course of action if an incompatible upgrade will break one of our direct database tools you are using before any action is taken on your system.  We can evaluate the benefit of upgrading versus the cost and time of revising the tools and lay out a plan that ensures no downtime and total business continuity.

Thank you!  Please contact us if you have any questions.