Categories: Info@Hand
      Date: Feb 23, 2009
     Title: info@hand 6.0 released

We're happy to announce the availability of info@hand 6.0, which introduces several significant features including an extensively reworked calendar, a new API and Safari support. It's a free upgrade to all those that have a current support contract - {cms_selflink page='contact-us' text='contact us'} if you'd like to upgrade.

Here are the full release notes of the 6.0 upgrade:

New Features:

• A completely new calendar module with more dynamic AJAX-based displays and operation.
• Click and drag to create a new meeting and set its duration.
• View all calendar-related information super-imposed on a single display, with optional filtering of Meeting, Call, Task, Project Task, and Event information. Also includes support for loading holiday packs - users can choose to see the public holidays for the region where they are located.
• A new system for managing data access control within info@hand - Teams and Roles combine to manage User access to info@hand data with more flexibility and precision than ever before.
• Mass invoicing for all Accounts of Cases and Projects with outstanding billable hours.
• Support for Partner mode access within the Self-Service Portal - allowing sales channel partners to register new Leads, and check all Lead, Account, Opportunity and Invoice data associated with them in your info@hand system.
• Added support for Safari browser.
• Project Gantt Chart.
• iCal synchronization.
• Google Calendar synchronization. eStore Integration Enhancements - Product Catalog items support HTML product descriptions, two-level categories, product attributes.
• Support for pre-paid blocks of support time on service sub-contracts, and tracking hours remaining.
• A new json API, functionally similar to the SOAP API but with much better performance. A sample of its use may be found in /examples/JsonTest.php.
• Report on Sales Taxes collected by Invoice range.
• Report on Gross Profit generated by Invoice range and by sales person.
• Report on Projects' Profitability.
• Users may add multiple items to a quote/invoice at one time, via selected checkboxes on popup form.
• Print multiple selected Invoices in a single operation.
• Drop-shipment support for Purchase Orders.
• New dashlets for Quotes, Sales Orders and Invoices.
• Push-button copy of address information from an Account to selected Contacts at that Account.
• Added client Phone/eMail information to Invoices and Packing slips to speed interactions with shipping suppliers.

Bug Fixes:

• Many fixes in Studio.
• Many fixes in Workflow.
• Hundreds of minor fixes throughout the entire system.