7/1/2010 -  Version 2 of E-Z Schedule is officially released.  A new client information view, faster searching, automated updating and an extensive rewrite of email handling highlight this new version.

Click here for more information about Version 2 features!

9/5/2009 -  A new procedure for administrators under "File/Data Maintenance" provides for the addition and update of zip code information.

As part of the of custom client fields enhancement, you now have the ability to add a free-form text block to the custom field tab.  For details, click here.

The client update screen now allows you to specify the preferred phone number for each client*.

1/16/2009 -  CSV import procedure was updated to include custom client data field information.

11/5/2008 -  Right-clicking the configuration icon will now reveal a new option - "Add Desktop Icon for E-Z Schedule".  This utility is useful when configuring network access to E-Z Schedule.  Simply navigate to the shared network folder where "EZSData.DBF" resides,  click "Open" and a new Shortcut will be added to your Desktop with the correct parameters for starting E-Z Schedule in shared mode.

5/28/2008 -  The latest version of E-Z Schedule now allows you to define and capture up-to fifteen (15) custom fields for each client record.  For details, click here*.

Where prior version of E-Z Schedule limited the selection of custom color assignments for appointment types, non-client tasks and disposition to a handful of primary colors, this latest version widens that choice to thousands of shades.  While in the configuration utility, right-click anywhere in the text and choose "Custom Color Codes".  A dialog will appear allowing you to create your own color or to click on a honeycomb of colors to select a preferred shade.  When you exit, the color code will be saved in your clipboard for pasting as a color code parameter in any of the applicable configuration statements.

11/10/2007 -  E-Z Schedule now allows you to define and capture up-to ten (10) custom data fields for each appointment.  For details, click here*.

You can now configure E-Z Schedule to send a copy of your backup file to a designated email address.  Free services like Google Mail or Yahoo Mail provide a simple and safe offsite solution for your data backup.  You must be using a Windows MAPI client (Outlook Express, Eudora, Pegasus Mail) to take advantage of this enhancement.   Designate your backup email address by adding the following statement to your configuration:

EMail Backup=mybackupaddress@emailprovider.com

Additionally, backup filenames now contain timestamps for those users who take multiple backups during the course of a day.

If you are displaying client phone numbers on the schedule, a new option allows you to designate the primary telephone number to used as the display default.  To define your preference, add the following line to your configuration file:

Primary Phone=nPhone

where nPhone is 1 for the client's daytime phone, 2 for business phone and 3 for cellphone.  The system default is 1 (daytime phone).

When printing postcard reminders, you may now opt to suppress printing for those clients with email addresses on file.

You can now suppress the use of HTML in your email reminders by adding the following command to your configuration:

Use HTML in EMail=NO

Additionally, you may now compose your own customized email reminder.  Download and modify the file at this link, saving it to your E-Z Schedule folder.  When finding this file, E-Z Schedule will use the text found therein to compose email reminder messages.  Parameters in the text of the message allow you to include client names and appointment specifics in your message.  If you are familiar with HTML, you may include HTML formatting in your message.

E-Z Schedule System Administrators may now broadcast email messages to clients that have email information on file.  When invoked from the print menus, this procedure will prompt for an HTML or text file and will broadcast to applicable clients in groups of 50 addresses per message.  To allow you to test your broadcast, add the following statement to your configuration:

EMail Test Address=myemailaddress@myprovider.com

Warning!  These messages may be considered spam. 
Be sure that your email provider does not restrict the broadcasting of bulk email before broadcasting messages.

05/15/2007 - You may now opt to include client free-form notes in the Client Information display.  Enable this feature by adding the following statement to your configuration:

Show Client Notes=YES

2/11/2007 -  This release includes the ability to define up-to nine (9) custom data fields that can be stored for each appointment.  These fields can be text, numerical, date or multiple-choice type data.  The defined fields can be later be manipulated and displayed in custom reports developed to your specification.  Typical fields might include fees, collections and type of payment.   Typical reports could detail or summarize daily revenue and collections activity.  For details, click here.

Additionally, you may now assign a color attribute to custom disposition fields as follows:

Disposition=nCode=cDescription;nColor

Disposition code colors supersede color attributes defined for appointment types.

Finally, in addition to our Canadian regional support, E-Z Schedule can now be configured for Australian users.  Click here to download the Australian Post Code database.  Save the database file into your shared E-Z Schedule folder and enable the feature by adding the following statement to your configuration:

Country=Australia