Wrapped up the first beta of 5.25
Beth's been attending a "National Women in Ministry Association" conference in Nashville and I've been working on getting the first beta of version 5.25 finished up.
The "pack and go" feature works great. At least for me. For people with more than one computer with DM data on it, this will be a real help. Sometime, though, I need to write a true "synchonization" routine that allows updates on both computers and synchronizes them with each other. That will be an interesting challenge.
I also wrote a routine I've been wanting to do for some time - automatic address updates based on address information in the contributions files. That will be a real time saver for those who are using the automatic give posting routines. While testing it, I've already found some address changes that I missed.
I put another small routine in as well to help WGM staff with a bit of their paperwork. At the end of their Homeland Ministry Assignment, WGM staff are supposed to analyze how they got their support ... how much from personal face to face meetings, how much from small group "home" meetings, how much from public services, mail appeals, phone calls, etc. This little routine helps figure that all out. Others may find it useful as well.... We'll see.
By the time I release 5.25 I hope to have support for Wycliffe Canada giving statements, and some new "rolling average" analysis that several have asked about. I've never done that before, but I can see where it might be useful.
The "pack and go" feature works great. At least for me. For people with more than one computer with DM data on it, this will be a real help. Sometime, though, I need to write a true "synchonization" routine that allows updates on both computers and synchronizes them with each other. That will be an interesting challenge.
I also wrote a routine I've been wanting to do for some time - automatic address updates based on address information in the contributions files. That will be a real time saver for those who are using the automatic give posting routines. While testing it, I've already found some address changes that I missed.
I put another small routine in as well to help WGM staff with a bit of their paperwork. At the end of their Homeland Ministry Assignment, WGM staff are supposed to analyze how they got their support ... how much from personal face to face meetings, how much from small group "home" meetings, how much from public services, mail appeals, phone calls, etc. This little routine helps figure that all out. Others may find it useful as well.... We'll see.
By the time I release 5.25 I hope to have support for Wycliffe Canada giving statements, and some new "rolling average" analysis that several have asked about. I've never done that before, but I can see where it might be useful.
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