Posts Tagged ‘Update’
ABM 2010 Partner Conference & upcoming new version release
ABM partner conference is set to be held in Melbourne in early September. Conference will unveil details on the new version of ABM which will be one of the most significant to date in terms of new features.
The conference will also shape development plans and product roadmap. Please ensure you forward any product enhancement requests to us for discussion at the conference.
Legrand CRM Version 5.2
Legrand CRM 5.2 will be released over the next few weeks. Below is some details on the new version inclusions…
Legrand CRM Outlook Addin Update Avaliable
Legrand Software have released updates for the Outlook Addin.
Changes include:
- Better handling of Exchange email addresses (especially for internal emails)
- Support for SQL Authentication
- Added ability to edit subject line when exporting emails (Corporate Edition only)
- Addin support for Outlook 2010
?Downloads are available via the following links. Please ensure to select the correct download based on the combination of the Edition of Legrand CRM and Outlook Version you operate.
Legrand CORP Edition with Outlook 2007/2010 – http://www.legrandcrm.com/downloads/OutlookAddIn/SetupLegrandOL2007AddIn.exe
Legrand PRO Edition with Outlook 2007/2010 – http://www.legrandcrm.com/downloads/OutlookAddIn/SetupLegrandOL2007AddInPRO.exe
Legrand PRO & CORP Editions with Outlook 2003 – http://www.legrandcrm.com/downloads/OutlookAddIn/LegrandOL2003AddIn.exe
Legrand CRM 5.1.23 Released (14/11/09)
Legrand Software have today announced the release of 5.1.23. The update includes wide range of new features. The update is for both Professional and Corporate Editions.
Highlights include;
- Signigicant enhancments to TAPI integration functions.
- Added the ability to re-activate closed marketing campaigns
- Email mail merge function extend to operate for all send email screens
- Search functions ‘Lastname contains‘ and ‘Lastname starts with‘ have been added to the QuickList section in the Contacts module. These provide fast lookup of Contacts and require fewer mouse-clicks than performing a QuickSearch on the lastname field. New! Similar functions ‘Company name contains‘ and ‘Company name starts with‘ have been added to the QuickList section in the Companies module.While the database can contain hundreds of thousands of records the user interface in Legrand CRM will not allow the simultaneous display of more than 10,000 records in the Companies list and Contacts list. The ‘All Records‘ button will now no longer display if the number of records exceeds the 10,000 list limit.

- Web Capture Module extended to provude subscribe and unsubscribe functions.

Release Enhancement List from Legrand Software
Release 5.1.23 – October 31, 2009
- New! The Web Capture module now supports
newsletter Subscribe/Unsubscribe function - New! Filtering function in Web Capture lets you
filter web records by type: web lead, sales lead, unsubscribe and spam - New! The Web Capture module now provides more
control over the processing of a web lead: search the database for similar
contact or company records and decide how the web lead is to be processed:
(1) create new company and contact records, or
(2) create a new contact record but assign it to an existing company, or
(3) assign to an existing contact record. - New! Import wizard to import Activity records
- New! The phone interface has been enhanced for
better support of International dialling. In User Preferences
you can now specify the international access code for your location (e.g.
011, 0011 or 00, to just mention a few) and Legrand CRM will automatically
handle the formatting. - New! Custom Menus have been expanded beyond
internet or intranet URLs and now also provide the ability to access network
folders and the ability to invoke any external application while passing up
to five parameters.
This enhancement significantly enhances the ability for 3rd part
integrators to create custom applications that can be invoked from within
Legrand CRM. - New! Search functions ‘Lastname contains‘
and ‘Lastname starts with‘ have been added to the QuickList section
in the Contacts module - New! Search functions ‘Company Name contains‘
and ‘Company Name starts with‘ have been added to the QuickList
section in the Companies module - New! You can now specify the next Opportunity
Reference Number in System Administration - New! Multiple delete of Activity Notes has been
added - New! Link activity notes created “En-masse” to a
customer service - New! Added menu selection in the Opportunity
module to send an email to the Opportunity’s main Contact. - New! The email configuration now allows
you to specify a SMTP port number in case your email server does not use the
default port 25. - New! The ability to re-Activate a closed
marketing campaign has been added. - New! The Marketing Campaigns module now has a
menu dropdown at the top left of its screen, similar to all the other
modules. - New! Additional mail merge codes and merge types
have been created to display Start and End times of appointments with time
zone offset.Note: the SQL Administrator will need to update the DataDict records in
the database - New! The User listing in Calendar is now sorted
on Lastname and includes the user’s Team name (if Team option is activated) - New! Added support for MYOB Singapore ODBC
driver - Change: When assigning a task or calendar event
to another staff member the email notification now includes the notes for
that task or calendar event - Change: The Legrand Reporting tool now includes
a library of over 25 reports. - Change: The Department field in Contacts screen
is now an unrestricted textbox - Change: The ‘No Transaction’ report now includes
further selection options to determine how to apply search conditions to
Contacts that are not linked to a Company - Change: Support for the old Crystal Reports IX
has been disabled by default in favour of the new Legrand Report Designer.
You can still access the old Crystal Reports functions by specifying this in
User Preferences.
ABM 2009 SP1 Release (24/09/09)
Advanced Business Manager have released ABM 2009 SP1.
The update includes a wealth of new features beyond the initial ABM 2009 release including:
- more detailed information sets on order and sales screens
- kit components can now be serial tracked
- more advanced sales information avaliablity when generating orders
- enhanced suggest order functionality
- enhanced business analysis reporting


