Includes database changes, you'll need to log all terminals out during upgrade

• New stuff
  • Preferred parts - for stocked parts. Requested often now finally here. Parts like spark plugs are littered through different price files. Tag a part as your preferred supplier so when you key in / scan that part c9 will not nag you about unstocked parts from other suppliers with same part no#. e.g.
    
  • supplier settlement report : a report which can be useful for finding errors with supplier settlement. It shows tally of bills + credit notes juxtaposed against payment in following calendar month highlighting any discrepancies which might indicate an error with statement reconciliation with a supplier
  • [x] regenerate AR/AP link tool : brute force kill off and re-add all links between txns for a supplier and relink in date order to redo aging in ona given debtor/creditor. Use this sledgehammer with caution
  • Secondary franchises - useful in some exotic scenarios. Unstocked S/F results are filtered from selbypart and from F2 find part when no franchise is selected. Utility / significance of this won't cover here as only relevant for a couple of dealers
  • Non-functional 5.3 backend work. Heavily revised internal code for modelling orders from original on paper v5 design and solves a significant issue with original design (originally c9 would auto allocate returned parts to fill orders, as "clever" as this is, it is generally a very bad idea as it contradicts design principal of least surprise, such functionality needs to be operator driven/overseen always : prompt the user but don't automate) / item markup & mark downs (such as dead stock write off) and removed some technical debt that was building up around qty track caching and some paper design features we actually don't need (e.g. wildcard matching). Nothing that affects 5.2 but need this to be embedded in this version to get access to AR/AP link tool
• Fixes and tweaks
  • Simultaneous rollback of a unit + modify same unit across multiple terminals could blow things up. Added some guards to detect and prevent this sort of thing
  • Small spelling typo on STP export authority screen
  • View finished deal, view contact on a finance provider would pop up contact, not finance. Now fixed
  • Spares point of sale : When clearing screen of parts or finalising a sale, the screen would retain previous 'Order' / 'Force Sell' selected setting instead of resetting it; meaning status of this field is subtly inconsistent depending on how you drive c9. Can be a problem for users who smash through the screens really fast relying on muscle memory for things like processing web orders. Now changed so that 'Order' / 'Force Sell' always resets back to order on completion of a sale or emptying screen of parts