Light Blue 8.1.2

We’ve released Light Blue 8.1.2, which is another free update to everyone who subscribes to our online services or has bought Light Blue 8. This is a minor update that adds new features and fixes bugs that were reported after the launch of Light Blue 8.1.

• Using “partner” as a contact role now supports all of the same features as using “bride” or “groom”. For shoots with a type of “wedding” or “weddings”, this applies to automatically setting the title, automatically selecting contract signatories when you add a new contract, mail-merge tags that use the couple’s details, and the “wedding couple” section in your forms and questionnaires. The default role for wedding couple controls on forms is now “partner” rather than “bride”. We’ve also added %ShootPartner1FirstName%, %ShootPartner1LastName%, %ShootPartner2FirstName%, and %ShootPartner2LastName% mail-merge tags, which use the first and second contacts with roles of “bride”, “groom”, or “partner” (or their localised equivalents) linked to a shoot.
• Flagged more mail-merge tags as being available in workflow messages.
• Added a “Mark As Unread” button to the Inbox and in the incoming email dialog.
• When accepting a contract with a linked form, the form import dialog’s “Import” button is no longer disabled if there isn’t any updated information to import. This makes it simpler to get forms from repeat clients who haven’t changed their details off your Inbox’s pending list!
• If you’re password protecting your copy of Light Blue, the staff login dialog is now displayed immediately after your initial data download or a client app reset sync.
• On Windows, the “Check For Updates” command now downloads the installer much faster. n.b. this will apply to updates that you download from Light Blue 8.1.2 onwards, so downloading this update won’t be any faster.
• When renaming the “Ungrouped requests” shoot requests group, default the name to that rather than “New group”.
• Our QuickBooks export now includes separate rows for any percentage discount that has been applied to an invoice.
• %EventX% tags in a workflow email preview could show the wrong value when linked to an event other than the shoot’s start date.
• Fixed a rare crash that could occur when generating picture thumbnails.
• Fixed a problem with the “Issue Refund” button on fully paid invoices, where the credit note would be created with the wrong sign.
• Fixed some timezone irregularities with displaying incoming emails’ received dates.
• Fixed a glitch where the calendar resource view includes column titles at top of timed section as well as the all-day section.
• Fixed a problem where multi-date calendar notes linked to specific resources don’t show the note description on any day other than the first day.
• Fixed an encoding problem that could occur when exporting a tax report to CSV.
• Fixed unexpected quits that have been reported to us.