Privilege License Custom Application

Earlier this month, as part of a new installation in North Carolina, I created a custom application for tracking Privilege Licenses. This is really another spin on the Business License and Occupation License custom apps we've done before, but with a few new twists. This custom app uses the Contractor Module as a model. It is launches from the Main Screen rather than the Property Screen because many of the entries do not have a local address. We added a link option to the Property Screen though so they could link an entry to a property record if one existed. This option automatically copies name and address information from the property database into the Privilege License Screen. There is also a jump option to quickly get to the property record. Another cool feature is a "Reset" button that copies all the current fee information into the Notes field and then clears the fee fields for use with the next round of fees. This makes it easy to maintain fee history while using the same record over again for renewal purposes. I like this feature so much I'm adding it to the Contractor Screen in the next release. I also have plans to create a new section in our web page dedicated to custom applications with perhaps some screen shots so you can easily see what each application looks like.

Counting Groups in a Report

There is a new file on the Downloads page of our web site that adds a "Parcel" report to the Violations Report Screen. The report was created for a customer who wanted to subtotal how many violations occurred for each address and then get a final count of how many addresses were included in the report. To do that we had to figure out a way to count how many "groups" printed in the report. This involved using a report variable that is incremented by code in the Group Footer band. This technique can be imitated in any report that needs a count of the number of groups printed.