We are happy to announce the version 2.5 of our project time tracking software “Xpert-Timer”. Many new features were implemented. Here’s a list:

New features:

• Configuration – Option to bring timebar to front on mouse over

• Todolist is now also dockable on bottom of the screen

• Print – Date format for date range can be changed to
Month/Year, Year, CW

• Print – Display “Project number” in seperate field

• System option to permit manual entries only x days retroactive

• Determine Language by using Xperttimer.ini. Section = “[General]” /  Entry = “LOCALID” / Values: 9=English; 7=German

• Determine Language by using command line parameter e.g. “xperttimer.exe /LOCALID=9″ runs XT in english

• Document management – overview of all documents (only PRO)

• Multiple new To-Do list features

• Option of rounding up timestamps

• Seperate dialog for project favorites

• Invoice management – overview of all invoices (only PRO)

• Tasks – Messaging system when receiving a new task, or when someone finishes a task using a multi user database.

• Updated dialog for assigning projects
• Optimized editing of timestamps
• Additional reporting options
• Automatic project start (e.g. automatic pause after project start when starting up the computer)
• Excelexport of timestamps, invoices and tasks
• Timestamp list – Edit “Comment” using F2
• To-Do List – Edit “Subject” using F2
• Edit timestamps by selecting them with the mouse and using a) text phrases b) clipboard c) copy other timestamp text or d) free text entry
• Reminder for open tasks when starting up Xpert-Timer

Bugfixing:

- Report printing: Print optional field “Signature” in Report header
- Bugfixing
- Bugfix: No Sync of Reportsdir. when using SyncClient
- Bugfix: Bug with licensefile when Kaspersky was installed

Did you know, that you can change the view of your toolbar in Xpert-Timer? Just right-click on a button and choose the view:

Small symbols:

Standard symbols:

Large Symbols:

Show caption: This option displays the caption below the button.

The fuction overview shows all buttons and a short description:

The timestamp window in the project manager offers many more functions than first expected. If you right-click on the the column headers, you can show or hide certain columns. This way, you can filter your data the way you want it. All displayed columns are printed if you choose “Print list” in the context menu.

You can also group your results based on certain criteria. Right-click on a timestamp and point to “Group by”. Then choose the criteria you want to group your results in. You have the option to group by “Date”, “User”, “Project” or not group at all.

Usually you’ll need the timestamps of all users in a certain date range. Therefore hit Ctrl+B in order to display all timestamps of all users. Then set the data range to, e.g. Jan 1st until Jan 31st in the “Search” box underneath the timestamp list.

If you check the box “Show timestampa of all projects”, then Xpert-Timer displays all timestamps within this daterange. If you uncheck the box, only the timestamps of the project that is marked in the projectmanager (do a single click on the project) are displayed. This gives you the option to filter all timestamps of all users of one certain project during a spezific timerange.

Right-click on a timestamp again in order to print the list.

You can show or hide columns in your project manager in order to keep your Xpert-Timer well arranged. To do so, please right-click on the column header.

To edit the entries of certain projects in the columns, just right-click in the appropriate area. This makes it very easy, for example to set the project status:

or for example to change the start day of the project. This way you can edit every single column.

Go ahead and right-click in every column, to get a different dialog. This makes it easy and fun to work with Xpert-Timer project time tracking.