Release Notes: Desktop Report Writer Change Log

Circular Photo Navigation

Photo Label Validation

Report Completion Status Bar

Styles & Materials Additional Information

Styles & Materials Move Buttons

Data Folder Location Update

Comment Filter Display Update

Find First Unanswered Stability Fix

PDF Attachment Fix

Auto-play videos when entering the editor

Auto-comments automatically sort by usage frequency,

More Explicit Error Messages When Opening Reports

Florida Forms Update

Enhanced handling of special characters in addresses

Easier Reinspection Tracking and New Photo Options

Save Settings as Defaults now works as expected

Fixed issues with merged reports overriding the photo locker

Inspection reports encountered an error when uploading to the dashboard if they were not re-inspections. Please update to 5.5.32.1 to get the fix.

Added updated FL Citizens 4 Point and Roof Inspection Forms

Fixed Missing Side Panel issue

Comment Search!

Issues Resolved:

Batch labeling for multiple pictures

Updated photo editing buttons to Zoom Crop and Free Crop

Fixed side panels disappearing

Report Merge Fix

Stability Fixes

Improved Default Photo Labels for Auto-Comments

Keyboard Navigation Improvements

Copy and Paste Improvements

Android Forms Automatically Attach

Copying Media Improved

New "Clear Item" Tool

Exclude Column Update

Clearer Report Replacement Message

Report Fill remembers selections

Consistent order of Copy and Cut

Publish Misc Tab text says on screen

New "Open Report After Download" checkbox for quicker access

Improved comment window navigation with faster keyboard selection and better tab navigation

"Edit All Comments" feature for streamlined review and editing of populated comments

Clear visual indicators for excluded items in reports

Resolved issues

Inspector Contact and License Updates

Added Photo Editing for Forms

More help solving Error Creating Zip File

Fixed Window Display settings impacting photo sizes

Show Password

Ability to use a Global comment while in Local lists

Restore Other HG User Settings Improvements

Copy Style and Materials when duplicating sections

Fixed: Saving multiple comments on the Additional Comments Form

Fixed: Occasional crash caused by Next/Back buttons

Modify Multiple Duplicate Sections

Updated Wisconsin Template

Enhanced Visual Cues for Excluded Items

Resolved Keyboard Shortcut issues

Resolved Large Report Rendering Issue

Microsoft Photos Drag and Drop

Fixed output resolution dropdown for video

16x9 video format

Right-click Image Editor

Updated Energy Raven Template

FL Commercial Electrical Form

Editable Title on Additional Page Form

Fixed a few things

Template and Print Settings for Energy Raven

Option for FLIR Editor to include Scale

Resolved issues

Insert Multiple Pictures Into Forms

Comprehensive Media Handling Overhaul

Enhanced Document Management in Publishing Options

Introducing Search Functionality in Open Reports

Clean Narrative Print Format Enhancement

Added the DBPH HR 7020 Form

Resolved a few issues

Hotfix for reports uploaded via Preview > Publish

Upload Cloud Template and Settings Options

Download Cloud Template and Settings Options

Find unanswered option for Style and Material Extra Info

Publish Report Functionality Update

Misc Tab Reordering
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The 'Upload' button has been transformed into the 'Publish' button, making it more intuitive for users to publish their reports.

The 'Publish Settings' now includes two new buttons: 'Upload' and 'Print,' allowing you to initiate these actions directly from this screen.

We have added a brand-new 'Preview' button to provide you with a quick way to review your report before publishing it.

To help Inspectors save time during the upload process, we removed the prompt to add a username for both REP and Customer.

Users can now copy and paste sketches without encountering the "Invalid Parameter" error. This will streamline your workflow and make it easier to work with sketches in your reports.

We have resolved the issue that was causing the "Invalid Parameter" error when adding new summaries to your reports. You can now add summaries without any interruptions.

Enhance the appearance of estimates in reports with the new "Estimates Title Text" option located in the Print Options/Misc. tab.

Enjoy improved Inspection Item and Picture views with a vertical splitter bar.

Photos sorting in the picture panel aligns with how Windows File Explorer sorts media file names.

Updated Cloud Retrieval Error Message.

Resolved Global List Comment Filtering Bug

Added popular forms

Resolved Issues

Resolved Bug introduced in 5.5.10

Reimplemented 5.5.10 improvements

Keyboard Shortcuts for Picture Label Editing

Copy, Cut, and Past Media between Inspection Items

Drag and Drop Media Files

Move all Media from one inspection item to another

Resolved Issues

Added the "Delete all pictures" menu item.

Updated the Picture tab.

Updated the Media editor button.

New additions:

Issues resolved:

Introduced higher-resolution videos and a visual indicator for report size.

Resolved issues:

Hotfix for an issue experienced after updating to 5.5.6.0.

Improved photo-editing cursor.

Expanded display of column header keys.

Updated smart text prompt to work with Styles & Materials.

Resolved issues:

Added picture label while in Photo Editor.

Introduced Style & Materials quick add options.

Properly display Cloud Reports from newest to oldest.

Fixed email input when creating a username.

Double-clicking hyperlinks to edit them now displays the editable URL.

Quotes used in a client's name no longer display as code on the report.

Fixed memory leak issue when adding large numbers of photos to a report.

Drawing multiple shapes or annotations in the photo editor individually no longer takes a long time and results in unequal shape sizes.

Fixed issue with Templates > All Attachments showing missing attachments if the file path was changed.

Changes to inspection items no longer require a template change.

When copying and pasting an inspection item, the pasted item now appears in the correct position.

The Section container links on the Components dialog now appropriate enable/disable functionality.

Ensured consistency between Edit Estimates and Edit Lead Sources dialogue windows.

Fixed long-press issue on touchscreen devices.

The photo crop tool now retains aspect ratios.

Inspectors are no longer prompted to back up immediately upon installing HG.

By default, the Documents folder and all subfolders are now synced by OneDrive.

The "Picture Edit Defaults" dialog is now available when adding/editing a picture through the "Edit Default Settings" button in the picture editor.

Photos now automatically resize when smaller than the set "Picture Display Width."

Added new button "Sort Comments By Name" to sort comments alphabetically (case-insensitive) by name.

Software settings in the FLIR editor are now saved between sessions.

Auto-included Item comments with pictures now use new settings.

Resolved issue:

Components now display a checkmark status icon when complete.

Added the option to click "Do Not Show This Message Again" to avoid seeing the confirmation step.

Editing a component name no longer requires a template change.

The add duplicate component dialog now supports adding multiple new components simultaneously.

Resolved issues: