fastProject 4.9.0 Released
/Licensing
New licensing scheme introduced based on a License Key. The License Key is valid even if the user replaces their machine, and should therefore be kept in a safe place.
More here: https://lateralworks.com/tools/2020/3/23/activating-fastproject
General
Pluralization of a renamed milestone (Touchpoint, Checkpoint or Deliverable) now made smarter
Add Action
Added back into the Context Menu
Flag14 now used to identify an action and task now not highlighted, so Notes and Actions are treated differently.
Marked tasks functionality in the Tools now aligned with Notes and Actions
Improved speed of displaying Touchpoints/Checkpoints/Deliverables
Analysis tools (Trend, Duration, WBS, X-Functional) now grouped under one split button “Analysis”
Updated support e-mail to contact@lateralworks.com
Show/Hide Targets moved to Target dropdown in the Tools tab
Show Custom Tab option added to the General tab of options, which allows the Custom tab to be visible or hidden. This is disabled if there are no custom tabs.
Added “Restore Excel Reference” to Tools > Restore
Negative Float now depict an arrow pointing left to indicate the task needed to have started earlier to honor the dependency.
New filter added FP::filter task incomplete (no summaries)
Update
Fixed a problem when importing a LAR: an in-progress task that was marked as not-started in the LAR is now correctly converted to a not-started task in the schedule
Wigglechart
Tab colors now correct when Targets within subprojects and not updated in the Wigglechart
Analyzer
Deliverable (Flag16) now included in the Analyzer’s “No Successors” test (it was previously excluded)
Date Constraints in the Future now ignored by the Analyzer for Deliverable milestones
Adding a milestone at the end of a summary task will now automatically be completed if the summary task (and by implication all subtasks) are completed
Automatically adding a milestone to a Summary task will now automatically complete the milestone if the Summary task is complete
Split tasks now automatically fixed when running the automatic fix for Manual/Split tasks
Bug fixed where no Manual tasks were found, but multiple tasks were found and fixed when the auto-fix was run
Bug fixed where a Target problem was incorrectly identified when the Targets were in a Subproject
Bug fixed where a dependency could be removed if the predecessor task as a Start-to-Start with a positive lag
Inspector
Added the option for the Late Simulator to export the task information to Excel
Show/Hide Summaries added to Trend Analysis (Advanced)
Bug fixed when it was possible to get an Overflow error message using the Focus Now report
Resources
Toggle button for Marked tasks now correctly displayed the correct toggle position if the task is marked
Effort Updater
Updating a task now updates the “Last Updated” date so the correct date appears on the Effort Report chart