Dashboards can now be used in all themes with these new commits.

When we logout, the user session is completely destroyed and if the "login again" link is clicked, the previous session's username is not pre-populated in it's form field.

A small bugfixis necessary for thecanvastheme to show the graphic links and standscommitted in my unofficial repo. This has now been committed in the official repo.

The de_DE and pt_PT install lang files have yet to be corrected in the official repo. It stands committed in my unofficial repo.

FA 2.4.x sports a new feature while restoring a backup - the default option of keeping existing security settings.

Removed fixed assets from list item search and popup search.
and
Rerun of last non fixed assets search.

The above can be reverted for those who want it - use cases: Asset / Equipment / Building Leasing companies and large Fixed Asset companies.

The FA version number will be updated during release of FA v2.4rc1 as also the *.mo files in the install/lang language folders along with all translations in the core.

Company level configurable sys_prefs (company.setup) options to be able to hide the Fixed Assets and Manufacturing applications are now available in today's commit - use_manufacturing and use_fixed_assets.

Two new config file options have been introduced - $use_popup_search and $max_rows_in_search - enabling popup search in Customers, branches, suppliers, inventory, fixed assets and GL Accounts.

Some 14px icons have been replaced by 16px icons but the css is retained to display them as 14px icons.

A small fix to the upgrade scriptis in my repo. Committed in the official core now.

stock_fa_class table field widths and form field widths for Fixed Assets Classes form is attached for review and correction.

Some icons for login and others have been changed for the standard themes.

There are some ERD issues as in the attachment that need to be sorted out.

The $depreciation_methods array is defined in includes/sysnames.inc (D - Declining balance, S - Straight line, N -  Sum of the Year Digits, O - One-time) has now been extended to include sum-of-the-year digits method, fixed declining balance method.

The version seems to have been bumped to 2.4.1 in the upgrade file sql/alter2.4rc1.php, but the version.php file and the sys_prefs table still show 2.4.0 in the en_US-new.sql and en_US-demo.sql files:

INSERT INTO `0_sys_prefs` VALUES ('version_id', 'system', 'varchar', 11, '2.4.0');

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Fixed es_MX installer translation files

Fixed typo in en_US-new.sql: Finsihed => Finished

*** As of 2015-12-11, the above fixes have been incorporated into the Official FA 2.4 core.

Two new sys_prefs have been added as well: default_loss_on_asset_disposal_act account code and depreciation_period flag (1 = Yearly, 0 = Monthly defined in includes/types.inc). The $depreciation_methods array is defined in includes/sysnames.inc (D - Declining balance, S - Straight line, O - One-time).

The assets_register extension (obsolete for FA v2.4 now) uses the SA_ASSETS security descriptor whilst this new application uses the singular SA_ASSET security descriptor.

The attachments are screenshots with default roles and enabled roles for this application.

The following variables are no longer there in the config.php file:

$no_zero_lines_amount = 1;
$save_report_selections = 0;
$use_date_picker = 1;
$show_po_item_codes = 0;
$def_print_destination = 0;
$def_print_orientation = 0;
$accounts_alpha = 0;
$loc_notification = 0;
$print_invoice_no = 0;
$alternative_tax_include_on_docs = 0;
$suppress_tax_rates = 0;
$allow_negative_prices = 1;
$print_item_images_on_quote = 0;
$js_path = $path_to_root.'/js/';'''
$js_static = array('JsHttpRequest.js', 'behaviour.js', 'utils.js', 'inserts.js');
$js_lib = $js_userlib = array();

Many of the above variables are still referred to in the code in files like header.inc and needs to be verified with it's counterpart now being in the sys_prefs table.

Remove erroneous line 134 inreporting/includes/class.email.inc - stands removed in commit.

            for ($i = 0; $i < $max; $i++)

In order to use this functionality for download as well (insecure), lines 972 to 975 in  reporting/includes/pdf_report.inc:

//            if ($email == 1)
//                $fname = $dir.'/'.$this->filename;
//            else    
            $fname = $dir.'/'.uniqid('').'.pdf';

should be uncommented as:

            if ($email == 1)
                $fname = $dir.'/'.$this->filename;
            else    
                $fname = $dir.'/'.uniqid('').'.pdf';

It is better to have some switch flag in the company preferences to do this instead if desired.

This feature can be safely backported into FA 2.3 if needed.

The other two commits too can be backported to FA 2.3:
Void a Transaction: fixed GRN voiding.
Fixed sparse js dialog when canceling sales document entry.

FA v2.4 beta can be installed after incorporating the fix detailed in this post.

sys_types and movement_types tables are still present in en_US-demo.sql while being absent in en_US-new.sql - not used in FA 2.4.

journal, reflines and wo_costing are the new tables introduced in FA v2.4.

If you have installed the en_US-demo.sql, then update the currency symbols with:

UPDATE `0_currencies` SET `curr_symbol`='£' WHERE `curr_abrev`='GBP'; 
UPDATE `0_currencies` SET `curr_symbol`='€' WHERE `curr_abrev`='EUR'; 

The above have now been set right in the FA Repo commits 1 and 2.

Screenshots of FA 2.4 Beta - Install, Usage, Extensions available and Themes.

FA v2.4 beta can be installed after incorporating the fix detailed in this post.

sys_types and movement_types tables are still present in en_US-demo.sql while being absent in en_US-new.sql - not used in FA 2.4.

journal, reflines and wo_costing are the new tables introduced in FA v2.4.

If you have installed the en_US-demo.sql, then update the currency symbols with:

UPDATE `0_currencies` SET `curr_symbol`='£' WHERE `curr_abrev`='GBP'; 
UPDATE `0_currencies` SET `curr_symbol`='€' WHERE `curr_abrev`='EUR'; 

The demo data has been pruned and computer images (items) have been replaced with the more contemporary cell phone images.

PDFs render well in windows without any cludge fixes anymore.

rep709.php fix in FA v2.3 not ported to FA 2.4 as yet.

demouser is no longer in the en_US-demo.sql

The $src_version variable is now "2.4 beta" and is different from the $db_version which is "2.4.0" in version.php.

Anyone using it in production?

The set of PKGs available in the FA 2.4 Repo are shown in the screenshots in my FA24 Unofficial GitHub Repo's Issues Page.

The above commit now means that relative path addressing listed in the 22nd post in this thread is no longer valid.

The error reported in the 22nd post in this thread is still present in this snapshot.

DB Schema Changes:

ALTER TABLE `0_cust_branch` DROP KEY `branch_code`;
ALTER TABLE `0_supp_trans` DROP KEY `SupplierID_2`;
ALTER TABLE `0_supp_trans` DROP KEY `type`;

• Ported all fixes in FA v2.3.24 to the FA 2.4 stream.

• Collation settable in Company Creation / Installer.

• Option to preserve security roles during import of CoA.