To:        All WinTOTAL Aurora (version 5) users
From:    Adam Calvery, VP Appraisal Products, a la mode, inc.
Re:        Aurora: October 6th update is ready

The update scheduled for today is now available on our servers.  To download it, simply click the “Get Updates” button on the toolbar in your Appraisal Desktop.

At the end of this message is a list of all the improvements to this update.  They can also be seen, along with other important information, on the Aurora status website.  Just click here to visit it.

Today’s update has numerous enhancements to many parts of Aurora, but focuses mainly on making the core forms engine even more efficient and friendly.  For many years in all prior versions of WinTOTAL, movement in the forms has been less than optimal where it was hard for the engine to "guess" what field you wanted to move to, especially in "border" areas between forms or between grid areas and non-grid areas of a form.  So, Aurora now easily eclipses the old generations in this very practical area (and you thought we only cared about the fancy stuff).  You'll see major improvements in the tab sequences and movement through the forms, and entering data from QuickLists and Recent Response comments is smoother.  We'll have more of these type of improvements in the next update as well.

Also, this update contains an updated WinTOTAL PDF driver.  After the update installs it will most likely ask you to reboot.  If so, then the PDF driver needs you to reboot in order to work properly, so please do so before your next WinTOTAL session where you intend to do any printing.

Thanks again to all of you who have sent us your feedback and suggestions.  As always, you can send an e-mail to debug@alamode.com and you’ll get a reply from me or another Product Manager.

That’s it for today, and again, thanks for your business.

Adam Calvery
VP, Appraisal Products
a la mode, inc.



WinTOTAL Aurora (v5) – October 6, 2006 Update
This update contains changes to many different areas of WinTOTAL.

PLEASE NOTE: The PDF driver has been updated in this update.  After running SafeStart, you will be prompted to reboot.  After downloading and installing this update, printing to PDF will not function correctly until you reboot to allow the installation process to finish.

New forms

Updated Forms

Forms Engine

Files PowerView

Order PowerView

Maps PowerView

net.X Connect

General

WinTOTAL Conversion Wizard

Marshall & Swift Integration

Comps PowerView