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On this page you will find information about the latest updates available for KVS. Note that each update includes all previous updates - when you install the most recent update, you automatically receive all previous updates as well. Be sure to read the installation instructions below.
 

Important: Always backup both your databases and your current program version before installing an update!
 

Version / Date Important changes from previous version

KVS 4.2.5
21 June 2008

Update
(1,664,000 bytes)

Schools may now select from various templates for invoice letters. In additions, numerous small corrections and enhancements.

Detailed change information

KVS 4.2.4
1 March 2008

Update
(1,659,904 bytes)

This update substantially increases the performance of KVS.

Detailed change information

KVS 4.2.3
14 January 2008

Update
(1,647,616 bytes)

This minor update fixes a problem in the financial reports.

Detailed change information

KVS 4.2.2
5 December 2007

Update
(1,655,296 bytes)

This minor update fixes a problem handling names that contain apostrophes.

Detailed change information

KVS 4.2.0
29 June 2007

Update
(1,634,304 bytes)

This update introduces significant enhancements to meeting planning (start- and end-dates, recurrences), as well as the ability to track and schedule equipment with meetings and individual events.

Detailed change information

KVS 4.1.1
23 March 2007

Update
(1,598,464 bytes)

An error escaped our testing - corrected here...

Detailed change information

KVS 4.1.0
22 March 2007

This update contains two major new capabilities:
- A new document type, the "contract", which is printed from the booking window.
- Unique serial numbers for invoices and receipts, along with corresponding options and a new report.

Detailed change information

KVS 4.0.18
8 February 2007

Update
(1,589,248 bytes)

This update contains numerous minor changes to the system. The most important of these are:
- Archiving is substantially faster.
- Teacher reports have optional columns for the teacher's name.
- Portuguese is now a correspondence language.
- Teachers can view and print more than one day's events at a time, by using the event-summary report on the daily plan.

Detailed change information

KVS 4.0.17
8 December 2006

Update
(1,589,248 bytes)

This update corrects an error in the company attendance report, as well as an error in the "groups" window.

Detailed change information

KVS 4.0.16
28 November 2006

Update
(1,591,296 bytes)

The FAQ documents a problem with a Microsoft component, whereby data in one field may not be saved. KVS 4.0.16 eliminates this problem.

KVS 4.0.16 also encrypts all individual passwords in the database, to improve the security of KVSonline.

Detailed change information

KVS 4.0.15
19 October 2006

Update
(1,594,880 bytes)

Corrects several small errors.

Detailed change information

KVS 4.0.14
25 July 2006

Update
(1,593,344 bytes)

At the request of numerous schools, to prevent errors, the delete button on the "edit booking" form has been disabled. If you need to annul a booking, you have three choices, depending on the circumstances: you can enter a credit, you can enter a correction, or you can edit the booking and set the number of lessons to zero.

When adding students manually to an attendance list, the students are now "present" by default.

Detailed change information

KVS 4.0.4
1 January 2006

Update (1,537,536 bytes)

This is a major update, requiring a new license. If you are an existing KVS/3 customer with a current support contract, you are entitled to a substantial discount.

You can use this update to upgrade your existing KVS/3 workstations. Download the update for KVS 4.0.4 using the link on the left. Unzip the file "kvs.exe" from this file, and replace "kvs.exe" whereever you have installed it in your network.

If you wish to use the new capability to send e-mail by SMTP, you will need to download and install the OstroSoft SMTP component. We have licensed this component for all KVS customers. To install the OstroSoft SMTP component on each workstation:
  1. Log in to the workstation with administrative privileges.
  2. Download the file osstmp.zip.
  3. Unzip this archive to the Windows System directory. It contains the file "ossmtp.dll".
  4. Register the file using the command "regsvr32 osstmp.dll" from the command line.

KVS 3.6.1
4 February 2005

Update (1,109,504 bytes)

The final version of KVS 3.6.x

Detailed change information

KVS 3.5.15
30 August 2004

Update (1,061,888 bytes)

The final version of KVS 3.5.x

Detailed change information

How to install an update

  1. Check the expiry date of your KVS license on Help:About.
    • Your license is valid for any update with an issue date on or before this expiry date. If you install an upgrade issued after your license expired, your KVS installation will revert to Demo-mode until you renew your support contract.
  2. Close KVS on all machines in your network.
  3. Make a backup of your current program version and your databases.
  4. If all of your clients run KVS from a single, central directory, then you only need to run the update on that central machine. Otherwise, you will need to install the update on each client individually.
  5. After installing the update, log in as a database administrator (if you are not already), and start KVS. KVS will make any necessary updates to the database structure.

 

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