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programs and data that you're already using!
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PST New Users, Full Install, and Upgrades |
Click
Here for Printable Install Instructions for PST Full Install for Windows.
Notice: If you have
a large database or a slow network or computer, the conversion to 6.0a (or newer) might take a while! Don't upgrade from below 6.0a if you have several
papers to get out in the next 60 minutes!
- PST
Version 6 Full Install - Now
Version 6.5n, about 11 MB. This full install of the
Win95/98/NT/2000/XP/Vista/7/8 version of PST will have to be downloaded by new
users and upgraders alike. It is a true 32-bit program and runs only in
Win95 or above.
- Microsoft
Data Access Components - This
file (MDAC_TYP.EXE) will be needed by almost everyone as they move from
the 5.3 series to the 5.4 series or install PST for the first time. You
should download it, save it to disk, and then install it once on each
workstation. It installs the Data Access Components that let PST's Web
Services Pack work across the Internet. Note: If you are on Windows XP Service Pack 2 (or newer) you will not need this file.
- PST.EXE
(just the 6.5n executable file). If you already have a very recent
version of PST installed (6.5b or higher), and are comfortable
copying the files around yourself, you can save some download and install
time by just getting the latest version of the EXE file. In a networked
environment, you'll have to manually place this file at every workstation.
| PSTsql Standard & Hosted Full Install |
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Recently Updated Features |
| 6.5e Added Client Reference Number (Job) to Sendaway Affidavits. Added a field for Married status to the Field Sheet. |
| 6.5d Added the ability to attach / create a PDF Field Sheet. |
| 6.5b Added the ability to track the date/time a Server receives a papers. Added option to replace PST User's company name with the Server's name on the "Received by" line of the Affidavit. |
| 6.5a Added Change History feature. This feature will keep track of changes made to Jobs, Clients, Attorneys, Servers & Cases. |
| 6.4n Added support to PST for Servers to add service information to their jobs from the field using the iPhone App, iPST, or from the web interface. Added support to PST for Servers to sign affidavits from a web interface. When these features are available to our Web Services Pack users, you must be on 6.4n to take advantage of the updates. |
| 6.4k Added the ability to assign zip codes for a Server's "Coverage Area". This can be used to pull up what servers cover a certain zip code when doing a lookup by server or when adding a new job. |
| 6.4i Increased the number of characters from 40 characters to 80 characters in the Servee Details Address 1 & Address 2 fields. Added feature that will allow you to control how PST handles the automatic comment, "Assigned Job to our Server", when added by your servers to traded jobs. This option can be adjusted by going to "Setup>Comments". |
| 6.4b Added support for a second barcode on affidavits. Increased performance for PSTsql users when running the Quick Status Summary report. Added support for third party (or more) servers on traded jobs. |
| 6.4a Added the ability to do "Batch Scanning" from PST. You can now scan a single multi-page document, or multiple single/multi-page documents (with barcode support)! |
| 6.3y Added "Mark Selected" button to Record Payments window. Improved Lookup performance for PSTsql users. Added several options to the Unfinished Jobs Report to print or display more data. And much more! |
| 6.3x Added Form: Colorado JDF 98 |
6.3v Improved "Locking" for PSTsql & PSTsql (hosted) users. This version eliminates the need to run "Clear Locks" after receiving an error.
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6.3s Added the ability to scan documents directly from PST! Also enhanced the Server Signature Feature. Your servers can now go to one list (via PST) & review any "unsigned" Affidavits.
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6.3n Added Print Preview for Affidavits, Invoices, and much more! Added option to run Cash Receipts List for a single client. Added filters to the Unfinished Jobs Report that allows you to run the report for Local or Non-Local Servers, filter by Priority, and Received Date.
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6.3i Added an option to the Export feature to allow you to export to a Tab Delimited (text file).
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6.3h Added an option for the Job Turn-Around Report to filter by Server.
Added the ability to run the Quick Status Summary for one client.
Added a "Wide View" style for the Edit Job window. This option can be selected by going to the "View" menu & selecting "Wide View" (from the Edit Job window). The "Wide View" was created for users who have a lower resolution for their display settings in Windows (800x600 or lower).
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6.3f Changed the layout of the Edit Job window.
Added Military Status option for "Refused".
Added Marital Status options.
Added new fields to the Servee Details window (Date of Birth, Phone Number, Drivers License Number, Drivers License State, Social Security Number, and County).
Added a Client Option for "Show Dwelling Information". When this option is selected you will have the ability to select the Dwelling Type from the Edit Job window.
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6.3e Improved the "Lookup Previously Served Person" feature (from the Servee Details window). This now works the same as the Lookup By Person Served (F7).
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6.3d Changed the look of the Servee Details window. The Servee Details window is no longer limited to 4 detail records (replaced Tabbed & Paned Views with New & Improved List View).
Added support for the California FL-115.
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6.3a Added more up-to-date Help Tools to several screens in PST.
Added new options to the client statement.
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6.2y Added an export feature. Data can now be exported to a Text file (.txt, .csv) or an Excel spreadsheet (.xls).
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6.2w Added form: SC-104 (Small Claims Proof of Service for California).
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6.2v Added the ability to post payments for jobs not currently invoiced from the Record Payments window.
Added the ability to insert a Servee Address when adding a new comment.
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6.2u Added feature: "Add a new job with Search" (located under the Jobs menu). This feature will allow you to perform a lookup to determine if a job has already been added. If you decide to add a job, the information that you used in your search, will carry over to the new job.
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6.2t Added the ability to use the "Address Suppression" feature on all California Forms.
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6.2s Added support for assigning a Judge on a Case.
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6.2q Added the ability to print barcodes on Standard PST Affidavits.
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6.2p Added a Paned View option on the servee details window. This feature will allow you to view all four servee details tabs at once. NOTE: Your Screen Resolution must be at least 1024x768 to use this feature.
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6.2g WSP Users: Added the ability for a Server to originate a job for their Client (when using the "PST to PST" transfer feature). To enable this feature, go to Utilities>Special Function & type "ServerOriginationOn". In order for this feature to work, your trading partner will need to be on version 6.2g or newer.
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| 6.2f Fixed a bug when adding similar jobs which was causing the total "Amount Due" to show as zero on an invoice. |
| 6.2a Added the ability to manually send comments to a client or server via email. Added a "Frequently Used Comments" option. |
| 6.1a Added a "Copy Comments" feature. This feature allows you to copy multiple comments from one job to another. Also improved database connectivity & error reporting for users running Process Server's Toolbox on a Local Area Network. |
| 6.0d Added a button to the Servee Details window that allows you to "Lookup" a previously served person. |
| 6.0b Improved Job Status Sheet to include name & address of actual person served. |
| 6.0a Overhauled the invoice window - store as many sales items as you need on a single invoice (you are no longer limited to 12 lines). Added the ability to add Credits to jobs. Added the ability to add late fees to past due invoices, Added "Client / Server Notes" feature - these notes can be displayed when adding a new job and / or closing a job. Added an option to display a breakdown of fees charged for that job on the Affidavit of Service (OR, AZ, WA). |
There are so
many improvements and so much added functionality we're not going to try
to list them all! Over 2500 PST Users at 700 companies are raving about
the improvments made to the program. Download
and see for yourself. As always, give us a call if you have any questions.
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CST New Users or Full Install |
- New Users: CST Full Install Version 3.6h - This is Courier Service Toolbox for
Win95, Win98, WinNT Version 4, ME, 2000, XP, Vista and 7. CST is THE
low-cost efficiency enhancing program for courier services. If you are
running a courier business with a run count between 10 and 10,000 runs
per day, you need this software!
- Existing Users: CST
Full Install Version 3.4f - If you are already using Courier Service Toolbox & want to upgrade to the latest & greatest version, you will need to install version 3.4f prior to upgrading to 3.5b (note: If you are already on version 3.2a or higher, you can download the CST.EXE file for 3.4f, instead of doing the full install). Once you have completed upgrading to 3.4f, you must open CST to begin converting your data. Once the conversion is complete, you can download the cst.exe file below to complete the upgrade process. If you need any assistance, please do not hesitate to call us, we are ready to help.
- CST.EXE
(just the 3.6h executable file). If you already have a very recent
version of CST installed (3.4f or higher), and are comfortable
copying the files around yourself, you can save some download and install
time by just getting the latest version of the EXE file. In a networked
environment, you'll have to manually place this file at every workstation.
(note: by upgrading with just the EXE file, you will not receive a new
copy of the "What's New" section in CST. To obtain a list
of ALL the latest features, please use the Full Install)
- Microsoft
Data Access Components - This file (MDAC_TYP.EXE) will be needed
by almost everyone as they move from the 3.1 series to the 3.4 series
or install CST for the first time. You should download it, save it to
disk, and then install it once on each workstation. It installs the
Data Access Components that let CST's Web Services Pack work across
the Internet. If you are running Windows XP Service Pack 2, you will not need to install this file.
Recent Changes:
3.6d
Added option to export Clients, Drivers & Destinations to Excel or Text (CSV). Maintanence Release. Fixed several bugs. |
3.6a
Made "Description" for Sales Items optional when printing invoices. Added option to make clients inactive. |
3.5c
Consolidated all database files into one (for better performance ). |
3.4c
Added the ability for a user to provide status to their clients and also allow their clients to add their own runs over the web. This is an add-on feature called the "Web Services Package". You can click here for more details on this powerful feature. |
3.3a
This is a
complete rewrite of several areas in CST. Invoicing is much
more flexible with a new 'Sales Item' based model and
you can split driver pay per invoice line. You can have many
'legs' per run. Existing customers should call for
more information - this upgrade's conversion process takes a
while! |
3.1m
Added the long awaited Edit Prices for Zone Pair Window. It's under
Setup, and it's really easy to use. Just click on a Zone From, click
on a Zone To, and edit the grid of Prices on the right! |
3.1k
Added the Price List on the Utilities Menu. This allows you to print
a list of prices for all priorities from one zone to all others. |
3.1j
Added the Client Activity Report. Added the CST Tutorial to help users
get all the way through adding a new job. Added two Indexes to the
Jobs Database (DateTimeDropped and ClientNumber fields) to make several
reports faster. Fixed the bug on some reports where the Licensee's
company name was repeated. |
3.1h
Fixed the bug that didn't include the prepayments when calculating
the amounts due on invoices. Showed up mainly when using the COD feature. |
3.1g
Added the ability to Add and Edit Scheduled Jobs. You can use this
feature to maintain a list of regularly done jobs and add them to
the Dispatch Screen each morning. Jobs can be configured to only add
on certain weeks of the month and days of the week. |
3.1f
Made it possible to clear a zero balance Invoice on the Record Payments
window. Fixed the bug that invalidated your CST codes when you printed
your CST Invoice. |
3.1d
Added a new Client Option. If Discount Run Only is checked on a client,
the 'extra' charges will not be discounted - only the Service Fee
and Round Trip Amount. |
3.1c
Fixed a bug on Invoices. If you were sorting by Reference Number,
the individual subtotals for each reference number were rounding off
to the nearest dollar, the actual totals were correct.
Fixed a bug on startup where CST would produce an Error 13 - Type
Mismatch for a new user that didn't have any licensee data yet.
Made the Dispatch Screen Refresh notice show up on the form rather
than in a new window, users were seeing 'Can't show modal form when
non-modal form is showing' if they tried to access other menus. |
3.1a
Fixed missing dates on several report setup screens.
Added an error message and stopped the save when the Driver Rate is
less than zero or greater than one.
Changed the starting point for database transactions when obtaining
the next serial number to try to stop the intermittent corrupt change
numbers database problem.
Took out the Print Preview when printing Job Tickets. |
3.0y
Added the Client Statements.
Fixed a problem where we didn't recalculate the invoice totals and
driver amounts if a user made a change to the pricing, then didn't
leave the field before accepting. This was hard to see, because the
job would recalculate when you brought it up to see what was wrong
with an invoice or driver report. |
3.0x
Made Invoices obey the 'ShowDates' option for each client.
Made Reprint Invoice obey the Sort Order choices for the client.
Added the missing asterisks on the Driver Report when the job was
manually priced.
Corrected the sort order on the Driver Reports - was sorting by serial
number, we've always sorted by Date Delivered in the past.
Adjusted the bottom margin on the Driver Reports - was wasting quite
a bit of paper.
Reviewed all data access in CST, we had left some tables open and
one client was getting a 'Can not open any more tables' message through
the course of a busy day. |
3.0w
Added the Priority for the Job to each line of the invoice.
Added the additional charges (when non-zero) as separate line on the
invoice.
Changed the 'Call-in Date Time' to 'Released Date Time' on the invoice.
Added options on the Driver Report to show or not show the From/To
Destinations and to show or not show the Client Amount.
Added the Receivables report. |
3.0v
Made the Zone dropdown list on the Edit Job window display '(No Zone)'
when the destination is not zoned.
Made it possible to assign 'No Zone' to a destination to prevent automatic
pricing.
Stopped CST from automatically pricing a job while adding a new job
when either From or To had no zone assigned.
Stopped the payment lines on the Edit Job window from shorting the
driver's pay.
Fixed the Reprint Invoice. It was printing a bogus Invoice Number
on the printouts. This did not affect the actual invoice number in
the database.
Added a date range window on Lookup by Driver, Lookup by Client, and
Lookup by Destination. It defaults to 'Today', and you can easily
adjust it or just hit 'Escape' to get everything since the beginning
of time. |
3.0u
Fixed brand new bug (from 3.0t) that prevented Add New Job after one
edit.
Made the Dispatch Screen put new jobs in the proper place as defined
by the user's sort order.
On Add New, we now paste in the search text that you had entered while
looking for existing Clients, Drivers, and Destinations. |
3.0t
Made the additional charges defaults paste in when you start Add a
New Job.
Added a menu selection on the Jobs menu for Adding Scheduled Jobs.
This allows you to add the Scheduled Jobs that you had already defined
when you converted.
Added Reprint Invoices. This feature works better than ever. You can
now reprint one invoice or a range of invoices. Please read the example
in the prompt, it's quite easy. Reprint Invoices also recalculates
the invoice totals, so if you had printed some without Tax or with
improper discounts, just reprint them.
Made the Invoices use the Tax settings that you have already defined.
Made it possible to abort invoicing or previewing invoicing without
leaving the 'Someone else is already Invoicing' marker in place.
Made the focus jump to the Accept button when you Dispatch or Acknowledge
a page.
Added an Index to the Jobs to make Invoicing much faster. |
3.0s
Added a Driver Report (under Accounting of course). Providing rather
detailed info at this time, you can use this to check my math and
your data entry skills. We'll add some options to cut the size down
later.
Made the 'Job is Invoiced' check box reflect reality.
Added 'Zoom In' and 'Zoom Out' buttons on the Print Preview window.
Added the 'Driver Adjust' amount to the equation for calculating Driver
Pay when finishing a job. For jobs that were edited over the last
few days, the Driver Adjust amount was NOT taken into account.
Stopped the fake 'Same Day' priority and 'RT' flag from printing on
all invoices. The RT flag now works correctly, I've left the priority
blank for now. Yes, it will be back soon!
Added a Driver Number Index on the Jobs database to speed up Lookup
by Driver and Driver Reports. |
3.0r
Fixed the 'Version Table message' in Livebacs that made you acknowledge
the non-backed up table every pass.
Corrected the cutoff date for selecting jobs for invoicing - was stopping
one day short.
Made driver and priority dropdown lists sort by multiple keystrokes.
Made the associated 'NOW' button get an ALT-N shortcut when the date
or time has the focus.
Added Beepster sending support to CST - Not yet checking for rejected
pages.
Took out comctl32.dll and imm32.dll from InstallShield due to bug
in Microsoft's ComCtl32.exe versioning. (Many thanks to Brian Dowsett
and Boaz Frankel for their help in troubleshooting this fiasco!)
Revamped entire InstallShield package.
Added Hidden Columns to sort priority number and Status Number correctly.
Fixed Status Column so that Not Released doesn't show as Ready.
Made Priority and Status sort logically instead of alphabetically.
Made Dispatch Screen self-refresh.
Added Version table in Defaults database to protect against different
versions on same network.
Require at least one character before starting a lookup into the databases.
Added Index on Reference Number to speed up Reference Number lookup. |
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