What's New in ProContractor 4.4.0

ProContractor 4.4.0 brings multiple time-saving features, an AutoCAD update, and introduces the option to sign in to your application using a Trimble ID.

Multiple Options for Reverse Journal Entries

In this version, you can reverse journal entries from the Create Journal Entry screen, in addition to the Reverse Journal Entry screen.

The screen you choose depends on which fiscal period the existing journal entry should be reversed, relative to the original entry. If the fiscal period should be

Save and Continue

With this version, you can save any portion of your work in the Create Journal Entry and Enter General Ledger Initial Balance screens, without being required to complete and/or balance the entries.

If you want to stop and resume your work later, select the Save and Continue button, or use the shortcut key Alt+Shift+S.

If you want to resume at a later time, you can. If you experience a system crash, your entries up until you last used the button or the keyboard shortcut are preserved.

The system doesn't validate the content when you save your progress. Rather, it saves your entries in one or more temporary database tables. Records in these database tables do not appear in reports or screens depicting posted entries.

Search As You Type

Customer fields and Employee fields throughout the application now automatically search from among all existing records as you type your entry.

This search-as-you-type functionality makes it easier to locate the customer or employee record you might be seeking or to perform quick searches when adding a record to determine whether the record you're about to create already exists.

Trimble ID for Cloud Users

Starting with this release, you can log in to your ProContractor application using Trimble ID. Your Trimble ID is your set of single sign-on credentials which you can also use to log in to any other Trimble product.

In a future cloud release of ProContractor, logging in using Trimble ID will become mandatory, and your ProContractor credentials will stop working.

If your instance of the application is hosted in the cloud, you can opt to set up your Trimble account and start logging in using your Trimble ID starting now. To get started, see Upgrade your legacy ProContractor login to Trimble ID. For more information, see Legacy login to Trimble ID FAQ.

Canada Regulatory Updates

Meeting requirements for 2024 payrolls, we've updated the T4 form according to guidance issued by the CRA. In support of this new functionality, your ProContractor application has these changes:
  • Two new second-tier CPP contributions fields in the Federal Retirement & Unemployment Insurance screen
  • More than a dozen updated reports to include the second-tier values which are calculated based on your settings

Support for Latest Versions of AutoCAD

ProContractor now supports importing and exporting files to and from the latest AutoCAD versions. As before, file extensions .DWG and .DXF are the supported types.

Style Update

The Dashboard and Menu icons in the application are now easier to see. All the menu selections are in the same place as before, so these cosmetic updates don't require you to do anything differently than before.

New Requirement for Windows Mobile Device Users

Starting in ProContractor Mobile version 8.0, when Windows device users attempt to open/run the mobile app, the app checks whether .NET Desktop Runtime is installed on the device. If it is not, the user receives and must follow prompts to download and install .NET Desktop Runtime before they can open the app.

Bug Fixes

This release provides fixes to customer-reported issues. To see the list:
  1. Log in to the Track Cases/Issues page of the Viewpoint Customer Portal.
  2. Make your selections in the product and module filter options.
  3. In the Fixed in Version field, enter the current release version.
  4. Select Apply Filters.