i requested adding gbp to the payment options within this app and within an hour there was an update that added this feature fantastic app and better support.thank you for great service.

I wish to thank everyone for their valuable feedback regarding my give-away, and I hope those who installed and activated it will get great use out of it. Also a huge thank-you to the GOTD team.

Cheers,
George Taylor
Power Software Products

Thank you for this Giveaway. Installed easily. The update was applied and a test run was successful. This will really help with my billing. Much appreciated George Taylor.

I dont know what is going on but lately when i download a program and attempt to install it it never installs. The same is with the games. I am not sure if it is because I have windows 10 but, I have pretty much given up on downloading.

Suggestions forsoftware:

There should be some configuration fields available to the user of the software. For example, the default currency should be select-able by the user so that they do not have to select it each time a new client is added.

After setting up a client (Customer info), the address fields are filled in on the right automatically based on what was entered on the left. However, if changes are made on the left (such as change city, address, etc.), the changes are not updated on the right. This requires the user repeat the changes again on the right.

In this day and age, many do not have a regular phone, but do have a cell phone. If the client does not have a primary phone, but does have a cell phone, in Start Project screen, the default phone field is left blank. Why shouldn't the cell phone number be displayed instead?

If a street address does not start with a number, when View Directions is clicked, it drops the first character of the address. Therefore, Google maps cannot find the address (e.g., Landline Wy resulted in andline Wy)

@George Taylor:

Are you still answering posts for this offer?

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Comments for George and everyone else:
On my old XP SP3 system I got this error:

Power Music Organizer needs Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 SP1. Would you like to download and install it now?

So, to George: When .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 is required, it shows a bug ("Power Music Organizer" instead of "Power Time Tracker").
And to everyone else: This GOTD obviously requires .NET Framework 3.5 SP1

http://s32.postimg.org/lzdonbsv9/required.jpg

Really a good simple program. Easy to use and basic. Being able to import and export would be nice for bid proposals. I'm going to start using it for at least my handyman work. I don't think it is worth $49.95, though. For what it is, $19.95 would be more reasonable. Once it can integrate with other programs and becomes more customizable, I'm sure it will be worth $49.95. Thanks for putting it out there, George. I hope you keep improving it. It should become a money maker.

Thanks for providing a speedy update for version 1.0.0. After the "Get update" is clicked, there is the progress bar for the "downloading" step, and then it finishes. There is no indication as to what to do next. It does not seem to update the software since re-starting shows the update is still available, and the program still shows a built date of April 28 in the Help | About section. I tried inside the program "Check for updates" and after the download completes, the entire program exits. Restarting this time does not show that there is an update, but the Help | About build date is still April 28, 2016, and another Check for update shows the May 3, 2016 is still available. I cannot locate a downloaded file to apply the update.

Can you describe what the user should do to apply the update?

Adding an "Project Expenses" section to the program would make it much more useful. A place to track out of pocket incidental expenses related to the project (Transportation, meals, lodging, gasoline, flights etc.) that need to be invoiced back to the client (at cost, or with a "Service Charge") would make this program really useful

We are going on circles here, first the programmer shouldn't have released a software that had been thoroughly tested, cleared with bugs, user friendly and basic features included, problems installing and running? not being able to import or export data? restrictions on worldwide format for time, phone numbers and so on?
This is an incomplete work that should have been taken back to the drawing board before its release, now it's useless to many and therefore the downvotes on the programmer and his product. The only way to succeed is to think WORLD, not Europe, think ALL languages, not only English, think compatibility, not restrictions.
Do us a favor, retire to your lab for at least a month and come back with something we can say YES.

I haven't had time to play with it much but it looks promising. I did change the database path and it then said the registration was missing. I had to go and manually move that. I know you said that you hope to add mobile in the future, which would be nice, but I do most of my work on my PC in my office but also occasionally use my laptop. It would be nice if they could be linked or know what files need to be transferred between so you could use either on the same project.
Thank you George and GOTD.
Mark

George - In my humble opinion...

1) In the preferences, the "Next Invoice #" field should allow dashes, underscores, and slashes. My Invoice numbering system is 2016-11352-00 - which is the year, actual invoice number, and any revisions to the actual invoice number. At this point, with the restrictions in that field, the program is won't work for me.

2) Again in the preferences section - no City, State, Country, or ZIP?????

# 2 isn't a biggie, but until #1 is fixed, I can't use the program.

Thanks for listening.
Rich

The developer really hasn't thought this one through has he?

Any spreadsheet does better job than this restricted software. The developer is not even giving time when will it expire on its own. Pass.

Hello George
This looks to be a very practical and useful software program for those billing their time, HOWEVER, if you want it to reach an international market, then you are going to have to ADD other currencies, other than the three you have, USD, CAD and EUR.
Thanks anyway.

For international clientele definitely no use as far as billing is concerned
and for jotting time and jobs hardly worth installing.
Sorry dear developper, looking outside the box has been and will continue to be essential.

This would be a great bit of software with a few tweaks...

1: It needs to install the data folder in a non-Documents location, so it can be installed by an Admin account and run by a normal account.

2. Why not allow different currencies? It supports USD, CAD and Euro, but I want GBP. Other currencies exist too! The list should be user-configurable

3. Phone numbers are only accepted in US/Can format. Most of the world uses other formats. Please remove this restriction.

I also think it ought to be possible to export data to a spreadsheet. A lot easier than typing it all again!

this looks to be a useful piece of software but unfortunately in my line of work it just wont have much of an application. I work with a group of on the road techs using tablets, so what would be ideal for me would be a lightweight android interfacable option that also has a database of parts and a method to connect to a server so I could update said parts. I also noticed from the screenshots that there is no tax option, some states either have or are looking at making certain labor tasks taxable, so if this dosent have the ability to do that it may have to be added for more universal application at some point.

This product is almost exactly what I've been looking for. It only lacks the autostart features of Allnetic Working Time Tracker (which appears to be abandonware). However I'm having a LOT of problems with Power Time Tracker.

On start, it says "The [name] database is missing or corrupted. Please set the path to the database" each time I start it. I select a folder and it says "Power Time Tracker will shutdown and needs to be restarted". Then when it is restarted, it says "The [name] database is missing..." If I re-install the program, it works. The underlying problem is that it has to be installed by a user that has an Admin account and it stores its database in that user's documents folder. So of course when it restarts, running as a normal user, it can't access its database. The cure is to move the database to a more sensible place.

So now the next problem. It isn't possible to set up my company details properly because the telephone number field is fixed to US number format: it won't accept a UK phone number. I can't find a way to select the GBP. Is there some way to correct these issues? It would make the product usable in the UK.

Everyone, let's make this give-away a huge one! Tell your neighbor, tell your co-worker, tell your dog! I'm really amped-up on this give-away and I want LOTS of people to get some great use out of my software!!

Best regards,
George Taylor
Power Software Products

Where is the link for the video tutorial? I am a bit confused as it keeps telling me "error saving preferences:Object reference not set to an instance of an object"

Good morning to everyone,

I am a freelancer and I wanted something simple to record my billable time, so I built this piece of software. I am glad to share this piece of work with others who are looking for a simple yet concise method of managing their freelance projects. In addition to my promotion, I will be issuing hot-fixes for serious issues.

Best regards,
George Taylor
Power Software Products

Good morning Mr George Taylor and thanks for your offering.
Your product installed fine on my windows 10 x64 (home/standard) machine.
It seems this software is aimed to USA citizens only, isn't it?
I can "say" this because of time, hours, time zone and date settings.
And the only language available is English (or American English).

Installed fine in Win 10 Home x64 after I temporarily disabled AVG. The registration went smoothly, and the software seems to be running perfectly! Thanks, George and GTOD. This could be a very helpful piece of software, and I'm grateful for the opportunity to try it. Some initial observations: 1) the web site has no detailed features, user guide, nor clues about limitations, so it's left to the user to figure it out; 2) after a little experimenting, it appears several gaps might keep me from using this tool much, including lack of import from a spreadsheet or other data file, lack of export to a spreadsheet or data file, and lack of extensive formatting choices for the invoice. I'll keep exploring...

Tried to download twice (after posting to FB my endorsement), and the download failed twice! I am using Windows 10

A simple but unusual registration process; on opening on the screen there is a button with the word registration on it, click this and it opens to a window with all the registration details in it.
After this the program ran without any difficulty and it contains a useful help system.

Program will not load. Trying to agree to EULA produces error message:

See the end of this message for details on invoking
just-in-time (JIT) debugging instead of this dialog box.

************** Exception Text **************
System.Configuration.ConfigurationErrorsException: Failed to save settings: An error occurred loading a configuration file: Could not find a part of the path 'C:\Users\Linda\AppData\Local\Microsoft\PowerTimeTracker.exe_Url_0pp5qrqzvkklpzqxf4jeuxkebdrlf3zr\1.0.0.0\58mgnlfc.tmp'. (C:\Users\Linda\AppData\Local\Microsoft\PowerTimeTracker.exe_Url_0pp5qrqzvkklpzqxf4jeuxkebdrlf3zr\1.0.0.0\user.config) ---> System.Configuration.ConfigurationErrorsException: An error occurred loading a configuration file: Could not find a part of the path 'C:\Users\Linda\AppData\Local\Microsoft\PowerTimeTracker.exe_Url_0pp5qrqzvkklpzqxf4jeuxkebdrlf3zr\1.0.0.0\58mgnlfc.tmp'. (C:\Users\Linda\AppData\Local\Microsoft\PowerTimeTracker.exe_Url_0pp5qrqzvkklpzqxf4jeuxkebdrlf3zr\1.0.0.0\user.config) ---> System.IO.DirectoryNotFoundException: Could not find a part of the path 'C:\Users\Linda\AppData\Local\Microsoft\PowerTimeTracker.exe_Url_0pp5qrqzvkklpzqxf4jeuxkebdrlf3zr\1.0.0.0\58mgnlfc.tmp'.
at System.IO.__Error.WinIOError(Int32 errorCode, String maybeFullPath)
at System.IO.FileStream.Init(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, Int32 rights, Boolean useRights, FileShare share, Int32 bufferSize, FileOptions options, SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES secAttrs, String msgPath, Boolean bFromProxy)
at System.IO.FileStream..ctor(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access)
at System.CodeDom.Compiler.TempFileCollection.EnsureTempNameCreated()
at System.CodeDom.Compiler.TempFileCollection.AddExtension(String fileExtension, Boolean keepFile)
at System.CodeDom.Compiler.TempFileCollection.AddExtension(String fileExtension)
at System.Configuration.Internal.WriteFileContext..ctor(String filename, String templateFilename)
at System.Configuration.Internal.InternalConfigHost.StaticOpenStreamForWrite(String streamName, String templateStreamName, Object& writeContext, Boolean assertPermissions)
at System.Configuration.Internal.InternalConfigHost.System.Configuration.Internal.IInternalConfigHost.OpenStreamForWrite(String streamName, String templateStreamName, Object& writeContext, Boolean assertPermissions)
at System.Configuration.Internal.DelegatingConfigHost.OpenStreamForWrite(String streamName, String templateStreamName, Object& writeContext, Boolean assertPermissions)
at System.Configuration.ClientSettingsStore.ClientSettingsConfigurationHost.OpenStreamForWrite(String streamName, String templateStreamName, Object& writeContext)
at System.Configuration.UpdateConfigHost.OpenStreamForWrite(String streamName, String templateStreamName, Object& writeContext)
at System.Configuration.MgmtConfigurationRecord.SaveAs(String filename, ConfigurationSaveMode saveMode, Boolean forceUpdateAll)
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at System.Configuration.MgmtConfigurationRecord.SaveAs(String filename, ConfigurationSaveMode saveMode, Boolean forceUpdateAll)
at System.Configuration.Configuration.SaveAsImpl(String filename, ConfigurationSaveMode saveMode, Boolean forceSaveAll)
at System.Configuration.Configuration.Save()
at System.Configuration.ClientSettingsStore.WriteSettings(String sectionName, Boolean isRoaming, IDictionary newSettings)
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at System.Configuration.ClientSettingsStore.WriteSettings(String sectionName, Boolean isRoaming, IDictionary newSettings)
at System.Configuration.LocalFileSettingsProvider.SetPropertyValues(SettingsContext context, SettingsPropertyValueCollection values)
at System.Configuration.SettingsBase.SaveCore()
at System.Configuration.SettingsBase.Save()
at System.Configuration.ApplicationSettingsBase.Save()
at PowerTimeTracker.frmEULA.#=qsg4u4J5jZvcoDmuUo2RYuRX7cK3mq$PAnfRTeKgcSPs=(Object #=q_hsnQwY0YXWfLytGCZwPDA==, EventArgs #=qA_icNmgn_6jHcM$AERkNqw==)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnClick(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnClick(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnMouseUp(MouseEventArgs mevent)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmMouseUp(Message& m, MouseButtons button, Int32 clicks)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ButtonBase.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Button.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)

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