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How to determine what a module's version number is and why it's important

Scenario: You want to know whether you should update your system with the most recent version.

1. Start Club Office as normal
2. Click on INFO along the menu bar of any menu. A panel of information will be displayed in the VINFO window.
3. The module name and version number will appear in the Vinfo window.

Example: GLMASTER.EXE 00.05.17a

Why is it important to know the module's version number?

1. Whenever we update a program, we update the version number. The version can be decoded as follows: the first two digits are the year, the next two digits the month, and the last two digits are the day of the month. If there is an alpha character at the end, it signifies the update during that day, since there could be an update in the morning, another in the afternoon and yet another toward the end of the day. So there could be an a, b, and c update on the same day.
2. The greater the number (and letter) the more recent the update.
3. Inside the program code, we list the changes that were made with each update. So when you call and say, "I'm having trouble with the 401k when generating payroll - I'm using payroll.exe version 00.05.15a" we can look in the program code and see which version solved that problem. Then we can tell you which version you need to download from the web site to fix it.

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