More FEC updates today

- Enhancements/Fixes to FEC disclosure reporting:

  - When Create-Report is pressed, a progress bar is displayed during the preparation of the specification form.

  - For Form 3 and Form 3S Schedule A, the 'force disclosure itemization' setting was not being honored.  Fixed.

  - FEC reporting will now tally receipt type 'Refund/Rebate' in the Offset to Operating Expenditures box.

  - Added an 'FEC Site' toolstrip button to bring up the committee's page on the FEC site.

 

 

  - Fixed the Validation-Results tab page link to the FEC site.

  - Grid titles were updated with the form's purpose.  For example, Schedule C now displays as 'Schedule C - Loans'.

 

 

  - The width of the panel portion of all grids was set to an appropriate size to maximize the space devoted to the datagrid.

  - All grids where more than one row can exist provide for a summary line.  Dollar amounts are specified as summable.

  - All grids where more than one row can exist now include an 'Include' column.

  - Freeze column point is now specified for all grids.

  - All dollar amounts are formatted with commas and two digits.

  - Column widths were adjusted to be suitable for the column use.

  - Exports from grids work.

  - Form 3 processing:

    - Form 3 grid in its column headings includes the summary page line number associated with the column.

    - Most grids now show the column numbers as part of column headings.

  - Form 3x processing

    - Found and corrected a significant performance problem.

    - Form 3x grid in its column headings includes the summary page line number associated with the column.

    - Most grids now show the column numbers as part of column headings.

 

FEC Update

We released the new FEC tools to be compliant with the 1/14/2014 deadline.

With the new release the FEC has made some changes to the upload locations.  They provided this table to us: 

 

 

In Trail Blazer you MAY need to make these changes here when doing your FIRST upload: