Home on the web ~ Dan Van Fleet

Information on SoftPro ProForm with some general computer tips and techniques, with a bit of me.

Home on the web ~ Dan Van Fleet - Information on SoftPro ProForm with some general computer tips and techniques, with a bit of me.

SoftPro Live is Cranking along, time to get on the train

imageSoftPro Live has been around for a bit of time now. Early last year I did some research to determine who I could find that was running an active SoftPro Live site, I located 37 unique sites running on the Custom platform. This is not a complete list, it is possible to hide this service from search engines, and there's no reasonable method to find people not on the customized platform, so this list is just taking a temperature. I wondered what that would look like 16 months later. Continue reading

Classic 15 DS Fields "D" Deducted no Lender name

imageThere was a change in functionality from Standard 12.2 to Classic 15 HF3 where the DS Fields for most 800 and 1300 section fields no longer fill out the Lender's name in the associated To: field. Enterprise 6.3 also works this way, so it's likely a design feature. To a converted Standard user it appears to be an issue. A possible workaround is to put a single entry lookup table on the DS fields so that the user could quickly enter the information. The first interesting obstacle was pressing F9 in a drop down list results in no response from ProForm. Why would they expect someone to need a lookup table on a short drop down list. That seemed to be a show stopper, but then

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Hit the brakes, DELAY until October 1st

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It started in late March, today the brakes are applied, we are now in a delay.  The August 1st deadline for the TRID regulations has been delayed until October 1st. The party line is there was an administrative mistake that was just discovered, in the nick of time. I’m glad that thing showed up. That provides a little relief, not much, sometimes.2 months is a day in development. Here’s what they said,

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