A few months ago, we received an enhancement request to add three fields to the equipment master file in RentalMan. The request was to add three alphanumeric fields with a length of eight characters each. While reviewing the request, we started asking ourselves the following questions:

1. If we add three fields, why not a hundred? Why not a thousand?

2. What if the requirements change, as they sometimes do, and the fields need to be ten characters each instead of eight? For that matter, what if they need to be a numeric field or a date field?

We started thinking about how we can make RentalMan more flexible as we move into the next generation of Wynne Systems products. And the idea of RentalMan user defined fields was born. The new module will give users the following features:

1. The ability to add as many custom fields of different data types as they need.

2. The functionality to add their own labels and label translations to each field.

3. When more complex validation is required, users may provide their own callback functions.

We are excited about this new functionality and we hope you are, too. Stay tuned for more details.