ReportAway! downloads are performed "over the air" directly to your device over the cellular network. While viewing this page with your BlackBerry browser click the link below to initiate a download.
ReportAway! is a commercial product sold with a right to use license. Downloads are full versions which, without a license key, run in trial mode. The trial period lasts 5 days and limits lists to a maximum of 5 entries. At the end of the trial period, all user entered data remains on the device, but new data cannot be saved.
ReportAway! runs on any BlackBerry® device with a minimum OS version of 4.5 which has either a trackball or a touchscreen. Devices with side mounted wheels are not supported.
To buy a license key, go to "Buy ReportAway!" . Next, from within the running ReportAway! application on your device, request a license key from the menu at Administration->License Administration. Once Acire Systems has validated your purchase, a license key will be sent to you via email.
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Release Notes
Release: R2.0.1
Date: May 30th, 2011
Release R2.0.1 is a maintenance update to R2.0.0 and it is fully backwards compatible with it.
IMPORTANT: R2.0.1 is not fully backwards compatible with releases older than R2.0.0. Please see R2.0.0 upgrade notes if upgrading from a older release.
Updates
- Repair rare rounding issue on calculation of Tax amounts.
- Enable vertical scrolling on Administration screen.
Upgrade Notes:
- Backup your device using the BlackBerry Desktop Manager prior to upgrading.
- Download R2.0.1 from the site where you originally downloaded from.
- Restart your device.
Release: R2.0.0
Date: Feb 6th, 2011
Updates
- Added Mileage Expense Calculator feature.
- Added configurable tax codes for use with Expenses.
- Added a top ribbon to list screens and moved applicable menu items there.
- New Launch Icon. Look for the paper airplane.
- Now supports QuickBooks Import file extensions of “.IIF” in addition to “.iif”.
- New expense records will always use currency of Option default currency setting.
- Date of expense is now set to todays date during expense duplication
- IMPORTANT: Minimum OS level is 4.5 or greater.
IMPORTANT: Upgrading to R2.0 from R1.x will cause loss of option settings and expenses unless the upgrade steps below are followed.
Upgrade Notes:
- Backup your device using the BlackBerry Desktop Manager prior to upgrading.
- Download R2.0.0 from the site where you originally downloaded from.
- Restart your device.
- Use the BlackBerry Desktop Manager Advanced Restore function to restore all “ReportAway!” related data. Or if you are only concerned with options and Expense data selectively restore only the “ReportAwaySE Option Settings” and “ReportAway! Expense List”.
- To maintain backwards compatibility for expense report fields new Tax fields are disabled. If you wish to include tax fields in Expense reports turn on these fields under “Administration->Expense Report Fields”.
- Manually set your desired mileage rate and mileage expense type under “Administration->Options”.
Release: R1.7.0
Date: Nov 2, 2010
Updates
- License key and options settings are now backed up and thus preserved across OS upgrades. NOTE: All other data is backed up in earlier versions.
- Added “Billable” field to Expense Editor summary view.
- Removed annoying exit confirmation.
- Darkened font of second line of each row of list screens.
Upgrade Notes:
- Release R1.7.0 is backward compatible with R1.6.0.
- Always backup your device using the BlackBerry Desktop Manager prior to any upgrade.
- Download R1.7.0 from the site where you originally downloaded from.
- Restart your device.
Release: R1.6.0
Date: June 13, 2010
Updates
- Added
QuickBooks iif file import feature. Import Jobs and Items into ReportAway!
as Customers, Projects, and Activities.
- Added
feature to import BlackBerry Call log entries as time records.
- Added
feature to import BlackBerry contact entries as customer record.
- Improved
activity timer usability.
- Time editor is now launched when
timer is stopped.
- Added timer delete button to
timer even when timer is running or paused.
- Minor
defect repairs.
Upgrade Notes:
- Release
R1.6.0 is backward compatible with R1.5.0.
- Always
backup your device using the BlackBerry Desktop Manager prior to any upgrade.
- Download
R1.6.0 from the site where you originally downloaded from.
- Restart
your device.
Version: R1.5.0
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Date: Feb 22, 2010
Upgrade Notes:
1. All data is preserved if upgrading from R1.4.0. That said it is recommended that all reportable data (i.e. time and expenses) be sent off device or backed up prior to upgrading.
Change Notes:
1. Add activity timers feature. Start a timer with 3 clicks from main screen. Time entries are created from closed activity timers.
2. Add main screen ribbon menu and move record an expense, customer list, and project list buttons to it.
3. Remove "Close" button from bottom of all edit screens. Allows quick roll down to "Save" button. Use escape key to exit edit screens.
4. Add "save on exit" prompt to edit screens with unsaved changes.
5. Use darker shade of grey for line two of list screen rows.
Version: R1.4.0
Date: Jan 5, 2010
Upgrade Notes:
- All data is preserved if upgrading from R1.3.0.1, but it is still recommended that all reportable data (i.e. time and expenses) be sent prior to upgrading.
Change Notes:
- Add support for OS5.0.
- Add support for backup/restore to BlackBerry desktop manager.
- Pull down lists are now sorted alphabetically in editor choice fields.
- Remove display of "Default" item from list browsers.
- Add second row of information to applicable list browsers for each entry.
- Change Time and Expense status indicator from'*', '-', 'x' to use colored font. Black means complete, Red means open, Grey means reported.
- Add ability to revert a single reported item.
- Duplicated time records have start and end time set to time of duplication.
- New look to button fields on main and administration screens.
- Add "Save" function to Options screen menu.
- Increase maximum size of all lists to 512 items.
- Fix white screen problem when entering Registration Key on Storm 9530 running release 5.0.
- Improved exception handling in report logic.
- Added logic to truncate over-sized notes fields when importing from Calendar or Tasks.

