After upgrading to 7.106 (June Update), colleagues at Ladybridge High School have discovered an issue with the display of preferred forenames in Take Register.

Prior to upgrading (from 7.102 March Update), students” preferred forenames were displayed in Take Register. After upgrading to 7.106, legal forenames were displayed, causing a degree of embarrassment to some students.

SIMS .net 7.104 (May Main Release) introduced an additional Attendance Setup option. I”ve detailed below the steps that need to be taken in order reinstate preferred forenames.

1. In SIMS .net, click on Tools | Setups | Attendance Setup | Module Setup
2. On Panel 2 Display of Names, put a tick in the box next to Show Preferred Forename instead of Legal Forename
3. Click on the Save button