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Version 6.11 Upgrade: A/P checks with multiple stubs incorrect; Index out of bounds in Payroll; 94,20 on OECTLF viewing A/R open items; 94,20 on PACTLF.DAT in Inventory Plus; 94,20 on OECODS.DAT when performing upgrade
Accounts Payable: New Canadian Payments Association ( CPA ) Date Support; New bank account; Changing next cheque / check number; Void a non-A/P check or prepayment; Can I lookup vendors without going into Accounts Payable?; Have I paid a vendor's invoice?
Accounts Receivable: Reprinting Lost Reports; Customer account balances; Deleting open items in Accounts Receivable; Include active accounts on aging; Balance Forward vs. Open Item; Mass mail outs; Aging by month instead of by days; View Customer Account shows different value on top/bottom
Bank Reconciliation
back-2-basics (B2B): B2B error 98 handling; How do I set up a card reader in back-2-basics?
Custom Labels
General Ledger: Importing G/L transactions; Changing format of financials loses formatting; Income statement doesn't match BSNI; One sided journal entries; Year end: Continuing on with Y/E journals; Archiving prior year G/L data (Pre-6.6); Loading budgets; Correcting entries
General or System Wide: Are there on-line versions of the user manuals available for download?; Employment Opportunities; Changing Sales Tax Percentage; Where is my Samco data being stored & how?; Samco License Agreement; File error 98,01 on the RUNFIL.DAT; 94,10 on NT systems with DOS runtime; Maximizing Samco Power Accounting for Windows; Vision Version Upgrade; Preventing error 98 under Windows on a Novell Server; Stopping the occurrance of error 30,33 on Windows Systems; Linux Support and Conversion; Red Hat Linux libc error; LANtastic Performance Tips; Win98: Installation / Upgrade displays blocks not files; Netware configuration issues; File error 94,02; Exiting quickly; Setting Up Printers; Printing more lines on a report; Printing on laser forms; Big fields....Small places; DOS: Out of memory; File error 98; Adding new users; Change not allowed; Restricting access; Purging and disk space; Printer jams while posting; Saving or salvaging disk space; Forms for Samco Power Accounting; Harmonized Sales Tax; Windows network alert; File error 98 on RUNFIL; Using multiple bins on an HP laser printer; File error 94,10; Accessing Samco Power Accounting data from Windows applications; Cut off year for current century; Installing on an NT server; Y2K version of Samco Power Accounting and RealWorld; Tape cartridges; Date acronyms; Slow Windows performance
Inventory Plus: Inventory history differs from my status / item quantity; What is a liability account?; Item prices change for no reason
Job Cost
Operating Systems / Hardware: Adding a Linux User etc.; How to use scp (secure copy); Terminal emulation program does not show login prompt; CD ROM Mount Commands; After replacing network interface card my SAMBA shared printer won't print in SAMCO; Configuring ADDS 400/260 Ethernet; Where is the mailbox located under SCO OpenServer and SCO UnixWare?; Tools to verify my tcp/ip network connection; Okidata 32X dot matrix printer jams on first page; More FAQ's and tech notes; Cannot share resources with Windows 2000
Order Entry Plus: Printing an RMA from Order Entry; What is the "Overlay file name" field for in my O/E forms?; What are my choices, if I want to print invoices on my laser printer?; How do I print item user defined fields on invoices?; Additional line item description; Order status in ? lookup; Outstanding orders; Printing notes on on picking tickets and not on invoices (or vice versa)
Payroll (Canadian): Byte size of TD EFT file; Index out of bounds running multiple transactions; TD Canada Trust Electronic Funds Transfer / EFT / Direct deposit; Importing time transactions; Electronic / Magnetic Filing of T4 / T4A; Does Samco Canadian Payroll have the ability to file the T4 employer copy electronically to CCRA?; Printing T4's for 2004; Year End Procedure; Year end accumulators to Initialize; T4 forms don't quite line up; T4 form IDs for 2004; Changing check / cheque numbers; Bank of Montreal / BMO EFT; National Bank EFT; 27 or 53 Pay Periods in a Year; Is it possible to pay some employees via direct deposit and others by check?; What would a typical payroll journal entry look like?; Payroll journal entries not interfaced to G/L; T4 Laser Forms - 1-up instead of 2-up for singles; Correcting incorrect payroll cheques; Safety backup prior to running cheques
Point of Sale: Recovering from crash or error at end of day; Adding new customers from a quote
Printers & Printing: Duplex Printing; Epson Colour Inkjet Printers; HP Laserjet 1000 and Forms; 94,20 Printer unavailable under Windows; Windows ME Printing; Okidata printer not behaving; Windows printing from DOS version
Professional Invoicing
Purchase Order
Purchasing Plus
Sales Analysis: Sales Analysis by item and by customer mismatch
Time and Attendance
Weekly Tech Tips: A Loose Kit; Demo Companies vs. Live Companies (07/25/01); Error while purging a payroll journal entry (07/18/01); Demo Modules (07/11/01); New Printer Setups for Window Users (07/11/01); New and Changed Keys (07/04/01); Case Sensitivity (06/27/01); What good is a Samco backup if you can�t read the data when you need it? (06/20/01); Printing an archived report (06/13/01); Archiving your reports printed to disk (05/30/01); Notes on your OE line items (05/23/01); Why your tax can be different than you would expect (05/16/01); Rounding error in your General Ledger (05/09/01); Using Smartterm Essential to connect to Linux (05/04/01); User defined forms from Samco (04/25/01); Accumulator 46 (04/18/01); Leaving your printer in compressed print (04/11/01); Find Functions (F8 and ?) (04/04/01); EI insurable income (03/28/01); T4's and T4A's (03/21/01); Matching the commissions due report to your sales (03/21/01); Dealing with error messages (03/14/01); Avoiding the entry of wrong dates (03/07/01); Prompts have a lot to say (02/28/01); Making your form handle two tests with one conditional (02/21/01); Creating your own total when printing forms (02/14/01); How do I use both portrait and landscape on my laser printer? (02/07/01); Setup variables usually responsible for "weird" problems (01/31/01); Valuation Report Totals (01/24/01); Matching the Commissions Due Report to Your Sales (01/17/01); Multi-Company Direct Depositing Payroll (01/03/01); Inventory Valuation Report (12/20/00); Retained Earnings Split by Department (12/13/00); Deleting Customers (12/06/00); Search Options (11/29/00); Paying a Voucher with the Company Credit Card (11/22/00); Weights and Volume in Purchasing Plus (11/15/00); Adding A Vendor in Purchasing Plus (11/08/00); I've got a new box of checks. Now what? (11/02/00); Old Entries in A/R (10/25/00); Handling US Exchange in Point-of-Sale (10/18/00); "Blanket" Orders in Order Entry (06/14/00); DOS Problems (06/21/00); How do I fix my slow Windows Network connection? (06/21/00); Windows/Unix Printers (06/21/00); Date Acronyms (12/29/99); Automating Reports You Run all the Time (08/16/00); Exporting Files to Excel (08/30/00); Order Notes (12/08/99); Extra Description for O/E Line Items (12/15/99); Jump Button (12/20/99); Change Not Allowed (01/07/00); Changing Companies (01/17/00); G/L Transaction Dates (01/24/00); Purged Data (02/02/00); Closing Fiscal Year (02/09/00); Multi-Branch Payments (02/16/00); Transfer/Copying Software (02/23/00); OE - Backorder/Shipment Menu (03/01/00); Importing Budgets (03/15/00); Colour Reminders (03/22/00); Unique Order, Invoice, or PO Numbers (03/29/00); Paginated and Non-Paginated Forms (04/05/00); Creating an Item (04/12/00); Additional Vendor Information (04/26/00); Dot Matrix Printers (05/03/00); Cutting a Cheque to a Onetime Vendor (05/17/00); Speedy Transaction Entry (05/24/00); Missing Payroll Journal Entries (05/31/00); Rebuilding a File (06/07/00); Copying Serial / Lot Inventory Items (06/28/00); Improving On-line Security (07/05/00); Windows Protection Error (07/12/00); Error Message while Printing Financial Statements (07/19/00); Deleting Audit Reports Printed to Disk (07/26/00); How to handle a One-Time Bill in Accounts Payable (08/02/00); How do I use Groups to add up my Branch Figures and get a Regional Total? (08/09/00); Income Estimate - TD1X Field (09/06/00); Printing Payroll Reports to Disk (09/13/00); Changing an Item's Tracking Method (09/20/00); Unix / Windows Connectivity (09/27/00); A Few Notes on Passwords (10/11/00)

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