• need to clear historical data

    Hi Folks, I am a newbie and am still setting up the data in historical mode. At this point I have all the info entered for my employees but discovered that my session date is wrong. If I was to clear all the historical data, will I be able to…
  • Captcha problems "security check not successful" while logging on to Sage Drive

    Hello: Anyone having trouble with getting past Captcha? Mine makes me go through 15-20 sets of pictures to then tell me that "the security check was not completed successfully". I've gone through this process 5-6 times just to get the same message.…
  • client cannot open sage file

    my client cannot currently open the sage files I send her because she did not updated her sage.. if she updates without payroll will she be able to open the files from my accountants edition she doesnt want to see the payroll side of it - just run financial…
  • InnoDB error- new install on Windows 10 Home

    Sage50 Pro 2013 I am currently using a laptop, and trying to move to a desktop. The laptop was purchased new 9 months ago - was Vista "refurbished" to Windows 10 Home 64-bit before I purchased it. I installed the program with the offline installer…
  • SDK Utility Functions

    I'm trying to update a single record using an SDK Utility function using vb.net. I seen the example Sage provided that can update ALL field records. Here's syntax: Util.RunNonQuery("Update titluli SET sDesc = something") This will update all records…
  • How to find log in credentials for Sage 50 database

    I am trying to go through some of the code examples in the SDK, obviously one of the first functions that runs is the database connection function. I have tried sysadmin with various passwords but I can never successfully connect to the database to try…
  • Advances/Loans

    Hi have a question on the Data Integrity Balance. I have Advances & Loans Receivable GL#1300 showing as a balance of 1000.00 on the Data Integrity Screen. And then I have "Advances & Loans Paid" on the Date Integrity Screen for 1500.00. I know where and…
  • list of outstanding invoices not showing up in customer

    In my customer list, a customer shows as owing money. When I go to 'receipts' under their account, the area where the outstanding invoices would be shown is blank. But, if I click randomly on the right hand side of the screen, dollar amounts show up.…
  • 'not able to access Sage (drive) due to firewall' - but firewall has been removed

    2 weeks ago, we started using Sage Drive & have had no issues. I don't know if this is related, so at least it is in this thread. Today when I logged into Sage, it all worked as normal. When I went to do a back up, I realized that I hadn't changed the…
  • CONNECTION MANAGER, DATABASE COLLAPSE

    HELP! Sage 50 CA collapse while working. And couldn't restart the sage 50, the error msg is "the connection manager couldn't start the database engine. The database engine returned an error." I have retried several times, within a couple of hours…
  • Cannot open database because the database engine reported an error

    I recently changed my data drive (E:) with two 3TB drives using Storage Spaces in Win 10 as one drive with replication (similar to RAID 1). I chose GPT as the format. Now I get a error saying Simply cannot open the database because the database engine…
  • Missing Date file

    Hi, I have lost the path to where my data is on my computer? Any idea how I can find it (I've tried general searching etc)
  • SimplySDK.SDKInstanceManager.Instance.OpenDatabase just returns false -- all the time

    Hi, I am using the SDK as follows: ret = SimplySDK.SDKInstanceManager.Instance.OpenDatabase(mydbpath, <username>, <password>, True, <myappname>, <shortappname>, 1) I have used this line in many programs before to open up the database, however, in…
  • How to open a Simply 2010 DB and modify content if possible?

    Hello, I was wondering about what tools are available to open and browse a Simply 2010 DB. And also to modify some data. For example some transactions from 2 years ago where not allocated to Projects and there is no way to lookup this entry and…
  • Error occurred while trying to start my new year

    Hi There! I am trying to start a new year but I keep getting an error message saying "While moving employees' year-to-date information to last year. As a result, the new calendar year cannot start." It goes on to tell me to go to maintenance and click…
  • Need Help with Sage 50 Canadian 2014 Student Ed.

    Hello, I have setup a company yesterday and was able to make my transactions work. Now today, I cannot get the HST working. I have followed the instructions in textbook, which stated the following: I have entered specific tax codes for each SUPPLIER…
  • Connection manager can not start the database engine when logged into server 2012 r2 domain

    Works fine when logged into the local machine only. Sage 50 quantum 2016.2 on a windows 7 pro workstation
  • How to give your customers a customer number

    For one of my application I have a list of my customers and it requires me to give them a unique ID so we deicded to go with numbers 5000-0000-0001 and it increases everytime a new customer is made Now is there any way for me to give my customers in sage…
  • Simply Acct 2012 CAD question - closing a previous year end

    When I'm switching to a new year I know that I need to enter the new fiscal year posting date and to go to settings and select the date in which i don't want any entries to be posted prior to the new year.. when I get the adjusting journal entries do…
  • dbClient.GetConnectionInfo(szFileDir, szHost, szPort) parameters

    I'm writing an application in VB.NET to run custom queries against the Sage 50 database. I've gone through the SDK manuals, but have some additional questions while walking through the sample code. We run the connection manager on the server and install…
  • Doing books for two different companies

    I've been using Sage 50 for a number of years to do books for a company. There are three of us who access the company db so we have the db file located on a shared computer. I recently set up a new set of books for a new company. I will be the only one…
  • Changing a sole proprietor to incorporated company

    I have a client that is a sole proprietor and is changing to be incorporated. There bank manager is telling them they do not need to start a new bank account but I don't know how to get a clean break if he doesn't. He has receivables and payable should…
  • Error when switching between companies "this file doesn't exist"

    Using Sage50 Premium 2015, single user; Windoww 8. Have three companies. Company A is open - I want to work on Company B so I go to "Open Company" and this has always worked in the past. Now however, it gives me an error message "Company A.SAI This file…
  • Finding Sales & Purchase History

    New to Sage 50 Premium. Was using Business Vision. How do I find an order we sold to a client without an invoice #? How do I look up sales history for a particular part?
  • File will not open

    I am receiving the following message when I try to open the file Helena.SAI - Sage 50 Student Version Adobe Reader could not open 'Helena.SAI' because it is either not a supported file type or because the file has been damaged (for example, it was sent…