Peachtree “archives”, of both the home-brew variety and those created directly from within the program, have been around for some time. Of late however, we have been fielding more questions about them, as users find they need more generous access to financial data from closed fiscal years than Peachtree can provide. In simple terms, a [...]
Purging is the process of removing inactive Peachtree “list” data (i.e., customers, vendors, employees, items, jobs, general ledger accounts, etc.) and closed “transaction” data (i.e., quotes, invoices, purchases, payments, etc.) from the Peachtree database. Since the key words are inactive and closed, prior to purging it is very important to make all list data that [...]
We may have stumbled upon a solution to a really obscure Peachtree problem that has plagued more than one of our clients. Thanks – and kudos – to Anthony Licate of Spidernet Technical Consulting for working through this one and coming up with a definitive solution. Terminal Services has become a very popular vehicle for [...]
Starting with the 2010 edition, all versions of Peachtree (Complete, Premium, etc.) now include the capability of configuring an automatic database backup routine. Many users running Peachtree from a networked server will already have some sort of automated, unattended, server-based backup system in place, and thus may well ask “why bother to create yet another [...]
Starting with the release of Peachtree 2007, Sage Software replaced the database engine which manages the Peachtree application, moving from Btrieve Version 6.15 to Pervasive SQL (PSQL v.10 for the 2010 product). From the 2007 Edition through to the present 2010 Edition (the only Peachtree versions now supported by Sage), Peachtree is powered exclusively by Pervasive SQL. [...]
Everyone wants their software to perform faster, right? Working with a specific application, however, and getting it to run faster on a network can be as much art as science. Here are five general tips for what you can do to improve the performance of Peachtree on your system if you are encountering poor performance. [...]
“Auto Complete” was a feature introduced into Peachtree a few versions ago to make data entry more efficient and less error-prone. When entering data into a screen, some fields really do need to be “validated” to insure that everyone is entering the text consistently (essential for report filters and data sorts to work correctly). However, [...]
As spring approaches, “Peachtree Upgrade Season” is upon us. For the past few years Sage Software has released a new version of Peachtree every May or June. This year (2009) Peachtree will begin shipping its Peachtree 2010 product line on or about May 15. Why should I bother to upgrade, my software runs just fine? We [...]