In Simply Accounting, the Session Date is used for default dates of transactions.  When one creates, for example, an invoice, the date is automatically assumed to be whatever the Session Date is.  We've found no way to change the default of the Session Date from within Simply, but this can be accomplished by this handy script.

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I was just looking over this blog's stats and was amused to note that 17% of hits from search engines were from people searching for "Simply Accounting Encountered a Problem".

Well, I hope the article about how I fixed it is helping some people.

In a previous post, I said, "According to Google, I am apparently the only person in the world who likes Simply Accounting more than QuickBooks."  I am beginning to discover why.

After happily using the trial Simply Accounting 2008 for a few months, I finally got around to activating it.  Simply promptly quit working.  Completely.  When I tried to load any data file, even the test company, it would get as far as "Verifying database..." and then bring up an error that said, "Simply Accounting by Sage 2008 has encountered a problem and needs to close."

This was frustrating.

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UPDATE: Astonishingly, this issue has been fixed in Release C.

D. Stewart and Mafalda write: "There is a glitch in Simply 2008 that allows you type 20 characters in the "Invoice/Ref." line, but really is only supposed to allow 15.  So, if you try and go back to look up or adjust an entry (I'm finding this in the payables/make other payment section so far) Simply crashes.  In order to fix this you need to send your data file to them to get fixed, it takes 4-5 business days and you cannot work on the data file until the fixed one is sent back to you.  And after it is sent back to you the only way to prevent it is to not enter more than 15 characters.  There will be no patch coming out for this, it apparently will not be fixed until the 2009 version."

4-5 business days, Sage!?  I figured this out in fifteen minutes!

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According to Google, I am apparently the only person in the world who likes Simply Accounting more than QuickBooks.

I've been using a version of Simply that was written in 2001 and started getting the vague idea that it was time for an upgrade.  I'd been hearing all kinds of great things about Quickbooks and picked up a copy to try.  I eventually chose the latest version of Simply, and here's why.

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