Bugs fixed in ABC6

We aim to fix bugs within a day or two of them being reported to us. Updated software is then available for free download from this website.

• The figures at the bottom of the Bank Reconciliation had the signs the wrong way around. Unreconciled items should have been deducted from the bank total instead of added to it. Now fixed.
• During the previous update an item got left off the main menu so that function appeared to have vanished. (We changed it to a different place on the menu but forgot to include the new menu in the update -- sorry. The latest update fixes this.)
• Bank reconcilliation was not working properly. When you clicked SAVE, not all the settings were remembered. This has been sorted out as part of a general enhancement of the function. The print feature now shows all the figures.
• Not really a bug, but a side-effect of installing the new ABC6 Payroll. If your ABC6 accounts and Payroll were different versions, one or the other would stop working. We have now sorted this out. Download the GENERAL UPDATE to fix the problem if you suffer from it.
• Using FILING Global Change, if you left the first field name blank, ABC added the word "error" to the contents of the field you were changing. Of course we soon fixed that.
• Under some circumstances the Month End screen locked up. Now cured it.
• Sales Invoicing where Customer is over their Credit Limit and you select Cancel the Invoice. This resulted in an endless loop. Now it is fixed.
• The yellow notes (that you can use to leave your own notes on any screen in ABC6) have a "Wipe" function to clear the note, but when you Saved the blank note the previous message was saved instead. Now fixed.
• The Record LOCKED box was moved to the first page of the Customer Record card for easier access, but we forgot to set the permission to allow you to tick/untick this box. Now done.
• Editing the Notes tab page of Customer Record cards produced an error message. This recently introduced bug has now been fixed.
• The Supplier record card Balance field only showed the unpaid invoices on their account, and just ignored any unallocated money. We have told it not to ignore this in future and now the Balance you see will be accurate.
• The Stock Sales report had a column labelled Quantity, but this foolishly showed the number of invoices instead of the number of Stock Items -- of course this has now been corrected. BUT THERE IS STILL SOME WORK TO BE DONE. To show the full detail that some users have asked for requires a change to the File Structures, and this requires a detailed study before it is implemented. Coming Soon.
• Importing data from old ABC5. Recently introduced bug did not set the next free Customer Account Number correctly, so adding a new Customer could cause crash. Oops!. Sorry about that. Now fixed.
• Editing a report Layout in Filing and then saving it under a different name would overwrite the original report. A new Menu Option has been added -- SAVE AS NEW REPORT -- to clarify this.
• Sales and Purchase Ledger Audit Trail reports show summary of Analysis Heading movements excluding VAT at the end of the report. This figure had the VAT deducted twice by mistake. Now fixed.
• The Bank Statement report printed as part of the Month End did not select a bank account (Analysis Heading) and hence it printed nonsense. Now it defaults to Bank Account 1 (Heading 8411)
• Not really a bug, but if you had a certain combination of Windows screen resolution and font size, the Customer Record card gave an error when you went to the Sales Ledger. This has been fixed quickly. But we shall continue looking at this and will probably change things again over the next few weeks to make ABC look prettier on various size screen and settings.
• Bank Reconciliation date was one month out -- ie if you asked to see everything after August 1st, you actually got September. It now works correctly.
• Statements containing a few items would unnecessarily go on to a second page -- this has been corrected. And some of the options for controlling Statements did not actually do anything - now they work as they should.
• SpreadSheet special formula (link to Headings File) had stopped working. Now fixed.
• Not really a bug -- the Help System did not contain all the information about Purchase Ledger. Now it does. Enjoy reading it.
• Cosmetic improvement to VAT-Only printed sales invoices.
• Bank Reconcilliation allowed you to "tick" items for reconcilliation, but did not actually store these details. All works properly now.
• When producing a Sales Invoice, if you typed "n" as the VAT Code this was not accepted, but typing "N" was OK. Now fixed.