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Sage MAS 90/200 – 4.40 info

Brett Zimmerman — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 00:29:28 +0000

Here’s the recording of Sage’s “Something for Everyone in Sage MAS 90/200 4.40″ webinar from last week.
http://sage.edgeboss.net/wmedia/sage/channel_marketing/ff_something_for_everyone_in_mas90_44_012210.wvx

Regarding Partner Certification for 4.40, it needs to be completed by August 1, 2010.
Sage MAS 90/200 v4.4 Recertification – http://sageu.com/ns_acs/bp/cert/mas90certs.html

I also received a copy of the .M4X file of what I assume contains the demo Customizer/Scripts from Steve Malmgren’s 4.40 Webinar a few weeks ago. Don’t believe Sage has posted it yet in the PFC.

Additionally I received a copy of the 4.40 mini-brochure (5 pages) of What’s New in 4.40. Also don’t believe Sage has it posted anywhere yet, but thanks to Wayne Schulz ( http://www.s-consult.com ): http://www.scribd.com/doc/25932616/Sage-MAS-90-and-200-Whats-New-in-4-4

Posted by Brett Zimmerman of The Fitzgerald Group.

Sage MAS 90 and Sage MAS 200 – Keyboard and Navigation Shortcuts

Brett Zimmerman — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:26:24 +0000

Select the Help menu at top of the MAS 90 screen, then Help Topics.
Click on the Contents tab, then click Navigating Through the Software.
Then on the right, click Keyboard and Button Navigation.

Posted by Brett Zimmerman of The Fitzgerald Group.

Sage MAS 90 and Sage MAS 200 – “Shutdown All” feature

Brett Zimmerman — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:24:03 +0000

Be aware of a possible issue with the “Shutdown All” feature in Sage MAS 90/200. When it is used it may actually stay set in the SY_System file, so when a user tries to get back in, they can’t: They’ll enter their login info, the Business Desktop/Launcher will appear briefly, and then immediately will shut down.

Resolution: From ‘Data File Display and Maintenance’ (DFDM) in an accessible MAS 90 system (your Sage Business Partner may likely need to assist with this), pull up the SY_System file located in ..\MAS90\MAS_SYSTEM\. And flip the flag to N (Field 45 – Broadcast Shutdown).

Posted by Brett Zimmerman of The Fitzgerald Group.

MAS 90 and MAS 200 – Filename extraction in Crystal Reports

Brett Zimmerman — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 20:29:44 +0000

In addition to using the “File Path and Name” Special Field in Crystal Reports, have you ever wished you could just show the Filename? You can with this formula:

Mid (Filename ,InstrRev (Filename,”\”) + 1 )

http://tinyurl.com/y8u8gtk

Posted by Brett Zimmerman of The Fitzgerald Group.

Massachusetts sales tax changing August 1, 2009 – here’s how to update MAS90

Wayne Schulz — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 12:56:21 +0000

The sales tax rate for Massachusetts is slated to rise on August 1, 2009.

Users of MAS 90 and MAS 200 can change this rate themselves using the following instructions provided by The Fitzgerald Group of Sharon Massachusetts:

Follow these steps in order to update the MAS90 sales tax rate:

Before you begin:

* You’ll want to change the sales tax rate after all July invoicing is complete, and before printing August invoices.
* Make sure there are no users entering invoices or sales orders while you perform these steps.

Change the rate in the sales tax table:

* In Library Master/Setup/Sales Tax Code Maintenance, select your Massachusetts tax code.
* On the taxable line in the table, change the rate from 5.00 percent to 6.25 percent.
* Click Accept.

Update your in-process sales orders and/or invoices:

* In Accounts Receivable/Utilities, select Sales Tax Calculation.
* Make sure all the boxes are checked, and select “recalculate sales tax for all records.”
* Click Proceed.

If you track sales taxes in Accounts Payable/Purchase Order:

* In Accounts Payable/Utilities, select Sales Tax Calculation.
* Make sure all the boxes are checked, and select “recalculate sales tax for all records.”
* Click Proceed.

More questions? Give The Fitzgerald Group a call – 781-232-1212 or email support@thefitzgroup.com

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For more than 20 years, The Fitzgerald Group has been providing clients across New England with professional business consulting services and world-class business management software solutions including Sage MAS 90, Sage MAS 200, Sage MAS 500, Deltek, SageCRM, Sage FAS, and JobOps. We welcome the opportunity to partner with your organization, contact us to discuss your needs

MAS 90 and MAS 200 – Edit existing Label settings in Crystal Reports 10

Brett Zimmerman — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 15:35:36 +0000

Do you need to edit the settings of an existing Crystal Reports Label in Crystal v10? It can be done, just not the same way as with Crystal v8.5.

First you can access the File menu > Page Setup to adjust the margins. Then to edit the Label Size, Gap Between Labels, and Printing Direction, access the Section Expert (Report menu > Section Export; or via a right mouse-click) and go to the Layout tab of the Section containing your Label (likely Details). Also note that you may need to remove extra whitespace around the Details section for further formatting.

Posted by Brett Zimmerman of The Fitzgerald Group.

MAS 90 and MAS 200 – Onesy, Twosy Report selection criteria

Brett Zimmerman — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 20:12:30 +0000

When running a standard MAS 90 report and you need the ability to easily pick and choose a non-range of values (e.g., 10 specific Customers across your entire Customer Masterfile), simply use “Equal to” and separate the values by comma’s (e.g., 0032987, 0076352, 0919283, 0000111).

Posted by Brett Zimmerman.

MAS 90 and MAS 200 – Launch a website from a Custom Office button

Brett Zimmerman — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 20:11:53 +0000

Ever have the need to add a button to a MAS 90/200 screen for launching a particular website? For example, maybe you want quick and easy access to current Exchange Rates (e.g., xe.com).

Via Custom Office: External Link button > Type = Program; Module = External Program > click Edit Script button > type web address (e.g., http://www.xe.com) in Command Script field.

Posted by Brett Zimmerman.

Tips and Tricks for MAS 90 Paperless Office Setup

Wayne Schulz — Tue, 05 May 2009 01:13:10 +0000

Paperless Office is now included with all versions of Sage MAS 90 and MAS 200 starting at level 4.3. This useful program feature uses a PDF writer to take your normally printed output and turn it into digital output. Instead of making repeat trips to the filing cabinet you can store all your printed reports safely (and securely) on your computer hard disk.

There are several tricks to setting up Paperless Office for MAS 90. Here are a few of the suggestions from members of the 90 Minds consulting group:

Via Brett Zimmerman – The Fitzgerald Group – Sharon, MA

I’ve always been in the habit of obtaining the Paperless Electronic Delivery setup info ahead of time to avoid having to scramble while onsite.

SMTP (MAIL) SERVER: Enter the DNS Address (e.g., mail.example.com) or IP Address (e.g., 128.0.0.102) of the SMTP server you are using to send e-mail. This address is needed to generate e-mail messages.
PORT: Enter the port number the SMTP sever is using if it is not configured to use the default port. (25 ?)
USER ID: Enter the USER ID and password to use for authentication at your e-mail server. While not always required, it is a good idea to only send ‘authenticated’ mail. This user does not have to be the one the mail is from; it is only used to log onto the e-mail server when sending mail. It’s recommended a separate e-mail account be used specifically for Paperless, to prevent the password from being changed and therefore causing Paperless to stop working.
PASSWORD: Enter a password for this user. The characters that you type are masked with the ‘$’ symbol.
“FROM” E-MAIL ADDRESS: What is the e-mail address you want these MAS 90/200 e-mails to be sent from? And this will obviously be the e-mail address used if the recipients reply to your e-mails.

Via Beth Bowers – MAS90 Consulting in Michigan

This wasn’t mentioned, but it’s a bug (Sage knows) – if you print the AP Invoice Payment Selection Register from CHECK MAINTENANCE, it will not prompt for Paperless (or go to Paperless automatically if you have it setup as Yes). It won’t do Paperless at ALL, no how, no way.
The Payroll reports on the Main Menu are considered REGISTERS, not Reports, and you can’t check the box re only keeping the last register or you will overwrite week after week. I consider this another bug – but since there are no journal/register NUMBERS associated with these reports, I guess that’s why they can’t verify and think they’re all the same week’s report. ANYWAY, if you are doing Payroll Paperless, you can’t check that box.
If you’re doing IM Period End, you also need to setup IM Reports, since Trial Balance is not on the Period End menu of reports.
File/Run/PL_AdvancedOptions_UI comes in really handy.
The most common problem in setting up Paperless is that CDINTF.DLL isn’t registered. (At least in my experience – have had this at at least 6 different sites – more common more recently.) (Actually, besides not being registered it usually isn’t even in the folder it’s supposed to be in (C:|Program Files\Common Files\Sage\Common Components)

Via Jeff Schwenk – Bottom Line Software – MAS 90 Consultants – Indiana

Here is a little tidbit that I picked up from last week’s install.

Working with an Master Developer, I mentioned to him that certain journal updates were not going to PDF even though it was supposed to be active.

And the only reason I brought it up to him was the fact that the update was one that may have been affected by his enhancements.

Below is a DFDM screen shot from the SY_task.m4t file.

Field 18 holds the flag that associates (at least partially) the report to the PDF. If the field is N, then nothing will generate via paperless. If the value is 1 (one), then a PDF is generated for journals and registers.

Each type of paperless update (period end, report, customer viewer, etc) will have a different value.

Here is a recap of the values.
1 – Journals/Registers
2 – Invoice Printing
3 – PO printing
4 – PR DD Stub and Governmental Forms
5 – Reports
6 – Period End
N – Nothing Assigned.

Chances are if you’re having trouble getting paperless to print, look into SY_Task.M4T and check field 18 and you may see that the flag is set to “N”. Be careful because some reports are not named as you would think. For example Check Maintenance is different from Invoice Payment Selection.