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Big Business™ 5.1.5 for MacOS™ README
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Welcome to Big Business 5!
The installer will create a Big Business 5.1.5 folder in the Applications folder on the drive that you select. The folder will contain the Big Business application, Help files, Templates, and this Read Me.
Big Business 5 features a new database engine. Company Files used with Big Business 5.1 remain compatible with Big Business 5.0 and Big Business 4.2.
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System Requirements
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• PowerMacintosh or better with 256 MB of RAM
• Mac OS X (10.2 or higher)
• A PostScript laser printer is recommended.
• The latest updates for computers and system software from www.apple.com are recommended.
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Installation
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• Run the Installer to install the Big Business 5.0 folder.
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Registration
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Big Business runs for 30 days or 100 launches without Registration. You may register at any time and preserve work performed in Trial Mode.
Big Business can be purchased from:
• Qualified Consultants listed on our web site
• Our online store, also at our web site
• By contacting Big Business Sales:
toll-free: (877) 970-0022
direct: (925) 274-9568
email: sales@bigbusiness.com
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Optimization
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• To optimize your data file, use Big Business Tools 5.1. Do not use previous versions of Tools.
• Refer to the Tools Read Me! for instructions.
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Gettting Help
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• Open the PDF of the User's Guide from the application folder, or choose Online Help from the File menu.
• On the Big Business CD: complete documentation and resources
• On the web: www.bigbusiness.com
• Online searchable Solutions Database: solutions.bigbusiness.com
• Big Business Technical Support: (925) 274-9568, Monday to Friday, 8 am to 4 pm Pacific Time
• email: support@bigbusiness.com
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How to Reach Big Business
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Big Business, Inc.
420 N E Alaskan Way
Chehalis, WA 98532
sales: (877) 970-0022
support: (925) 274-9568
http://www.bigbusiness.com
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FIXES AND FEATURES
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To view the Solutions database entry listed in parentheses (####):
Go to http://www.bigbusiness.com/solutions/####
Or, enter the number in any Solutions Search (e.g. see Online Help in the File menu)
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5.1.5
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Fixes:
- Serial Number buttons on Bills and Invoices
- Item QuickFind, Open Built Orders
Features:
- Purchase Order Receipts Report
- QuickReport tool on InfoCenter toolbar
- Custom Form for Checks
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5.1.4
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Fixes:
- Customer Statemtents omit Country from address
- Converted Quotes deducted from Credit Verification
- Type Ahead broken in Custom Form list
- Alert to Restart when turning on Alternate Codes
- Open Items on Purchase Orders, sorted by Vendor (Detail) should use Line Item ETA Date
- Customer Import missing Custom Field 12
Features:
- Item Pref to add an Item Field to Price Labels
- Inventory Sales by Month Report
- Set Customer Since when Converting Contact
- Canadian check layout
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5.1.3
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Fixes:
- Sorting Alternate Item Codes can cause crash
- Alternate Item Code Listing updates with Item Listing in Multi-User
- On Mac, Import will not select a file without a File Type
- Converting Quote or Sales Order to Invoice may not assign Department
Features:
- Alternate Item Code Comments
- Item QuickChange to Delete Alternate Item Codes
- Imports support Comma Separated Value (CSV) files
- Phone Labels added to QuickChange for Customer, Vendor, and Contact
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5.1.2
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Fixes:
- Multi-Warehouse Populate Default ignores Items with zero On Hand
- Sell Into Negative validation does not except Auto-Build Items
- Editing a Receive Money in a Locked period re-applies existing Applied amounts (5895)
- Customer Terms assigned to customers or transactions can be Deleted
- Importing Price Level text should convert first character to Price Level number
- Read-Only option for User Access causes error in Setup
- Fast Mode can be Off, Pref no longer needed
- Auto-select new entry in Account Listing, Items
- Rounding problems in Mac OS X 10.4.8 on Intel processors
Features:
- Show Multi-Warehouse Location on Item Card History
- Item Location List Print Option on Item Location QuickSearch
- Load Addresses support for Sales Order Line Item Import
- Load Addresses support for Sales Order QuickSearch Save To Disk
- Auto-Import functions to save import maps
- Alternate Item Code functions for Item selection
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5.1.0
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Fixes:
- Tabbing off Banking Prefs
- Open Items on Order, Sorted by Item (Summary), Save To Disk, sums Qty On Hand
- Cost missing from Update Items Import
- When Below does not update Quantity Needed in Update Items Import
- Deleted Notes from Customer Folder sometimes not deleted
- Duplicating a Make A Payment to Other retains locked EFT/Handwritten checkmark
- Trial Balance (Detail with Balances) does not include detail
- Quote forms with Discount and Comments don't always print separator line between
- Locked Transfer shows In Use instead of Lock icon
- Previous Balance for new Reconciliation not updated when prior Reconciliation edited
- ODBC Trial Mode expired alert continues beyond expiry
- Update List entry sometimes added to Notes Send To list in multi-user
- Carriage Return in a text box like Comments jumps to the bottom
- Editing a Paid Bill does not update Vendor Balance correctly
- Blank rows have Destination and Settings Pulldowns in Advanced Print Options
- Searching by Folder Note Title ignores Alert Subject and Attachment Names
Features:
- Items on Orders, sorted by Item Reports add Item Search
- Quotes, Orders, and Invoices keep Comments, Descriptions, and ETA on Price Level change
- Advanced Print Options to email PDFs of POs and Bills
- Read Only option for User Access to searches and results
- Invoices, sorted by Customer Field (Summary) Report
- Auto-Build automatically updates the Cost of the Built Item
- Item QuickSearch for Tag Is [blank] finds all Items without Tags
- Item QuickSearch for Tag Is Not [blank] finds all Items with any Tag
- Load Addresses Option for UPS integration with ODBC Add-On
- QuickFind on Vendor Card
- Date Entry Days and Lock on Employee Card
- Date Entry Days in QuickChange on Employee QuickSearch
- Enable UPS WorldShip to post Shipment info and charges to Sales Orders
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5.0.9
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Fixes:
- Inventory Turnover Report should use Quantity Rounding setting for Quantity Sold (5499)
- Inventory Turnover Report should exclude post-dated sales (5499)
- Misc. Check tool copies Bank Account Code to Bank Account Name in Bank Card Listing
- PenSoft Payroll Import replicates Postings
- Sales Order allows deletion of shipped line items (5945)
- Income Account on Item Card, History, does not display
- Multi-Warehouse Add-On: editing Name, tabbing off Location Card
- G/L Detail and Trial Balance Reports do not calculate Retained Earnings
- Debit Memos not listed on Bill QuickSearch on Windows
- Advanced Printing Options can get stuck in PDF mode on Windows
- Modifyable Categories on Bill or Invoice can cause crash
Features:
- Inventory Sales Analysis Report (5968)
- Landed Cost and Landed Cost Percentage for Items (5934)
- Built Components with negative QOH get COGS adjustment on Bills (5971)
- Sales Orders have Address fields for ODBC lookup
- Advanced Print Options retain Splits
- Sales Order Packing Lists with Comments (5973)
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5.0.8
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Fixes:
- Obsolete does not remove Vendor Name from Item Card (5921)
- Scroll Wheel: Bank Reconciliation, Account Listing, Item Listing, Bank Account Listing
- Previous Balance from last new Reconciliation, not last modified
- Total Quantity in Notes causes listing errors
- Freeze opening Item QuickSearch when entering items on a transaction
- Printed Comments do not print on Large Font, Sales Order Packing Lists
- First Tag duplicated in Web Catalog Export
- Tab Order on Quote with Discount
- Multiple Currency Add-On: Validate Payables Exchange Account on Vendor Card
- Multiple Currency Add-On: Misc. Bill Tool does not support Foreign Vendor (5931)
Features:
- Previous Balance can be edited on Bank Reconciliation (5939)
- Invoice with Balance forms: Plain Paper, Large Font, and With Comments (5958)
- Item QuickSearch entry for searching All Text Fields (5948)
- Export Tags in Item QuickSearch Save To Disk, with Detail Description option (5940)
- Option to Print Debit Memo forms from Bill QuickSearch
- Commenting Description1 and Description2 added to Bills and Item Adjustments (5655)
- Unapplied Amount included in Save To Disk from Receive Money QuickSearch (5938)
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5.0.7
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Fixes:
- Misc. Bill not highlighting Date on new row (5916)
- Pay Through Date responds to click in Locked Make A Payment (5917)
- Payment links on a Bill should be unlocked in an unlocked period (5918)
- Blank Report Description in the Report tool causes a runtime error (5919)
- Duplicating only Open items on a Sales Order doesn't update totals immediately (3527)
- Unchecking Bought does not delete Vendor Name, which can trigger Automatic Purchase Order
- Invoices with Back Order do not print correct Items when printing multiple Invoices from QuickSearch
- Copy Name button on Customer Card skips Salutation
- Syntax error displaying Employee List from Sign-In
- Discount column out of sequence on Quote
Features:
- Vendor can be removed from Item Card by clearing Vendor Name (5921)
- Profit and Loss Report that omits Accounts with a zero total (5925)
- QuickFind entry for Built Orders when using Allocate Builds (5926)
- Preference for Quotes to use Vendor Cost for inventoried items (5915)
- New QuickChange options for Customer Since (5736)
- Export, Import, and auto-assign on import, Customer Since (5736)
- Build/Bundle Line Item Report for exporting Bill of Materials information (5927)
- Auto-Build Items on Invoice works for converted Quotes and Sales Orders (5909)
- Advanced Printing Options (5923)
- Commenting Description1 and Description2 added to Purchase Orders (5655)
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5.0.6
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Fixes:
- Negative inventory quantities cause problems for Allocate Builds (5862)
- OS X Installers require Admin Privileges to run--subsequently removed (5906)
- BB Client does not display fonts correctly running on Mac OS X 10.4, Tiger (5911)
Features:
- Email Addresses on Customers, Vendors, and Contacts (5907)
- New Blank Email function to automatically address a new email message (5907)
- Open Browser to Domain function to automatically open a browser to an email domain (5907)
- Auto-Build when invoicing to automatically build inventory items that are Built (5909)
- Auto Generate Codes when Duplicating: Customers, Vendors, Items, and Contacts (5905)
- Batch Delete from Notes QuickSearch (5914)
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5.0.5
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Fixes:
- Layout errors on Item Adjustment, Build/Bundle screen, and others
- Unlocked non-accounting transactions should be locked by Employee Cannot Modify/Delete Transactions
- Unlocked non-accounting transactions should allow Quotes and Orders to be deleted
- PO Batch Delete does not delete Received or Closed POs
- Verifying Vendor On Order Amount does not exclude Purchase Orders On Hold
- Verifying Customer On Order Amount does not exclude Sales Orders On Hold
- Single-User for Windows freezes on Print Preview (5897)
- Clicking on Date in a locked Receive Money record displays alert
- Cannot Delete/Modify Cards does not lock Account Cards and Contact Cards
Features:
- User Access: Cannot Delete (5904)
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5.0.4
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Fixes:
- Duplicating a transaction in the Multi-Warehouse Add-On causes errors (5885)
- No error message on opening a locked Data File (5886)
- Importing a blank Date in Sales Order or Invoice Line Item Imports locks records
- Invoice (Plain Paper) is not sent to printer, on Mac OS X only
- Checkboxes missing from Big Business for Windows (Single-User)
- Artifacts on Quote, Sales Order input screen footers
- All Tables Completely Deleted for Tools data integrity
- As Quoted should not work on Quotes, just Sales Orders and Invoices
- Web Server Status window generates an error without Web Server
- Q&A, Which Customers have more than __ Invoices for..., incorrect (5880)
- Bank Transaction Custom Forms do not load in Print Options
- Blank selection in Check Layout should use Default
- "Code" label appears above Customer Code and Customer Type on deactivated Customer Card
- Starting Label Position (Row and Column) dialog does not respond to Return key
- Converting Quote to Invoice does not sort line items correctly
- Error selecting default button in QuickSearch
- Discount column not printing on Quotes
- Discount forms not available for Sales Orders
- Item Location tools in the Multi-Warehouse Add-On labeled Inventory
- Printing error on some multiple page or multiple copy print jobs on Windows
- Discount forms for Quotes and Sales Orders not selecting correctly
Features:
- Option to check for new Notes every minute (5888)
- As Quoted Preferences to Check Expiry and Check Quantity (5874)
- Line Item imports log As Quoted prices in error log for review
- Open multiple instances of a tool (5894)
- Unlock non-accounting transactions in locked periods (5895)
- Performance optimization
- Use Unit Price rounding for Ship Weights (5896)
- Add Titles to all Search Dialogs (5898)
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5.0.3
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Fixes:
- Keyboard Shortcuts on Invoice, Sales Order, and Quote Prefs (5875)
- Double-click and Delete on Custom Form Report Form Name Window (5872)
- Tabs crowded on layouts like Quote in Mac OS X
- Retrofit standard buttons for rollover buttons for stability
- Web Image dialog should be modal so it cannot hide behind Item Card
Features:
- As Quoted option for automated customer-specific item pricing (5874)
- Button clicks for keyboard shortcuts
- Print Option keyboard shortcuts including Space and Numbers (5899)
- Add Date Stamp and Time Stamp buttons to Note
- Allow multiple instances of Item Adjustment tool in multi-user (5901)
- Detail Description grows on Item Card resize (5902)
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5.0.2
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Fixes:
- Verifying Item's Qty On Order or Qty Needed does not exclude Purchase Orders On Hold (5849)
- Verifying Item's Qty Allocated or Available does not exclude Sales Orders On Hold (5850)
- When Using Discounts, entering data on a Quote skips past Quantity field
- Alert needed when System serialization is reset by corrupt data
- Selection of Icon Style disrupts Format Number settings
- Error opening Folder and Note Attachments in Windows
- Discount Button and shadow appear on Invoice
- Line Items on Automatic Purchase Order do not sort correctly
- Customer Transactions Report does not alert when no records are found
- Bank Register Report broken in OS X
- Vendor, Customer, and Item Transaction Reports repeat header in OS X
- Customer On Order Amount ignores Line Item Discounts
- Forms Info dialog displays incorrectly in OS X
- Editing a Receipt for an Invoice which is open on the screen can create errors
- Improper build causes unexpected crashes in 4.2.7
- Clicking in a Date field does not automatically select entire date when long date format is used
- Windows Server Installer does not allow selection of Destination Directory
- File Permissions error open a file from the root directory of an OS X volume (5759)
- Other Charges, Vendor Terms, and Web Server Status still crash with QuickTime 6.4 for Windows
- Alerts for Customers and Vendors don't display when opening from QuickSearch (5832/5869)
- Invoice (Plain Paper, Large Font, Discount) not found
- Printing Receive Money Card does not Show Print Dialogs
- Printing Receive Money Card only prints first form when multiple are selected
- Error message when Customer Folder Note/Alert/Attachment Subject is longer than 32 characters (5859)
Features:
- Transactions Unlocked unlocks Paid Bills (5698)
- Special Access setting to use All Accounts (5863)
- Access to Line Item Discount fields in Custom Forms (5860)
- Special Access settings to restrict Employees to select groups of Reports (5876)
- Paid Amount added to Invoice Line Item Import (5765)
- Q&A to find repeat Customers--Which Customers have more than _ Invoices? (5880)
- Use Check Printing Alignment settings in Windows (5817)
- Built Item Import to import Bill of Materials (5861)
- Item and Update Items Imports updated to use Number Formats rounding for Prices and Quantities (5881)
- Option to Allocate Components for all Built Items (5862)
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5.0.1
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Fixes:
- Opening a pop-up window in Windows loses focus on current form (5846)
- OS X Reports missing Page Setup and Print dialogs
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