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ShipRush connection to Acctivate

Acctivate can be integrated with the Z-Firm ShipRush shipping workstation software.  ShipRush is a great alternative to carrier shipping software, such as UPS WorldShip, FedEx Ship Manager or Stamps.com. First, you’ll need to purchase ShipRush from Z-Firm.  Please contact ShipRush

Posted in Installation, Shipping

Sales Tax discrepancies when using Sales Tax Groups

This article explains a problem that may occur when using Sales Tax Groups.  Please be sure to read our Sales Tax Codes, Items and Groups article for an introduction to sales tax in Acctivate. The following problem may occur in the

Posted in QuickBooks and Sync, Sales

Sales Tax Codes, Items and Groups

Acctivate synchronizes the Sales Tax configuration from QuickBooks.  Sales Tax calculations are performed using the same method as QuickBooks.  The following article is a brief introduction to the sales tax components in Acctivate.  You should also refer to the QuickBooks

Posted in QuickBooks and Sync, Sales

Windows Mobile Emulator

Acctivate Mobile includes two software components. Acctivate Mobile Web Service installed on the computer  running Acctivate Acctivate Mobile Client installed on a Windows Mobile device It is unnecessary to purchase a Windows Mobile device for testing and/or evaluation purposes.  Microsoft provides a Windows

Posted in Installation, Mobile

QuickBooks – Application with Invalid Certificate

QuickBooks requires that all Integrated Applications (e.g., Acctivate) must have a valid Digital Certificate.  This certificate is required to allow the application to access the QuickBooks data.  This also allows future access without the QuickBooks Admin in Single-User Mode. Acctivate

Posted in QuickBooks and Sync

Support for Foreign Character Sets within Acctivate

Acctivate and QuickBooks are “code page”-based applications and do not support Unicode.  You must select a single Windows code page for your Acctivate installation, and use that code page for the Acctivate server and all workstations.  You will be able

Posted in Installation, QuickBooks and Sync

Multiple Currencies for the Demo company

The evaluation copy of Acctivate is designed for a variety of businesses.  The included “Demo” company is configured for a single-currency, but multiple currencies can be enabled easily.  You should also read through our Multiple Currencies with QuickBooks article. Support

Posted in QuickBooks and Sync

Synchronizing with the QuickBooks Demo company

Acctivate includes a “Demo” QuickBooks company that can be synchronized with the Acctivate Demo company (e.g., Southwestern Industries). The included QuickBooks company file was created in an older version of QuickBooks.  This file will first need to be upgraded to

Posted in QuickBooks and Sync

Shipping Label Format (GS1-128)

UCC/GS1-128 Shipping Label

Acctivate can generate standard GS1-128 shipping labels often required by EDI Trading Partners.  These labels were formerly know as UCC/EAN-128 labels, depending on your region. For the SSCC portion of the barcode, you’ll need to be sure to setup the

Posted in EDI, Reports, Shipping

Microsoft SQL Server Browser Service

Microsoft SQL Server contains multiple components that work together to provide data access to a variety of client applications, such as Acctivate.  One of the key components for Acctivate is the SQL Server Browser Service. The Browser Service was introduced

Posted in Database, Installation
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