
 Readme.txt   BS/1 Small Business 2.2a   17th February 2001
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 WARNING! If upgrading see section 3 INSTALLATION below.
 


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 TABLE OF CONTENTS
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 1. PRODUCT OVERVIEW
 2. MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
 3. INSTALLATION
 4. HOW TO GET HELP
 5. HOW TO REGISTER (PURCHASE)
 6. WHAT'S NEW
 7. COPYRIGHT/LICENSE AGREEMENT
 


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 1. PRODUCT OVERVIEW
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 BS/1 Small Business is an integrated accounting system 
 for small to medium-sized businesses: Accounts Payable, 
 Accounts Receivable, General Ledger and Inventory.

 Multi-currency features facilitate selling and purchasing
 internationally. Payables and receivables are tracked
 separately for each currency. Also the GL system shows
 revenue and expenses converted from foreign currency to
 domestic currency, so you can trade in multiple currencies
 while your books remain in domestic currency.

 Taxes are very flexible to facilitate VAT, GST, PST, HST, 
 etc. in various countries. 

 Invoices and checks may be handwritten or computer printed.

 User-defined financial statements can be created through a 
 simple set-up process. GL account totals and inventory 
 totals can be viewed on screen with drill-down to original 
 source transactions.

 An integrated dialer is linked to customers, invoices, etc. 
 plus email and browser links.

 The system comes with sample data to provide a quick 
 overview of it's capabilities and there is an optional 
 Getting Started wizard to assist with entering initial live
 data. The wizard sets up common GL accounts which can later
 be changed, deleted, or added to.

 BS/1 Small Business has a very simple and intuitive interface,
 suitable for use by non-accountants while powerful enough to 
 satisfy experienced accountants.

 Multi-company. Network-ready. Delphi source code is available 
 royalty-free for Paradox, DBISAM and Advantage databases. 

  
 
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 2. MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
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 BS/1 Small Business requires Windows 95, 98, NT, or 2000,
 or a 100% compatible operating system, an 80486 or better
 processor, and 16Mb of system memory.

 About 10Mb of disk space is required for program files.



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 3. INSTALLATION
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 Before installing, you MUST un-install any previous version
 and delete the database folder (c:\bs1\data).
 
 BUT FIRST! To save your data you should first copy the folder
 (directory) containing your data. eg. create folder named
 C:\BS1\DataOld and copy to it the contents of C:\BS1\Data.
 You should also back up your data. After installation, create a
 new company database (not Sample Data) from the Welcome screen
 or from menu File -> New Company. Then import your old data 
 via the "Import" option on menu File -> General.
 
 Note: If upgrading from prior to version 2.0, in order to enter
 new manual AR invoices you will first need to specify a warehouse
 via File | Inventory | Other | Warehouses.

 Note: If upgrading from prior to version 1.6, any "shipto" 
 customers linked to a different "billto" are NOT imported.

 If you downloaded bs1sb.zip (or bs1sb1xx.zip etc.) you must 
 unzip (decompress) the file using PKZip, WINZip or a similar
 utility. PKZip is available from www.pkware.com. 
 
 To start the installation, run the SETUP.EXE program by double- 
 clicking on it or via Control Panel -> Add/Remove Programs.

 For network and multicompany options see online help. 



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 4. HOW TO GET HELP
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 Support is available to registered users by email at
 support@dbsonline.com. The first incident is free, after
 which a support plan must be purchased in advance. 

 Details are available at www.dbsonline.com  
 Or e-mail: info@dbsonline.com
 Or fax: (604) 462-0199

 Current prices (subject to change): 
 1 year or 6 incidents - $60 USD
 Payment by check (equivalent in your currency).
   
 The DBS web site www.dbsonline.com contains...
 -  Latest versions available for downloading
 -  A newsgroup for discussing BS/1 accounting software
   


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 5. HOW TO REGISTER (PURCHASE)
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 This program is sometimes distributed as a free 30 day
 evaluation version, limited to 30 days until the program is 
 registered/purchased. 
  
 Details are available at www.dbsonline.com  
 Or e-mail: info@dbsonline.com
 Or fax: (604) 462-0199
 
 Current prices (subject to change): 
 Single user - $99 USD  (Free for people who can’t afford it)
 Multi-user network - $349 USD  (Free for non-profit organizations)
 Delphi source - $599 USD  (Royalty-free)
 Payment by credit card or check (equivalent in your currency).

 Purchase online at 
 http://www.dbsonline.com/small-business/purchase



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 6. WHAT'S NEW
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 The following areas have been added or changed recently...

 v2.2a
 - Fixed error on Sample Data opening balances JV.
 - Added multi-currency info to Help.

 v2.2
 - Improved help.
 - JVs, AP invoices and cheques, AR invoices and payments faster.
 - AP invoices and cheques, AR invoices and payments don't default
   to "outstanding only".
 - Fixed error on sales history and reports if security activated.
 - Performance improvement on JV unpost.

 v2.1a
 - More sales reports.

 v2.1
 - Sales Analysis.

 v2.0c
 - Print preview screen: allows room for Windows taskbar, and
   displays larger at resolutions above 640x480.
 - Fixed reports and screens which weren't resizing correctly 
   for the Windows "Large Fonts" setting.

 v2.0b
 - New sample data, created programmatically with recent dates.

 v2.0a
 - More inventory reports.

 v2.0
 - Inventory.
 
 v1.9
 - Program is now limited to 30 days (not 5,000 transactions)
   until registered/purchased, and allows multiple users.
 - You can now switch between companies and create new 
   company databases from within the program.
 - Entering your own data no longer involves deleting the 
   sample data.
 
 v1.8
 - AR Invoice option for Australian "Tax Invoice" logic.
 - AR Invoice logo option.
 - Your company phone no., tax no./business no., and a 
   company message now print on the AR invoices. 
 - Customer's tax no./business no. can be stored. 
 - Aged Trial Balance report prints customer phone number.
 - Aged Trial Balance report uses latest exhange rate, not 
   the rate stored on the invoice for sales analysis.
 - GL History is faster and sort options have been removed.
 - Fixed flicker problem on GL Budget and GL Totals screens.
 - Fixed v1.8 problem importing data from a previous version.
 - Item table now has fields for weighted avg cost and 
   standard cost, and GL accounts for Cost of Goods Sold and 
   Inventory. Company table has default GL accounts for these.
   Item Type table now has fields for Inventory (yes/no) and 
   Default Costing Method. The JV created by posting an AR 
   invoice now has cost of goods sold and inventory entries
   if appropriate.
 - Exchange rate is now logged on AR invoices when posted (so
   sales data can be converted to domestic currency).
 - Database now links item related tables via a new field 
   ItemID, instead of item no. so cascade updates not required
   if item no. changed (now allowed in DBISAM and Advantage 
   versions).   
 - When entering item no. column on AR invoice, a popup search
   screen displays.
 - Database now links GL tables via a new field GLAccountID, 
   instead of account no. so cascade updates not required if
   account no. changed (now allowed in DBISAM and Advantage 
   versions).  
 - When entering GL account no. column on JV, AP invoice or 
   AR payment, a popup search screen displays.
 - GL History new sort option (default): period, date, JV.
   Screen and report columns are now in this sequence.
 - Fixed Trial Balance report, budget not printed.

 

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 7. COPYRIGHT/LICENSE AGREEMENT
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DAVIS BUSINESS SYSTEMS LTD.
BS/1 SMALL BUSINESS
LICENSE AGREEMENT

This is a legal agreement between you and Davis Business Systems Ltd. ("DBS").  
YOU SHOULD CAREFULLY READ THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS BEFORE RUNNING THE 
INSTALL PROCEDURE FOR THE SOFTWARE PACKAGE.  INSTALLING THE SOFTWARE PACKAGE 
INDICATES YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS.  IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO 
THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT, DELETE THE BS/1 SMALL BUSINESS SOFTWARE FILES FROM 
YOUR COMPUTER.  PLEASE PRINT A COPY OF THIS AGREEMENT FOR YOUR FILES.  DBS MAY 
MODIFY THIS AGREEMENT AT ANY TIME, FOR ANY REASON WITHOUT PRIOR NOTICE TO YOU.

1.  DBS grants you a non-exclusive, royalty-free license, as provided for herein, 
for the use of DBS's computerized accounting system ("BS/1 SMALL BUSINESS") in 
association with your IBM or compatible personal computer, modem and printer and 
for no other purpose.  You agree to adhere to DBS's instructions as provided in 
BS/1 SMALL BUSINESS and its related materials for the installation and use of BS/1 
SMALL BUSINESS.  DBS may modify or upgrade BS/1 SMALL BUSINESS at any time for any 
reason. 

2.  BS/1 SMALL BUSINESS is owned by DBS and is protected by Canadian copyright laws, 
international treaty provisions and all other applicable national laws.  Therefore, 
you must treat BS/1 SMALL BUSINESS like any other copyrighted material (e.g. book).  
You may not copy any written materials accompanying BS/1 SMALL BUSINESS.

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BUSINESS or any documentation related thereto without DBS's written approval.

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provision of this License or DBS's instructions regarding BS/1 SMALL BUSINESS.  Upon 
termination you must immediately cease using BS/1 SMALL BUSINESS and delete all copies of 
same from your computer.  The provisions of Sections 2, 6, and 7, will survive termination 
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