	 	      Image Accounting 3.0

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
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Image Accounting 3.0 is an Access-based double-entry 
accounting program.  It has an easy-to-use interface
that is rare among sophisticated accounting programs.
Some of the features included in the program are:

	-Sales Orders and Receivables
	-Purchase Orders and Payables
	-Customer, Vendor and Employee Records
	-Perpetual Inventory
	-Unlimited Checkbook Registers
	-Custom Report Generator
	-Contact Management/Event Scheduler
	-Multi-Company/Network Ready
	-Completely Customizable
	-L/R Naming Convention

$299.95 Price includes source code and documentation. 
Licensing agreements for multiple workstations and 
royalty fees for resellers and developers are also 
available.

PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS
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Microsoft Windows 3.1 or Later
386DX or higher
8MB of Ram
Hard Drive with at least 5MB free
VGA or higher monitor


ORDERING INFORMATION
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Image Accounting 3.0  -  $299.95 + $2.95 Shipping
Includes complete source code, manual
and Help file.

Comtech Solutions
719 E. Charles St.
Arlington Heights, IL. 60004
(708) 670-0500
(708) 255-5666 Fax
(708) 255-0525 BBS


PROGRAM HISTORY
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Version

Changes in Version 3.0 (Build 97) - 07/24/95
  * Enhanced Double Entry Accounting by adding
    4 digit precision tracking of all transactions.
  * Enhanced the Chart of Accounts allowing more
     flexablility when deleting or modifying Accounts.
  * Enhanced the Error control in all The Sales and
     Purchase Order Forms.
  * Corrected minor Sales Tax problem.
  * Added new option to the Options form to turn on
    the 2 or 4 digit precision tracking.

Changes in Version 3.0 (Build 96) - 07/10/95
  * Added more features to the Chart of Accounts
    to correct minor difficulties.
  * Enhanced Chart of Accounts for more detailed 
    financial breakdowns.
  * Improved default settings to make Chart of 
    Accounts easier to set up.

Changes in Version 3.0 (Build 95) - 06/19/95
  * On-line Help is now complete and added to
    the program.  Just press F1 anywhere in the
    program or click on the Help Icons.
  * Completely rewrote the Order Reports with
    Bill of Material detail when printing from the
    Sales, Service, Quotes and Estimes Forms.


Changes in Version 3.0 (Build 94) - 06/15/95
  * Completely enhanced 6 tab Custom Setup, now
    allows custom tab stop settings for Sales and
    Service, Customer, Vendor and Employee 
    forms and custom sorting for the same forms.
  * Added Ship To form to the Customer form to
    allow default Ship To information on a Customer
    that will automatically fill in the Ship To fields on 
    the the Order form when creating a new Order. 
  * Added Ship Via, Terms and Salesperson fields
    to the Customer form that also will auto fill in 
    when you create a new Order.
  * All search forms now have one combo box for
    the ID field.  This makes selecting information
    to search for eaisier.


Changes in Version 3.0 (Build 93) - 06/02/95
  * Greatly enhanced the speed of the Receivables
    and Payables loading time.
  * Added complete Password protection using MS
    Access built in security.
  * Added new User dialog box to add new users
    with User Name and Password for loging in.
  * Completed custom searching for Disk Lables and
    custom searching for Disk Label Reports.
  * Added unlimited Multiple Pricing Levels for each
    Inventory item.  The Unit Price field in the detail
    section of the Sales Order form will now have a
    drop down list to select one of the pricing levels.


Changes in Version 3.0 (Build 92) - 05/22/95
  * Added a Zip Code Form to the Main Menu
    so you can now browse, add, delete and
    search for existing zip codes
  * Added a new Zip Code List Report to the
    Report Menu.
  * New Option to allow the user to sort the 
    Main Menu by Browse existing sales orders
    or by Browse existing service orders.
  * New option allows the user to select a 
    one line, two line or full page detail sections
    in the Service Order Form.


Changes in Version 3.0 (Build 85) - 05/11/95
  * Added a Zip Code database which will lookup
    City and State information based on the Zip Code
    that is entered in the Customer Forms.  If no Zip
    Code is found then a form will open to add the info.
  * Added a new Report called Customer Inactive list,
    which shows Customers that have been inactive
    for a specified number of days.
  * Added a new Custom Setup Form which allows
    the user to customize the Sales and Service 
    Order forms.  
  * Custom Setup allows the user to modify some
    Field names and customize 9 Tab stops in the
    Sales or Service Form.
  * New option to set a global tab stop for the 
    second line of the Address field in all forms.


Changes in Version 3.0 (Build 79) - 04-26-95
  * Added a Shipped Quantity field to all the order forms
    to show how many items shipped out and how many
    are on back order.
  * Completed the payment form to track payments on
    all orders.
  * Added a Company Policy form which allows you to
    customize all printed invoices to your own Company
    policy rules. (like your return or shipping policy).
  * Added new options to allow printing or not print
    part numbers or credit card info on reports.
  * Added a Repair Database command in the File
    pull down menu that will repair the currently open
    database file (e.g. SAMPLEIA.DAT).


Changes in Version 3.0 (Build 77) - 04-21-95
  * Enhanced the Open Existing and Create New
    databases.
  * When creating a New File for the first time the
    program will help you set up your Chrat of Accounts
    by displaying a choise of 4 companies that may 
    be similar to your own.  By selecting the company
    that best describes your own Image Accounting will
    automatically set up your Chart of Accounts.
  * Added new custom pull down menus to all forms.
  * New Proper Plus feature under the options menu
    allows you to force capital letters in the middle of
    a word without the function converting it to a lower
    case letter.
  * Added a new Customer Type field in the customer
    database to allow the customers to be catagorized.
  * Added a Shipped field to the detail section of the
    Order form to show how many items were shipped.


Changes in Version 3.0 (Build 75) - 04/21/95
  * Updated entire Image Accounting code to adapt
    to the Leszynski/Reddick naming conventions.  This
    will keep all the code consistant and make updating
    the source code eaisier.
  * Modified all Functions and Subs to begin with "IA_".
    This should solve unexpected runtime errors when
    different Add-ins are loaded.
  * Modified all Global Variables to begin with "IAG_".
    This should solve unexpected runtime errors when
    different Add-ins are loaded.
  * Modified all Declare Functions to begin with "IAF_".
    This should solve unexpected runtime errors when
    different Add-ins are loaded
  * Converted all the macros into Code Behind Forms
    Functions or Subs making the program execute faster 
    and making it less likely to crash.  By doing this we
    can now include error control to trap any errors the
    program may encounter.


Changes in Version 2.3 - 02/01/95
  * Now supports Multi-page Invoices.
  * Added a copy bill to button in the ship to form that
    will copy all bill to information to ship to fields.
  * New Payments button on Order forms now tracks
    all the customers payments on orders.
  * Added Mailing Labels for Customers.
  * Revised registration form to make registering easy.
  * Full featured scheduler which allows scheduling
    events using a full screen calendar.
  * New To Do List
  * New reminders form to remind you of events
    coming up.  You can set how many days it will
    display events in the future.
  * Fixed problem in making a new database.


Changes in Version 2.2 - 12-15-94
  * Completely revised Payroll is now functional and working 
    through the Chart of Accounts.  
  * New wages form added to the Employee form for keeping
    track of salary or hourly pay rates.  Linked with Payroll.
  * All new Receive Payment Form, allows you to make
    deposits when Customers pay for orders. Works with 
    Chart of Accounts.
  * All new Make Payments Form, allows you to enter any
    payments to vendors for purchases. Works with Chart
    of Accounts.


Changes in Version 2.1 - 12/08/94
  * Chart of Accouts now fully functional
  * Completely new code for attaching databases,  now 
    does not require the Access Library to work.
  * New Database feature allows users to create a new
    database to store a different Company.  Then use the
    Open database to open an existing database and
    reattach the fields automatically.
  * New Disk Label Form allows you to print disk labels for 
    1.44mb floppy disks.
  * Fixed more minor bugs from last release.
  * Added a lot of backend code thats more efficiant now.
  * Added a bunch of new features and enhancements
  * Enhanced Checkbook form now allows unlimited different
    checking accounts.  All transaction are now tracked 
    in the Chart of Accounts
  * Enhanced Chart of Accounts with totaling for Accounts.


Changes in Version 2.0 - 11/17/94
  * Added a location field to the products and inventory
    forms to keep track of where merchandise is stored.
  * Added a sales tax authority form and sales tax codes
    form to track sales tax in the chart of accounts.
  * Added GL Account ID to all order line items to track
    sales income in the chart of accounts.
  * Added a sales tax field in the order line items to allow the
    user to select if they want that item to be taxed or not.
  * Added GL sales account, inventory account and cost
    of sales account fields to the product form to track
    expenses in the chart of accounts.
  * Added a sales tax code field in the customer form to
    auto select what tax that customer will be charged
    when ordering.
  * The tables are now attached with code to reattach the
    tables automatically if the database is moved to a new 
    location on the hard drive.
  * Cleaned up some minor bugs.


Changes in Version 1.9 - 11-12-94
  * Added a Chart of Accounts section for tracking
    expenditures.
  * Added per line discounts to all line items in all order forms.
  * New Employee database was added for tracking
    Employee information.
  * Added a Payroll section for tracking or figuring
    Employees paychecks.
  * Added a CheckBook form for tracking income and
    expense.
  * New back order field has been added to line items on
    order forms and a back order shipping status form shows
    when back orders were shipped.


Changes in Version 1.8 - 11-07-94
  * Bill Of Material has been added to the products form. 
    You must select Assembly under the Item Class field for
    this feature to work.
  * New Post/UnPost feature in the Browse Orders form. 
    The forms default settings does not allow modification to
    the Customer Number, Order Date or Order Number
    anymore.
    You can override this buy selecting the UnPost button
    on the form.  All orders must be added using the Main
    Menus Add new orders there is no Add button in the
    browse orders anymore. This reduces errors and keeps
    someone from modifing orders after they have been
    entered.
  * New Service and Estimates forms used for contractor or
    labor related businesses.  The line items on these order
    forms use hours and labor charges instead of quantities
    and unit price.
  * All new Reports form with many new features for printing
    custom reports.


Changes in Version 1.7 - 11/03/94
  * Added a new mask field to contact methods on Customer
    and Vendor forms.  This allows you to have other number
    types like Social Security and Compuserve ID's or even a
    credit card field and have a different mask assoicated
    with each one.
  * New printable registration form that will print a form with
    your name, address and even any comments you may
    have, to make registering this program easier.
  * Perpetual Inventory is now working on the orders form. 
    This will now automatically update inventory quantities
    as you enter items on the order form.
  * New Item Class field has been added to the products
    form to allow you to enter weather the product is a 
    stock, non-stock, assembly, service or labor item.


Changes in Version 1.6 - 10-20-94
  * Quick Search alpha buttons now automatically are
    depressed to correspond with the forms sorted field. 
    When you click on a letter it finds the first record starting
    with that letter and calculates the total number of records
    that start with that letter. 
  * Orders form setup which allows custimization of ship via, 
    terms and salesman combo boxes.


Changes in Version 1.5 - 10/10/94
  * Standardized colors of all forms to a grey background.
  * Better performance now by greater normalization of
    tables.
  * Completly removed all spaces between all field names.  
    (Ex. field: "Last Name" is now "LastName").  This will
    allow for eaiser and more standard modification of 
    program in the future, like with SQL statements.  
  * Added a new mini calendar just like the one in Quicken 
    to allow date fields to be visually entered by clicking a
    date on the calendar and then automatically filling in the 
    date field with that date.
  * All new Cutomer, Vendor and Products forms.
  * Options form is now completly functional.
  * Query By Example searching on critical forms.
  * New Phone Number Tables allow unlimited phone
    numbers to be added to customers and vendors.


Changes in Version 1.4 - 05/19/94
  * Converted program code to MS Access 2.0
  * Added list views to all important forms.
  * Added all new quotes form that can now be changed
    to an order very quickly and print professional 
    looking quote.
  * Added all new inventory form.


Changes in Version 1.3 - 04/27/94
  * All new main menu that looks and feels more
    professional.
  * Completed the customer history form that totals all sales
    for a specific customer.
  * Added an all new totals form that is easier to understand
    and looks better.
  * Completed the quarterly totals of sales tax that I must 
    pay to IRS.
  * Added new close and add icons.
  * You can double click on the product number inside the 
    orders form and it will automatically open the products 
    form to that product number so you can edit or change 
    any of the fields.
  * Implemented a product usage history which will display 
    how often a product is being used.
  * Started to add basic help throughout the program.


Changes in Version 1.2 - 03/10/94
  * Complete overhaul of the program.
  * Added tabbed options form which allows multiple 
    levels of option settings.
  * Added a new contact history form that is associated
    with the customer.  This will allow you to write notes on 
    items you may have discussed with a customer on a
    spcific date and time.


Changes in Version 1.1 - 12/18/94
  * New graphical interface.
  * Created a Quotes Database for storing all quotes.
  * Added a Business notes section to store notes about 
    anything pertaining to computers.


Version 1.0 - 02/01/93
  * Completed the beta copy of Image Accounting.  
    The program still has some minor problems to be worked
    out.
