Ultra Farm
Version 5G

 

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Ultra Farm Version 5G New Features (Released January 2008)

Windows Vista Compliant: To order on-line click here.
Fixes the conflict when certain versions of Microsoft Office would cause Ultra Farm to terminate because of a license conflict with MS Office.

Some Vista security settings may prevent Ultra Farm from backing up compressed (zipped). When a zipped backup is necessary, instructional message boxes are displayed. It is necessary to manually zip/unzip your data in these instances.  Just follow the on screen instructions.  You can change your method of backups to not zip by going to “7.More Options,  >2.System Configuration, > 8.Backup Options”.

Calendar for Report Printing:

Entering report period beginning & ending dates is now easier with a popup calendar. 

Export / Import from / to a different farm:  Keeping another set of books!

It’s now possible to keep separate tax years and crop years by moving the data from one farm to another. It’s even possible to have another farm that always has the most recent rolling 12 months no matter when your tax year ends.

 This feature is ideal for fiscal year farms that need to produce calendar year tax forms for 1099 and W2s.

 To use this feature follow these steps:

  • Select the year & farm you want to export.  (Exporting allows only one month at a time.) From  Main Menu > 7.More Options, > 4.Export/Import, > 2.Select a Month to Export.
  • Pick the checkbooks to copy & click “Begin Copy”
  • When finished, quit & go back to the Main Menu.

Select the year & farm you want to Import the data just exported.

  • Main Menu > 7.More Options, > 4.Export/Import, > 3.Import a month from another farm.
  • The screen notifies you which farm the data is from plus the month, year & farm it’s going to.
  • The Imported records replace the originals for the month selected in the new farm.

    TIP:
    Begin a new farm called “Calendar”.  It will be your Import Farm for 1099’s & W2’s.  
    Begin a new farm called “Cropyear”.  It will be your Import Farm for a crop year.
    Begin a new farm called “Rolling”.  It will be your Import Farm for a rolling 12 month analysis. 

Globally replace Enterprise numbers:

Sometimes you discover that you did something wrong for the whole year.  Frequently this involves Enterprising.  The following circumstances can save you considerable time fixing your mistake.

Pick an Item that should have an enterprise code if previously blank.
Pick an Item that should always have the new enterprise code.
Pick an Item that you want the Enterprise code to be blank.
Pick an Enterprise code & change it to another code or blank it.

 To use this feature follow these steps:
  •  From  Main Menu > 7.More Options, > 5.Trouble Shooting, > 8.Global Search & Replace.
  •  Pick the checkbooks involved in the replace. Pick the old & new codes. Click “Replace”.
  • When finished, quit & go back to the Main Menu.

Operational Improvements:

Close the Year Fixes: Balance sheet Beginning of the new year Report.

Versions 5F and earlier picked up the January 31 money borrowed balance instead of the beginning of the year balances. (The same balances as the prior year ending money borrowed.)  Now fixed.

  Accounts Payable Fix:

The date acquired on the record just before the “Add New” button was clicked sometimes the date acquired would change.

 Write Checks:

Added the total Amount of the checks marked to print. This appears at the top of the Accounts Payable check marking screen.

Money Borrowed Report:

The column for Maturity (“MTRTY”) was not printing single digit years correctly.

Checkbook Reconciliation:

When the computed checkbook balance was incorrect, you could enter a new balance, but the computer never saved the new balance. Now the new adjustment is used throughout the year.

 Monthly Transactions Dates - Check Numbers - Item Codes:

Monthly transaction Date (Month & day)- Changed the date spinner (arrows or plus-minus keys) so that it is not necessary to key a new month after the spin reached the end of the prior month. Now the spin goes through all days and months of the year.

 Monthly Check Number- Added number spinner (arrows or plus-minus keys) so if the auto check numbering is not correct because of voided checks, you can just click up a few numbers rather than having to re-key the whole number.

 Correcting an Item Code in Monthly:- On existing records, it’s sometimes necessary to change an item code.  If you click in the field, it reacts as though you want to change just one number.  Most customers prefer to retype the complete 3 digits for a new code.  Pressing the F2 key darkens the item code cell so you can reenter the 3 digits. 

  • A quicker way is to double click in the item code cell to darken for correcting all the digits.  This technique works for Enterprise codes too!
  • A third method is to click & hold down the button at the end of the cell & drag the mouse to the beginning.

Removable Drive Letters:

Expanded the drive letters to be D-R.  Letter J was missing, but now all letters D-R are usable.

Delete Farm after Backup:

This question always appeared after a save to a floppy or removable media.  Since the most common reply is NO, this question no longer is asked. For shared computers, it can be turned on by going to "7. More Options,  >2.System Configuration, >8.Backup Options, >1.Shared Computer".

 Fin Pack Export:

Moved one menu deeper.  From  Main Menu > 7. More Options, > 4.Export/Import, > 1.Fin Pack Export.

Order On-line

Get your complete Ultra Farm version 5G CD that is Vista Compliant and has the new Export/Import feature for $150.00 and continue getting Free Technical Support when you update.

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