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Accounting Softwarerampariajk - September 5, 2007 - 10:06am
Hi, Anybody is working on Accounting software for portable menue Reg ( categories: )
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What do you mean,
What do you mean, 'Accounting Software'? Please provide more information. What functionality are you looking for? GL, AP, AR, PR, Expenses, Inventory, etc.?
Are you asking for a expense report tracking system, a checkbook, a Quicken/GnuCash clone, or perhaps, some small enterprise system? Large scale systems like PeopleSoft and Oracle just use web browsers to access a system somewhere else. It is the connectivity that is more important than portability.
I know there is a thread requesting GnuCash around here in the forums, but I don't remember if anyone is currently working on it. Try the 'Search' button in the upper right to see what has already been discussed.
Im currently working on
Im currently working on GNUCASH and it will be ready within the next few days (hopefuly)
More on accounting software
Dear All,
I am sorry for incomplete information, Accounting means its part of book keeping, all income, expenses, debtor, creditor, balance sheet, trial balance, individual account printing...etc...
Many accounting packages are available commercially but.. nothing is portable.
Jay
Jay
When I finally get around to it
I'm gonna setup my books in an open office spread sheet.
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Dude: U still need to be more specific...
...if you want folks here to help you.
The primary distinction you have not YET drawn here is, are you looking for
1) PERSONAL finance/accounting software (a la "Quicken"),
or are you looking for
2) BIDNESS accounting software (a la "Quickbooks")
State your purpose, and then let the discussion/debate begin in earnest...
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Portable TurboCASH Accounting
We have developed and been shipping a portable veriosn of TurboCASH Accoutngin for some time now. This is a full systems capable of expanding and interfacing to full multi user accoutning. Happy to deal with anyone that is interested philip@pinksoft.co.za
I would dearly love to see a full acocutnign package included on portbale apps. TurboCASH is a 30 Mb app.
Philip Copeman, TurboCASH Accounting
Accounting apps
How about taking an existing app like Simply Accounting or QuickBooks and making it portable, can it be done?
Probably not
Quicken/Quickbooks could not legally be made portable from license inssues.
I am going to guess that Simply Accounting could not for similar reasons, as I can only download a free trial.
PA.c works with open source software currently.
Limits are for people with no imagination.
spread sheet
I'm looking for some type of form that I can log monthly expense
Available Portable Accounting Software
If you search this site, you will very quickly find rayven01's portable version of GNUcash. This is full-featured home and small business accounting software. Stable, well supported and works extremely well. Give it a test drive.
Kim
Open Source Alternatives
Check out this page www.osalt.com
It is full of open-source software alternatives to many commercial applications. Then check to see if they already make the software portable.
Limits are for people with no imagination.
TurboCASH Accounting
Is there anyone on this thread from Portable Apps?
I have a working copy of TurboCASH Accounting as a Portable App (been out for a year) . TurboCASH is GPL Open Source, Free. I already a few hundred users of TurboCASH Portable. TurboCASH is not a cheque book manager. It is a full blown accounting package like Quickbooks with debtors, inventory and tax returns, working in 25 languages. Already running in a portable version.
My question is what is it that has to be done to get this included as a featured product on this site?
You can download the TurboCASH Portable App here:
http://www.turbocash.net/20081223207/Latest-News/TurboCASH-Portable
Philip Copeman, TurboCASH Accounting
Nope
No, seriously, there aren't any of the PortableApps.com team here in this particular thread, just users/fans.
For my part and also on behalf of our resident troll, I am sorry that your thread got hijacked, but that was pretty much your best route, since John T. Haller, the main guy here, was talking to you, more or less, until he got distracted.
jamcomm is right, there is a backlog, but he only told half the story, and nobody thought to tell you the other half. The other half is that many apps in the backlog are in testing. They aren't quite ready for prime time. Some are, most aren't.
First thing you gotta do, and anybody up to JTH will tell you this, the app has to be in .PAF.EXE format. .PAF.EXE is just a specification, it's not a new format of executable file. (As you know, Windows reads filenames right to left, and after that first period, the rest is the filename. An extension can't contain a period. It's like an .mp3.vbs file. You see mp3 so you think music, but it's really a script.) Others can say it better, but all the program's save data (e.g. config) has to be in a separate folder (Data), and the help and source must be in a separate folder (Other). Also the app itself is two levels down from its root (app\TurboCASH in your case), and the root has a launcher (e.g. TurboCASHPortable.exe). The app can't be "just portable".
Second, it's gotta be on a host anyone can download from. I looked at your site, you want people to register on your site and then apply for an unlock code. Very few people here are gonna test it under those conditions. Consider building one not only under the PAF specifications, but one that "just works", no key needed. Maybe put a 30-day timer on it or something, I don't know. If it's free, why do any of that at all? But that's just me, I'm not sure what you're going for.
Other tips: First, once you post the first test version, watch the topic. Watch it like a hawk. Someone has a problem, jump all over it and get it fixed. They love that. Second, PA.com already hosts GNUCash. I don't know anything about it or your app, but elaborate on how it's different. This site does have apps that do the same thing, but usually only if there's a good reason. AbiWord is offered because maybe somebody wants a word processor, but not all of OpenOffice. (My 16GB flash drive has both.)
Pretty sure only JTH can post apps to the site. New/Updated app posts come from others, but I'm pretty sure he's gotta get the ball rolling. Get up with him via email or stick to the other topic. And best of luck to you.
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