Timeslips Troubleshooting

GLCOAT.DAT corruption

If your Timeslips program warns you that the GLCOAT.DAT file is corrupt, you must recreate the file.

To recreate the GLCOAT.DAT file

1. Close your Timeslips program.

2. From within Line 50, open the Settings menu and choose Company Preferences.

The Company Preferences window appears.

3. Click the Parameters tab.

4. Clear the Timeslips Link check box.

5. Select the Timeslips Link check box.

The GLCOAT.DAT file is recreated.

Using Control Accounts

We recommend that you do not import accounting journals involving your debtors and creditors control accounts from your Timeslips program.

Warning Message: No entries to process

If you are prompted that you have no entries to process when you select to import your Timeslips journals into your Sage Line 50 program, check the following:

1. Make sure that you have not already imported the file.

2. Ensure that you have set up your Path to Chart of Accounts correctly in your Timeslips program.

Importing into your company data

Ensure that you have set up your Path to Chart of Accounts correctly in your Timeslips program.

Importing to multicompanies

When importing Timeslips Journal Entries to multicompanies, remember to change the Path to Chart of Accounts within your Timeslips program.

Note: You must select the Timeslips Link check box in Sage Line 50 before you enter the path to your company data. You should also amend TAL accounts linked to Sage Line 50 where necessary.

Importing and the system date

Ensure that your Sage Line 50 program date and the system date are the same before you import your Timeslips data into your Line 50 program. If the dates are different the import will fail.

Tax Codes and Timeslips

You can now import accounting journals from your Timeslips program directly into Sage Line 50 version 8. By default, the accounting journals are imported with a tax code T9. If you want this information to appear on your VAT Return you must change the tax code used when you import your accounting journal entries. To do this, you must edit your sage.ini file.

To edit your sage.ini file

1. From within Window 98, Windows 95 or Windows NT, select Start and then choose Run.

The Run window appears.

2. In the Open text box, type sage.ini and click OK.

The sage.ini file opens in Notepad.

3. In the section named [SG50] add the following line.

[SG50]

TimeslipsTaxCode=X

X represents the tax code you want to use for journal imports.

For example, to set up the link to use the T1 tax code, you would enter the following.

[SG50]

TimeslipsTaxCode=1

4. To save your changes, open the File menu and choose Save.

You have now changed the tax code used to import your accounting journals from Timeslips.

Timeslips and the VAT Return

If you have changed your sage.ini to import your journals using the T1 tax code, the figures shown on your VAT Return in the Total value of Purchases excluding VAT (box 7) will be incorrect.

To correct this figure you must use Journal Entries to change the imported journal debit tax code to T9.

Nominal Code Names in Sage Line 50 v8.xx and Timeslips

When creating a nominal code name, only use up to 30 characters. Your Timeslips program only handles nominal code names up to 30 characters long.