Microsoft KB Archive/164995

= SBFM97: List of Supported Accounting Programs =

Article ID: 164995

Article Last Modified on 8/5/2004

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 97 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Small Business Financial Manager for Microsoft Excel 97

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This article was previously published under Q164995



SUMMARY
Version 97 of the Microsoft Small Business Financial Manager for Microsoft Excel (SBFM) supports a wide variety of accounting programs from which it can import data. This article lists by operating system and version the accounting programs that the SBFM supports.



MORE INFORMATION
The following table lists the supported accounting programs.

 Operating Vendor         Program                 System       Version --

Computer       Simply Accounting Associates     for Windows             Windows      3.0 (Canadian 4.0)

Computer       ACCPAC Plus Associates     Accounting for DOS      MS-DOS       6.1a

DacEasy, Inc.  DacEasy Accounting for DOS                MS-DOS       5.0

Great Plains   Great Plains Software, Inc. Accounting for DOS      MS-DOS       8.0, 8.1, 8.2

ADP Company    One-Write Plus for DOS                MS-DOS       4.03

Peachtree      Peachtree Complete Software, Inc. Accounting for DOS      MS-DOS       8.0

Peachtree      Peachtree Software, Inc. for Windows             Windows      3.0, 3.5

*Peachtree     Peachtree Complete Software, Inc. Accounting for Windows  Windows      4.0, 5.0

Timeline, Inc. MV Server               Windows      2.3, 2.4, 2.5**

Intuit         Quickbooks for Windows  Windows      3.1, 4.0

Intuit         Quickbooks Pro for Windows            Windows      4.0

Platinum       Platinum Series for     MS-DOS DOS and Windows        Windows      4.1, 4.4**

State of       BusinessWorks the Art        for Windows             Windows      9.0

State of       MAS 90 the Art        Evolution/2 for DOS     MS-DOS       1.51

A Quickbooks version 5.0 filter for the Small Business Financial Manager 97 is available. You can download this update free of charge. The self- extracting file contains two files: Readme.txt and Aapqbw50.dll.

Please refer to the following article for additional information.

171341 OSBFM97: Quickbooks Version 5.0 Filter Is Available


 * NOTE: The filter for Peachtree Complete Accounting for Windows, version 4.0, supports only versions through version 4.0 Batch 3, Build 29. You can verify this by clicking About on the Help menu in the Peachtree program. The Peachtree Complete Accounting for Windows version 5.0 filter is available for download from the following Microsoft World Wide Web site:

http://office.microsoft.com/downloads/9798/aappw50.aspx


 * These filters are not installed when you install version 2.0 of the SBFM. They are available on the Microsoft World Wide Web site.

The third-party products discussed here are manufactured by vendors independent of Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding these products' performance or reliability.

