Actinic Link for Sage Line 50 

 

Release Notes

 

 

 

 

 

Actinic Software Ltd.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date:               31 May 2002

Release:          1.3
Revision History

Revision

Date

Author

Comments

0.1

3 Sept 2001

Károly Nehéz

Release 0.1 (Beta)

1.0

1 Oct 2001

Kevin Wilson

Release 1.0 BKJA

1.1

19 Dec 2001

Kevin Wilson

Release 1.1 BNOA

1.2

19 April 2002

Kevin Wilson

Release 1.1.1 CECA

1.3

31 May 2002

Kevin Wilson

Release 1.1.2 CFUA

1.4

30 July 2002

Kevin Wilson

Release 1.1.3 CGZA

 


Contents

1.      Introduction. 4

1.1    Description.. 4

1.2    Certified Compatibility. 4

1.3    Description of changes since last release. 4

1.4    Current limitations of the Actinic Link software. 4

2        Release version details. 4

2.1        Installation directory structure. 4

2.2    File version numbers. 5

2.3        Install program version numbers. 5

3        Installation. 6

3.1    Installation instructions. 6

4        Instructions for use. 6

4.1        Introduction.. 6

4.2        The Getting Started Manual 6

 

 

 

 


1.      Introduction

1.1        Description

The Actinic Link for Sage Line 50, facilitates the transfer of data between Actinic Business and Sage Line 50 Software. Account and Product information can be transferred from Sage Line 50 into Actinic Business. Orders from Actinic Business can be exported into Sage Line 50.

 

1.2        Certified Compatibility

Actinic Link is compatible with versions 6, 7 and 8 of Sage Line 50. It will work with the ‘Accountant’, ‘Accountant Plus’, and ‘Financial Controller’ versions of Sage Line 50.

 

Actinic Link is also compatible with software versions

-        4.0.7 (and higher 4.0.X) Actinic Business

-        4.1.X Actinic Business

-        5.X Actinic Business and Actinic Developer

 

1.3        Description of changes since last release

Support for Actinic v5 and Sage v 8 has been added since the last release.

 

1.4        Current limitations of the Actinic Link software

 

Occasionally the following message may be displayed during installation of Actinic Link:

 

Reboot required

The OLE system files are in-use and cannot be updated. The installation must restart Windows to update OLE before it can continue. Press Yes to restart Windows and continue the installation, or press No to exit the installation.

Yes No

If this happens then do the following:

Press the No button and reboot the computer. Then double click the setup.EXE file again to restart the installation.

This should cause the Actinic Link installation to complete successfully. If not then please contact Actinic Support directly.

 

2        Release version details

2.1        Installation directory structure

The directory structure created when the Actinic Link software is installed is

Actinic Link

            Sage                            ActToSage.exe is the Actinic -> Sage Line 50 application

                                                SageToAct.exe is the Sage Line 50 -> Actinic application

                                                System files for the interface

docs                 The user guide is GettingStartedGuide.htm / GettingStartedGuide.doc

                        Datafiles

                                    Site1    This is the default site set in the user interface

 

2.2        File version numbers

 

File

Version

Description

ActToSage.exe

CGZA

The Actinic -> Sage Line 50 application

SageToAct.exe

CGZA

The Sage Line 50 -> Actinic application

version.ini

CGZA

This contains the version information for Actinic Link for Sage. Please quote the contents of this file in any correspondence with Actinic Support.

 

2.3        Install program version numbers

 

File

Version

Description

Setup.EXE

CGZA

The main installer which should be used to install Actinic Link.

SageLinkInstaller.EXE

CGZA

This installs Actinic Link system files.

mdac_typ.exe

2.5

Microsoft data access installer.

Jet40Sp3_Comp.exe

4.0 SP3

This supplies the required MS JET drivers for database access.

/DAO/Disk1/Setup.exe

DAO 3.5

The installer for DAO which is required to provide system files for the interface.

 

3        Installation

3.1        Installation instructions

 

Actinic Link MUST be installed onto the same PC as Sage Line 50. However, this can be a separate machine to the one Actinic Business is installed on, as long as Actinic Business can have access to the Actinic Link installation directory over a network connection.

 

Double click on the file setup.EXE to install Actinic link for Sage Line 50. Accepting the default settings will cause the software to be successfully installed. If the computer is needed to be rebooted then always choose to do this and the Actinic Link installer will automatically start again after the computer reboots.

 

4        Instructions for use

4.1        Introduction

Navigate  to Start | Programs | Actinic Link for Sage Line 50 in Windows

You will see that there are 3 entries which can be selected:

Actinic to Sage Line 50              this starts the Actinic -> Sage Line 50 application

Sage Line 50 to Actinic           this starts the Sage Line 50 -> Actinic application

Getting Started Guide              this opens the user manual in html format

 

4.2        The Getting Started Manual

The user manual explains how to configure and use the Link software. This is can be viewed at Start | Programs | Actinic Link for Sage Line 50 | Getting Started Guide.