The current version of EFT Advantage is 5.5, which is fully compatible with Accpac 5.5 and lower, and of course Peresoft Cashbook 5.4 SDK release and higher.

A set of Crystal Report files for Accpac Ver 5.2 / 5.3 / 5.4 / 5.5 are available on the Download page.

Points to be aware of :

The Cashbook no longer provides seamless writing to EFT, through choosing a single reference batch and selecting the EFT Adv button. The new procedure is now the same as Accpac AP, in that a Crystal report is used to print a "Cheque Form", which is then exported to eftpaymt.txt

A fully detailed readme document is supplied with the Cashbook crystal report, CBEFTPAY.RPT available from Downloads\Products,fixes etc

It is reproduced here for convenience.

Notes on Cashbook 5.4 Accpac SDK version and EFT

The direct export facility when using a single reference batch in CB 5.3 has been discontinued.
EFT now requires that Cashbook use a Crystal Report which must be downloaded from this site.

To set up.

1. Download the report cb54rpt.zip, unzip and copy the resulting file cbeftpay.rpt to your accpac folder\cb54a\eng
2. Within cashbook, add the cheque form to the respective bank as follows:

Select CB Setup, Bank Accounts.
Select the correct bank.
Select Forms
In the location column, enter EFTPAY OR EFT1 OR EFT2. DO NOT ENTER "EFT" BY ITSELF, or else it is ignored.
Enter a description
Next cheque number will be whatever range you choose.
Report Style will be Cheques only
Report Format will be cheques on top
Advice lines per page will be 100
Cheque specification will be the new report cbeftpay.rpt. You will need to browse to \cb54a\eng

3. To create EFT Payments,

Create a "Normal" batch. Does not need to be a single reference batch
Batch Type is Cashbook
Select Miscellaneous code ( must be set up as per the EFT manual. Has not changed in 5.4)
Enter line details as required and save the entry.
Proceed to entry 2 and so on, until the batch is complete.

********* DO NOT POST THE BATCH ***********

Save the batch and close.

Select Cheque/Receipt/Deposit forms
Select correct bank and batch number
Select cheque location EFTPAY ( Or whatever you called it when you set it up in bank forms)
Enter the next cheque number and print to screen

While the report is displayed on screen, you will see the data that you have just captured in the form of columns, together with bank account details etc.
This report must now be exported to EFT.

Select the export tab.
Select type as Separated values [CSV]
Ignore the parameter/check box. Acccept the defaults
On the filename field, enter *.TXT This will allow you to search for text files, otherwise Crystal assumes you are looking for a *csv extension
Browse to your EFT folder, data and send the data to eftpaymt.txt.

BEFORE closing the print preview page, open EFT and import the data, thus allowing you to check if it is correct before accepting the payment in Cashbook

If satisfied, close the preview screen and Accept the cheque run.

This entire procedure is much like the Accounts Payable procedure.

Data Support Software

March 2007