(3/01) TAS 6.0 has been released!!! TAS 6.0 was officially released by Business Tools on Thursday, March 15, 2001. An official demo can be loaded at www.business-tools.com under "Downloads" which includes a complete install. The help is extensive and well documented and available in both a PDF and HLP. And there is a full tutorial! You can further purchase TAS 6.0 directly thru the Business Tools web site (and if you are going to upgrade from a prior version of TAS, the month of March is the time to do it in view of various specials being made which will expire on March 31). The Business Tools web site will be the official/first source of support for TAS 6.0. However the forum on Delphi which we started and maintain will remain dedicated to the discussion of any issue related to the TAS language including version 6.0. (TAS 6.0 users will certainly want to sign up onto the Business Tools LISTBOT.) We will also be publishing support memos and other information relating to TAS 6.0 in the support section of this web site. The TAS 6.0 product literally has involved thousands of hours of development and beta testing in connection with which we have been intimately involved. It most likely will represent the most solid initial release ever. (Beta testing has been ongoing since at least late 1999! Actual complex systems have been built and deployed using 6.0 and substantially tested in a multi-user environment and on a number of different platforms. This is not vapor ware!)
The initial 6.0 release will support Btrieve/Pervasive data files and within the very near future, a CodeBase alternative will also be available. We believe that TAS 6.0 will provide a new alternative to GUI based database programming especially for accounting/financial applications which will offer numerous advantages over the other relatively few options that currently exist. While no Windows development leads to rapid development no matter what claim someone might make (Windows programming by its nature involves time consuming user interface issues), we believe that TAS may in many situations involve a 50% or more time savings over other alternatives and offers many other significant advantages.
(9/00) TAS 6.0 is expected to be released in October. A seminar is scheduled for November 3-4, 2000 in Salt Lake City which will include a comparison of TAS 5.1 and TAS 6.0. Phil Mickelson, the president of Business Tools, Inc. and the creator of the TAS language will be in attendance to answer questions and outline new features. CEO's, owners/managers/controllers of registered Advanced Accounting 5.1 systems who are interested in seeing the technology that Advanced 6.0 will be built on are invited to attend the November 3 meeting at a special rate (limit two per company). This will be a unique opportunity to meet the creator of TAS and Advanced Accounting and help you to plan your future mission critical technology plans. For registration information, click here. A discount of 50% for additional participants from the same company is available in connection with all seminars.
(5/00) We've received a lot of positive feedback about our Advanced Accounting seminar in Corpus Christi. Advanced Accounting dealers/consultants Stanley Francis and Jerry Crisco were in attendance. Thanks to everyone who attended. Our next seminar will be held in September in Salt Lake City.
(1/00) Business Tools now has a web site at www.business-tools.com.
(12/98) 1998 payroll updates are here!
(10/98) Advanced Accounting 5.1 included in "top 10" point-of-sale systems in the October 1998 issue of:
The CPA Software News
(10/8/98) ADDSUM utilities update - zap binary zeroes
(08/01/98) Multi-office add-on for Advanced Accounting users with more than one location
(06/10/98) ETC time clock interface now available
(06/10/98) ADDSUM time and billing for Advanced Accounting 5.1
(04/27/98) What's new in Advanced Accounting 5.1?
(04/20/98) Latest ADV 5.1 demo including all of the latest features is here. Or call/write us for a demo kit.
(10/15/97) Advanced Accounting 5.1 included in "top 15" point-of-sale systems in the October 1997 issue of (click on the image to view the text of the review):
As of July 21, 1997, Addsum is providing United States sales and support for Printpak. Printpak is written in TAS and can be linked to Advanced Accounting. See our Printpak page for more information.
Windows sub-menu commands may be released with TAS 5.1 by the end of this summer. Be sure to download the latest TP5WIN from the download section if you are a current TAS 5.1 user.
Please welcome Diane Amsler who has joined us as of June 2, 1997. Diane will be providing technical support for Advanced Accounting and brings with her a wealth of accounting experience and is a prior user of Advanced Accounting 3.0 and 5.1.
ADDSUM has become the primary referral source for technical support and sale of Advanced Accounting and TAS Professional as of January 1, 1997
Business Tools is alive and well and concentrating on program development. They will no longer provide end user support and sales.
We are committed to continuing to support all versions of TAS and Advanced Accounting for an indefinite period of time and will continue to update Advanced Accounting 5.1 in particular.
See our new QUOTES page. ADDSUM Quotes for Advanced Accounting 5.1 has been upgraded and re-released as of 3/97. All demo packages that we provided now include the Quotes demo.
Since January 1, 1997 we have updated over 30 of the Advanced Accounting 5.1 programs and are making these updates available on a subscription basis. See our new Advanced Accounting information and updates page.
On-site training continues to be available or training can be provided at our new office location at 4830 South Highland Drive, Suite 202 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Call for further information.