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by blanneau
Mon Jan 19, 2009 10:13 am
Forum: Contributions
Topic: getting rid of old contribution fund numbers
Replies: 5
Views: 3111

I would suggest printing to PDF the most detailed reports you can BEFORE deleting data; and of course keeping a backup of your system prior to the deletion. That way the information will always be available... just in case questions about the past come up.
by blanneau
Mon Jan 19, 2009 10:06 am
Forum: General Questions and Discussion
Topic: Importing Non-PowerChurch Formatted Data into PowerChurch
Replies: 6
Views: 4254

What a bargain... and to know your data will be properly linked!
by blanneau
Thu Nov 20, 2008 10:26 pm
Forum: General Questions and Discussion
Topic: Does anyone know?
Replies: 1
Views: 3578

I use TurboPasswords by Chapura. You might check out KeePass - it's free and has over 5,000,000 downloads from SourceForge.
-Bazile
by blanneau
Thu Nov 20, 2008 10:01 pm
Forum: Accounting
Topic: Create journal entries to convert to accrual from cash
Replies: 4
Views: 3009

Gene- I was a banker for 26 years and what bankers want to know most is what does the cash flow look like... will you be able to repay the loan. Unless your church is very large and the finances exceedingly complex, you shouldn't have a problem. In that case, a bank may request CPA audited or compil...
by blanneau
Thu Nov 20, 2008 9:42 pm
Forum: Membership
Topic: Custom codes configuration examples needed
Replies: 6
Views: 3423

Thanks, Neil- I am just a church member with some technical background trying to help get the system set up in a logical manner. Our church has had PC since 1994, but never made proper use of the system. It was eventually relegated to keeping track of contributions only. We are now changing that - t...
by blanneau
Thu Nov 20, 2008 3:02 pm
Forum: Membership
Topic: Custom codes configuration examples needed
Replies: 6
Views: 3423

Hi, Jeff-
This would only matter if someone would be doing queries from the raw tables...:wink:! Nice system though.
-Bazile
by blanneau
Thu Nov 20, 2008 11:29 am
Forum: Membership
Topic: Custom codes configuration examples needed
Replies: 6
Views: 3423

Custom codes configuration examples needed

Well, this is what I have come up with for the Mailing Codes: field code descript CATEGORY MA Member - Active CATEGORY MI Member - Inactive CATEGORY FC Friend CATEGORY SC Sister Church CATEGORY NA Non-Member - Active CATEGORY NI Non-Member - Inactive CATEGORY VI Visitor CATEGORY PR Prospect CATEGORY...
by blanneau
Mon Nov 17, 2008 3:29 pm
Forum: Membership
Topic: Custom codes configuration examples needed
Replies: 6
Views: 3423

Custom codes configuration examples needed

I am configuring PowerChurch for our church staff. I haven't found a good discussion or examples of the use of custom codes in both the Mailing and Membership areas. Would anyone who feels they have an elegant setup for coding, please share these dbf files: MACODES.DBF and MECODES.DBF? Many thanks! ...