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File Definitions - Peachtree Accounting Windows

  NOTE: Not all files will apply to all versions and releases of these products.

Company *.Dat Files	Definition	Delete (Yes/No)	What will happen when deleted?
Alarm.dat	Helper file for Alerts.	Yes	Recreates Empty (Alarms will be lost)
Alert.dat	Contains Alert information entered through Tasks, Action Items, Alerts. This includes alert email criteria.	Yes	Recreates Empty (Alerts will be lost)
Audittr.dat	Contains Audit Trail Report information	Yes	Recreates Empty (Audit Trail will be lost)
Bankrec.dat	Contains Account Rec information (but not cleared checklist)	Yes	Recreates Empty (Acct Rec info will be lost)
BomHist.dat	Contains revisions to the Bill of Materials for Assembly Items	No	Corrupts Database
BomItems.dat	Contains Bill of Materials for Assembly Items	No	Corrupts Database
Chart.dat	Contains Chart of Account information	No	Corrupts Database
Company.dat	Contains Company Name, Address, etc information entered through Maintain, Company Information	No	Corrupts Database
Cost.dat	Contains information concerning Job Cost Codes.	No	Corrupts Database
Customer.dat	Contains Customer information	No	Corrupts Database
Employee.dat	Contains Employee information	No	Corrupts Database
Eventlog.dat	Contains Customer\Employee\Vendor Event information	Yes	Recreates Empty (Events will be lost)
General.dat	Contains Default Information entered through Maintain, Default Information	No	Corrupts Database
GLCoat.dat	Used so FAS will know what Chart of Account numbers the company uses in Peachtree	Yes	Recreates Empty (will have to relink the FAS company to the Peachtree company)
Grpdata.dat	Contains a List of Report Groups	Yes	Recreates Empty (report groups will be lost)
Invchain.dat	Helper file for inventory costing system. It is used with LIFO and FIFO costing methods	No	Corrupts Database
Invcomp.dat	Contains Component List(s) for Assemblies. This file is used in part to help check for circular components when saving assemblies.	No	Corrupts Database
Invcost.dat	Helper file for inventory costing system	No	Corrupts Database
Jobest.dat	Contains Job Estimate information	No	Corrupts Database
Jrnlhdr.dat	Contains one record for each transaction that the user enters. There is a one to many relationship between Header records and row records. Each header record can have any number of related rows.	No	Corrupts Database
Jrnlrow.dat	Contains the meat of the accounting system. It has one row for every financial event. Some rows serve to hold more than one type of information. There will be one row for every amount that the user entered PLUS there will be one or two rows for each system generated activity such as cost of goods sold, or below zero transactions.	No	Corrupts Database
JrnlSNo.dat	Contains information concerning Serialized Inventory	No	Corrupts Database
Lineitem.dat	Contains Inventory item information	No	Corrupts Database
Permiss.dat	Contains User ID and Password information	No	Corrupts Database
Phase.dat	Contains Maintain Phase information	No	Corrupts Database
Project.dat	Contains Maintain Job information	No	Corrupts Database
QtyDisc.dat	Contains Quantity Discount information	No	Corrupts Database
RaiseHst.dat	Contains Employee Raise History information	No	Corrupts Database
Recpttag.dat	Helper file for cash basis companies. Also, links up invoices and payments.	No	Corrupts Database
Report.dat	Contains Predefined and Customized Financial Statement Report Formats	Yes	Recreates Empty (Std and Custom financial's will be lost)
Rptdata.dat	Contains customer report formats that are not financial reports nor forms	Yes	Recreates Empty (Custom reports will be lost)
RptFiltS.dat	Used to save the report ranges in the filter tabs for reports. i.e non-contiguous customer ranges.	Yes	Recreates Empty
Rstydef.dat	Contains the report style defaults	Yes	Recreates Empty
Rstyle.dat	Contains Predefined and Custom report style settings	Yes	Recreates Empty
Storetrx.dat	Contains Memorized Transactions	Yes	Recreates Empty
Taxauth.dat	Contains Sales Tax Authority information	Yes	Corrupts Database
Taxcode.dat	Contains Sales Tax Code information	Yes	Corrupts Database
Taxtable.dat	Contains Company specific payroll tax formulas	Yes	Corrupts Database
Template.dat	Contains Predefined and Customized Tasks Screen Templates	Yes	Recreates Empty (Company Tax Tables will be lost)
Ticket.dat	Contains Time Ticket and Expense Ticket information	No	Corrupts Database
UnitMeas.dat	Contains Unit of Measure information	No	Corrupts Database
UPSInfo.dat	Helper file for UPS Integration	No	Corrupts Database
UPSShip.dat	Helper file for UPS Integration	No	Corrupts Database
UserPref.dat	Contains User Preferences for Peachtree Today	Yes	Recreates Empty
Vendor.dat	Contains Vendor information	No	Corrupts Database
Version.txt	Text File that tells the database version	Yes	Does not recreate

Other Files Located in Company Folder

*.LCK	Files that Btrieve creates to manage record locking	Yes	No consequence
*.PTL	(PeachtreeLock Files) Files that we create to manage record locking	Yes	No consequence
Customer Detail List.rpt	Crystal Report that lists detailed information pulled from Maintain Customers. Includes sales and payment information.	Yes	Report will no longer be available
Customer Sales by Item.rpt	Crystal Report that lists items by inventory ID followed by customer sales information.	Yes	Report will no longer be available
*.ddf	Data Definition files that 3rd party programs (such as Crystal Reports) need to read our data files.	Yes	Recreates the next time the company is opened
Inventory Labels.rpt	Crystal Report that is formatted to print Inventory labels 30 per page.	Yes	Report will no longer be available
Purchases by Unit Price.rpt	Crystal Report that lists purchases for items in unit price order.	Yes	Report will no longer be available
Vendor Detail List.rpt	Crystal Report that lists detail information fore each vendor as entered in Maintain Vendors. Includes sales and payment information.	Yes	Report will no longer be available
Void Check Register.rpt	Crystal Report that lists all voided disbursement and payroll checks for a selected data range.	Yes	Report will no longer be available
*.ptb	Peachtree company backup file. Can be decompressed using WinZip.	Yes	Backups will be lost
Details.ini	Contains company backup reminder information	Yes	No consequence
PWASync.log	The log file that is created when PWA sync is done. When you sync and it pass or fails and you click to see the log, this is the file it is showing you. It Logs if the sync passes or if it fails and what the error is if it errors. (File gets reset with every sync	Yes	Recreates with next PWA Sync (Last Log will be lost)
Services.pwp	Holds web transaction center transactions	Yes	Recreates with next PWA Sync
Datalog.txt	This is the log file that data verification writes to	Yes	Recreates with next DV test (DV history will be lost)
Purge.log	Log file that Purge writes to: If turned on	Yes	Recreates with next Purge (Purge history will be lost)
Plan.dat	Linking file for customers record in Scopus	Yes	Recreates with next online update

Other Notable Files

Options.dat	Contains Global Program Settings (I.e. Hide Accounting Periods, Change System Date, Define Internet Connection). Also holds Tax Registration and Product "value pack" Registration information.	Yes	Will need to reinstall to get the file back.
Status.dat	Contains status bar text messages	Yes	Will need to reinstall to get the file back.
Rptdatai.dat	Contains all Predefined Reports for All Flavors. (No custom reports & No financials)	Yes	Will need to reinstall to get the file back.
*.frm	Individual Form files. Each Custom and Predefined forms is its own separate file.	Yes	Reinstalling will replace the Standard Forms. Custom Forms will have to be restored from a backup.
Taxinfo.dat	Helper file for Payroll taxtables. Contains Filing Statuses for each state, among other things.	Yes	Will need to reinstall to get the file back.
Taxtable.dat	If located in the datapath it contains Global payroll tax formulas. If located in the Company folder contains Company Payroll Tax Formulas.	Yes	Will need to reinstall to get the file back.
Connco.dat	At the company level, holds serial number information to enforce anti-piracy of software.	Yes	Will need to reinstall to get the file back.
Conndp.dat	At the datapath level, holds serial number information to enforce anti-piracy of software.	Yes	Will need to reinstall to get the file back.

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