File Security

Feature

In Goldenseal 4.0 we've made a few small changes that should help make Goldenseal files more durable, even if the files are damaged due to hard drive or system problems.

Suggested By

Turtle Creek staff.

How to Use

You don't need to do anything special. Starting with Goldenseal accounting software version 4.0, files will be more durable.

Technical Details

Although it doesn't show anywhere specific, we rewrote some of the basic file-saving code so there is less chance that it will have hidden or subtle problems.

We've also added some diagnostic data to each menu array and record array (parts of Goldenseal that store "extra" data about your records, to help clairvoyant fields and reports to work faster). That will help us to debug the data in Goldenseal files, so there's a better chance we can recover the file after a hard drive problem.

NOTE-- Increasing Goldenseal's reliability is an ongoing project for us, and we'll be making more subtle changes in the future, to help files be more durable, even if data is corrupted on your hard drive. However, it is still extremely important that you make regular backups of your company file!