This form allows you to specify various options that apply to all payrolls.
If you check this box, a file open window will displayed when you start Kwik-Pay in order for you to select which payroll database you wish to open. When this box is not checked, Kwik-Pay automatically opens the last payroll database you had open when Kwik-Pay was last closed.
Kwik-Pay normally displays a button panel showing the main payroll processes whenever you close a form. This enables to to select the next option with a single mouse click. If you check this box, the button panel will not be displayed, so you will have to select each process from Kwik-Pay's main menu.
If you check this box, Kwik-Pay will create log files which trace all Kwik-Pay's operations. You may be requested to do that in order for a problem to be resolved. Otherwise, keep the option turned off or you might fill up your hard disk with Kwik-Pay logs.
If you check this box, Kwik-Pay will allow deductions to exceed net pay. Normally, a deduction cash amount is set to zero if there is insufficient net pay, and if more payments are added to increase the net pay, the deduction cash amount is restored to it's original value.
The calculation sequence defined in the Pay Item set up form decides the sequence in which deductions are subtracted from the net pay.
When this check box is set, the transaction scheduler form is displayed when a payroll is opened, if there is an outstanding payee note that has not been viewed. Outstanding payee notes are those that have a date on or before today's date, and have not been marked as viewed. If you double click on a note in the transaction scheduler form, and then click the OK button on the payee note form that is displayed, the note will be marked as viewed.
When this check box is set, the standard print dialog will be displayed everytime a report is directed to the printer. This enables you to select a different printer from the Windows default, and specify other options for the report output such as orientation (portrait/landscape), and paper size. When this check box is not set, all reports directed to the printer will be output to the Windows default printer, with the printer's default options.
If you run Kwik-Pay in a client server environment, and utilise Kwik-Pay's data server, this would be the name of the server on which the Kwik-pay data server process is running. The Kwik-Pay data server is intended to be used in those circumstances where you have Access format databases on a different machine from the Kwik-Pay workstation. Because Access is a file based database rather than a server based database, it is not very efficient at providing data across a network. If an Access database is requested to provide a summary total, all the records that make up that total are transmitted across the network instead of just the total.
The Kwik-Pay data server software processes the request on the server, and just returns the results to the Kwik-pay workstation.
The Browse button will allow you to select the destination drive and path more easily.
If you have Microsoft Access, you can use it to encrypt your Kwik-Pay database, and then enter the connection details here in order to open the database.