I'm trying it out now... I tried Spb Finance AGAIN, but once again,
syncing was terrible! And no matter what I did, I never could remove
all the little pieces of it off my PPC! I love the other Spb software,
but this one has syncing problems.

Am now testing CO and I can safely say that the syncing on it is MUCH
faster and MUCH more reliable. Will continue to test till it expires...
I just wish I knew if they were coming out with a newer version soon.

Tom
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Amamba wrote:

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Tom wrote:
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They've advertized 2006 edition some while back but I haven't heard
anything about it coming out. When I bought CO I got an email saying
I'll get a free upgrade to '06.

It does sync with Money 2006 - that's what I use.

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Amamba: I'll have to take a look at that if Sbp Finance doesn't work
well. BTW, I see that Cash Oraganizer is only the 2005 edition - are
they ever going to update this to 2006 or 2007? And I assume it works
with Money 2006?
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Amamba wrote:

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Tom wrote:
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I ended up buying Cash Organizer - it has a very robust sync engine, or
so it seems after 2 months of use (with WM2003 / MSM2006).

Yep, I did all that before (both from the desktop and the device) but
somehow it left the sync stuff on there.

But I rebuilt (hard-reset) my device over the weekend - and even
completely removed ActiveSync and reinstalled it. Seems to work better
now anyway, so when I reinstall hopefully that will help.
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ac wrote:

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Don't forget to remove the program from your desktop.

"Tom" wrote:

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Ah... hmm, well, I might try it again, as I see they just put out
another new build 2.5.1 that was supposed to have more Money sync
fixes. However, I think I will email the company first and see what
they say before I re-install it. As I mentioned, I did try it before
and it was taking too long to sync (not to mention trying to sync
EVERYTHING). Plus, I found that when I removed it it didn't remove
everything (i.e. it was still showing up on my ActiveSync list)... I
just rebuilt my iPAQ so I want to hear what Sbp says first before I try
it again.

I'll let you know what I hear and how it works for me. Thanks for all
the info.

Tom
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ac wrote:

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I am in the US, it changed my currency to show USD instead of "$". I changed
it back in the settings, but when I tried to download my on-line accounts it
gave me an error about USD.

Yes, you can choose to sync a certain amount of time (month, quarter, etc.).
I noticed when I elected a manual sync only it still tried to sync each time
which was still taking a long time and slowing everything down (I had current
quarter only).

Have you tried downloading your accounts?

"Tom" wrote:

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AC: I am assuming that you are NOT in the US, correct? I can see why
the currency would be a problem if you are not in the US, but I am so
that shouldn't be an issue... Also I don't use Money Central (I keep my
money in it's own password-protected database) so I don't see that
affecting me. Other than those two things, what other issues did you
see as a problem?

I tried Spb Finance, and my issues were: (1) My money file is 6+ years,
and it takes FOREVER to sync it the first time! And even then (2) It
keep telling me that I had 4000+ transactions it couldn't sync. And
finally (3) It would be nice to be able to specify that it 'sync' only
the last xx years worth, rather than the WHOLE database.

I may ask Sbp about these issues, but still wondering what else you
discovered about it that really turned you off. I may be willing to
re-try it again (maybe, cause I really like having my money with me on
my PPC) but am somewhat hesitant due to the issue I first experienced
and others reported here.

Has ANYONE out there successfully used Spb Finance with MS Money?
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ac wrote:

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On Sat, 22 Jul 2006 10:16:15 -0700, "Tom" <tom[at]nospam.com> wrote:

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Let me see if I have this straight: WM 5.0 has been out now for more
than nine months and Money still doesn't support it?

It's now July 22, 2006. I got my WM 5.0 ppc back in December of 2005
and even then the OS was out before then.


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It caused me problems, and at least one other post I noticed here. We both
had trouble with it changing the currency to USD and even when you think you
corrected it it wasn't - this caused a problem then trying to get online
account updates (banks, etc.). I also messed up my web money central and
have yet to get that reset (another post of mine). I ended up uninstalling.

I was also looking at Cash Organizer, but was unable to get that to
successfully install.

I think we are out of luck, and Money 05 worked so well.

"Tom" wrote:

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OK, now since MS Money 2007 does NOT include Pocket Money (and Money
2006 doesn't suppolrt WM5 devices) then I need to look at other
possibilities.

Would like to know anyone's ideas/experiences with this Sbp Finance PPC
program - especially with (a) Syncing of data with MS Money, and (b)
Experince with sycing with LARGE MS Money files (i.e. Mine is around 6+
years worth and 45MB+).

Chimp (Tom)
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