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ZAP Accounting Software is a google sheets file that can be saved as a google sheet or downloaded as an Excel file.
If you download it as an excel file you will lose scripting functionality. The scripting functionality is not key to the files accounting operation, It is primarily used for User Interface manipulation.
Privacy Statement
For those using this in google sheets:
If you download it as an excel file you will lose scripting functionality. The scripting functionality is not key to the files accounting operation, It is primarily used for User Interface manipulation.
Privacy Statement
- We don't require any login info to access and copy our file templates. As a result, we have no idea who has our products at all. Given that, we have nothing to share with anyone even if they asked, and that was by design.
- Resources > Libraries -- none
- Resources > Advanced Google Services -- none
- File > Project Properties > Scopes
auth/spreadsheets -- we use the SpreadsheetApp API and downstream objects
scriptcontainer.ui -- we use this for menu creation and popups
auth/documents -- we don't use any docs (as in gDoc) calls at all, not sure why this shows up -- possibly because I have other Add ons activated in this file that will need to be deactivated for publication / production
auth/forms -- we don't currently use or call any forms -- not sure why this shows up -- possibly because I have other Add ons activated in this file that will need to be deactivated for publication / production
For those using this in google sheets:
- Every google sheet has a built in scripting module (Tools > Script Editor).
- This is a very powerful tool that can be used to greatly enhance spreadsheet functionality. Windows use to (and may still have) a Macro's programming console and this could be thought of as comparable but more powerful (IMO).
- We include default scripts with every ZAP accounting file. The majority of them are related to User Interface manipulation which makes the spreadsheet look and feel a little more like software.
- While these modules provide the ability to connect to "outside libraries", and while they provide the ability to "connect to other html resources" all of our current offerings have none of that functionality. If and when we add that to modules it will all be specified here.
- As of today, all ZAP accounting modules are fully stand alone systems and there is no connectinos back to us as the developer for anything. If we were to upgrade scripts you would need to manually retrieve those new scripts and paste them into the script editor yourself.
- As a result of this, we have no updating functionality and we have no access to any aspect of your data and that was by design. The goal was to make this self standing software with zero automated ties to us or anyone else, as that ensures you the greatest level of privacy possible on google cloud.
- Messages may come up on first use indicating some part of this program wants access to your drive and your data. This is very confusing, because it is teh script editor built into the file you are using that wants that permission, not something that is unrelated to our outside of the file. In fact, it makes sense, as it raises your awareness to a script component in the file you are using. In our case, there are no libraries connected to that and no connections to us in any form, but that is not always the case you and you should be mindful of that as you use tools offered by others.