I'm not to sure SBT/AccPac pro series is all that bad. They in fact have made major improvements with the lastest version. Soon they will have SQL. Then there is AccountMate. I think if SBT was bad AccountMate is just as bad. How about IAS (www.iasadvance.com) I really haven't seen their code but the screens look very nice. Check out (www.dbase.com) they are giving away an accounting system to work with their product.

John