Traverse (software)

{{Short description|Business accounting software suite}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}}

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name = TRAVERSE |

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developer = Open Systems Accounting Software |

latest_release_version = 11
{{release date|2009|11|11}} |

operating_system = Windows XP or later |

genre = Accounting Software |

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website = {{URL|http://www.osas.com/traverse}}

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TRAVERSE Accounting and Business Software (enterprise resource planning - ERP) is a business accounting software suite for small- to medium-sized businesses using the Microsoft Windows operating system. First produced in 1994 by Open Systems, Inc., TRAVERSE is a group of interrelated applications which operate in tandem. TRAVERSE runs using the Microsoft SQL Server database.{{cite web |author=Fineberg, Seth |date=April 4, 2004 |url=http://www.accountingtoday.com/ato_issues/2004_6/1048-1.html |title=Vendor Profile: Open Systems Still Stands the Test of Time |work=Accounting Today |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120918092550/http://www.accountingtoday.com/ato_issues/2004_6/1048-1.html |archive-date=September 18, 2012}} In versions released from 1994 to 2009, TRAVERSE was coded with Visual Basic for Applications, and operated as a Microsoft Access application.{{cite magazine |author1=Kneitel, Edward M. |author2=Howard III, W. Wesley |date=October 10, 1995 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yurvRCerf_UC&pg=PA303 |title=Traverse Accounting Software for Windows |work=PC Magazine |page=303 |via=Google Books}} The current version is coded using the C# programming language within the Microsoft .NET Framework, and no longer requires Microsoft Access.{{cite web |author=McClure, Dave |date=January 11, 2010 |url=http://www.accountingtoday.com/ato_issues/24_1/works-in-progress-52897-1.html?pg=5 |title=Mid-Range Accounting Packages Keep Evolving |work=Accounting Today |page=27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130209115816/http://www.accountingtoday.com/ato_issues/24_1/works-in-progress-52897-1.html?pg=5 |archive-date=February 9, 2013}}