Hi Steve,

Just brainstorming here - in an unofficial way - but your idea has merit, though it would force all other applications to require reading two separate files for items, which could slow things down for item reports and searches.

I wonder if mimicking GL/AR would be better - to allow making items inactive (and hide them in grids and finders). This is how inactive GL accounts works. And then have a function to delete inactive items, similar to AR delete inactive customers. This function could do all the checking for transaction history. Delete button still has to be there within Edit Items.