Hi Jean, how is everything working out for you? I'd like to quickly jump in and add my two cents worth. I may be repeating what has already been said but thought I would summarize for you.

1. The AR & AP for Company #2 should be in their own data folder - not necessary to have the same extension as Company #1 but would be helpful (I'll explain in following item).

2. As was mentioned above, the chart of accounts needs to be included in the folder for Company #2. And yes, everytime you add an account in Company #1, the chart of accounts have to be updated for Company #2. My suggestion for completing this is as follows:

3. Once the accounts have been updated for Company #1, simply copy the files containing the account data to Company #2's folder. You do not have to have Ledger set up for Company #2 if only AP & AR are being used.

4. To retrieve AP & AR transactions from Company #2, you simply point to the data files in the Retrieval window in Company #1. This does not require the data extension to be the same. However, if you are following step 3, you will need the same data extension so the accounts file in Company #2 can be overwritten with the updated version. Alternatively, you can have a unique extension for Company #2, then rename the data extension of the copied accounts file to match the data extension of AP & AR.

If you require any help with this, I'd be happy to talk to you and walk you through this process as well as the consolidation of the two Ledger databases using FX.

Good luck,