OK that makes a bit more sense.

The default specification to be used for printing checks (either manual or system checks) is defined on the bank code. If you have one or more check spec files in the same directory as your AP data (I:\softrak\data) and with the same data extension ('rot'), then when you edit a bank, you should see a list of the Titles of your specs.

If nothing appears in the specification drop-down from Edit Banks, then:

- Perhaps the Title field in the spec was cleared to blank. Edit your specification in the designer, go to File / Specification Options and make sure the Title is non-blank.

- Perhaps the spec file has become corrupted. Not likely because you indicated that you could open it via the Specification Designer program.

- Perhaps your spec file is in I:\softrak\data, but your actual AP data is somewhere else? Try this: When you are in Payables, open the Designer from Maintain Specifications (as you have done before) but instead of opening the spec from the most recently used list, just do a File / Open. This lists all the specs in the current database in use. If this list is empty, then you are editing a spec in a location separate from your data.

I cannot make an accurate guess as to what happened. What I would suggest is to make sure that you have at least one AP$ spec file - such as AP$roto.rot - in the same directory as the rest of your AP data. Then edit a bank and make sure that you can select that specification as a default. At that point, you should be able to see the same check spec when you do your System Check Processing and print/post checks and advices.