Error: "You have selected a Sage 50 form file of another form type or the Sage 50 form file you selected has been damaged."

• Forms used in one type of transactions cannot be used in another type
  • eg.: Invoice forms cannot be used for sales quotes or sales orders
  • Payment cheques forms cannot be used with payroll cheques forms, etc

Steps:

1. From the home window, select Setup, Reports & Forms
2. Select the form on the left window pane.
3. Verify that payment and payroll cheques have different forms
   • On the line Form, look at the end of the line to have the full location and file name (finishes with .sfm)
4. The Description will most likely have a "User-defined" mention:
   • Browse to where the customized form is stored
   • Ensure the form selected is the one you expect
   • For example, the standard form paymtch06.sfm is a payment cheque form while payrlch06.sfm is a payroll cheque form.
   • Look to see if your custom form might have been used in the wrong location in Reports & Forms (payment form used for payroll, for example)
5. If it is the proper form, the form file is likely damaged
   • Create a new customized form using How to customize forms to modify text, data, images or add a company logo or use a default form
   • Ensure the form is saved on a local folder or network shred folder and not saved in the Program Files location