Tally 9 vs Tally 7.2 XML tags

FAQs: Tally 9 XML tags

Can we use the Tally 7.2 XML tags with Tally 9 also ?

Yes. Most of the Tally 7.2 XML tags work with Tally 9, except for few minor changes required in certain cases.

We generally refer the Tally 7.2 tags format which can be used with both Tally 7.2 and Tally 9. However, there are certain cases wherein the tags differ and you need to use the appropriate tag. One of such cases is given underneath:-

UNIT Master XML tags (for Tally 7.2)

<UNIT NAME="Nos" RESERVEDNAME="">
<NAME>Nos</NAME>
<ORIGINALSYMBOL>Numbers</ORIGINALSYMBOL>
<ISSIMPLEUNIT>Yes</ISSIMPLEUNIT>
<DECIMALPLACES 2>/DECIMALPLACES>
<FORPAYROLL>No</FORPAYROLL>
</UNIT>

UNIT Master XML tags (for Tally 9)

<UNIT NAME="Nos" RESERVEDNAME="">
<NAME>Nos</NAME>
<ORIGINALNAME>Numbers</NAME>
<ISSIMPLEUNIT>Yes</ISSIMPLEUNIT>
<DECIMALPLACES 2>/DECIMALPLACES>
<FORPAYROLL>No</FORPAYROLL>
</UNIT>

Notice that the tag for "Formal Name" is ORIGINALSYMBOL in Tally 7.2 and ORIGINALNAME in Tally 9. A workaround is to use both the TAGs in your code which would then work with Tally 7.2 as well as Tall y9.