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    A5 - qodbc - Quickbooks

    I want to write or import data to Quickbooks Premier 2004, mainly Invoices and/or Sales Orders, Data, Item number and quantities.
    If I buy the read-write version of qodbc, will I be able to write to quickbooks?
    Will I need the SDK also? The guy from qodbc said, "Yes, that is how the qodbc works, through the SDK". He seemed vague on writing data to Quickbooks from Alpha 5.

    Is this a complicated process? Is there any instructions as how to do this?

    I downloaded the qodbc trial version several months ago and didn't get to spend much time with it. I downloaded again but my time has expired. I contacted support and they are giving me another 30 trial.

    I purchased the Alpha 5 because I am a "non-programmer", using the program has not been to hard to learn, especially with the help from a friend and the help from this message board.
    Right now I export data to Excel, format it to import to Alpha 5, would like to bypass Excel.
    Importing into Quickbooks through Excel is very limited.

    Thank you,
    David
    A5V12.3
    Win7, 64 bit
    Qbks 2018 Enterprise
    QODBC R/W
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    Resources....

    David

    There are instructions on the QODBC website to help with the interface.

    http://www.qodbc.com/qodbcalpha.htm

    There is also the presentation that I did at the last conference.

    http://www.bookwood.com/qodbcalphaconference2005.zip

    At this year's conference there will be more about how A5v7 works with QODBC to read and write to Quickbooks.

    Hope that helps......
    Al Buchholz
    Bookwood Systems, LTD
    Weekly QReportBuilder Webinars Thursday 1 pm CST

    Occam's Razor - KISS
    Normalize till it hurts - De-normalize till it works.
    Advice offered and questions asked in the spirit of learning how to fish is better than someone giving you a fish.
    When we triage a problem it is much easier to read sample systems than to read a mind.
    "Make it as simple as possible, but not simpler."
    Albert Einstein

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      #3
      Thanks Al for the presentation. Very well done!

      I didn't get the "Rember to be a good Piano Player"
      David
      A5V12.3
      Win7, 64 bit
      Qbks 2018 Enterprise
      QODBC R/W

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        #4
        It was a story to end the presentation.

        Like any tool - (ie software), a piano is only as good as the player...


        btw - with version 7 use the ADO import to read data from QB via QODBC into Alpha. Works really well....
        Last edited by Al Buchholz; 05-12-2006, 11:21 AM.
        Al Buchholz
        Bookwood Systems, LTD
        Weekly QReportBuilder Webinars Thursday 1 pm CST

        Occam's Razor - KISS
        Normalize till it hurts - De-normalize till it works.
        Advice offered and questions asked in the spirit of learning how to fish is better than someone giving you a fish.
        When we triage a problem it is much easier to read sample systems than to read a mind.
        "Make it as simple as possible, but not simpler."
        Albert Einstein

        http://www.iadn.com/images/media/iadn_member.png

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          #5
          Originally posted by David
          ....Importing into Quickbooks through Excel is very limited.
          I haven't used QODBC yet but my past experiences have taught me one thing about QuickBooks -- importing INTO QB is always difficult. The reason is that account names must be precise and "good accounting practices" must be maintained. If QB (or any other accounting package) were to let you just arbitrarily put data into a table, the balances would end up being a mess.

          In accounting you can't just "put money in the bank." It has to come from somewhere - new sales, interest income, lease income, rent, something, anything. It's that anything that causes the problem - the accounting package has no idea what account name you will want to use. And (especially if you are building a generic app) you don't know what what account name your customer will want to use. Even if you tell them what to use, they may spell it wrong (been through that one a few times now).

          In short, you can probably do it but you will have to be very careful about the process in order to get it right.

          Unless absolutely necessary, my general recommendation is to NOT put data into QB. Instead, just print a report at the end of the month/period that shows the results from your A5 app and let the accountant (could be the A5 user) just enter the info in as a general ledger amount. If the details are already in A5 there is really no need to duplicate them in QB. In fact, duplication is usually not a good thing. This method has been supported by multiple accountants. In fact, my customer's accountant is usually my best ally if the customer wants to disagree with me. Most accountants have been through the issue of importing data to an accounting package and they know the problems. They also know how easy it is to enter a ledger amount to show, for example, total credit card sales for the month.
          Last edited by CALocklin; 05-12-2006, 01:24 PM.

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            I have made connection to Quickbooks and imported tables and data to Alpha 5.
            At the qodbc web site it shows how to import data to QBKS using SQL.
            How or what do I do in Alpha 5 to import to QBKS?
            I have this 30 day evaluation and I was trying to explore this before I decide to buy or not.
            Thanks,
            David
            A5V12.3
            Win7, 64 bit
            Qbks 2018 Enterprise
            QODBC R/W

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              David

              Look at the slide in my presentation that is titled - How do I connect...

              It shows how what to do via the WAS, xdialog, and using ADO.

              The last link is an example from James Nickels that writes records into QB from Alpha 5.

              For now, you need to write the xbasic/ADO code that does this work. In the future that will improve. But we need to deal with the present time today...
              Al Buchholz
              Bookwood Systems, LTD
              Weekly QReportBuilder Webinars Thursday 1 pm CST

              Occam's Razor - KISS
              Normalize till it hurts - De-normalize till it works.
              Advice offered and questions asked in the spirit of learning how to fish is better than someone giving you a fish.
              When we triage a problem it is much easier to read sample systems than to read a mind.
              "Make it as simple as possible, but not simpler."
              Albert Einstein

              http://www.iadn.com/images/media/iadn_member.png

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