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Quickbooks and Alpha Talking To Each Other

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    #16
    Re: Quickbooks and Alpha Talking To Each Other

    If it doesnt ring a bell with you, then probably not something you need to worry about, but to see where you would enter/view this data ... in quickbooks, look under "Company" -> "Planning & Budgeting" -> "Setup Budget" .... this allows you to set up budgets vs actual for the year. QODBC depends on Intuits sdk, and as of today, Budget info is still lacking in the sdk. They try to get around this with report data, but not the same thing as direct access to the actual budget data. For alot of people, doesnt matter .... for some, a big deal.

    Glenn

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      #17
      Re: Quickbooks and Alpha Talking To Each Other

      Thanks Glenn

      Its not going to matter for me. I think.

      All I want to do is to get my EPOS app to talk to stock levels presently in Alpha but will be moved to quickbooks

      Regards

      John
      Failure makes improvements

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        #18
        Re: Quickbooks and Alpha Talking To Each Other

        Originally posted by John Keogh View Post
        Fred

        I think you have to buy that (QODBC?) from Alpha.

        I still have to figure that bit out myself

        Regards

        John

        John/Fred

        The QODBC product is purchased directly on the website from Flexquarters - the company that developed QODBC.

        You can download a 30 day trial and work with it prior to the purchase. The trial limitations are the 30 days and a limited number of writes to the Quickbook tables. The write limit is removed when a valid license is entered.
        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."
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          #19
          Re: Quickbooks and Alpha Talking To Each Other

          Thanks Al

          Now I know where

          John
          Failure makes improvements

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            #20
            Re: Quickbooks and Alpha Talking To Each Other

            Hi guys, Some of the language about SQL is above my head. Can I put the situation more simply. In Alpha I have a file PARTNUM.DBF with 27,000 records with 23 fields and about 6MB of data.

            How easy is it to export it to QBs. I assume QBs has a file, or quasi file, for Part Numbers. At least that is what I remember when I last looked at this 7 or 8 years ago.

            Is there a copy or export in Alpha or do I need this http://www.qodbc.com/ package. Is it as simple as issuing a SEND or COPY and then selecting those fields and records to be copied.

            Steve

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              #21
              Re: Quickbooks and Alpha Talking To Each Other

              Originally posted by Steve Pick View Post
              Hi guys, Some of the language about SQL is above my head. Can I put the situation more simply. In Alpha I have a file PARTNUM.DBF with 27,000 records with 23 fields and about 6MB of data.

              How easy is it to export it to QBs. I assume QBs has a file, or quasi file, for Part Numbers. At least that is what I remember when I last looked at this 7 or 8 years ago.

              Is there a copy or export in Alpha or do I need this http://www.qodbc.com/ package. Is it as simple as issuing a SEND or COPY and then selecting those fields and records to be copied.

              Steve
              Steve

              Many of your questions are answered at these links:

              http://www.bookwood.com/learningcenter.html

              http://www.qodbc.com/


              To simply import your product data into QB, you can use a csv export from Alpha and a QB import (with a mapping that you describe) within the standard Quickbooks product. See the menu - file - utilities - import - excel files(csv option within the file types). Customers, vendors, parts, and accounts can use this QB option.

              If you want a more interactive approach, or you want to put transactions into QB, then I suggest using QODBC and action scripting AlphaDAO options that are shown in my 2007 talk on my website's learning center link - shown above.

              That will give you a start into the process.

              We had a great session(IMHO) at the 2007 ATEC conference. :)
              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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                #22
                Re: Quickbooks and Alpha Talking To Each Other

                Al:
                Is it possible to have an Alpha v8 program that does estimates on an off site computer and then import that information into the Quickbooks estimator without overriding the earlier Quickbooks estimates posted. I am looking to see if I can use a second computer out of the office, with no networking possibilities available, that can be used to enter estimates on a project and then import that data into the Quickbook estimate file on office computer. I am new to Quickbooks, but have learned from their online discussion group that this seems to be a shortcoming of Quickbooks. Sounds like a job for Alpha 5.
                "Ollie, remember how dumb I used to be? Well, I'm much better now."

                Pete

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                  #23
                  Re: Quickbooks and Alpha Talking To Each Other

                  Pete

                  I haven't worked extensively with the estimating system within QB, so I can't speak to the issue that you have mentioned.

                  It is certainly possible to use A5 to add new or update existing QB estimates.

                  Do you have a link to show the issue that you are referring to?

                  Edit:
                  As far as the offsite computer, it's an issue of how the code runs to interface to Quickbooks. When I want an immediate update, I add code to a field rule record cansave event. Otherwise I put it on a button to be push at the operator discretion. The third way is to have a batch process that reads records to be processed and then sets a field with the updated indicator them.
                  Last edited by Al Buchholz; 10-17-2007, 07:32 PM. Reason: off site computer
                  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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                    #24
                    Re: Quickbooks and Alpha Talking To Each Other

                    Al:
                    Thanks for your reply. I did a little more digging and came up with this. Seems there is a utility offered for sale that can do what I was concerned about. I was hoping to learn how to use Alpha to do it.

                    http://www.quickbooksgroup.com/webx/...ata%20File/784
                    "Ollie, remember how dumb I used to be? Well, I'm much better now."

                    Pete

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                      #25
                      Re: Quickbooks and Alpha Talking To Each Other

                      Pete

                      Reading a Quickbooks table can be done with a passive linked table.

                      Writing to a Quickbooks table can be done by starting with an Alpha DAO action script and modifying it to handle your situation.

                      You'll need Alpha 5 Enterprise and QODBC read/write.

                      You may want to read my paper from the Las Vegas conference to help with some of the concepts.

                      http://www.bookwood.com/learningcenter.html

                      Or email me / post questions on this board.
                      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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                        #26
                        Re: Quickbooks and Alpha Talking To Each Other

                        Al,
                        Will this work with Quicken? I would like to print checks with A5V8 and post to Quicken. Can that be done?

                        TIA

                        Bill
                        Regards from Washington State,
                        Bill
                        Licensed NERD

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                          #27
                          Re: Quickbooks and Alpha Talking To Each Other

                          Originally posted by Bill Broyles View Post
                          Al,
                          Will this work with Quicken? I would like to print checks with A5V8 and post to Quicken. Can that be done?

                          TIA

                          Bill
                          Intuit is the company that makes Quickbooks and Quicken.

                          QODBC uses the Intuit SDK(Software Development Kit) to access Quickbooks. Intuit has not made an SDK for Quicken and has not announced any plans to make one. So Intuit has closed the doors on program access to Quicken.

                          It is an easy upgrade/conversion from Quicken to Quickbooks.
                          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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