[AccessD] QuickBooks Project... Anyone game?

Hi Mark

Oh, my comment was certainly not meant personally - it indeed sounds
like you know, what you are doing. It was a general remark.

Still, my advice is not to waste time on a package that misses the
essential qualities - if these are not fulfilled, everything else
(including add-ons) will fail somehow sooner or later.

/gustav


> I am fully aware of
> accounting data structures. I ran Sage Sovreign for several years for a
> 60+ branch orgainsation and am currently writing a fairly large project
> based cost control application, which tracks costs from initial project
> estimates based on project structure etc., through the various
> purchasing processes and takes into account varying exchange rates and
> rates of inflation. It also handles forecasting, time writing and
> resource management. Yep, its pretty difficult to get my head round
> certain things, but one things for sure, ultimately the solutions are
> always simple ones...

> Mark

> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gustav Brock
> Sent: 11 June 2004 09:43
> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] QuickBooks Project... Anyone game?


> Hi Mark

>> .. Accounting data structures are very straight forward ..

> Well, that's what many a programmer have thought: "- how difficult can
> it be to sum debit and credit?". There is more in an accounting
> application than this.

>> .. and I don't understand why there
>> are so many discrepancies in such a 'well' developed package. For 
>> example, several of the standard reports don't cross balance due to 
>> the fact they (sometimes) ignore journal entries. Saying that though, 
>> I have never been impressed by an accounts package so maybe I'm just 
>> too cynical :O)