MarkH
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Thu Jun 10 08:53:32 CDT 2004
The data structure (I am told by a very good accountant I know) is flawed in several ways. The application itself compensates (sometimes badly). QB is a good solution for small businesses etc. but I wouldn't (personally) want to have to work with its data. Accounting data structures are very straight forward 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) 85% of what by the way? The only people I know who use it are small business and they, generally, are happy with it as it is and wouldn't want to shell out the extra cash to have add-ons developed... Mark -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Robert Gracie Sent: 10 June 2004 01:22 To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving Subject: RE: [AccessD] QuickBooks Project... Anyone game? Wow Intuit has a greater then 85% market share. I'm not sure about you guys, but my clients are screaming for a strong solution that interacts with QuickBooks in my products. Robert Gracie www.servicexp.com -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of John Bartow Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2004 10:18 PM To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving Subject: RE: [AccessD] QuickBooks Project... Anyone game? Mark, I don't want to continue this OT too much but I have to agree - even though I use it. You can't even have a customer be a vendor that you also purchase from! Drives me nuts! JB -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of MarkH Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2004 7:46 PM To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving' Subject: RE: [AccessD] QuickBooks Project... Anyone game? Side tracking a little... We use QB for the company accounts, the lady who does my books has torn it to pieces. She has found numerous flaws in the program, in particular in relation to journal postings and VAT, can't remember what exactly (as I have a very short attention span) but don't be surprised if things don't always balance... I looked at developing a few tools (data extracts and analysis) for it but didn't bother starting once I realised Quickbooks couldn't even do a decent job of it themselves... Sorry to be negative but I found it to be a very disappointing piece of software, particularly in respect to data extracts, windows integration and simple accounting practices... Mark -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin - Beach Access Software Sent: 08 June 2004 23:54 To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving Subject: Re: [AccessD] QuickBooks Project... Anyone game? Robert: I looked at the QuickBooks SDK and gave up. Used the two-step - export from my app to their funky file format and import into QuickBooks. You can have the code if it helps. But I think you're looking for the seamless solution. Rocky ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Gracie" <Subscriptions at servicexp.com> To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving" <accessd at databaseadvisors.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2004 2:45 PM Subject: [AccessD] QuickBooks Project... Anyone game? > Ok, > The first question is.. Does anyone here currently (or have plans in > the > future) to programmatically interact with QuickBooks 2003 or greater, either > on a data or "front end" (Version 2004)level? > > The second question, would anyone here be interested in grouping our > efforts together to come up with a "wrapped" solution, such has been > done with the BEU? > > I'm looking at a Class based solution that can handle all the major > functions a typical company would need to interact with QB. > > What Say You? > > > Robert Gracie > www.servicexp.com > > > > -- > _______________________________________________ > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com -- _______________________________________________ AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com -- _______________________________________________ AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com -- _______________________________________________ AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com -- _______________________________________________ AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com