[AccessD] QuickBooks Project... Anyone game?

Christopher Hawkins clh at christopherhawkins.com
Thu Jun 24 10:31:44 CDT 2004


I pulled down the SDK for a close examination a few months ago - I
thought I had mentioned that, but now that I think back, I probably
didn't.  

-C-

---- Original Message ----
From: Subscriptions at servicexp.com
To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com, 
Subject: RE: [AccessD] QuickBooks Project... Anyone game?
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2004 07:34:40 -0400

>Christopher,
> I'm glad you asked.....;-) When ever I hear, "Well I'm not sure how 
>much I
>can help, but count me in" type of statement it **Generally** means 
>I really
>can't help, but I would like to have access to the work.. For me at 
>least,
>this has been no easy task, and is requiring a major commitment of 
>effort
>trying to weed through the QB program model.
>
> You and John C. where the *only* two (I was looking for 5) who 
>wanted to be
>a part of the project with no "disclaimers", meaning serious and 
>wanting to
>put in the effort it is going to take to pull this off.
>
> So let me turn this around.....
> Have you (and JC), downloaded and started reviewing the SDK in it's
>entirety, and if so how far into the model are you?
>
> You know, since JC is like the equivilent of 3 programmers, I guess 
>we do
>have 5...;-)
>
>Robert Gracie
>www.servicexp.com
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
>[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of Christopher
>Hawkins
>Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2004 10:17 PM
>To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com
>Subject: RE: [AccessD] QuickBooks Project... Anyone game?
>
>
>You've had me, JC, Ken at least two others offer to join your
>project.  How much more serious help do you need?  ;)
>
>-C-
>
>---- Original Message ----
>From: Subscriptions at servicexp.com
>To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com,
>Subject: RE: [AccessD] QuickBooks Project... Anyone game?
>Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2004 21:16:50 -0400
>
>>Ken,
>> Bottom line, not enough **serious** interest here. I'm about 15-20
>>hours
>>into my "QuickBooks Class Build", and it's going OK, not nearly as
>>fast as I
>>hoped but then again I'm just one guy....
>>
>>
>>Good Luck!!
>>
>>
>>Robert Gracie
>>www.servicexp.com
>>
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
>>[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of Ken Stoker
>>Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2004 7:51 PM
>>To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
>>Subject: RE: [AccessD] QuickBooks Project... Anyone game?
>>
>>
>>I would like to be included as well.  I don't know how much help I
>>can be,
>>but my partner and I just met with a potential new client and found
>>out that
>>they use Quickbooks for their inventory tracking.  We are to put a
>>proposal
>>together that will integrate a revamped web site that will include a
>>knowledgebase, online purchasing (which part will need to interact
>>with
>>Quickbooks) and some other options.  After our first meeting, I
>>quickly came
>>back and grabbed the list of emails for this string from my deleted
>>items so
>>that I could see what everyone was saying.
>>
>>Thanks
>>
>>Ken
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
>>[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of jwcolby
>>Sent: Friday, June 11, 2004 5:21 AM
>>To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
>>Subject: RE: [AccessD] QuickBooks Project... Anyone game?
>>
>>I'm in.  I have a client right now jumping through hoops to do this.
>>
>>John W. Colby
>>www.ColbyConsulting.com
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
>>[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Robert
>>Gracie
>>Sent: Friday, June 11, 2004 7:35 AM
>>To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
>>Subject: RE: [AccessD] QuickBooks Project... Anyone game?
>>
>>
>>Christopher,
>> I guess there are about 75 VB examples in the SDK (3.0). All of
>>which are
>>as seamless as the next as far as I have played with (there just a
>>pain to
>>work with). It is really easy to see this for yourself if you have
>>QuickBooks 2002 or above..
>>
>> The problem is, there are no (none that I can find at least)
>>complete
>>sophisticated solutions that are under 500.00. I have tried the
>>coreObjX
>>dll, but that thing is a nightmare to even get registered on the
>>users
>>machines (even their own install routine will not register 9 time
>>out of
>>10), the other (AcctSync) solutions I found is about 1K, so it's out
>>of my
>>price range.
>>
>> What I'm hoping (going) to build is a class based solution based on
>>the
>>QBFC. So in the end I will end up with a solution that will allow 
>for
>>portability, and very easy communications with QB. The solution will
>>do all
>>the "grunt" work under the hood automatically, and allow me to send
>>and
>>interpret QB requests very easily.
>>
>> It's not easy working with QB's API, and I would have like to made
>>it an
>>open source kind of thing, but I was hoping for at least 5 serious
>>developers to join in.
>>
>>
>>Robert Gracie
>>www.servicexp.com
>>
>>
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