Is there any way to host your own web version?

Posted by George on November 3, 2008, 9:03 am

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I like the idea of web accessible software but I don't care for the idea
of someone else having the company data no matter how much they tell me
it is safe or encrypted etc. So I would like to keep the company file
here and allow web access for a few users.

I have been searching and found there is a web connector kit which
allows a web application to interact with Quickbooks and something
called QODBC which seems to be an extension of the web connector kit
functionality. Are there any methods where a remote user can access our
QB using only a web browser?

Thanks

Posted by Haskel LaPort on November 3, 2008, 3:26 pm

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>I like the idea of web accessible software but I don't care for the idea of

>someone else having the company data no matter how much they tell me it is

>safe or encrypted etc. So I would like to keep the company file here and

>allow web access for a few users.

> I have been searching and found there is a web connector kit which allows

> a web application to interact with Quickbooks and something called QODBC

> which seems to be an extension of the web connector kit functionality. Are

> there any methods where a remote user can access our QB using only a web

> browser?

> Thanks

Look at www.logmein.com

Posted by George on November 3, 2008, 5:20 pm

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Haskel LaPort wrote:

>> I like the idea of web accessible software but I don't care for the

>> idea of someone else having the company data no matter how much they

>> tell me it is safe or encrypted etc. So I would like to keep the

>> company file here and allow web access for a few users.

>> I have been searching and found there is a web connector kit which

>> allows a web application to interact with Quickbooks and something

>> called QODBC which seems to be an extension of the web connector kit

>> functionality. Are there any methods where a remote user can access

>> our QB using only a web browser?

>> Thanks

> Look at www.logmein.com

Thanks but that requires a dedicated computer for each simultaneous
outside user. I was looking more for something comparable to how QB
hosted version works. You connect to their web server using only a
browser and it interacts with the database which has your data. I would
like to keep my data locally and access it via my web server.

Posted by Laura on November 3, 2008, 8:34 pm

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> Haskel LaPort wrote:

>>> I like the idea of web accessible software but I don't care for the idea

>>> of someone else having the company data no matter how much they tell me

>>> it is safe or encrypted etc. So I would like to keep the company file

>>> here and allow web access for a few users.

>>>

>>> I have been searching and found there is a web connector kit which

>>> allows a web application to interact with Quickbooks and something

>>> called QODBC which seems to be an extension of the web connector kit

>>> functionality. Are there any methods where a remote user can access our

>>> QB using only a web browser?

>>>

>>> Thanks

>> Look at www.logmein.com

>>>

> Thanks but that requires a dedicated computer for each simultaneous

> outside user. I was looking more for something comparable to how QB hosted

> version works. You connect to their web server using only a browser and it

> interacts with the database which has your data. I would like to keep my

> data locally and access it via my web server.

LMI does not require a dedicated computer for each simultaneous outside
user. You set up single user access with multiple computers being able to
access the QB file-1 at a time. Your users will need to coordinate who will
be in the QB file but e-mail messages to the group can easily solve that
problem. Setup 1 LMI account and let everyone know what the account password
& access code are and you are all set.

LMI has a trial and freebie versions. As long as your users don't need to
print or transfer files then a freebie account will work fine.

Posted by George on November 4, 2008, 10:11 am

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Laura wrote:

>> Haskel LaPort wrote:

>>>

>>>> I like the idea of web accessible software but I don't care for the

>>>> idea of someone else having the company data no matter how much they

>>>> tell me it is safe or encrypted etc. So I would like to keep the

>>>> company file here and allow web access for a few users.

>>>>

>>>> I have been searching and found there is a web connector kit which

>>>> allows a web application to interact with Quickbooks and something

>>>> called QODBC which seems to be an extension of the web connector kit

>>>> functionality. Are there any methods where a remote user can access

>>>> our QB using only a web browser?

>>>>

>>>> Thanks

>>>

>>> Look at www.logmein.com

>>>

>>>>

>>>

>> Thanks but that requires a dedicated computer for each simultaneous

>> outside user. I was looking more for something comparable to how QB

>> hosted version works. You connect to their web server using only a

>> browser and it interacts with the database which has your data. I

>> would like to keep my data locally and access it via my web server.

> LMI does not require a dedicated computer for each simultaneous outside

> user. You set up single user access with multiple computers being able

> to access the QB file-1 at a time. Your users will need to coordinate

> who will be in the QB file but e-mail messages to the group can easily

> solve that problem. Setup 1 LMI account and let everyone know what the

> account password & access code are and you are all set.

> LMI has a trial and freebie versions. As long as your users don't need

> to print or transfer files then a freebie account will work fine.

Thanks for the reply but if there are two simultaneous users then you
need two computers running to service the two users. If you coordinate
use then it isn't simultaneous. Trying to coordinate this would be a
little messy. If the application is running on a web server (exactly how
QB hosted works) then there is no requirement to dedicate a computer to
each user.

We do the very same thing with another database we use. It runs on a
computer here and it is accessed via a web browser. Anyone who can get
to the web server can login. I am trying to do the same with QB or if
not change to something else.