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how do integrate custom applicaiton with quickbooks? Notgiven 09-29-2006
Posted by Notgiven on September 29, 2006, 9:01 pm
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 I know quickbooks has an API but I have not done this type of work before.

My application, among a variety of things, generates invoices. My client
prints invoices from my application but uses quickbooks to keep their books.
I want to "move" a record of the invoices from my system over to their
quickbooks. Quickbooks does not need to take any action, I just want to
record the invoice with it's data in their quickbooks.

How do I go about doing this?

Is this an involved project?

Any articles, tutorials, links you can recommeend to get started?

Many thanks!



Posted by klunk on October 3, 2006, 8:53 am
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"Notgiven" :
>I know quickbooks has an API but I have not done this type of work before.
>
> My application, among a variety of things, generates invoices. My client
> prints invoices from my application but uses quickbooks to keep their
> books. I want to "move" a record of the invoices from my system over to
> their quickbooks. Quickbooks does not need to take any action, I just
> want to record the invoice with it's data in their quickbooks.
>
> How do I go about doing this?
>
> Is this an involved project?
>
> Any articles, tutorials, links you can recommeend to get started?
>


You have 2 options -- IIF import or QB SDK.

IIF import is easier to implement, since it is just a specially
formatted text file. The drawbacks are that it has been rumored
for quite some time that Intuit will drop it from QB in the future,
requires imports to be initiated from within QB by the user,
and it has very little error-handling. But once setup correctly is
quite reliable. Here's a link to a good simple sample IIF file:
http://www.qtools.com/files/QBimport-sample2.iif

The SDK is much more tedious to implement. But it requires
less intervention by end-users, and has very robust error-handling.
6 years in, the SDK is still frustratingly incomplete, but you won't
run into any problems just pushing in invoices. The forums at
http://developer.intuit.com are a good place to search for answers
and post questions. The SDK download includes lots of samples
and reference.

Good luck!




Posted by Paul on October 3, 2006, 8:55 pm
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>
> "Notgiven" :
>>I know quickbooks has an API but I have not done this type of work before.
>>
>> My application, among a variety of things, generates invoices. My client
>> prints invoices from my application but uses quickbooks to keep their
>> books. I want to "move" a record of the invoices from my system over to
>> their quickbooks. Quickbooks does not need to take any action, I just
>> want to record the invoice with it's data in their quickbooks.
>>
>> How do I go about doing this?
>>
>> Is this an involved project?
>>
>> Any articles, tutorials, links you can recommeend to get started?
>>
>
>
> You have 2 options -- IIF import or QB SDK.
>
> IIF import is easier to implement, since it is just a specially
> formatted text file. The drawbacks are that it has been rumored
> for quite some time that Intuit will drop it from QB in the future,
> requires imports to be initiated from within QB by the user,
> and it has very little error-handling. But once setup correctly is
> quite reliable. Here's a link to a good simple sample IIF file:
> http://www.qtools.com/files/QBimport-sample2.iif
>
> The SDK is much more tedious to implement. But it requires
> less intervention by end-users, and has very robust error-handling.
> 6 years in, the SDK is still frustratingly incomplete, but you won't
> run into any problems just pushing in invoices. The forums at
> http://developer.intuit.com are a good place to search for answers
> and post questions. The SDK download includes lots of samples
> and reference.
>
> Good luck!
Many thanks klunk!




Posted by MikeD27 on July 30, 2008, 9:31 am
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ProfitCents integrates with Quickbooks. ProfitCents is used by thousands
of financial professionals throughout North America. Each application and
report of ProfitCents solves specific problems based upon your needs. Some
people and organizations use ProfitCents to convert hard-to-understand
financial numbers into plain language in order to help their clients
understand financial information. Some use ProfitCents to perform
sophisticated financial analysis, including financial projections and
analytical procedures (analysis in ProfitCents only requires minutes of
your time). Finally, users benefit from the in-depth private company
financial data they contribute.


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Posted by Haskel LaPort on July 30, 2008, 10:00 am
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> ProfitCents integrates with Quickbooks. ProfitCents is used by thousands
> of financial professionals throughout North America. Each application and
> report of ProfitCents solves specific problems based upon your needs. Some
> people and organizations use ProfitCents to convert hard-to-understand
> financial numbers into plain language in order to help their clients
> understand financial information. Some use ProfitCents to perform
> sophisticated financial analysis, including financial projections and
> analytical procedures (analysis in ProfitCents only requires minutes of
> your time). Finally, users benefit from the in-depth private company
> financial data they contribute.
>
>
> Complex Financial Numbers into Plain Language - ProfitCents

I have heard nothing but bad things about ProfitCents from end users.


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