Quiet install and select Region

Note: One can do a quiet install by "qodbc.exe /q"

How to Specify Region When Doing Quiet Install

     You can set the QODBC Region key yourself. It can be found at:

My Computer HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SOFTWARE QODBC Driver for QuickBooks

     The valid values are the US (USA), CA (Canada), UK (United Kingdom), and OZ (Australia/New Zealand/Asia) however, CD Keys are locked to a region value except for the US and CA, which share the same CDKEY.

About Passing License Key to the Install

     You can't do anything with the CDKEY during a quiet install. However, after installation, you can use this function to auto-activate a CDKEY in fqqb32.dll :

LPSTR INTFUNC FQActivate(LPSTR sCDKeyEntered)

     That will let you register a machine (requires an Internet connection). Just check the return string for any error messages. The QODBC installer calls this function during a normal installation.

     Currently, EditQDSN takes a command line that accepts a DSN name. So:

"C:\Program Files\QODBC Driver for QuickBooks\EditQDSN.exe" QODBC Auto-Login

I will start the QODBC setup screen for the DSN, QuickBooks Auto-Login. We will shortly also modify EditQDSN to also accept a default CDKEY.

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