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HOW TO USE QODBC SUPPORT WIZARD
PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:
How to use QODBC Support Wizard?
SOLUTION:
Please follow the below-listed steps for using QODBC Support Wizard.
The "QODBC Support Wizard" application is included with QODBC
v18.0.0.325 and above...
HOW TO USE POWERSHELL WITH QODBC
Download Sample
[http://support.flexquarters.com/esupport/newimages/PowerShell/DisplaySQL.zip]
SAMPLE CODE FOR USING QODBC DSN:
$connectstring = "DSN=QuickBooks Data;"
$sql = "Select TOP 10 Name from Customer"
$conn ...
EXCEL AUTOMATION - HOW TO OPEN, REFRESH AND CLOSE A COMPANY FILE
Download Sample
[http://support.flexquarters.com/esupport/newimages/ExcelAutomation/ExcelAutomation.zip]
Before using the MS Excel application, please ensure you have
installed the MS Off...
HOW TO INSERT INVOICE USING EXCEL - VBA
Download Sample
[http://support.flexquarters.com/esupport/newimages/InsertInvoiceVBA/Insert_Invoice.zip]
In this example, We will show you How to insert an Invoice in
QuickBooks using the data available in an Exc...
CONNECTING MULTIPLE QUICKBOOKS COMPANIES VIA EXCEL
Download Sample
[http://support.flexquarters.com/esupport/newimages/MultipleCompany/MultipleQBCompanyConnection.zip]
There is a limitation with the QuickBooks SDK: it can connect only one
company file ...
TROUBLESHOOTING - GETTING ERROR SOCKET CLOSED BECAUSE OF ABNORMAL
PACKAGE
PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:
I am getting Error SOCKET Closed because of an abnormal package in the
QRemote client. I am accessing QuickBooks Data from the remote machine
over the inter...
TROUBLESHOOTING - QODBC RECORD SET ISSUE
PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:
I am using the below code. It is returning records & giving me the
correct result. But If I change the query from "SELECT Name FROM
customer" to "SELECT * FROM customer," it does not return...
TROUBLESHOOTING - HOW TO GET ADVANCED PRICING MODULE IN QODBC
PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:
We are using an advanced pricing module in QuickBooks and would like
to know what tables we need to access to pull that information from
the system.
SOLUTION:
Advanc...
TROUBLESHOOTING - HOW TO CLOSE SQL LINKED SERVER CONNECTION
PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:
We are using QRemote with SQL Linked Servers with several different
QuickBooks files. How can we close the connection to a QuickBooks file
after the query has run, then o...
TROUBLESHOOTING - REPORTING SHIP TO ADDRESSES
PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:
Has anyone run a report that will pull all the detail for a range of
invoices? In particular, I'm looking to run a report that shows the
ship-to addresses for specific products over a ...
TROUBLESHOOTING - CODE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN QODBC DESKTOP AND QODBC
ONLINE
PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:
I have an MS Access application using QODBC to connect to desktop
QuickBooks. Can I use the QODBC Online driver to connect to QuickBooks
Online without chan...
TROUBLESHOOTING - CONNECTION SERIAL, LIMITATION, QUEUE, AND UPPER
LIMIT
PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:
How many concurrent connections does the Server edition support?
Is the product QB version specific, requiring additional purchases
with each version? AKA. ...
TROUBLESHOOTING - CHANGES TO THE INTEGRATED APPLICATION
AUTHENTICATION FOR QUICKBOOKS
Intuit is reinforcing existing security features that help protect
QuickBooks customers' sensitive information.
Refer: Intuit's News: Changes to the Integrated Applic...
TROUBLESHOOTING - CAN I USE QODBC WITH QBB ( QUICKBOOKS BACKUP ) FILE
PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:
I am trying to find a way to pull data from a . QBB file without
having to restore the. QBB file and going through QuickBooks.
Is QODBC capable of doing so? I...
[QODBC-ONLINE] TROUBLESHOOTING - QUICKBOOKS MESSAGE 653-UNAUTHORIZED -
401 - FAULT EXCEPTION OF TYPE: AUTHENTICATION HAS BEEN GENERATED. QB
BEGIN SESSION FAILED. ERROR - UNAUTHORIZED-401
PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:
I was able to use QODBC Online. Suddenly, I g...
TROUBLESHOOTING - DSN CONNECTION NOT CONSISTENT ACROSS MULTIPLE
COMPUTERS
PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:
I have a pass-through query for access:
Select * from Item
The connection string is as follows:
ODBC;DRIVER={QODBC Driver for
QuickBooks};SERVER=QODBC;DF...
TROUBLESHOOTING - QODBC LOGGING IN WITH THE WRONG USER ACCOUNT
PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:
I am using ms access. I have the integrated application certificate
set up correctly (see screenshot). The username for this certificate
is "odbc."
QuickBooks is clos...
TROUBLESHOOTING - HOW DO I SEE BACKORDER ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN
INVOICED BUT NOT SHIPPED
PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:
Could someone kindly provide me with a sample, or is there a stored
procedure that would allow me to only pull out back ordered invoices
from t...
TROUBLESHOOTING - TRYING TO UPDATE THE ITEMINVENTORYASSEMBLYLINE
TABLE
PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:
All our products are Inventory Assemblies. I am using MS Access
connected to QuickBooks via QODBC. I am using queries in MS Access to
loading/synchronize Inven...
HOW TO SHARE/INVITE THE FLEXQUARTERS SUPPORT TEAM TO THE QUICKBOOKS
ONLINE COMPANY FILE
PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:
How do I share/invite the FLEXquarters Support team to access my QBO
company file?
SOLUTION:
Please follow the below steps to share/invite ...
HOW TO REMOVE QODBC RELATED CERTIFICATES FROM INTEGRATED APPLICATIONS
UNDER QUICKBOOKS POS
Please follow the steps to remove QODBC Related Certificates from the
Integrated Application Under QuickBooks POS:
Try removing all the integrated application en...
TROUBLESHOOTING - HOW TO USE BETWEEN IN QODBC
PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:
I need to use Between, in a range of dates, to return new customers in
one period. I try this:
SELECT FullName FROM Customer Where TimeCreated Between
{d'2007-12-18'} AND {d'2007-12...
TROUBLESHOOTING - HOW CAN I USE WILDCARD (*) WITH CRYSTAL REPORT AND
SP_REPORT
PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:
I am using the following SQL statement:
sp_report JobProfitabilityDetail show AmountActualCost_Title,
AmountActualRevenue_Title, AmountDifferenceActu...
TROUBLESHOOTING - HOW CAN I GET LINKS BETWEEN ESTIMATE AND INVOICE
USING QODBC
PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:
I've explored the related-to fields but cannot determine how a line on
the invoice is linked to the estimate.
I'm designing a report that needs to se...
TROUBLESHOOTING - HOW CAN I GET THE LAST ITEMS SOLD TO CUSTOMER
DETAILS
PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:
I created a report using a custom set with the customer as the parent
and InvoiceLine as the child giving me items ordered in the past.
My problem is I only...
TROUBLESHOOTING - BILLABLE PAYROLL - NEED TO DISPLAY MORE FIELDS ON
INVOICE
PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:
We need to bill all payroll costs to various customers. Payroll costs
are defined as all of the following:
1. Employee's gross salary
2. Company share ...
TROUBLESHOOTING - WHERE IS THE BIN LOCATION FOR ITEMS STORED?
PROBLEM DESCRIPTION 1:
I am using QuickBooks Enterprise with Advanced Inventory enabled.
I am trying to find where the bin location for items is stored in
QuickBooks through QODBC.
PROBL...
HOW TO IMPORT DATA TO QUICKBOOKS THROUGH CSV USING QODBC
NOTE: QODBC does not support direct import, But you can write VBA code
that reads a CSV / Excel file & generates insert statements.
There are two ways to Import data to QuickBooks through CSV us...
HOW TO CREATE OR CONFIGURE A QODBC ONLINE DSN
PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:
I have one QuickBooks Online login, which provides access to multiple
QuickBooks Online companies.
When I initially configured the connection, I selected one of the
clients to that I ...
TROUBLESHOOTING - HOW TO COMPUTE SUM WITHOUT COMPUTE CLAUSE
PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:
The following selection gives me the correct data using DISTINCT, but
how do I get a sum of it, which is what I need?
Select distinct billtopayduedate, billtopayrefnumb...
TROUBLESHOOTING - HOW DO I LIST THE SUBTOTAL OF INVOICES WITHIN THE
DATE RANGE
PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:
I want to list the subtotal of all Invoices by a customer for not only
that particular customer but all jobs assigned to that customer within
a specifi...
TROUBLESHOOTING - I CANNOT CONNECT TO MY QUICKBOOKS ONLINE SANDBOX
PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:
I am trying to do some testing and now have access to a QBO Sandbox
company. I have tried to connect to it in two different ways.
1. If I "Connect to QuickBooks" ...
HOW TO CONNECT TO QUICKBOOKS ONLINE SANDBOX COMPANY FILE.
For installation & configuring QODBC Online to work with QuickBooks
Online live company file. Please refer:
How to use QODBC Online with QuickBooks Online Edition (Apps.com)
[http://support.flex...
TROUBLESHOOTING - QUICKBOOKS UI GETTING LAUNCHED AFTER UPDATING QODBC
VERSION.
PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:
We recently upgraded from QODBC 14 to 16.00.00.313. It is functioning
normally, except now the QuickBooks window is opening up when it
didn't use to. I...
TROUBLESHOOTING - QUICKBOOKS ADVANCED INVENTORY MODULE IN QODBC
PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:
Does your enterprise driver support the advanced inventory module for
QuickBooks enterprise? Would we be able to query stock per item, per
location?
SOLUTION:
You...
TROUBLESHOOTING - QODBC/QREMOTE TRIES TO CONNECT FOR 2 MINUTES OVER
AND OVER
PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:
I am using QRemote DSN to connect to QuickBooks. QODBC/QRemote tries
to connect for 2 minutes over and over and says it has a connection
but does nothing...
TROUBLESHOOTING - GETTING UNEXPECTED EXTRA TOKEN ERROR IN DATE FIELD
QUERY
PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:
I am trying to query the Transaction table based on the TxnDate field.
I tried the below code.
OdbcCommand SourceCmd = new OdbcCommand("Select * from Tra...
PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:
How to insert employee time information from MS Excel time spreadsheet
into QuickBooks using QODBC
SOLUTION:
You cannot perform insert/update operations directly in MS Excel
because Excel is just exporting tables in the spreadsh...
NOTE: VB DEMO IS DEPRECATED.
Please refer to How to use the QODBC Test Tool for testing
[https://support.flexquarters.com/esupport/index.php?/Knowledgebase/Article/View/3069/]
PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:
VB DemoQODBC Test ToolTest Connection was crashing Wh...
HOW TO CONNECT TO MULTIPLE COMPANY FILES AT THE SAME
TIME/SIMULTANEOUSLY
PROBLEM:
There are multiple company files in QuickBooks. At a time, I can
access only one company file. Is QODBC allow me to access multiple
company files same time?
SOLUTION:
T...
PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:
How can I add a blank InvoiceLine in QuickBooks using QODBC?
SOLUTION:
You can create an empty Invoice, neither in QODBC nor QuickBooks. But
in QuickBooks, you could leave lines blank and ensure at least one
line with data in your...
HOW TO USE QODBC WITH WINDOWS SCHEDULER / HOW TO USE Z-CRON WITH
QODBC / HOW TO RUN QODBC APPLICATIONS ON A REPEATING/NIGHTLY BASIS
PROBLEM DESCRIPTION 1:
My application needs to read data from QuickBooks and update data in
the SQL server. Up to this, ...
TROUBLESHOOTING - HOW TO USE QODBC WITH MULTIPLE QUICKBOOKS COMPANY
FILE
PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:
I have a question about setting ODBC to auto-login. I am trying to
automate some tasks and wanted to auto-login. We have two different
company files for accoun...
TROUBLESHOOTING - HOW TO RE-LINK QUICKBOOKS DATA IN MS ACCESS USING
QODBC
PROBLEM DESCRIPTION 1:
We are adding invoice records to QuickBooks using an Access front end.
When we create the records and try to insert them into QuickBooks, the
line items see...
TROUBLESHOOTING - HOW TO LOCATE DATA FOUND IN QUICKBOOKS BY TABLE AND
FIELD NAME INSIDE QODBC
PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:
I have a question about How to locate data found in QuickBooks by
table and field name inside the QODBC system.
SOLUTIONS:
The fastest ...
TROUBLESHOOTING - APPLICATION CONNECTIVITY DELAY
PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:
I have an inventory control system (c#, SQL Server) that needs Read
Only access to four tables in the accounting system. I have deployed
your multiuser version and can access the loca...
EXAMPLES OF CREATING INVOICE USING QREMOTE FROM SQL SERVER
NOTE: For multi-line invoices, some may find it easier to NOT include
the header information with each line item, but rather to have
separate smaller commands for the Invoice Lines and a final ...
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN QODBC FOR QUICKBOOKS DESKTOP AND ONLINE.
TABLE DIFFERENCES:
Number of Tables available in
QODBC DESKTOP
QODBC ONLINE
150
83
List of Tables available in QODBC Desktop
[http://doc.qodbc.com/qodbc/usa/TableList.php?catego...
TROUBLESHOOTING - GETTING MULTIPLE-STEP OLE DB OPERATION GENERATED
ERRORS IN SQL SERVER
PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:
Trying to insert into SalesOrderLine and getting a 'Multiple-step'
error.
INSERT INTO QBREMOTE...SalesOrderLine (CustomerRefListID,
TemplateR...
HOW TO USE QXL
STEP 1 - DOWNLOAD QXL
If you haven't already downloaded QXL, go to the download page
[http://qxl1.com/qxl-for-quickbooks-desktop-downloads/] now. Don't
forget to read the "Readme" file during installation for the latest
information on QX...
TROUBLESHOOTING - HOW TO USE DATE() AND DATEADD() FUNCTION IN QODBC
PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:
I want to write some select statements on InvoiceLine and
SalesReceiptLine that return all records dated WITHIN the past 30 days
relative to whatever TODAY is. I'm...
TROUBLESHOOTING - HOW TO VERIFY IF THE OPTIMIZER FILE IS CORRUPTED OR
NOT
PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:
Is there any way to figure out when the Optimizer cache is corrupted,
or is there a way we can avoid it altogether in the future?
SOLUTIONS:
Please refer...
QODBC POS COULD NOT ACCESS TO QUICKBOOKS POS COMPANY FILE
PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:
When ting sets QODBC POS DSN to access the company file running in
QuickBooks POS (Version 10), it will fail to connect to the company
file. QuickBooks POS will search for th...
TROUBLESHOOTING - HOW TO ADJUST THE VALUE OF A STOCK ITEM WITHOUT
CHANGING THE STOCK QUANTITY
PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:
Can I adjust the value of a stock item without changing the stock
quantity?
SOLUTIONS:
Yes, you can adjust the value of a stock item ...
TROUBLESHOOTING - MS ACCESS CRASHES HARD ON DATE QUERY
PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:
I've linked all the QODBC tables into an Access 2010 DB. I have
created table subset queries on the original tables and would like to
do selects based on date ranges - other thi...
TROUBLESHOOTING - HOW TO ACCESS QUICKBOOKS DATA USING FILEMAKER
PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:
I downloaded the trial version of your driver this morning and am
excited about the prospects. I've installed it and can get the fields
and tables to appear in QODBC T...
TROUBLESHOOTING - FREEZING QUICKBOOKS, SLOW QUERY RUNNING.
PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:
When I run a report query, the query works very slowly & takes about
1-5 mins per simple report like:
"sp_report ARAgingSummary show Current parameters
DateFrom={d'2014-11-...
HOW CAN I USE THE SAME EXCEL FILES IN 64 & 32-BIT SYSTEMS
PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:
How Can I use the same Excel files in 64 & 32-bit Systems?
Is it possible to have a connection setup in an Excel file and be
able to refresh on either a 64 or 32-bit syst...
TROUBLESHOOTING: ERROR IN DCOM INSTANCE IN W2003 SERVER
PROBLEM DESCRIPTION
I'm using Windows Server 2003 system. When I try to create a linked
server from SQL 2008 express, it fails, and from the SDK messages, I
see the error as a remote client can't...
TROUBLESHOOTING: QUICKBOOKS DATA RETURN AS NULL(NVARCHAR ONLY) WITH
SSIS
PROBLEM DESCRIPTION
We are using the QODBC driver for connecting QuickBooks with SSIS. I
can able to connect with QuickBooks through SSIS. But Quick books Ex:
LIST ID) nvarchar da...
TROUBLESHOOTING: MS SQL REPORTING SERVICES AND QUICKBOOKS
PROBLEM DESCRIPTION
I am trying to deliver reports via Microsoft's SQL Server 2005
Reporting Services. I have a Windows 2003 server with QuickBooks 6 and
the latest QODBC driver using DCOM. I ...
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