Comments on: QuickBooks Add On Programs: SDK

By: Charlie

Charlie — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 20:39:58 +0000

Ben, thank you for providing the “chuckle of the day”. No, no list like that. I don’t think Intuit knows themselves. The holes are odd and scattered about. And I’ve never seen a comprehensive list. It is frustrating.

By: Ben

Ben — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 20:28:10 +0000

Is there a complete list of ALL data and fields that SDK cannot access for QB 2011 ENT?

By: Charlie

Charlie — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 17:11:44 +0000

Dana, I haven’t tried it, but a “negative invoice” is really a credit memo, and you probably should have it posted that way. The simplest rule of thumb on this is – if you can’t do it in the user interface, the SDK isn’t going to let you do it either.

By: Dana Rasmussen

Dana Rasmussen — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 21:24:33 +0000

Oh, I have QB’s Pro 2009

By: Dana Rasmussen

Dana Rasmussen — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 21:23:56 +0000

Do you know if QB’s will allow negative invoices to come over from the interface program?

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By: Charlie

Charlie — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 18:35:24 +0000

Unfortunate that we have to go to that degree to get the info, and it might not always get exactly what we want, but that is about all that can be done. And then it isn’t in the regular database or the ODBC driver, and you have to run updates periodically. Wish Intuit had done it right, but from what I understand it will be very unlikely that we’ll see that changing.

By: J Hamblin

J Hamblin — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 21:14:04 +0000

Hello Charlie,

Great article on the SDK and its limitations.

Regarding items that can not be accessed by SDK:
“Alternate Ship To addresses in the customer record.”

While it is true that those addresses can’t be grabbed from the customer record, we offer a small utility named “ShipTo Address Exporter” that uses an indirect means to retrieve them using the SDK — by collecting them from the transactions in which they are used.

By the way, you do a great job in your tips and reviews. It’s at the top of my regular reading list.

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