Quickbooks Import QBI

[landshark]

I would be glad to help you further, but at this point it is going to involve more time and we will need to escalate it. Please go to the QBI support page at www.libermansound.com/qbi for more details.

I am going to need to see your lists.iif export file from Quickbooks, a qbi_orders.iif file from QBI, and the QBI Orders Error Log, which you can download from the QBI Support tab in your store. Then I will know exactly what is going on and can solve it quickly.

Thanks,
Adam

Adam,

The only thing i see at the link provided is donation information. Is there something specific i should be looking for? I will be more than happy to donate which i often do with working software.

The issues i have been having with paypal payments going to accounts recievable has also not been addressed. Do you have any input on this or am i in the same boat as with the items? Which looks like I will have to pay to get it to work correctly.

Is there anyone that has gotten this contribution working without problems, consistantly?

I am going to try to uninstall this and reinstall it. If it is truely a piece of working software and the problem is with me and no one else is having similar problems maybe something went wrong during the installation.

Any pointers for uninstalling this completely?

[adam5532]

Adam,

The only thing i see at the link provided is donation information. Is there something specific i should be looking for? I will be more than happy to donate which i often do with working software.

I think Justin Simoni, the Developer of DadaMail, puts it perfectly, so I am copying what he says here, substituting the name of QBI:
"QBI is an Open Source program, no support for the program is implied in the license. The program is free, direct support is not. But, free support can be had through the ZenCart/QBI community, of which the developer is a part of."

I provide a certain basic level of support in the forums, but at the point where a problem is not solved in a few posts and/or it requires me to examine your files, then we need to go to direct support. It still isn't clear to me from your description what the problem is that you are having, so I think that examining your files will save both of us time and resolve the issue. QBI is used by thousands of people (on the "other" cart as well as ZenCart) and works well. I've spent 535 hours so far developing it, and I hope that those who wish me to give of my time to help them with their individual issues can feel gracious and not reluctant to give something back. I don't work for free or on spec because someone has their own doubts about whether my software works. Because I don't want to violate the rules of the forums, details about advanced support options are located on the support site at www.libermansound.com/qbi.

The issues i have been having with paypal payments going to accounts recievable has also not been addressed. Do you have any input on this or am i in the same boat as with the items? Which looks like I will have to pay to get it to work correctly.

PayPal is working fine on the "other" cart. There may be differences on ZenCart, and I haven't had a chance to test it yet. This may be an issue with QBI, and I will set up and test PayPal on my own cart, so it probably won't involve your time or money to resolve. QBI was released on June 5th -- it is now June 13th. Please give me a little more time to address this issue!

Is there anyone that has gotten this contribution working without problems, consistantly?

I use it every day on my site, and it continually receives praise on the "other" cart's forum, where likely thousands of people use it. It has about 4,000 lines of code -- so far, only a couple of bugs have been discovered in version 3, and only a handfull of people (out of 200+ downloads) have reported any issues.

I am going to try to uninstall this and reinstall it. If it is truely a piece of working software and the problem is with me and no one else is having similar problems maybe something went wrong during the installation.

I find that 99% of problems are due to people not configuring it properly or fully, or not fully reading or understanding the instructions. If you do discover a bug, I am glad to fix it.

Any pointers for uninstalling this completely?

Reinstallation rarely is the fix. Instructions for reinstallation are in the Installation Manual.

Thanks,
Adam

[businesstoweb]

Thank you adam, this is an important contribution. I will be installing and testing shortly.

Will update -

On another side note... I have had a quick search of the forums and can't see anything directly related...

Are there any plans to do the same service for Sage Accounts? Many of our clients use Sage accounts, so I know this would benefit them.

I am also aware that there is quite a charge for becoming a sage partner, wrt developing API's etc. ( £1500+ I believe? ) Correct me if I am wrong.

[cleo9933]

Does QBI work with Quickbooks Online?

[adam5532]

Thank you adam, this is an important contribution. I will be installing and testing shortly.

Will update -

On another side note... I have had a quick search of the forums and can't see anything directly related...

Are there any plans to do the same service for Sage Accounts? Many of our clients use Sage accounts, so I know this would benefit them.

I am also aware that there is quite a charge for becoming a sage partner, wrt developing API's etc. ( £1500+ I believe? ) Correct me if I am wrong.

Thanks for letting me know about it. At the rate of $ that I am receiving for QBI (no donations yet out of 200 downloads, except for some generous people who gave donations in advance, and will recieve recognition) (and I do understand that people want to set it up and see how it works for them before donating) it is unlikely that I could afford the fee or the time to develop anything for Sage Accounts on a donation basis. If you are interested in persuing this however, please contact me privately and we can discuss it further.

Thanks,
Adam

[businesstoweb]

Hi Adam,

As with all things, one can never rely on donations. If someone donates, then that’s great, but if you relied on the donations for any particular reason, you would probably fall short.

I'm sure if you offered a free "cut down version" of QBI, then offered a few extra more sophisticated features for a small fee, say $5, $10, $20, (to cover the extra expenses) then people would be more than prepared to pay. I for one know that if something provides value & works 100%, I would “invest” in it. That would then promote you to re-invest in the community and make other great contributions.

I believe a popular term is ‘People want solutions to problems, not products’

I'll be in contact re: sage, maybe we can work something out.

Rgds,

Stuart

[adam5532]

Does QBI work with Quickbooks Online?

No, Quickbooks online does not have the capability to import orders.

Thanks,
Adam

[sarahbn]

I'm a n00b who can cut and paste code according to directions but can't write it to save my life, so I've got a stupid question. I've got ZC v.1.2.7 (couldn't upgrade to 1.3.0.1 because I NEED that products with attributes stock module). I went to install QBI and discovered that there's no directory called "catalog" into which to copy files. Should I just make a directory called "catalog," or will I need to do some other change? Are there any other changes I would need to make to use QBI with 1.2.7?

Thanks,
Sarah

[magicpants]

Many people install their store in a folder, like 'catalog' or 'store'. But, you don't have to do that, and perhaps you installed your store directly in the root.

Just copy in all the files from the admin folder of the contrib to the admin folder on your server.

[sarahbn]

Thanks Magicpants! Silly me, I did install my ZC into a folder; I just didn't realize it would correspond with the "catalog" folder. Thanks again for being tolerant of stupid newbie questions!