QODBC Server/Terminal Edition
Overview
It’s important for you to know first off that QODBC is not a system that can talk directly to the QuickBooks data file like other ODBC drivers. QuickBooks accounting rules must be respected in order to keep the financial system in balance, so our driver communicates with the copy of the QuickBooks program running on your machine using the Intuit SDK interface, which is fully supported by Intuit.
Our web version of QODBC will allow you to use any web tool you wish to use (ASP, PHP, Cold Fusion) to access data live from QuickBooks without conversion.
You can also share your QuickBooks license among multiple users by using the Terminal Services version of Windows Server or products from Citrix.
The Server/Terminal version is a separate product from the normal desktop editions of QODBC. The reason for this is twofold:
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Firstly, as a licensing issue, we must allow for use by potentially hundreds of logins to the machine remotely using the web or via terminals.
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Secondly, QuickBooks does not run as a system service (background task) which is what IIS Web Server Software runs as, so we have developed special software to allow us to communicate with QuickBooks running on the server console.
You can upgrade to the Server/Terminal Edition from the Read/Write version at any time for the difference in price. All of our products support QuickBooks USA, Canada, and UK versions 2024-2003. QuickBooks Pro, Premier, Enterprise editions, and Reckon Accounts are supported.
Support Documentation
You have two choices in setting up the Web Server Edition. The first is using the QODBC DCOM Servers. The second is using the Remote Connector Option.