Is it worth trying to COM into ACT, Quicken, or Money?

[Docpro777]

I have done all my accounting in VFP to speed up the navigation/filtering obstacles of these other venerable programs (venerable enough that they sinchronize with PDAs).

Do any of you aspire such COM integration of accounting programs into your apps as I have commensed?

You may respond as broad or as specific as you wish.

Thanks in advance,

Philip M. Traynor, DPM

http://www.doctorprofessional.com

 

[craigsboyd]

Docpro777,

I am a firm believer in not reinventing the wheel and automating an accounts receivable/bookkeeping package is definately a good idea when possible. All that added functionality for a comparably little amount of effort. I have only looked into automating one accounting package Quickbooks. It has an SDK and there is also the ability to import or export information from it via formatted files.

If I had my choice of accounting/bookkeeping packages to automate I would probably try and do it with MS Money. They usually have a pretty well documented object model with their products and I am sure the MS Money is no exception. Having said that, I must confess that I have no experience automating MS Money, but do however use it for my own personal finances and find it to be very intuitive and easy to use. Which is also one of the reasons I would pick it for an application if I could.

Wish I had more insight for you or even some coding examples, but I am afraid that my thoughts on this matter will have to do for now.

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[Docpro777]

Thanks for your insight.

Philip M. Traynor, DPM

http://www.doctorprofessional.com

 

[jimoo]

Concur,

Not only don't you want to reinvent the wheel, but a lot of companies are using these accounting packages (quicken, money) already and if you can get your VFP app to work with them, and let the experts deal with the accounting headaches, you're better off in most case.

Just my opinion

Jim Osieczonek
Delta Business Group, LLC

http://www.deltabg.com

 

[sermac]

Slighthaze or others, would you know if there is a SDK for "MS Money" and how hard it would be to intergrate with "VFP7 or 8" ? (i know there is for Q, but we use M.)

My concern is "the ability to import or export information from it via formatted files." how hard would that be to learn?
Thx for any feedback!
Bill

 

[Docpro777]

Back in the VFP 2 days I was able to transfer all my Quicken data via the Quicken export-data (txt) file it generated. One could also import into Quicken via the Quicken txt file format.

I haven't used Quicken for my accounts in a long while because of the comfort of the VFP browser (fewer keystrokes and such to observe tons of data make swift tax changes, etc.).

Like Sermac, I was hoping someone might lead me back to Quicken or Money because of their PDA potential/synchronization (VERY necessary, at least until tablets shrink to PDA size)

Thus we might keep 'bumping' this thread till the guy shows up.



Philip M. Traynor, DPM

http://www.doctorprofessional.com