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QuickBooks Interface Module Installation
The QuickBooks Data Synchronization tool is a separate installation routine included on
the Transact installation CD. To start the install routine, select Start | Run from the
desktop. In the Open field, type d:\qbooks\setup (replace d with the correct drive letter for
your CD-ROM drive). Files in this installation need to be placed in the same folder as the
Transact program. Typically, the Transact program is installed in C:\Program
Files\AWS\Transact. An option is provided to change this directory during the
installation.
The QuickBooks Data Synchronization tool requires QuickBooks SDK 2.1. The
installation for this set of developer routines is included and will start automatically
towards the end of the installation process. Click the Next button in response to all
prompts from this installation routine.
QuickBooks and Transact Setup
Before any Transact data can be exported to QuickBooks, the account, material and tax
tables must be synchronized between the two programs. This means that for every
account, material, and tax in Transact, there must be a corresponding customer, item, and
tax in QuickBooks. The QuickBooks Data Synchronization tool can be used to aid in this
process.
QuickBooks Interface Module Tool
To start the QuickBooks Interface Module tool, start Transact and click Accounting |
QuickBooks Synchronization.
Customer Synchronization
Select the Customer bullet, and then click the Load List button. The QuickBooks
Interface Module tool will attempt to match customer accounts from QuickBooks with
customer accounts from Transact. To match, the QuickBooks customer name and
Transact customer account name must be an exact match. When completed, the program
will list all customers for which matches could not be found. Only those accounts that
will have transaction data transferred from Transact to QuickBooks will need to match. It
is not necessary that all QuickBooks customers be listed in Transact.