[TriLUG] OT: QuickBooks ODBC

[Brian Henning]

Your timing is impeccable...  I just (looked for and) found the QuickBooks
SDK today.  I can't get it to work at all, though.  Running the example
given on the Intuit Developer website results in an error message stating
sdkcore.dll doesn't have a certain entrypoint..  Now, I had to copy several
DLLs from the QB installation directory into the working directory of the
sample program in order to get it to find the DLLs at all..  Could the fact
that it's a copy rather than the original be causing such an error?  Here's
the actual text of the error (which pops up in a modal dialog box):

java.exe - Entry Point Not Found
(X) The procedure entry point ?append at sdk_string@@QAWAAV1 at PAD@Z could not be
located in the dynamic link library sdkcore.dll.
[OK]

Clicking OK of course brings the process to a close with a
java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError exception and a backtrace:

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError:
C:\java\sdkjcalls.dll
: The specified procedure could not be found
        at java.lang.ClassLoader$NativeLibrary.load(Native Method)
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadLibrary0(ClassLoader.java:1560)
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadLibrary(ClassLoader.java:1485)
        at java.lang.Runtime.loadLibrary0(Runtime.java:788)
        at java.lang.System.loadLibrary(System.java:834)
        at RequestProcessor.<clinit>(RequestProcessor.java:21)
        at simpler.communicateWithQB(simpler.java:157)
        at simpler.main(simpler.java:47)

I realize that this is getting WAY outside the typical realm of the TriLUG
list, and I'll be happy to take my problem elsewhere if anyone takes issue.

Thanks,
~Brian

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stan B. Briggs" <stan at StanBriggs.com>
To: "Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list" <trilug at trilug.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2004 11:44 AM
Subject: Re: [TriLUG] OT: QuickBooks ODBC


> brian,
>
> there is a quickbooks SDK. if you can't find it on the intuit site (or
> in google) then contact me off-list and i'll get a copy of it to you.
> it's free. it's not extrememly easy to use. it does have examples in
> c++, vb, and xml.
>
> i can assure you that it's not exactly what you are looking for. (ie,
> the quickbooks file that you're accessing must be open for the api to
> work. ['least that's my experience.]).
>
> stan
>