A user of CCRQBOM contacted us to report a problem when issuing a build transaction, where the build seemed to complete properly in CCRQBOM, but then QuickBooks would want to shut down without the build being recorded in the company file. After examining the file, we found that it was an error in QuickBooks itself.
All current releases of CCRSoftware products do work with QuickBooks 2010 without any problems, but the intial releases of the new version of QuickBooks has a number of bugs that are causing some people problems with some third party products.
One element that can make a printed invoice easier to read is to print every other detail line with a different background color or shade, so that it is easy to distinguish between the detail lines. This feature can be added very easily to CCRQInvoice form templates, as we will show you in this article.
We have just released an update to CCRQBOM. If you are using version 3.2.1 then please download the latest version, 3.2.2, from our web site (go to http://www.ccrsoftware.com/CCRQBOM/CCRQBOM.htm and click on the “download free trial link).
This release modifies the “Use SubAssembly Balances” feature. In some cases the program was not using all of the subassembly items that were on hand.
We have released a new version of CCRQBOM. If you have a registered copy you can download and install this update for not additional charge.
For a quick overview of the new features, see this article.
The new release adds:
- A Where Used report, listing each component and the assemblies that use them.
- Additional fields to the BOM report so you can do further customization to fit your needs.
- The ability to batch print BOM’s, so you can print any or all assemblies at one time.
- Aggregate Requirements – the ability to include multiple assemblies in the requirements report, so you can see the combined requirements and shortages.
- Multiple Builds so you can issue builds for multiple items at one time.
- Listing all assemblies found in open sales orders, with a requirements list based on this information.
- Pending Builds (if you have a 2008 or later edition of QuickBooks).
- Support for selected Canadian, UK and Australian versions of QuickBooks.
- The ability to take balances of intermediate assemblies into account when building.
You can preview the new program by looking at the online documentation, available at our CCRQBOM web site.
What Is Next?
Now it is time to work on the next release – let us know what you would like to see in the next release of CCRQBOM!
Recently several of our customers have asked if there is a way to add line numbers to their reports. This posting will briefly describe how to accomplish this in both CCRQInvoice and CCRQBOM. We assume that you are familiar with the basics of editing a report.
Just a quick note – several of our clients have noted that they suddenly find that their CCRSoftware product can no longer connect to their QuickBooks company file. The symptoms vary, but the most typical are that the CCRSoftware program says that it Cannot open the QuickBooks Company File, and there often is a mention of an error code, 80040408 (or something similar).
There are two common causes for this, and a simple correction for both:
- Did you just update your QuickBooks program, perhaps with an “automatic update”? If you did, and then you started the CCRSoftware program and got this error, the simple fix is to close QuickBooks and then restart it. For some reasons many of the “automatic updates” close down the feature that QuickBooks provides that lets third party programs to access the file. Exiting and restarting QuickBooks usually resolves this.
- Are you running on Microsoft Vista? Please note that with Vista, all third party products that integrate with QuickBooks require that you enable UAC. If you have disabled this feature in Vista, you will have problems.
I’m mentioning this today because the recent R7 update for QuickBooks 2009 has created a lot of technical support calls for us, for the reason described above.
If you have a current copy of CCRQInvoice you can add calculated fields to the form. Today I’ll give a brief demonstration on how to create fields that involve simple calculations based on other fields. In my example, I want to add a “deposit” statement that tells my client that they need to provide a 50% deposit on the order.
You can print your invoices, sales orders and estimates with CCRQInvoice . We provide a form editor that lets you design your own form. Here is a quick article on how to add your company logo to a custom invoice form.
If you are using version 3.2.0 through 3.3.1 of CCRQInvoice you may have difficulty in running the program on a computer running Windows Vista if you log in with more than one user account. The first user account will work correctly, but when you try to run from a second user account from the same computer you will get a Windows error saying that the program could not run. This is due to a security protection feature in Windows Vista.
Version 3.3.1.1 resolves this problem – you can download it from our web site now. Please install it to the same program folder as you used before. The installation program will first uninstall the older program, and then will install the newer program. No further changes are needed.
Please note that if you have version 3.0.1.0 or older you must first uninstall the original program using your Windows Control Panel first, before installing the new program.
If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to ask, either in comments here or by emailing our technical support department.
