I receive the above message in the Remote Connector Logging window when I am trying to connect to a Quickbooks file using Remote Connector from my  localhost instance of PHP using the sample file DisplaySQL.php.   The Visual Basic Demo retrieves data using Remote Connector.

My final intent is to have PHP at a remote site retrieving data from the Quickbooks file located here in our internal network.  From what I've read comparing Remote Connector and DCOM I am trying the simpler solution of Remote Connector because I only need the PHP instance to send queries to the Quickbooks file to create an invoice which will display on the PHP page.  I only need PHP to access Quickbooks, not someone access the Quickbooks data directly.  I am first seeing if it is possible on my localhost PHP server.

I am using a PHP instance on Windows XP Pro.  I have QODBC Desktop Read/Write version 6.00.00.176 installed on the client side and am running Remote Connector on the host side.  The host and client PC both have Quickbooks 2006 v.15.0.0.4004.0.  I've tried this with two different host PCs and receive the same results.  I've used the Quickbooks updates manager to update Quickbooks for all PCs.

I notice there is a previous posting regarding Windows Terminal Server but that environment doesn't seem to apply here.  Is there a further update I need to perform?

Thanks for your quick response.  Yes, I followed this document when setting up.  Just now I changed both my client and host to point to localhost for testing.  I received the same following error messages in the logging window of the host:

[6/4/2007 4:07:19 PM - 127.0.0.1] Error: 751: This instance of QuickBooks does not support the requested QBXMLVersion.
[6/4/2007 4:07:19 PM - 127.0.0.1] Client has disconnected.
[6/4/2007 4:07:19 PM - 127.0.0.1] Client has connected.
[6/4/2007 4:07:19 PM - 127.0.0.1] Client has disconnected.
[6/4/2007 4:07:19 PM - 127.0.0.1] Client has connected.
[6/4/2007 4:07:20 PM - 127.0.0.1] Client has disconnected.
[6/4/2007 4:07:20 PM - 127.0.0.1] Client has connected.
[6/4/2007 4:07:20 PM - 127.0.0.1] Client has disconnected.

Earlier while I was testing on my local network I would set the host pc (the one running Quickbooks with IP address 192.168.1.159) to run the Remote Connector service, with Authentication.  Next, I would set the client PC (the one with PHP running on localhost and the QODBC driver) to use the Remote Connector URL as http://192.168.1.159:2080.

Any ideas what I may be missing?  I see upon closer inspection of the above instruction file I need two licenses of  QODBC.  I have one purchase on the client PC and the evaluation copy on the host PC has expired.  Would this explain why I'm getting the above message?

Please state the exact version of QuickBooks you are using?  For example: QuickBooks 2006 Premier Edition USA version

To use QODBC, your copies of QuickBooks must be registered. A expired QODBC evaluation will no longer work. A QODBC licence is required for each computer QODBC is run on.

QuickBooks Premier Edition 2006 for Canada: Accountant and Bookkeeper.

We have a licenced copy of Quickbooks on the accountant's PC but not registered.  On my PC we have a licenced copy of QODBC which has been extracting and inserting data successfully via the local network from the accountant's Quickbooks copy over the last half year.

Upon further inspection I see the other test host, the accountant's PC, has a non-expired trial version of QODBC and yet the previously mentioned error occurs.  Does it need a licenced copy of QODBC and not the trial version to resolve the error?

The QODBC Remote Connector is intended for destop applications only. While it has been found to work with some services, it's not supported and the QODBC Server Edition using DOMs is intended for use with Windows services or applications that call through a Windows Service.

Because you're using the Canada version of QuickBooks you can try forcing 2002 & 2003 support as I've had reports that this needs to be forced on non-USA versions of QuickBooks.

I'm getting there.  Quickbooks company file anywhere on the local network in the office (on the accountant's PC in this case along with Quickbooks program so he can use Quickbooks)-that makes sense.  The PHP server is partnered with QODBC driver, Server Edition, both at a remote location miles away.

This following part I'm not clear on.  Are you saying there needs to be a copy of Quickbooks program at the PHP server site, as well?

It sounds like I'll need another licensed copy of Quickbooks program at the PHP server end. 

How does the Quickbooks program at the PHP server end find the Quickbooks data file on the local network?

The PHP server cannot be on the local network at this time which means we would need to use a VPN. 

Would the following set up work?  Miles away at the remote end of the VPN we would have the PHP server, QODBC Enterprise running DCOM.  QODBC via the VPN would talk to the local network Quickbooks program which would talk to the Quickbooks data file located at the same PC as the Quickbooks program.