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  chris 
  
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 Posted : 2007-07-25 07:48:47
Today instead of transferring info from our database into QB, I was greeted with a qodbc popup asking me to register. So in order to continue conducting business, I had to buy another license for $199.

Is this normal behavior for the product? I don't remember the product requiring a subscription, else I wouldn't have spent so much on it.

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 Posted : 2007-07-25 08:11:57

The license agreement that is displayed when you install QODBC clearly states if you upgrade your version of QuickBooks, for example upgrade from QuickBooks 2007 to QuickBooks 2008 when it's released later this year, then the license you have may not cover the new QuickBooks release depending on your serial number registration. This means that QODBC '07 licenses will need to a '08 license for QuickBooks 2008. We will also release QODBC v8 for QuickBooks 2008 which will have new features. 

Intuit recently also upgraded their QuickBooks Online Edition and now only QODBC '07 type licenses will work with QBOE.

QODBC Driver for Quickbooks
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  chris 
  
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 Posted : 2007-07-25 08:32:24
We haven't changed QB since buying QB 2006 pro last year. We've had tremendous difficulty keeping this one Windows XP computer in a steady state. All we ask of it is to work from one day to the next. Today, I had to pay qodbc $199 to work like it did yesterday.

Additionally, when we got the new CD key and tried to use it, qodbc said the license file couldn't be found. So I installed it (took a couple tries, at that) and downloaded the latest version from your site and then it would accept the key. 

 
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 Posted : 2007-07-25 09:57:02
If you receive a "Unable to Open license File" error you need to rename the QODBC licence file: C:\WINDOWS\system32\I9K4UQLW.ocx to I9K4UQLW.bad, reboot and reinstall QODBC over the top of your current install and reactivate QODBC using your CD Key. You don't need to buy another copy of QODBC at all.
 

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 Posted : 2007-07-25 11:04:13
I already bought new key; is there a way to arrange a refund? 

 
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 Posted : 2007-07-25 11:24:39
You need to talk to the regional sales office you brought the product from directly regarding refunds. 

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 Posted : 2007-07-26 08:02:17
Yes, wouldn't that be here, since I bought it from the website www.qodbc.com  ?? 

 
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 Posted : 2007-07-26 08:23:04
No, this website is http://www.QDeveloper.com.au and is run out of Australia. Please call:

USA: FLEXquarters.com LLC on: 800-932-6448 or +1 248-360-7842
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  declouet 
  
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 Posted : 2007-11-01 14:11:44

Do you have to pay a fee to upgrade your QODBC driver every year if you upgrade your quickbooks every year? If so, that is quite expensive. $300 a year for server edition. That is more than the quickbooks yearly upgrade. If you use the QB service plan at $179 per year, it includes the yearly upgrade. Why so much?

 

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 Posted : 2007-11-02 06:46:41
If you don't upgrade your copy of QuickBooks, then you can continue using QODBC for as long as you like. Everytime QuickBooks is released we have to implement all the changes in the Intuit qbXML SDK, often this takes a half year to get fully ironed out. So there's a lot that goes into every new QuickBooks release, hence the cost. 

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