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Quick Books integration using C#

I'm integrating Quick Books using C# with QODBC Provider,i encountered with an error when i added C# application to Task scheduler. and running Server Editions DCOM servers.

Error Message:

. ERROR [00000] [QODBC] QB Begin Session Failed. Error = 80040408, Could not start QuickBooks

Can i handle quick books with Scheduler?

Solution

  • It's a well-known limitation of QuickBooks that the QuickBooks SDK (and all integrated applications, including QODBC) need a active GUI session to connect to QuickBooks.

    Task scheduler and Windows services don't make a normal GUI session available, and so can't connect to QuickBooks.

    If you search on Intuit's developer forums you'll find tons of info/references to this.