quick books is the full version which a lot of small business and just business in general use, but a lot of folks use quicken home and business which has a lot of the quick books capabilities in it and structured the same as quick books From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John Martyn Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2011 03:58 To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Coding for quickbooks One thing I also might mention is because quickbooks is updated every year; I would have to make this a lasting project and not let it go stale. Each year the script will have to change and older scripts might not work with the new release; so these would not be backwards compatible scripts. It is possible they could work with older versions; but I can't guarantee the year to year versions will be the same. I would start with the latest meaning quickbooks 2011. I would keep this project going by possibly charging for the scripts. Nothing outrageous; just enough to keep development for the future. I don't know of other possibilities of getting the project funded every year; but perhaps this is where other organizations will come in. I haven't charged for scripts before; so this is new to me. This would definitely make for better support; but the scripts would have to remain closed source unless I sell the rights to them. I am aware that this might make us run out to get the latest version; so another charge to make it accessible doesn't seem fair in the beginning. If I got it funded by kick start; the first year would be free; while the following years would have a price to them to keep it going since this is a monster of a program.; Let me know your thoughts on this.; John Martyn