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<br>High5 recommends that all users of QuickBooks running SQLink be mapped to the same drive letter. Typically this would be mapped as 'Q' for QuickBooks. | <br>High5 recommends that all users of QuickBooks running SQLink be mapped to the same drive letter. Typically this would be mapped as 'Q' for QuickBooks. | ||
<br>1. Go to your SME shortcut. (Provided the user is already using SME. If not setup SME first.) | <br>1. Go to your SME shortcut. (Provided the user is already using SME. If not setup SME first.) | ||
− | <br>2. Right click on the SME shortcut >''' Properties'''> '''Find Target'''. In | + | <br>2. Right click on the SME shortcut >''' Properties'''> '''Find Target'''. In Vista select 'Open File Location'. |
− | <br>3. Locate the '''SQLink Documentation''' folder or the '''QBFC | + | <br>3. Locate the '''SQLink Documentation''' folder or the '''QBFC folde'''r in the root SME5 directory. Early installations named the folder QBFC, later named it SQLink Documentation. |
− | <br>4. Open the folder and run the ''' | + | <br>4. Open the folder and run the '''QBFC8_0Installer.exe'''. (If it's alreadybeen installed it will ask to Modify/Repair/Remove - select Modify.) |
<br><span style="color: rgb(227, 108, 10);">'''Note:'''</span> The QBFC program must be installed under the user's usual Windows login profile. Not under an Admin login profile. | <br><span style="color: rgb(227, 108, 10);">'''Note:'''</span> The QBFC program must be installed under the user's usual Windows login profile. Not under an Admin login profile. | ||
<br><br>5. Then create a shortcut to the sqlink5.exe and place it on the client desktop. | <br><br>5. Then create a shortcut to the sqlink5.exe and place it on the client desktop. | ||
<br><span style="color: rgb(227, 108, 10);">'''Important'''</span>: SQLink and QuickBooks must reference the same path to access the QuickBooks company file. | <br><span style="color: rgb(227, 108, 10);">'''Important'''</span>: SQLink and QuickBooks must reference the same path to access the QuickBooks company file. | ||
− | <br><br>7. In QuickBooks, press | + | <br><br>7. In QuickBooks, press F2 and check the path if it matches SQLink, (refer to the SQLink path instructions below.) When you press 'F2' in QB it opens the 'Product Information Screen'. About a third of the way down on the left hand side is a field called '''File Information'''. This path should match for all workstations running SQLink. If it doesn't, go to File > Open or Restore and Open QuickBooks using the same path as the computer currently running SQLink. |
<br>8. Launch SQLink and go to '''File'''> '''Link Setup''' | <br>8. Launch SQLink and go to '''File'''> '''Link Setup''' |