QBWCServer Component

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The QBWCServer component is used to communicate with QuickBooks Web Connector from your application.

Syntax

TiqbQBWCServer

Remarks

The QBWCServer component is designed to process requests from QuickBooks Web Connector and fire events that allow you to provide information to, and get information from QuickBooks Web Connector.

This allows you to create an application that can communicate with a remote copy of QuickBooks without worrying about directly accessing the machine where QuickBooks is running. For more information on the design of this approach refer to the Intuit website for QuickBooks Web Connector.

QWC Files

The first step in establishing a relationship between your application and a remote instance of QuickBooks is to create a QWC file. This file specifies information about your application its requirements, as well as the access you need. The CreateQWCFile method creates the QWC file which must be generated for each user of your application. The minimum required properties are:

• QWCFileInfoAppDescription
• QWCFileInfoAppName
• QWCFileInfoAppSupportURL
• QWCFileInfoAppURL
• QWCFileInfoFileId
• QWCFileInfoOwnerId
• QWCFileInfoUser

Once the file is generated the end user will obtain the file from your website, and you will assign a password for that user at that time. The password is not part of the QWC file but the user will provide this directly in QuickBooks Web Connector and it will be sent to your web application during the connection for verification purposes.

Request Processing

The component is designed with a server environment in mind. That is, it's typical that the component will be used in a web page, but is not required. However the HTTP request is received, it can be passed to the RequestData property. After passing the request data to the component call ProcessRequest method processes the request from QuickBooks Web Connector. Processing the requests will fire one of the events.

The component provides various events to interact with QuickBooks Web Connector. QuickBooks Web Connector will make a sequence of calls for any given session, and the events correspond to these calls. Within the events you control the response which dictates what QuickBooks Web Connector will do next.

A session ticket is provided so you can keep track of a particular session over the course of multiple calls. An example of a typical session:

1. ServerVersion fires. This allows you to provide an the version of your application. This is purely informational and does not need to be implemented.
2. ClientVersion fires. This provides version information about the QuickBooks Web Connector. It may be used to reject a connection based on minimum required versions, but in most cases no action would be taken in your code and the session proceeds.
3. Authenticate fires. This event allows verification of the user that is connecting. Here you will either accept or reject the connection.
4. SendRequest fires. Within this event you will supply a QBXML request that will be passed to QuickBooks.
5. ReceiveResponse fires. QuickBooks Web Connector returns the QBXML response from the request you gave it in the previous step, or error information about why the request failed.
6. CloseConnection fires. This is the last event in the session. You may provide a message that will be displayed in QuickBooks Web Connector, but in most cases you would not take any action in this event.

Preparing Requests and Parsing Responses

The SendRequest event requires that you provide a QBXML request. This can be generated using the other components in this toolkit. To do so, simply set the QBRequestMode property to rmOffline before making a method call. For instance: Customer customer = new Customer(); customer.QBRequestMode = CustomerQBRequestModes.rmOffline; customer.GetByName("John Doe"); e.Request = customer.QBRequestAggregate; In the above code the component is used in the same way you would use the component if you were communicating directly with QuickBooks with the exception that QBRequestMode is set to rmOffline. When the GetByName method is called instead of attempting to communicate with QuickBooks only the QBRequestAggregate property is populated. This QBXML aggregate should be passed to the e.Request parameter inside the SendRequest event.

Processing responses is similar. You will receive the QBXML response from the e.Response parameter inside the ReceiveResponse event. You may then pass the response to the QBResponseAggregate property, or InputQBXML method of other components in the toolkit. For instance: Customer customer = new Customer(); customer.QBResponseAggregate = e.Response; string myAccountNumber = customer.AccountNumber; Setting QBResponseAggregate and calling InputQBXML do the exact same thing. The component parses the response and populates the properties of the component.

Error Handling

There are two basic types of errors when dealing with QuickBooks Web Connector. The first are errors that originate from your application and are reported to QuickBooks Web Connector. These are driven by the actions you take inside events. For instance in the SendRequest event you may set e.Request to empty string to signify an error. QuickBooks Web Connector will see this and make another call and GetLastError will fire. GetLastError is fired when QuickBooks Web Connector is asking from error information from your application. Here you may provide details about the error.

The second type of error is a communication error between QuickBooks Web Connector and QuickBooks itself. When this happens QuickBooks Web Connector will make a call and ConnectionError will fire with information about the error received from QuickBooks.

Property List

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The following is the full list of the properties of the component with short descriptions. Click on the links for further details.

Overwrite	Whether to overwrite QWC files.
QWCFileInfoAppDescription	A brief description of the application.
QWCFileInfoAppDisplayName	The display name of the application.
QWCFileInfoAppId	The application Id.
QWCFileInfoAppName	The name of the application.
QWCFileInfoAppSupportURL	A URL where users can find support for your product.
QWCFileInfoAppUniqueName	If this property is set the QuickBooks Web Connector will not use its clone/replace model for the AppName and will instead use the replace routine.
QWCFileInfoAppURL	The URL of your web application.
QWCFileInfoAuthFlags	This property specifies which versions of QuickBooks your application supports.
QWCFileInfoCertURL	This property specifies a URL which is used by the QuickBooks Web Connector to obtain and validate the SSL certificate.
QWCFileInfoFileId	This property specifies a unique Id.
QWCFileInfoIsReadOnly	Specifies whether read or read/write access is needed.
QWCFileInfoNotify	Determines if notification are allowed.
QWCFileInfoOwnerId	This property specifies an Id which identifies your application.
QWCFileInfoPersonalDataPref	This property defines the type of access to personal/sensitive data required by your application.
QWCFileInfoUnattendedModePref	This property specifies whether you need to access QuickBooks in unattended mode (when QuickBooks is closed).
QWCFileInfoUpdateInterval	This property specifies the desired update interval in seconds.
QWCFileInfoUser	This property species the user.
RequestData	The request data to process.
ResponseData	The response data.

Method List

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The following is the full list of the methods of the component with short descriptions. Click on the links for further details.

Config	Sets or retrieves a configuration setting.
CreateQWCFile	Creates a QWC file.
ProcessRequest	Processes the request.

Event List

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The following is the full list of the events fired by the component with short descriptions. Click on the links for further details.

Authenticate	Fired when the QuickBooks Web Connector authenticates.
ClientVersion	Provides the QuickBooks Web Connector version information.
CloseConnection	Fires when the update session completes.
ConnectionError	Fires when QuickBooks Web Connector is unable to connect to QuickBooks.
Error	Information about errors during data delivery.
GetInteractiveURL	Fires when the URL for an interactive session is needed.
GetLastError	Fires when QuickBooks Web Connector checks for error information.
InteractiveDone	This event fires when QuickBooks Web Connector checks to see if the interactive session is finished.
InteractiveRejected	This event fires after a user rejects an interactive session.
ReceiveResponse	Fires when a response is received.
SendRequest	Fires when QuickBooks Web Connector asks for a request.
ServerVersion	Fires when QuickBooks Web Connector requests the version of your application.

Config Settings

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The following is a list of config settings for the component with short descriptions. Click on the links for further details.

QBType	The type of QuickBooks software the connection will be made to.
Style	Specifies the SOAP encoding style used in requests made by QuickBooks Web Connector.
BuildInfo	Information about the product's build.
CodePage	The system code page used for Unicode to Multibyte translations.
LicenseInfo	Information about the current license.
MaskSensitive	Whether sensitive data is masked in log messages.
UseInternalSecurityAPI	Tells the component whether or not to use the system security libraries or an internal implementation.

Overwrite Property (QBWCServer Component)

Whether to overwrite QWC files.

Syntax

__property bool Overwrite = { read=FOverwrite, write=FSetOverwrite };

Default Value

false

Remarks

This determines whether existing files are overwritten when calling CreateQWCFile. The default value is False.

Data Type

Boolean

QWCFileInfoAppDescription Property (QBWCServer Component)

A brief description of the application.

Syntax

__property String QWCFileInfoAppDescription = { read=FQWCFileInfoAppDescription, write=FSetQWCFileInfoAppDescription };

Default Value

""

Remarks

A brief description of the application. This will be displayed in the QB Web Connector UI. For the best results use a value less than 80 characters in length.

This property is required.

Data Type

String

QWCFileInfoAppDisplayName Property (QBWCServer Component)

The display name of the application.

Syntax

__property String QWCFileInfoAppDisplayName = { read=FQWCFileInfoAppDisplayName, write=FSetQWCFileInfoAppDisplayName };

Default Value

""

Remarks

The display name of the application. This is use for display purposes in the QB Web Connector UI only.

This property is optional.

Data Type

String

QWCFileInfoAppId Property (QBWCServer Component)

The application Id.

Syntax

__property String QWCFileInfoAppId = { read=FQWCFileInfoAppId, write=FSetQWCFileInfoAppId };

Default Value

""

Remarks

The application Id. This value is passed to QuickBooks or QuickBooks POS when a connection is opened, however it is not used at the time of this writing.

This property is optional.

Data Type

String

QWCFileInfoAppName Property (QBWCServer Component)

The name of the application.

Syntax

__property String QWCFileInfoAppName = { read=FQWCFileInfoAppName, write=FSetQWCFileInfoAppName };

Default Value

""

Remarks

The name of the application. This name is displayed in the QB Web Connector UI. It is also the name supplied to QuickBooks when a connection is created.

This property is required.

Data Type

String

QWCFileInfoAppSupportURL Property (QBWCServer Component)

A URL where users can find support for your product.

Syntax

__property String QWCFileInfoAppSupportURL = { read=FQWCFileInfoAppSupportURL, write=FSetQWCFileInfoAppSupportURL };

Default Value

""

Remarks

A URL where users can find support for your product.

The domain name specified in this URL must match the domain name specified in QWCFileInfoAppURL.

During development you may specify "localhost" or a machine name in place of the domain name. If a machine name is specified, it must match the machine name specified in QWCFileInfoAppURL.

The URL provided in QWCFileInfoAppURL must be a https:// URL. The only exception to this is when using "localhost" for development, in that case a http:// URL may be used.

This property is required.

Data Type

String

QWCFileInfoAppUniqueName Property (QBWCServer Component)

If this property is set the QuickBooks Web Connector will not use its clone/replace model for the AppName and will instead use the replace routine.

Syntax

__property String QWCFileInfoAppUniqueName = { read=FQWCFileInfoAppUniqueName, write=FSetQWCFileInfoAppUniqueName };

Default Value

""

Remarks

If this property is set the QuickBooks Web Connector will not use its clone/replace model for the QWCFileInfoAppName and will instead use the replace routine.

This property is optional.

Data Type

String

QWCFileInfoAppURL Property (QBWCServer Component)

The URL of your web application.

Syntax

__property String QWCFileInfoAppURL = { read=FQWCFileInfoAppURL, write=FSetQWCFileInfoAppURL };

Default Value

""

Remarks

The URL of your web application.

The domain name specified in this URL must match the domain name specified in QWCFileInfoAppURL.

During development you may specify "localhost" or a machine name in place of the domain name. If a machine name is specified, it must match the machine name specified in QWCFileInfoAppURL.

The URL provided in QWCFileInfoAppURL must be a https:// URL. The only exception to this is when using "localhost" for development, in that case a http:// URL may be used.

This property is required.

Data Type

String

QWCFileInfoAuthFlags Property (QBWCServer Component)

This property specifies which versions of QuickBooks your application supports.

Syntax

__property String QWCFileInfoAuthFlags = { read=FQWCFileInfoAuthFlags, write=FSetQWCFileInfoAuthFlags };

Default Value

""

Remarks

This property specifies which versions of QuickBooks your application supports. By default all editions are supported, including Simple Start.

This property is optional. If this is not set the QuickBooks Web Connector will support all versions. In most cases it is recommended to leave this value as empty string unless you need to restrict which versions of QuickBooks your application supports.

Possible values are:

0x0	All
0x1	QuickBooks Simple Start
0x2	QuickBooks Professional
0x4	QuickBooks Premier
0x8	QuickBooks Enterprise

If you need to support multiple editions you may AND the desired values together.

This property is optional.

Data Type

String

QWCFileInfoCertURL Property (QBWCServer Component)

This property specifies a URL which is used by the QuickBooks Web Connector to obtain and validate the SSL certificate.

Syntax

__property String QWCFileInfoCertURL = { read=FQWCFileInfoCertURL, write=FSetQWCFileInfoCertURL };

Default Value

""

Remarks

This property specifies a URL which is used by the QuickBooks Web Connector to obtain and validate the SSL certificate. This is typically only used when the *rpCertURL; is not the web server where your application is running.

This property is optional.

Data Type

String

QWCFileInfoFileId Property (QBWCServer Component)

This property specifies a unique Id.

Syntax

__property String QWCFileInfoFileId = { read=FQWCFileInfoFileId, write=FSetQWCFileInfoFileId };

Default Value

""

Remarks

This property specifies a unique Id. The first time the QuickBooks Web Connector connects to the company this Id is stored as an extension to the company record along with QWCFileInfoOwnerId.

The storage of this data allows you to perform a Company query (using the Company component) to determine if you've worked with this company file previously. When the Company query is performed specify your QWCFileInfoOwnerId and validate the FileId in the response.

This format of this value must adhere to the GUIDTYPE defined in the QuickBooks SDK. The format is {XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX} where X is a hexadecimal digit. For example: {6B063959-81B0-4622-85D6-F548C8CCB517}

This property is required.

Data Type

String

QWCFileInfoIsReadOnly Property (QBWCServer Component)

Specifies whether read or read/write access is needed.

Syntax

__property bool QWCFileInfoIsReadOnly = { read=FQWCFileInfoIsReadOnly, write=FSetQWCFileInfoIsReadOnly };

Default Value

false

Remarks

Specifies whether read or read/write access is needed.

This property specifies whether your application will need read or read/write access to the company file. The default value is False, meaning both read and write access is required.

Data Type

Boolean

QWCFileInfoNotify Property (QBWCServer Component)

Determines if notification are allowed.

Syntax

__property bool QWCFileInfoNotify = { read=FQWCFileInfoNotify, write=FSetQWCFileInfoNotify };

Default Value

false

Remarks

Determines if notification are allowed.

This property determines if system tray notification pop-ups are allowed at the application level. The default value is False.

Data Type

Boolean

QWCFileInfoOwnerId Property (QBWCServer Component)

This property specifies an Id which identifies your application.

Syntax

__property String QWCFileInfoOwnerId = { read=FQWCFileInfoOwnerId, write=FSetQWCFileInfoOwnerId };

Default Value

""

Remarks

This property specifies an Id which identifies your application.

This format of this value must adhere to the GUIDTYPE defined in the QuickBooks SDK. The format is {XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX} where X is a hexadecimal digit. For example: {6B063959-81B0-4622-85D6-F548C8CCB517}

This property is required.

Data Type

String

QWCFileInfoPersonalDataPref Property (QBWCServer Component)

This property defines the type of access to personal/sensitive data required by your application.

Syntax

__property TiqbQBWCServerQWCFileInfoPersonalDataPrefs QWCFileInfoPersonalDataPref = { read=FQWCFileInfoPersonalDataPref, write=FSetQWCFileInfoPersonalDataPref };

enum TiqbQBWCServerQWCFileInfoPersonalDataPrefs {
  pdpNotNeeded=0,
  pdpOptional=1,
  pdpRequired=2
};

Default Value

pdpNotNeeded

Remarks

This property defines the type of access to personal/sensitive data required by your application. Possible values are:

0 (pdpNotNeeded - default)	Access to personal data is not needed.
1 (pdpOptional)	Access to personal data is optional.
2 (pdpRequired)	Access to personal data is required.

Data Type

Integer

QWCFileInfoUnattendedModePref Property (QBWCServer Component)

This property specifies whether you need to access QuickBooks in unattended mode (when QuickBooks is closed).

Syntax

__property TiqbQBWCServerQWCFileInfoUnattendedModePrefs QWCFileInfoUnattendedModePref = { read=FQWCFileInfoUnattendedModePref, write=FSetQWCFileInfoUnattendedModePref };

enum TiqbQBWCServerQWCFileInfoUnattendedModePrefs {
  umpOptional=0,
  umpRequired=1
};

Default Value

umpOptional

Remarks

This property specifies whether you need to access QuickBooks in unattended mode (when QuickBooks is closed). Possible values are:

0 (umpOptional - default)	Access to QuickBooks when it is closed is not required. The user may still grant access.
1 (umpRequired)	Access to QuickBooks when it is closed is required.

Data Type

Integer

QWCFileInfoUpdateInterval Property (QBWCServer Component)

This property specifies the desired update interval in seconds.

Syntax

__property int QWCFileInfoUpdateInterval = { read=FQWCFileInfoUpdateInterval, write=FSetQWCFileInfoUpdateInterval };

Default Value

0

Remarks

This property specifies the desired update interval in seconds. If set to a positive value the QuickBooks Web Connector will automatically enable the "Auto-Run" option when adding the application, and the "Every_Min" value will be set to the nearest minute value. The default value is 0, which means this option will not be included in the created file.

This property is optional.

Data Type

Integer

QWCFileInfoUser Property (QBWCServer Component)

This property species the user.

Syntax

__property String QWCFileInfoUser = { read=FQWCFileInfoUser, write=FSetQWCFileInfoUser };

Default Value

""

Remarks

This property species the user. When QuickBooks Web Connector connects to your application and ProcessRequest is called the Authenticate event will fire and the user and password will be available to you for verification.

This property is required.

Data Type

String

RequestData Property (QBWCServer Component)

The request data to process.

Syntax

__property String RequestData = { read=FRequestData, write=FSetRequestData };

Default Value

""

Remarks

This property specifies the data to be processed.

Call ProcessRequest to process the data.

This property is not available at design time.

Data Type

String

ResponseData Property (QBWCServer Component)

The response data.

Syntax

__property String ResponseData = { read=FResponseData, write=FSetResponseData };

Default Value

""

Remarks

After calling ProcessRequest this property will be populated with the response to be sent back to QuickBooks Web Connector.

This property is not available at design time.

Data Type

String

Config Method (QBWCServer Component)

Sets or retrieves a configuration setting.

Syntax

String __fastcall Config(String ConfigurationString);

Remarks

Config is a generic method available in every component. It is used to set and retrieve configuration settings for the component.

These settings are similar in functionality to properties, but they are rarely used. In order to avoid "polluting" the property namespace of the component, access to these internal properties is provided through the Config method.

To set a configuration setting named PROPERTY, you must call Config("PROPERTY=VALUE"), where VALUE is the value of the setting expressed as a string. For boolean values, use the strings "True", "False", "0", "1", "Yes", or "No" (case does not matter).

To read (query) the value of a configuration setting, you must call Config("PROPERTY"). The value will be returned as a string.

CreateQWCFile Method (QBWCServer Component)

Creates a QWC file.

Syntax

void __fastcall CreateQWCFile(String FilePath);

Remarks

This method creates a QWC file on disk at the specified FilePath.

The QWCFileInfo* properties define the specific requirements of the file.

The following properties are required:

• QWCFileInfoAppDescription
• QWCFileInfoAppName
• QWCFileInfoAppSupportURL
• QWCFileInfoAppURL
• QWCFileInfoFileId
• QWCFileInfoOwnerId
• QWCFileInfoUser

The Overwrite property determines the behavior if the file already exists.

ProcessRequest Method (QBWCServer Component)

Processes the request.

Syntax

void __fastcall ProcessRequest();

Remarks

This method processes the request. A request is made by QuickBooks Web Connector to your web based application. The request must be read from the HTTP context by your application and passed to the RequestData property.

After providing the request, call this method to process the request. The event which corresponds to the call made by QuickBooks Web Connector will fire and allow you to get or set information. Possible events that may fire when this method is called are:

• Authenticate
• ClientVersion
• CloseConnection
• ConnectionError
• GetInteractiveURL
• GetLastError
• InteractiveDone
• InteractiveRejected
• ReceiveResponse
• SendRequest
• ServerVersion

Only one of these events will fire, this is because QuickBooks Web Connector only makes one call at a time. The events provide a SessionTicket so that you can identify which events belong to which session.

After this method returns, the ResponseData property will be populated. You must then send the response in your code.

When sending the response you MUST set the Content-Type header to "text/xml".

Authenticate Event (QBWCServer Component)

Fired when the QuickBooks Web Connector authenticates.

Syntax

typedef struct {
  String User;
  String Password;
  bool Accept;
  bool Busy;
  bool NoWork;
  String SessionTicket;
  String CompanyFile;
  int UpdateDelay;
  int UpdateInterval;
} TiqbQBWCServerAuthenticateEventParams;
typedef void __fastcall (__closure *TiqbQBWCServerAuthenticateEvent)(System::TObject* Sender, TiqbQBWCServerAuthenticateEventParams *e);
__property TiqbQBWCServerAuthenticateEvent OnAuthenticate = { read=FOnAuthenticate, write=FOnAuthenticate };

Remarks

This event fires when the QuickBooks Web Connector attempts authentication.

You may use this event to accept the connection, reject the connection, postpone the update, or skip the update. The parameters are as follows:

User is the username that is presented by QuickBooks Web Connector.

Password is the password that is presented for the user.

Accept determines whether the connection request is accepted. The values of User and Password should be verified within this event to determine if the user credentials are valid. The default value is True.

Busy may be set to True to inform QuickBooks Web Connector that the application is busy and to try again later. The default is False. When set to True it is not necessary to set Accept to False.

NoWork may be set to True to inform QuickBoooks Web Connector that there is no work to process and to stop the update. When set to True it is not necessary to set Accept to False.

SessionTicket is a string value which identifies the session and will be available within other events. The component populates this with a GUID but you may choose to set your own value.

CompanyFile should be set to the full path to the company file on the system running QuickBooks which you want to work with. Leave this set to empty string to indicate that the currently opened company file should be used.

UpdateDelay allows you to postpone the update for the specified number of seconds. When set to True it is not necessary to set Accept to False.

UpdateInterval may be set to specify the interval in seconds at which the QuickBooks Web Connector will begin an update. If the user has enabled the "Auto-Run" option on QuickBooks Web Connector this will update the "Every_Min" field. Note that the user may choose to change the value. If the user has not enabled "Auto-Run" this is not applicable, but will not cause an error.

ClientVersion Event (QBWCServer Component)

Provides the QuickBooks Web Connector version information.

Syntax

typedef struct {
  String ClientVersion;
  String RequiredVersion;
  String ErrorMessage;
  String WarningMessage;
} TiqbQBWCServerClientVersionEventParams;
typedef void __fastcall (__closure *TiqbQBWCServerClientVersionEvent)(System::TObject* Sender, TiqbQBWCServerClientVersionEventParams *e);
__property TiqbQBWCServerClientVersionEvent OnClientVersion = { read=FOnClientVersion, write=FOnClientVersion };

Remarks

This event fires with the version information for QuickBooks Web Connector.

In most cases you do not need to do anything within this event. If no action is taken the session will proceed normally. You may optionally set parameters in this event to return an error, warning, or version requirement. The parameters are as follow:

ClientVersion holds the version of QuickBooks Web Connector that is connecting to your application. For instance "2.1.0.30".

RequiredVersion specifies the required version of QuickBooks Web Connector. You may set this to a value like "2.0". This is the minimum supported version of QuickBooks Web Connector which you will allow.

ErrorMessage may be set to return an error to QuickBooks Web Connector.

WarningMessage may be set to return a warning to QuickBooks Web Connector. The user will be prompted to continue or cancel the update.

CloseConnection Event (QBWCServer Component)

Fires when the update session completes.

Syntax

typedef struct {
  String SessionTicket;
  String ResponseMessage;
} TiqbQBWCServerCloseConnectionEventParams;
typedef void __fastcall (__closure *TiqbQBWCServerCloseConnectionEvent)(System::TObject* Sender, TiqbQBWCServerCloseConnectionEventParams *e);
__property TiqbQBWCServerCloseConnectionEvent OnCloseConnection = { read=FOnCloseConnection, write=FOnCloseConnection };

Remarks

This event fires when QuickBooks Web Connector notifies your application that the update is complete. This is the last event to fire in a session. Parameters are as follows:

SessionTicket identifies the session.

ResponseMessage may be set to a message that will be displayed in the "Last result" field in QuickBooks Web Connector.

ConnectionError Event (QBWCServer Component)

Fires when QuickBooks Web Connector is unable to connect to QuickBooks.

Syntax

typedef struct {
  String SessionTicket;
  String ErrorCode;
  String ErrorMessage;
  String CompanyFile;
} TiqbQBWCServerConnectionErrorEventParams;
typedef void __fastcall (__closure *TiqbQBWCServerConnectionErrorEvent)(System::TObject* Sender, TiqbQBWCServerConnectionErrorEventParams *e);
__property TiqbQBWCServerConnectionErrorEvent OnConnectionError = { read=FOnConnectionError, write=FOnConnectionError };

Remarks

This event fires when QuickBooks Web Connector is unable to connect to QuickBooks. The event parameters provide the error details, and also allow you to specify an alternate company file to retry the connection with. If an alternate company file is not specified the session is ended. The parameters are as follows:

ErrorCode is the error code (HResult) returned by QuickBooks. This value is read-only.

ErrorMessage is the error message returned by QuickBooks. This value is read-only.

CompanyFile may be set to the full path of an alternate company file. If specified, the QuickBooks Web Connector will retry the connection to QuickBooks using this company file. Leave this parameter empty to end the session.

Error Event (QBWCServer Component)

Information about errors during data delivery.

Syntax

typedef struct {
  int ErrorCode;
  String Description;
} TiqbQBWCServerErrorEventParams;
typedef void __fastcall (__closure *TiqbQBWCServerErrorEvent)(System::TObject* Sender, TiqbQBWCServerErrorEventParams *e);
__property TiqbQBWCServerErrorEvent OnError = { read=FOnError, write=FOnError };

Remarks

The Error event is fired in case of exceptional conditions during message processing.

ErrorCode contains an error code and Description contains a textual description of the error. For a list of valid error codes and their descriptions, please refer to the Error Codes section.

GetInteractiveURL Event (QBWCServer Component)

Fires when the URL for an interactive session is needed.

Syntax

typedef struct {
  String SessionTicket;
  String URL;
} TiqbQBWCServerGetInteractiveURLEventParams;
typedef void __fastcall (__closure *TiqbQBWCServerGetInteractiveURLEvent)(System::TObject* Sender, TiqbQBWCServerGetInteractiveURLEventParams *e);
__property TiqbQBWCServerGetInteractiveURLEvent OnGetInteractiveURL = { read=FOnGetInteractiveURL, write=FOnGetInteractiveURL };

Remarks

This event fires when QuickBooks Web Connector requests the URL for an interactive session.

If you set the InteractiveMode parameter in the GetLastError event this event will then fire so that you may provide the URL for the interactive session. The available parameters are:

SessionTicket identifies the session.

URL specifies the URL for the interactive session on your site. This must be a secure (https://) URL.

GetLastError Event (QBWCServer Component)

Fires when QuickBooks Web Connector checks for error information.

Syntax

typedef struct {
  String SessionTicket;
  bool Pause;
  bool InteractiveMode;
  String ErrorMessage;
} TiqbQBWCServerGetLastErrorEventParams;
typedef void __fastcall (__closure *TiqbQBWCServerGetLastErrorEvent)(System::TObject* Sender, TiqbQBWCServerGetLastErrorEventParams *e);
__property TiqbQBWCServerGetLastErrorEvent OnGetLastError = { read=FOnGetLastError, write=FOnGetLastError };

Remarks

This event allows you to report an error to QuickBooks Web Connector. It will be fired whenever QuickBooks Web Connector detects an error condition and asks your application for details. The parameters are as follows:

SessionTicket identifies the session.

Pause may be set to True to introduce a brief delay, after which QuickBooks Web Connector will retry the previous operation. For instance, the following sequence of events may occur:

• QuickBooks Web Connector makes a call and SendRequest fires.
• You set the Request parameter inside SendRequest to empty string.
• QuickBooks Web Connector determines the empty request as an error and makes a call which fires the GetLastError event.
• You set the Pause parameter inside this event to True.
• QuickBooks Web Connector reads the response and waits 5 seconds.
• QuickBooks Web Connector retries the previous operation and makes a call which fires SendRequest again.

InteractiveMode may be set to request interactive mode. When set to True the QuickBooks Web Connector will prompt the user to accept an interactive session. If the user agrees, QuickBooks Web Connector will make a call and the GetInteractiveURL event will fire. If the user declines, QuickBooks Web Connector will report this and the InteractiveRejected event will fire.

ErrorMessage may be set to any string which will be reported to the QuickBooks Web Connector.

InteractiveDone Event (QBWCServer Component)

This event fires when QuickBooks Web Connector checks to see if the interactive session is finished.

Syntax

typedef struct {
  String SessionTicket;
  String Response;
} TiqbQBWCServerInteractiveDoneEventParams;
typedef void __fastcall (__closure *TiqbQBWCServerInteractiveDoneEvent)(System::TObject* Sender, TiqbQBWCServerInteractiveDoneEventParams *e);
__property TiqbQBWCServerInteractiveDoneEvent OnInteractiveDone = { read=FOnInteractiveDone, write=FOnInteractiveDone };

Remarks

While the interactive session is open QuickBooks Web Connector will periodically poll your application to see if the session is finished. The response you provide determines if the session has ended or is still open.

SessionTicket identifies the session.

Response specifies whether the session has ended or not. Set this to empty string to "Done" to indicate the session has finished. Set this to any other value such as "Continue" to indicate the session is still ongoing.

InteractiveRejected Event (QBWCServer Component)

This event fires after a user rejects an interactive session.

Syntax

typedef struct {
  String SessionTicket;
  String ReasonMessage;
  String ResponseMessage;
} TiqbQBWCServerInteractiveRejectedEventParams;
typedef void __fastcall (__closure *TiqbQBWCServerInteractiveRejectedEvent)(System::TObject* Sender, TiqbQBWCServerInteractiveRejectedEventParams *e);
__property TiqbQBWCServerInteractiveRejectedEvent OnInteractiveRejected = { read=FOnInteractiveRejected, write=FOnInteractiveRejected };

Remarks

This event fires after a user rejects an interactive session. After requesting an interactive session within GetLastError the user may reject the request. If the request is rejected this event will fire with the reason and allow you to send a message back which will be displayed in QuickBooks Web Connector. The parameters are as follows:

SessionTicket identifies the session.

ReasonMessage is the reason for the rejection as reported by QuickBooks Web Connector. This will be text like "User rejected interactive mode".

ResponseMessage may be set to a string that will be displayed as the "Last Result" in QuickBooks Web Connector.

ReceiveResponse Event (QBWCServer Component)

Fires when a response is received.

Syntax

typedef struct {
  String SessionTicket;
  String Response;
  String ErrorCode;
  String ErrorMessage;
  bool Success;
  int PercentDone;
} TiqbQBWCServerReceiveResponseEventParams;
typedef void __fastcall (__closure *TiqbQBWCServerReceiveResponseEvent)(System::TObject* Sender, TiqbQBWCServerReceiveResponseEventParams *e);
__property TiqbQBWCServerReceiveResponseEvent OnReceiveResponse = { read=FOnReceiveResponse, write=FOnReceiveResponse };

Remarks

This event fires after SendRequest to provide the response of the request. The parameters are as follows:

SessionTicket identifies the session.

Response holds the qbXML response. This may be passed to the QBResponseAggregate property or InputQBXML method of other components in this toolkit to parse the response. In the case of an error this parameter will be empty. This value is read-only.

ErrorCode holds the error code (HResult) returned by QuickBooks. This value is read-only.

ErrorMessage holds the error message returned by QuickBooks. This value is read-only.

Success indicates whether the request was processed successfully by QuickBooks. If this value is False check HResult and Message for details. This value is read-only.

PercentDone indicates the current progress to QuickBooks Web Connector. A value of 100 means there are no more requests to be processed for this session.

A positive value less than 100 indicates there is still more work to do in this session and QuickBooks Web Connector will make another call and SendRequest will fire again. There is no limit to the number of requests in a session, so you may continue to set this value to a positive number less than 100 to continue the session.

A negative value indicates and error and will cause GetLastError to fire.

The default value is 100, which indicates there is no more work to do for this session.

SendRequest Event (QBWCServer Component)

Fires when QuickBooks Web Connector asks for a request.

Syntax

typedef struct {
  String SessionTicket;
  String CompanyResponse;
  String HostResponse;
  String PrefsResponse;
  String CompanyFile;
  String QBXMLCountry;
  int QBXMLMajorVersion;
  int QBXMLMinorVersion;
  String Request;
} TiqbQBWCServerSendRequestEventParams;
typedef void __fastcall (__closure *TiqbQBWCServerSendRequestEvent)(System::TObject* Sender, TiqbQBWCServerSendRequestEventParams *e);
__property TiqbQBWCServerSendRequestEvent OnSendRequest = { read=FOnSendRequest, write=FOnSendRequest };

Remarks

This event fires when QuickBooks Web Connector is ready to accept a request. The purpose of the event is to provide a request to QuickBooks Web Connector. The parameters are as follows:

SessionTicket identifies the session. This value is read-only.

CompanyResponse holds a QBXML response to a Company Query. This is automatically provided by QuickBooks Web Connector the first time this event fires for a session and may be passed to the QBResponseAggregate property of the Company component. This value is read-only.

HostResponse holds a QBXML response to a Host Query. This is automatically provided by QuickBooks Web Connector the first time this event fires for a session and may be passed to the QBResponseAggregate property of the Company component. This value is read-only.

PrefsResponse holds a QBXML response to a Preferences Query. This is automatically provided by QuickBooks Web Connector the first time this event fires for a session and may be passed to the QBResponseAggregate property of the Company component. This value is read-only.

CompanyFile specifies the path to the company file that will be used in the data exchange. This value is read-only.

QBXMLCountry is the country version of QuickBooks. For instance "US", "CA", or "UK". This value is read-only.

QBXMLMajorVersion is the major version of the qbXML request processor (QBSDK version). For instance if the qbXML specification version is "6.0" this value will be "6". This value is read-only.

QBXMLMinorVersion is the minor version of the qbXML request processor (QBSDK version). For instance if the qbXML specification version is "6.0" this value will be "0". This value is read-only.

Request specifies the qbXML request that will be sent to QuickBooks Web Connector. This may be obtained from other components in the toolkit by setting the QBRequestMode property to Offline. See the help for QBRequestMode for mode details.

Note: If the Request parameter is left empty QuickBooks Web Connector will then make a call and GetLastError will fire. This approach may be used if you wish to return an error, request interactive mode, or introduce a brief pause.

ServerVersion Event (QBWCServer Component)

Fires when QuickBooks Web Connector requests the version of your application.

Syntax

typedef struct {
  String Version;
} TiqbQBWCServerServerVersionEventParams;
typedef void __fastcall (__closure *TiqbQBWCServerServerVersionEvent)(System::TObject* Sender, TiqbQBWCServerServerVersionEventParams *e);
__property TiqbQBWCServerServerVersionEvent OnServerVersion = { read=FOnServerVersion, write=FOnServerVersion };

Remarks

This event fires when QuickBooks Web Connector requests the version of your application.

Version may be set to any string value. The value you specify will be displayed to the user when they click the more information link in QuickBooks Web Connector.

Config Settings (QBWCServer Component)

The component accepts one or more of the following configuration settings. Configuration settings are similar in functionality to properties, but they are rarely used. In order to avoid "polluting" the property namespace of the component, access to these internal properties is provided through the Config method.

QBWCServer Config Settings

QBType:   The type of QuickBooks software the connection will be made to. This setting is applicable when calling CreateQWCFile. It specifies whether the application will connect to QuickBooks, or QuickBooks POS (Point of Sale). Possible values are: 0 (default) QuickBooks 1 QuickBooks POS You should only set this when generating a QWC file designed for an application that will connect to QuickBooks POS.

Style:   Specifies the SOAP encoding style used in requests made by QuickBooks Web Connector. This setting is applicable when calling CreateQWCFile. It specifies the SOAP encoding style used in the requests made by QuickBooks Web Connector. When using the QBWCServer component to process requests this should not be set. Possible values are: Document (default) Standard .NET web service format. DocWrapped Axis web services built using WSDL2Java. RPC Axis web services built using Java2WSDL or JWS. This setting should only be set if there is a specific need to define a value other than the default.

Base Config Settings

BuildInfo:   Information about the product's build. When queried, this setting will return a string containing information about the product's build.

CodePage:   The system code page used for Unicode to Multibyte translations. The default code page is Unicode UTF-8 (65001). The following is a list of valid code page identifiers: Identifier Name 037 IBM EBCDIC - U.S./Canada 437 OEM - United States 500 IBM EBCDIC - International 708 Arabic - ASMO 708 709 Arabic - ASMO 449+, BCON V4 710 Arabic - Transparent Arabic 720 Arabic - Transparent ASMO 737 OEM - Greek (formerly 437G) 775 OEM - Baltic 850 OEM - Multilingual Latin I 852 OEM - Latin II 855 OEM - Cyrillic (primarily Russian) 857 OEM - Turkish 858 OEM - Multilingual Latin I + Euro symbol 860 OEM - Portuguese 861 OEM - Icelandic 862 OEM - Hebrew 863 OEM - Canadian-French 864 OEM - Arabic 865 OEM - Nordic 866 OEM - Russian 869 OEM - Modern Greek 870 IBM EBCDIC - Multilingual/ROECE (Latin-2) 874 ANSI/OEM - Thai (same as 28605, ISO 8859-15) 875 IBM EBCDIC - Modern Greek 932 ANSI/OEM - Japanese, Shift-JIS 936 ANSI/OEM - Simplified Chinese (PRC, Singapore) 949 ANSI/OEM - Korean (Unified Hangul Code) 950 ANSI/OEM - Traditional Chinese (Taiwan; Hong Kong SAR, PRC) 1026 IBM EBCDIC - Turkish (Latin-5) 1047 IBM EBCDIC - Latin 1/Open System 1140 IBM EBCDIC - U.S./Canada (037 + Euro symbol) 1141 IBM EBCDIC - Germany (20273 + Euro symbol) 1142 IBM EBCDIC - Denmark/Norway (20277 + Euro symbol) 1143 IBM EBCDIC - Finland/Sweden (20278 + Euro symbol) 1144 IBM EBCDIC - Italy (20280 + Euro symbol) 1145 IBM EBCDIC - Latin America/Spain (20284 + Euro symbol) 1146 IBM EBCDIC - United Kingdom (20285 + Euro symbol) 1147 IBM EBCDIC - France (20297 + Euro symbol) 1148 IBM EBCDIC - International (500 + Euro symbol) 1149 IBM EBCDIC - Icelandic (20871 + Euro symbol) 1200 Unicode UCS-2 Little-Endian (BMP of ISO 10646) 1201 Unicode UCS-2 Big-Endian 1250 ANSI - Central European 1251 ANSI - Cyrillic 1252 ANSI - Latin I 1253 ANSI - Greek 1254 ANSI - Turkish 1255 ANSI - Hebrew 1256 ANSI - Arabic 1257 ANSI - Baltic 1258 ANSI/OEM - Vietnamese 1361 Korean (Johab) 10000 MAC - Roman 10001 MAC - Japanese 10002 MAC - Traditional Chinese (Big5) 10003 MAC - Korean 10004 MAC - Arabic 10005 MAC - Hebrew 10006 MAC - Greek I 10007 MAC - Cyrillic 10008 MAC - Simplified Chinese (GB 2312) 10010 MAC - Romania 10017 MAC - Ukraine 10021 MAC - Thai 10029 MAC - Latin II 10079 MAC - Icelandic 10081 MAC - Turkish 10082 MAC - Croatia 12000 Unicode UCS-4 Little-Endian 12001 Unicode UCS-4 Big-Endian 20000 CNS - Taiwan 20001 TCA - Taiwan 20002 Eten - Taiwan 20003 IBM5550 - Taiwan 20004 TeleText - Taiwan 20005 Wang - Taiwan 20105 IA5 IRV International Alphabet No. 5 (7-bit) 20106 IA5 German (7-bit) 20107 IA5 Swedish (7-bit) 20108 IA5 Norwegian (7-bit) 20127 US-ASCII (7-bit) 20261 T.61 20269 ISO 6937 Non-Spacing Accent 20273 IBM EBCDIC - Germany 20277 IBM EBCDIC - Denmark/Norway 20278 IBM EBCDIC - Finland/Sweden 20280 IBM EBCDIC - Italy 20284 IBM EBCDIC - Latin America/Spain 20285 IBM EBCDIC - United Kingdom 20290 IBM EBCDIC - Japanese Katakana Extended 20297 IBM EBCDIC - France 20420 IBM EBCDIC - Arabic 20423 IBM EBCDIC - Greek 20424 IBM EBCDIC - Hebrew 20833 IBM EBCDIC - Korean Extended 20838 IBM EBCDIC - Thai 20866 Russian - KOI8-R 20871 IBM EBCDIC - Icelandic 20880 IBM EBCDIC - Cyrillic (Russian) 20905 IBM EBCDIC - Turkish 20924 IBM EBCDIC - Latin-1/Open System (1047 + Euro symbol) 20932 JIS X 0208-1990 & 0121-1990 20936 Simplified Chinese (GB2312) 21025 IBM EBCDIC - Cyrillic (Serbian, Bulgarian) 21027 Extended Alpha Lowercase 21866 Ukrainian (KOI8-U) 28591 ISO 8859-1 Latin I 28592 ISO 8859-2 Central Europe 28593 ISO 8859-3 Latin 3 28594 ISO 8859-4 Baltic 28595 ISO 8859-5 Cyrillic 28596 ISO 8859-6 Arabic 28597 ISO 8859-7 Greek 28598 ISO 8859-8 Hebrew 28599 ISO 8859-9 Latin 5 28605 ISO 8859-15 Latin 9 29001 Europa 3 38598 ISO 8859-8 Hebrew 50220 ISO 2022 Japanese with no halfwidth Katakana 50221 ISO 2022 Japanese with halfwidth Katakana 50222 ISO 2022 Japanese JIS X 0201-1989 50225 ISO 2022 Korean 50227 ISO 2022 Simplified Chinese 50229 ISO 2022 Traditional Chinese 50930 Japanese (Katakana) Extended 50931 US/Canada and Japanese 50933 Korean Extended and Korean 50935 Simplified Chinese Extended and Simplified Chinese 50936 Simplified Chinese 50937 US/Canada and Traditional Chinese 50939 Japanese (Latin) Extended and Japanese 51932 EUC - Japanese 51936 EUC - Simplified Chinese 51949 EUC - Korean 51950 EUC - Traditional Chinese 52936 HZ-GB2312 Simplified Chinese 54936 Windows XP: GB18030 Simplified Chinese (4 Byte) 57002 ISCII Devanagari 57003 ISCII Bengali 57004 ISCII Tamil 57005 ISCII Telugu 57006 ISCII Assamese 57007 ISCII Oriya 57008 ISCII Kannada 57009 ISCII Malayalam 57010 ISCII Gujarati 57011 ISCII Punjabi 65000 Unicode UTF-7 65001 Unicode UTF-8 The following is a list of valid code page identifiers for Mac OS only: Identifier Name 1 ASCII 2 NEXTSTEP 3 JapaneseEUC 4 UTF8 5 ISOLatin1 6 Symbol 7 NonLossyASCII 8 ShiftJIS 9 ISOLatin2 10 Unicode 11 WindowsCP1251 12 WindowsCP1252 13 WindowsCP1253 14 WindowsCP1254 15 WindowsCP1250 21 ISO2022JP 30 MacOSRoman 10 UTF16String 0x90000100 UTF16BigEndian 0x94000100 UTF16LittleEndian 0x8c000100 UTF32String 0x98000100 UTF32BigEndian 0x9c000100 UTF32LittleEndian 65536 Proprietary

LicenseInfo:   Information about the current license. When queried, this setting will return a string containing information about the license this instance of a component is using. It will return the following information: Product: The product the license is for. Product Key: The key the license was generated from. License Source: Where the license was found (e.g., RuntimeLicense, License File). License Type: The type of license installed (e.g., Royalty Free, Single Server). Last Valid Build: The last valid build number for which the license will work.

MaskSensitive:   Whether sensitive data is masked in log messages. In certain circumstances it may be beneficial to mask sensitive data, like passwords, in log messages. Set this to true to mask sensitive data. The default is true. This setting only works on these components: AS3Receiver, AS3Sender, Atom, Client(3DS), FTP, FTPServer, IMAP, OFTPClient, SSHClient, SCP, Server(3DS), Sexec, SFTP, SFTPServer, SSHServer, TCPClient, TCPServer.

UseInternalSecurityAPI:   Tells the component whether or not to use the system security libraries or an internal implementation. When set to false, the component will use the system security libraries by default to perform cryptographic functions where applicable. Setting this setting to true tells the component to use the internal implementation instead of using the system security libraries. This setting is set to false by default on all platforms.

Trappable Errors (QBWCServer Component)

Errors

The following errors may be generated by the component. Note that frequently the error message will contain more specific information than what is listed here.

QBWCServer Errors

	101   String too long.
	103   Invalid date format (YYYY-MM-DD is standard).
	104   Invalid value for enumerated field.
	105   Invalid integer.
	106   Invalid dollar amount.
	107   Invalid boolean value (must be 'true' or 'false').
	108   Invalid number.
	111   Invalid special characters in string.
	112   Invalid special field syntax.
	181   Could not load certificate file.
	201   Required field unspecified.
	211   Unsupported field specified.
	301   Array line count must be nonnegative.
	302   Array index out of bounds.
	303   Invalid field index.
	401   Field not accessible as a special field.
	402   Write access attempted of readonly field.
	403   Read access attempted of writeonly field.
	421   The object cannot be modified.
	511   The QBRequestId has been previously used. Please generate a new one.
	601   Could not access QuickBooks.
	602   Could not open specified file.
	603   The version of QuickBooks currently being used is not supported.
	604   QuickBooks has not been installed properly.
	605   The specified file was of an incorrect version.
	606   Could not start QuickBooks.
	607   QuickBooks is open in a mode different than the one requested.
	608   QuickBooks cannot currently be accessed.
	609   An application name must be specified.
	610   A file name must be specified if one is not currently open in QuickBooks.
	611   Access denied.
	612   QuickBooks is busy and cannot open your application in the mode requested.
	699   The connection to QuickBooks has failed for an unknown reason.
	702   The object requested does not exist in QuickBooks.
	751   Unsupported QBXML version.
	752   The QBXMLVersion chosen is insufficient to execute the request.
	801   A QuickBooks internal error has occurred.
	802   QuickBooks is not available due to a system-related problem.
	803   The Id specified is invalid.
	804   Invalid object name.
	805   The name already exists in QuickBooks.
	807   An object could not be found in QuickBooks.
	808   A reference did not refer to an object that exists in QuickBooks.
	809   The object is currently in use by the QuickBooks end user.
	810   The object may not be added.
	811   The object may not be updated because it is obsolete.
	812   The address is invalid.
	813   Permission to perform this operation is not granted.
	814   The request has not been processed.
	815   Time creation mismatch.
	816   The feature is turned off or not enabled.
	817   Permission level configured is insufficient for access.
	818    The item specified was of an unknown type.
	819   The object may not be changed.
	820   An internal QuickBooks error has occurred.
	821   An attempt was made to use a connection that was not properly initiated.
	822   An attempt was made to use a connection that is invalid or was previously closed.
	823   Not enough memory.
	824   Unable to lock the necessary information to allow this application access to the company file. Try again later.
	850   An older version of QuickBooks 2002 is being used. Please download the latest update from Intuit.
	851   The QuickBooks request processor was not found. Check that QuickBooks Pro 2002 or higher is installed on your system.
	861   Server error on WebExport (details follow).
	862   The WebExport is impossible: an HTTP context was not found.
	871   You may not set the value of QBConnectionTicket. This value is readonly.
	880   Interrupted by the user.
	881   An error has occurred connecting to a remote machine.
	899   An unknown QuickBooks error has occurred. The message contains more details.
	901   XML Parser Error. Should not occur under normal circumstances.
	899   An XML or other QuickBooks error has occurred.