AccPac Automation

[rjean]

Hi All,
Just discovered this forum. Looks like a very good resource.

I have a client that is moving from 5.0A to 5.1 of AccPac for Windows soon. Question: are there any known changes/issues/problems with any VB code that is using the API via A4wcom.dll? I wrote a VB COM wrapper that allows them to create AP/AR invoices from their custom business app. We are not an AccPac reseller so we don't have any way to test the upgrade offline. I'm not sure how familiar their reseller is with this type of integration. They had been trying to push us to do an export/import process. The API is so much cleaner and is very seamless to the end-user. I just want some assurance that the 5.1 upgrade isn't going to "break" anything on the client side.

Also, an unrelated question: when we went live with this integration, we discovered that only 1 user could successfully connect at a time through the API. Is there any way around this? I think their reseller said there would need to be some additional API licenses purchased, or something in that regard. Or, is this some type of "blocking" occurring since the DLL that I have that wraps A4wcom.dll is shared on a network drive?

Thanks for any and all help.

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Randy Jean, MCP, Integration Services
Orion Group Software Engineers

http://www.ogse.com

 

[rjean]

In case anyone is interested, I posted my VB class code on the Fox Wiki: (we're using VFP on the front-end)

http://fox.wikis.com/wc.dll?Wiki~AccPacAutomationWithVFP

Not sure if this is the most up to date revision, but I think it's pretty close.

 

[zemp]

For the first question, The only difference between 5.0 and 5.1, from a development standpoint, is that Accpac has increased the size of most of its string fields. For example a customer name field was 30 characters long, it is now 60 characters long. Otherwise there is nothing to worry about.

Check to see if the workstation uses an IAP license. Open Accpac and go to help\IAP Users... Uncheck the top check box called 'This workstation uses Integration...'. This should give you another IAP user. If it is already unchecked you can close accpac to gain an IAP user or you will have to purchase new licenses.

Thanks and Good Luck!

zemp

 

[rjean]

Actually, this wiki topic was way out of date. I just updated it. I only show the AR examples. Again, I'm just looking for some assurance that this will continue to work with version 5.1

 

[rjean]

Thanks zemp! That takes some of the worry away for sure. I'll look into the IAP thing.