I would like to know what happens when I make a copy of a quickbooks file that someone is using on the network. That is, I merely copy the quickbooks file from the folder. Will the file be updated as of the last entry someone made before I copied the file? I know that there is no file/save command in QB so I assume each transactions that gets recorded means it is updated to the file.
Copying Quickbooks file
Nov 23, 2005
5 Replies
This ought to be easy to test...
Providing that user completes entering the transaction it is saved.
Very bad practice. I suggest that you make sure that no one has the file open before copying.
Mike Schumann
I doubt that windows will let you copy a file when it is opened by another user
Greg
Thanks for the response. Just as an update, Windows did let me copy it and yes it was updated as I suspected. I also agree that it is not good practice. My reasons were to check if entries a staff member was doing were being input correctly.
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