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Quickbooks and FTP

Ok this is the current setup:

1.One computer has quickbooks Pro 2004 installed, this is where all accounting matters are done.
  1. We have an accountant that lives more than 200 miles away.
  2. We have an FTP server that is already connected to the net with an address from one of the many DNS name services out there.

Ok this is what I want to accomplish:

  1. The FTP server to be the centralized server for all quickbooks activity. It will hold the file of data from quickbooks.

  1. The user that works on the that has quickbooks installed will be able to work as normal(like the datafile was still in her computer). In reality she will be on a LAN with the FTP server, so it will be a networked datafile.

  2. The accountant will be able to log into the FTP server and download the datafile, modify it and upload it again.

The FTP part is taken care off, i am worried more about the quickbooks part. How do i setup or modify quickbooks so that i can have the datafile on the ftp server and the user can still work with it. I figure that i must map a network drive, but wonder how to do the changes on quickbooks and what is the file needed to be moved(what extension and where is it located?)

Thanks tons,

Super Coqui

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Super Coqui
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How would you lock the file when the accountant has it downloaded and is in the process of modifying it before uploading the modified file?

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Gil Faver

Currently the accountant takes turns to make changes when the personnel are not in the office. The way it is setup at the moment, the accountant needs to take remote ocntrol of the computer to be able to make changes to the file.

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Super Coqui

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