FM Books Connector Changelog

What's new in FM Books Connector 12.0.0.7

Aug 26, 2023
  • Updated to resolve issues with Intuit's "Revoked Certificate" error
  • Updated embedded XSD files to provide compatibility with QBSDK 16.0 and older
  • Re-applied the software code signing certificate for the plug-in, installer, and QB Bridge
  • Updated demo files with the latest plug-in builds

New in FM Books Connector 12.0.0.6 (Sep 22, 2021)

  • Updated the code signing certificate for the Windows installer to ensure plug-in security.

New in FM Books Connector 12.0.0.5 (Jan 28, 2021)

  • Added new function: PCQB_SToggleApplyFilter - this function will toggle whether to apply the string escape character filter on subsequent calls to PCQB_RqAddFieldWithValue. This can be helpful in resolving issues with double-escaped characters.
  • Confirmed compatibility with QuickBooks 2021 Canadian editions
  • Updated Developer's Guide and Functions Guide

New in FM Books Connector 12.0.0.4 (Aug 31, 2020)

  • Updated PCQB_SFormatString to encode ampersand characters; these characters will not be automatically encoded when calling PCQB_RqAddFieldWithValue

New in FM Books Connector 12.0.0.3 (May 20, 2020)

  • This plug-in is  verified  compatible with FileMaker Pro 19 (64-bit) and FileMaker Pro (Advanced) 17 - 18 (32-bit & 64-bit)
  • Miscellaneous improvements
  • Updated Mac Template
  • Updated Demo file

New in FM Books Connector 12.0.0.1 (Nov 22, 2019)

  • Resolved issue where PCQB_RqAddFieldWithValue would not properly escape special characters when using a "string"-type field value

New in FM Books Connector 12.0.0.0 (Sep 17, 2019)

  • Added compatibility for QuickBooks Desktop 2020 Pro, Premier, and Enterprise US editions
  • Updated Demo file
  • Updated Mac Template

New in FM Books Connector 11.0.0.2 (May 22, 2019)

  • This plug-in is verified compatible with FileMaker Pro (Advanced) 16 - 18 (32-bit & 64-bit)
  • This plug-in and its installer is now code-signed, introducing an extra level of security that ensures the plug-in package is not compromised in any way
  • Consolidated the different regional demo files into one. The demo file supports QuickBooks US, UK and CA (Canadian)

New in FM Books Connector 11.0.0.1 (Sep 18, 2018)

  • Confirmed compatible with QuickBooks Desktop 2019 US, UK, and Canadian Editions
  • Removed obsolete function PCQB_ZResetQBOE from the functions list
  • Resolved version mismatch in the Get(InstalledFMPlugins) function
  • Updated Developer's Guide
  • Updated Mac template

New in FM Books Connector 11.0.0.0 (Aug 1, 2018)

  • Added new batch handling for processing numerous requests and responses, including four new functions: PCQB_RqAddRequestToBatch, PCQB_RsOpenFirstBatchRecord, PCQB_RsOpenNextBatchRecord, and PCQB_SClearBatchQueue
  • Updated Mac Template
  • Updated Developer's Guide
  • Updated Functions Guide
  • Updated Demo file

New in FM Books Connector 10.0.1.0 (Jun 15, 2018)

  • Resolved an issue where using PCQB_RsUseXML to load an XML document while not in an active QuickBooks session would return a warning log if logging is enabled.
  • Added extra handling to PCQB_RqAddFieldWithValue to properly handle a date or timestamp field value that has already been formatted to QuickBooks standards.
  • Resolved an issue where the plug-in splash screen does not accurately report how long the demo registration has left.

New in FM Books Connector 10.0.0.1 (Oct 4, 2017)

  • Resolved an issue with the QB Bridge where paginating over a large set of records or a long period of time would cause the session to reset itself and stop paginating prematurely

New in FM Books Connector 9.0.0.0 (Sep 23, 2016)

  • Added compatibility for QuickBooks 2017 Pro, Premier, and Enterprise US editions
  • Added compatibility for FileMaker 64-bit
  • Created MSI installer package for Windows
  • Updated Developer's Guide
  • Updated Demo file
  • This plug-in is verified compatible with FileMaker® Pro 13-15 for Windows (32-bit) and FileMaker Pro 14-15 (64-bit)

New in FM Books Connector 8.0.0.1 (Apr 22, 2016)

  • Resolved issue in which certain request types were not fully defined in newer versions of the QBXML SDK.
  • This plug-in is guaranteed compatible with QuickBooks 2016 Pro, Premier and Enterprise CA and UK editions.

New in FM Books Connector 8.0.0.0 (Apr 22, 2016)

  • Updated demo file
  • Added support for QuickBooks 2016 Pro, Premier, and Enterprise US editions

New in FM Books Connector 7.0.0.0 (Oct 14, 2014)

  • Added support for QuickBooks 2015 Pro, Premier, and Enterprise US editions
  • Added support for QuickBooks 2015 UK and Canadian editions
  • Added support for Reckon Accounts 2014 (Australia)
  • Updated to resolve errors received when calling PCQB_ZParseXML

New in FM Books Connector 6.0.2.3 (Jun 28, 2014)

  • Resolved underlying issue where Server Busy messages were being generated when executing a request that was exceedingly time-consuming
  • Updated developer guide

New in FM Books Connector 6.0.2.2 (Mar 28, 2014)

  • Deprecated connectivity to QuickBooks Online via QBXML
  • Updated demo files
  • Updated developer and functions guides

New in FM Books Connector 6.0.2.1 (Feb 27, 2014)

  • Resolved an issue with receiving a "Server Busy" error box when executing a request

New in FM Books Connector 6.0.2.0 (Jan 31, 2014)

  • Added support for FileMaker Pro 13. Please review page 31 of the Developer's Guide for specific information on this version for FileMaker 13 compatibility.
  • Updated Developer's Guide
  • Miscellaneous minor updates to demo files

New in FM Books Connector 6.0.1.0 (Dec 7, 2013)

  • Implemented the QuickBooks 2014 QBXML SDK
  • Added support for QuickBooks 2014 UK and Canadian versions
  • Updated demo files for support of UK and CA QuickBooks files/tax codes
  • Updated Developer's Guide

New in FM Books Connector 6.0.0.0 (Oct 12, 2013)

  • Added support for QuickBooks 2014 Pro, Premier, and Enterprise US editions

New in FM Books Connector 5.0.2.1 (Sep 18, 2013)

  • Internal code updated to use FileMaker 12 SDK

New in FM Books Connector 5.0.2.0 (May 2, 2013)

  • Added support for Microsoft® Windows 8
  • Added error trapping for "RqExecute" script
  • Updated "Refresh Item List" script in demo files
  • Updated Developer's Guide

New in FM Books Connector 5.0.1.1 (Jan 9, 2013)

  • Resolved pathing issue to XSD files for validation
  • Updated plug-in scripts for error trapping
  • Updated Developer's Guide
  • Updated Functions Guide

New in FM Books Connector 5.0.1.0 (Nov 30, 2012)

  • Set validation attribute to true by default - validates XML when executing requests.
  • Updated Developer's Guide.
  • Updated Functions Guide.

New in FM Books Connector 5.0.0.0 (Nov 2, 2012)

  • Added support for QuickBooks 2013 US, UK, Canadian, and Australian Editions.
  • Added support for QuickBooks Online Edition.
  • Updated script for invoice pushing.

New in FM Books Connector 4.1.0.3 (Oct 23, 2012)

  • Added support for QuickBooks 2013 US
  • Registration System 2 Plug-in release
  • Updated demo lockout from 30 minutes to 2 hours
  • Updated Registration URL to "licensing2.productivecomputing.com"

New in FM Books Connector 4.0.0.3 (Oct 23, 2012)

  • Added support for QuickBooks 2012 Canadian version.

New in FM Books Connector 4.0.0.2 (Oct 23, 2012)

  • Added support for SDK 11 and QuickBooks 2012 for US, UK and Australian editions.
  • Updated registration process and added new splash screen.
  • MetaDataOnly query using the PCQB_RqExecute command now properly returns 0 instead of End.

New in FM Books Connector 3.0.0.5 (Oct 23, 2012)

  • Full support for QuickBooks Online Edition.
  • Added new PCQB_GetCurrentQBVersion function.
  • Confirmed support for high ASCII characters particularly smart quotes.
  • Fixed issue where RqExecute would return "End" when successfully processing a "TxnDisplayMod" request. The executed request now properly returns "0" for success instead of "END."
  • All null values are now interpreted as !!ERROR!! including if QuickBooks returns two tags and nothing in between.
  • New demo files (one for use with QuickBooks Desktop edition and one for use with QuickBooks Online edition).

New in FM Books Connector 3.0.0.0 (Oct 23, 2012)

  • Added support for SDK 10 and QuickBooks 2011.
  • Officially only support QuickBooks versions 2006 or later.

New in FM Books Connector 2.0.0.5 (Oct 23, 2012)

  • Fixed issue where PCQB_EndSession function is not releasing the connection to QuickBooks.

New in FM Books Connector 2.0.0.4 (Oct 23, 2012)

  • Added support for QuickBooks Simple Start Editions.

New in FM Books Connector 2.0.0.3 (Oct 23, 2012)

  • The PCQB_ZValidateXML function is now fixed to return "!!ERROR!!" when the XML is malformed.
  • Added third optional parameter of (optWellFormedOnly) to the PCQB_ZValidateXML function. The default value is False. Set it to true if you want to only test if the xml passed to the function is well formed, leave it empty or set to False if you want full validation against the QBXML templates.