QuoteWerks and ACT! integration errors (2 of 2)

Oct 16, 2010

QuoteWerks and Swiftpage Act! integration errors can sometimes be difficult to resolve. In this second of two articles, we look at some of the less common error messages you might receive, more complex ‘debugging’ techniques and ways that QuoteWerks and ACT! integration errors may be resolved. QuoteWerks and Sage ACT! integration error messages As a start […]

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Why choose QuoteWerks Corporate rather than Professional?

Oct 15, 2010

Why QuoteWerks Corporate edition? As well as some additional features (to do with synchronisation) and the additional contact manager options i.e. MSCRM and ConnectWise, the real reason we recommend QuoteWerks Corporate over Professional is the ability to host the database to SQL Server. For a larger organisation that’s generating more quotes, the SQL Server back end is […]

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Why should I pay for developed add-ons when my software should do ‘X’ anyway!?

Oct 15, 2010

I started this blog article in response to the comment made in the QuoteWerks software support forum here: “I know there are add-ons to correct the date, but why should we need an add-on to get basic functionality?” For anyone who’s reading this that’s not familiar with my (and Hilltops IT / ConnectIT Software‘s) background […]

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Change QuoteWerks Document Number Prefix on a Layout

Sep 08, 2010

To change the QuoteWerks document number prefix on a Layout requires the ‘last’ formula to extract the actual number part of the reference. The ‘last’ formula takes two parameters: string – the piece of text that we want to take part of num – the number of characters that we want to take from string So how […]

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Improved Document Search function for QuoteWerks

Aug 16, 2010

The ConnectIt Software team have take then ConnectIt-Workflow set of QuoteWerks add-ons forward with the addition of a utility to aid searching QuoteWerks Documents. Not only does the utility allow the QuoteWerks user to search the usual Document Header fields, but also Document Item fields. The utility is highly configurable, allowing the individual QuoteWerks user […]

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Restrict QuoteWerks Users ability to view Cost and Margin information

Aug 16, 2010

Securing QuoteWerks product cost information A client just called to ask what would be the best way of preventing certain users from seeing product Cost and Margin information in their QuoteWerks system. There are several, quite straightforward ways that immediately came to mind… 1) Remove the Product Cost information from the QuoteWerks Document Items grid […]

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Change QuoteWerks Next Document Number

Jul 26, 2010

QuoteWerks Document Numbering The QuoteWerks next Document number can be changed by editing the QuoteWerks DocumentNumbering table. For QuoteWerks Standard or Professional editions, the DocumentNumbering table is in the docs.mdb Access database; for QuoteWerks Corporate edition which has been re-hosted to SQL Server, the DocumentNumbering table is in the QuoteWerks SQL Server database. Updating QuoteWerks […]

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QuoteWerks compatability with Windows Vista, Server 2008 and Windows 7

Jun 29, 2010

Microsoft have removed the previous ‘soft block’ on QuoteWerks software in the June update for Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. A ‘soft block’ notifies the user when an application that is incompatible with Windows starts to run. The removal of the soft block indicates that QuoteWerks no longer suffers from possible previous […]

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QuoteWerks issue with images disappearing

Jun 28, 2010

We’ve had several QuoteWerks clients contact us in the last week or so with an issue of their logo randomly disappearing from a QuoteWerks Layout when they Preview the Document. In all cases, the reason has been that the ‘BoldFont’ Conditional font (a default in the sample QuoteWerks document Layouts) has been inadvertently applied to the logo image and […]

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