by Joe Zhou

One of our Intacct customers, a wireless service reseller, approached us with a need to build an on-premise, Windows-based application to manage their existing Intacct integration written in PHP using the WAMP stack. After we reviewed the requirements, we proposed two options for the client to consider. The first one is to build exactly what the client requested. The other option is ...

by Emma Tsai
Here are a few of my favorite articles from this week:
1.     Confused When Migrating Applications to the Cloud? 10 Considerations That Will Expose a Cloud Onboarding Charlatan
The article provides some insights and helps you differentiate between offerings while you are migrating applications to the cloud.
2.     How to Make Your Website More M...

by Hrayr Galoyan
Some companies incur expenses on their customers’ behalf, and need to get reimbursed. For example, a real estate management company may need to hire a plumber to fix a leak in one of the properties they manage. Since they don’t own the property, they need to be able to bill the owner for the expense they incurred. Intacct supports this functionality, but only through t...

by Jacky Xu Sometimes we need to check some debug information, but do not want to create a log file. We can use a tool named “debugview.exe” to monitor the debug output. 
The tool is developed by Sysinternals. And you can download it from the Microsoft website. For a .net developer, it is very simple to get a program’s output debug information. Try this:
Debug.WriteLine...

by Joe Zhou

Here are my favorite articles I read this week:
1.       To Sync or Not to Sync
This article clarifies the role of asynchronous programming and helps you make the right decision.
2.       5 reasons why bugs still plague us
InfoWorld’s article explains why you need to spend time locking down your code.
3.  &n...

by Kristi Feng

Recently, we received a request to show the number of attempts, comments, and the time the call got through for the Outbound Calls under Person’s Tab.

To do this, we will need to do the following

·         Create a new view under Administration -> Customization -> Secondary Entities -> Outbound Call Lists -> View...

by Sheila Zhang

After migrating to a new accounting system, following setting up the chart of accounts, the next step is to input the account balances into the new system. Some companies prefer to keep all account changes for previous years so they can continue to print some financial analysis reports for comparison. Others simply build up the account balances by using the end of the last day in...

by Brian Terrell
Here are my favorite articles I read this week:
What do you know about the force majeure clause in your IT services contract?
This article offers some tips to help you write a force majeure clause for your IT staff augmentation deal. 
The Path to Paperless HR
Johnny Laurent shares how paperless HRMS lowers costs and increases efficiencies.
How to Identify a Quality Captive Ce...

by Emma Tsai
Recently, we worked on a project that integrates Sage CRM with EchoSign, an electronic signature solution, to help our client manage their digital documents. This integration allows users to send emails with merged documents on Sage CRM screens through EchoSign. Then EchoSign sends the documents for signatures following the specific, pre-defined signing order and manages the document ...

by Derek Du

The other day I found an interesting way to test a SQL Server database connection. It is very easy, and quicker than what I usually do. For those of you who like moving pictures, here is a video tutorial.

To test a database connection, I usually make sure a port is open by using the Telnet command and then use a tool like SQL Command Line, or SQL Server Management Studio, ...