Invoice Control

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An Invoice indicates that a CUSTOMER owes money to the QuickBooks company. An Invoice is the opposite of a CREDITMEMO .

Syntax

Invoice

Remarks

The Invoice control represents an invoice sent to a Customer. When an invoice is added, the total amount is automatically entered into the Accounts Receivable register.

An Invoice should only be used if the Customer does not make payment at the time of the sale. If payment is made at the time of sale, the transaction should be recorded as a SalesReceipt instead.

Required Fields (Add): Customer*, Items

Supported Methods: Add, Get (Id), Cancel, Delete

Example

Invoice1.CustomerName = "John Q. Customer"             '*
Invoice1.TransactionDate = "1/17/03"
Invoice1.ItemCount = 1
Invoice1.ItemName(0) = "Our Company's Product"         '*
Invoice1.ItemAmount(0) = "140.00"
Invoice1.ShipDate = "1/20/03"
Invoice1.Add()

'*: Item must already exist in QuickBooks.

The total of an Invoice is the total of its item lines. There is no total amount property; when the control represents an invoice returned from QuickBooks, the total amount is divided between AppliedAmount and BalanceRemaining.

Item Lines: Item lines are used to track the sale of goods or services. Line items may be added by first setting ItemCount. Then for each line set the Item Id (or Name) or Group. You may also optionally set the Rate/RatePercent/PriceLevel, Quantity, Description, Class, TaxCode, ServiceDate, and Amount for each item as well.

The control supports a variety of other operations as well. The control's Get, Cancel, and Delete methods may be used to retrieve, cancel, and delete Invoices, respectively. The ObjSearch Control may be used to search for Invoices in the QuickBooks database.