Unable to send invoices

Anton Strauss
Anton Strauss Member Posts: 115 Reckoner Reckoner
edited December 14 in Reckon Accounts (Desktop)

On a new Win11 PC with Reckon Accounts plus desktop, I can't send invoices as the stupid new outlook is not allowed and if I select outlook classic, I have to overcome several popups of error messages

Why can't we choose custom email clients like in my case Thunderbird????????

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  • Zappy
    Zappy Accredited Partner Posts: 5,258 Accredited Partner Accredited Partner

    @Anton Strauss

    Unfortunately the code base is simply too old. I can fix this for you

    Call me any time

    0407744914

    Zappy

  • GerryWinter
    GerryWinter Accredited Partner Posts: 1,585 Accredited Partner Accredited Partner
    edited December 13

    @Zappy Why dont you share this with the community if you know how to fix it?

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  • Anton Strauss
    Anton Strauss Member Posts: 115 Reckoner Reckoner

    I agree, It should not be a secret how to send invoices successfully in 2025/26

    Currently I use an old PC with Win10 just to send invoices because it is not possible with Win11 and new Outlook. However I can print to file using Cutepdf writer and email via Thunderbird, but these are silly extra steps

    Reckon Accounts should allow a user to choose their default email client and not be bound to an old version of Outlook

  • Anton Strauss
    Anton Strauss Member Posts: 115 Reckoner Reckoner

    after all I pay $800+ each year and it gets dearer by $100 each year

  • Acctd4
    Acctd4 Accredited Partner Posts: 4,224 Reckon Accounts Hosted Elite Expert Reckon Accounts Hosted Expert
    edited December 16

    @Anton Strauss Unfortunately, because RA is a desktop program, there are less products/services who maintain their development compatibility with it.

    Reckon are happy to work with any developers, but often it's whether those developers are prepared to invest the time & money on an RA integration 😞 Because cloud solutions are much simpler to integrate with - & are more prominent these days - many original apps/programs that once worked are no longer compatible.

    The other issue is that Reckon doesn't own Reckon Accounts. It's Intuit's old "QuickBooks" program which Intuit have granted exclusive licence to for the next century, for Australian development. Therefore, Reckon only have access to the program base coding - which is fixed & not editable - so there are some features that they would like to develop/implement, but simply can't 😩

    (I feel your frustration as - by choice - I specialise exclusively in Reckon Accounts/Hosted only eg not any of the cloud products 😬)

  • Anton Strauss
    Anton Strauss Member Posts: 115 Reckoner Reckoner

    I have tried Reckon accounts hosted and it was poor display quality and laggy compared to a local installation, so I want to stay with local

  • Acctd4
    Acctd4 Accredited Partner Posts: 4,224 Reckon Accounts Hosted Elite Expert Reckon Accounts Hosted Expert
    edited December 16

    Hosted is still the desktop program (the top Enterprise version actually) but is "hosted" on Reckon's servers (hence the name)

    Along with the size & condition of your company file, Hosted's performance is also very dependent on the strength & performance of your internet/wifi 😬

  • Eric Murphy
    Eric Murphy Member Posts: 594 Reckon Hall of Famer Reckon Hall of Famer

    Make classic Outlook your default email program in your windows settings.

  • Anton Strauss
    Anton Strauss Member Posts: 115 Reckoner Reckoner

    It does not work, so I will keep using old PC and old Outlook