RE: FN-FORUM: Invoice & Quote software

date posted 20th March 2008 00:32

David Clough wrote:
> I'm looking for an open source invoicing and Quote making piece of=20
> software, i've tried bambooinvoice which isn't comprehensive enough as =
it=20
> doesn't do quotes, I've also tried CRMs like Sugar which are just too=20
> massive and slow for my limited needs, could anyone recommend =
anything?

Jon Warner wrote:
> Not much of a suggestion but all mine originate in excel '07


Same here - rather than shoe-horning an existing US-orientated invoicing =
app
around my simple requirements, I knocked together an Access forms app in =
a
couple of days, generating invoices/receipts via automated mail-merge to
Word documents.

Because the database tables end up nice and simple, it's easy to whip
together custom reports as needed - e.g., I added an "outstanding =
invoices"
report. This is exactly what Access as a tool is designed for: =
reasonably
R.A.D. of bespoke desktop information systems.

To get you started if go down this route, my tables are as follows:

- tblInvoice - Overall invoice details (due date, cust ID, amount =
paid,
etc).
- tblInvoiceItems - Individual item appearing on an invoices =
(description,
amount, etc).
- tblCustomer - Customer details, as detailed as required for your =
needs.

Having said that - Tony's suggestion phpBMS looks easy to use and fairly
comprehensive. Still overkill for what I need personally (and harder to
customise an app you didn't write), but useful for recommending to =
clients -
thanks Tony.

Cheers, Ben

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