I would like to know what exactly does OwnerID/FileID in a QWC file signify. I went through the QBWC_proguide but still it is somewhat unclear to me. I am new to this so please can somebody elaborate this. Thanks in advance!
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I would like to know what exactly does OwnerID/FileID in a QWC file signify.
Nothing. :-/
They really serve no purpose except to make sure that you can't load the same .QWC file twice. You can safely make up these values (they have to be valid GUID values) and even change them if you need to legitimately re-load a .QWC file and QuickBooks won't let you.
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Thank alot for the quick response!. Also, does that mean that in multi-user mode two different users cannot use the same(OwnerID/FileID) QWC file. – newbie Sep 24 '15 at 19:50
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You can't have the same OwnerID/FileID combination loaded into QuickBooks twice, regardless of who or how you try to load it. – Keith Palmer Jr. Sep 24 '15 at 21:49
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1I know this answer is 4 years old, but I feel you just saved me that much time trying to dig myself out of a QuickBooks quagmire. Thank you so much. – TunaMaxx Oct 25 '19 at 04:33
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Glad it helped! – Keith Palmer Jr. Oct 25 '19 at 13:17
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Just to add to Keith's answer, while it does prevent you from adding the same company connector config twice, I believe you can also pass OwnerID to the CompanyRq query to get back the FileId, which is unique for each company and can be used for multi-connect
See https://stackoverflow.com/a/65679466/2807183 for more details
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