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Started a new Method account for a new client - copying some screens from another account - having issues related to custom fields that I have never had in years of using Method... I can add a custom field "EyeColor" for example (text, 100 chars) on the Customer table.  However, when I try to modify or view the data, ...

Hi MM, You’re certainly free to create items in Method and the ability is available via our stock screens. You can find this by navigating to QuickBooks > Lists > Items. You will however, need to sync to QuickBooks for various other purposes. One example is that QuickBooks handles the application of payments. Payments are not applied ...

Hi furrywombat, Unfortunately, this goes beyond the scope of what you can accomplish via customization. There’s no way for a Method screen to send info to an external web page or receive data back from it. --Audisho

Hi Trish, You need to match the correct contact using the Entity field on the Contacts table. This is a dropdown of the FullName field from the Customer table. I did mention this in one of my previous replies. Please be sure to read my instructions carefully, as mistakes in customization can easily lead to data corruption. --Audisho

Hello Audisho, This is working, kind of. I am able to push the data from a custom field "altphone2" from my customer record to the custom field "altphone2" in my primary contact record. The problem is this is applying to every primary contact of every customer. What parameters must I set to apply this change only to the ...

Hi Trish, The primary contact will have a value of “Contact” in the SpecialType field. Secondary contacts will have a value of “AltContact” and Method-only contacts will have a blank value. I hope this helps. --Audisho

It turns out we do not use QB for anything other but uploading our new items. Is there a way around that to have items uploaded dirrectly to Method? Would it create problems with assigning taxes to bills? Thank you. MM

Thank you for the reply Audisho. How would I determine if the contact is primary?

I would like to know if there is a way for us to insert a web page window object into a custom screen, then have an action inside that screen affect an object outside of the window object, i.e. call a Refresh Grid action, call a web service, or something along those lines? Is this possible?

Hi Praveen, In order to add a custom field to the EstimateLine grid, you’ll need to first add it to the EstimateLine table. You can do so by navigating to Customize > Tables / Fields, locating the EstimateLine table and selecting the Edit Fields… link. Once you’ve added the field to the table, it will be available in the ...