We are at Macworld now, getting the booth ready – always a fun event 
The team at the office just released Daylite 3.7, the MoneyWorks Connector, LightSpeed Connector, FileMaker Connector and finally Daylite Delivery.
These things are going to make Daylite even more appealing to small businesses. Reducing double entry and making all kinds of workflows more efficient. Daylite Delivery will also make life easier for folks. Instead of wasting time running reports – just get them delivered to you via email. The reports look great on an iPhone (3.7 offers 50 new reports). Another example is if you travel, you can easily keep tabs on what’s going on in the office. Another one is getting your schedule emailed to you. The benefits are countless. Check out the product pages for more details (official press release here).
I’d like to take this opportunity to especially thank the folks at Cognito (makers of MoneyWorks) and Xsilva (makers of LightSpeed). They’ve helped us tremendously in getting these connectors out the door. We couldn’t have done it without them. They’ve had to tweak their apps a bit, so make sure you have the latest versions.
I better get back to the mayhem of booth prep.
Until next time…
AJ
Jamie says:
That’s great news…! Is there any likelihood of a MySQL connector? We have a bespoke CRM application built on a MySQL database and it would be great to be able to integrate it with our Daylite database.
Have fun at Macworld!
Terri Zeh Jacobson says:
Hi AJ:
I’m so disappointed to not be working with you playing with all the new, great features. I’m just so excited about the Lightspeed integration and Daylite Delivery is just a cool new feature that will make using your iPhone even more fun.
Great job guys! Have a great MacWorld!!!
AJ says:
Hi Jamie – we haven’t had much request for a MySQL connector so far, so it’s low on the list.
Thanks Terri. It’s a great show so far this year. It would have been really nice to have you there. There is always next year.
Max says:
Yeah mysql connector please
Totali says:
It would be great to have a mySQL connector or PHP API as we could use it in house and for client projects. Going to have a play with the FM plugin as that will be a good start for web publishing (the FM PHP has a few seconds overhead that a direct mySQL won’t).
Cheers!
Lon Cook says:
I have to say, I’m a bit disappointed. As a Filemaker developer and Daylight user, I eagerly anticipated the Filemaker Connector presentation at your MacWorld booth.
First. Everything on this site leads one to believe that this is a new capability of Daylight 3.7; in fact, each of the connectors is a separate plug-in that must be purchased. The Filemaker connector costs twice as much as Daylight itself.
Second. While the interface for the connector proved elegant, it has to be run every time you want to sync data either way between Filmaker and Daylight. It’s not a live two-way connection and certainly not the syncing tool I’d thought it was going to be.
Essentially, and the presenter at your booth agreed, you’ve built a migration tool and not an efficient syncing tool… an expensive one at that.
So, how about opening up the OpenBase files so we can connect directly (and live) with Filemaker?
AJ says:
Lon,
No where do we say it is a “sync”, we clearly state that is it a push and pull operation. Once you setup one or more profiles, you can invoke it using AppleScript (using cron every few hours for example).
If you want to migrate data, then you can simply use the 21 day trial.
As far as the cost, of course it is extra – that is why it is on the “add ons” page. It is licensed per server and not per user. The cost is cheap when you compare it to the alternatives – double-entry or simply not having any integration.
We had a few places use the beta for an extended period and they are quite happy with the time savings and convenience. They were also happy with the price.
We will not allow *writing* to the database tables directly because of data integrity concerns (and the various optimizations we do). We are exploring a read-only license however (which would be more costly than the connector).
Thanks.
P.S. It’s Daylite and not Daylight.
Brian Jojade says:
I just downloaded the daylite to Lightspeed connector. It shows under the connectors menu, but when I go to setup, not a thing happens. My Lightspeed and Daylite servers are on separate machines. Could this be the problem?
Is there any documentation at all available?
Thanks!
AJ says:
Yes there are instructions – check the Help in Daylite and look for LightSpeed. Also – you have to make sure you have the latest version of LightSpeed (you may have to re-download 2.5 – a component on the LightSpeed side was missing in earlier downloads).
Please note – this is not a medium for support questions.
William Curtis Rolf says:
After diagnosing corruptions in preferences and permissions in my Mas OS 10.4.11 primary user account, Apple guided me through creating a new user account. The problem now is that Daylight 3.7 will not launch; I cannot access my contact database. Can you help me solve this problem? Thanks, WCR
AJ says:
Once again – this is NOT a good medium for support. Please email support. Thanks.