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Dave Peticolas wrote:
> Richard -Gilligan- Uschold writes:
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> > I have modified the TXF Export addition to the Tax Report to work with
> > the latest version of GnuCash. I submitted this against v 1.4.8 several
> > weeks ago. Currently, the TXF Export information is in the "Account
> > Notes" field, but, it should really have its own field.
> >
> > We also need a couple of new dialogs (and a modified one) to edit this
> > field.
> >
> > The "TXF Export" field can either be an addition to the "Tax Related"
> > boolean or instead of it. I'm not sure which would be clearer to the
> > user: to have both the TXF field and the "Tax Related" check box or to
> > eliminate the "Tax Related" check box and to add a "Not Tax Related"
> > choice to the TXF field. (The "Tax Related" boolean is currently
> > implemented in the Notes field, pending this decision)
>
> Is TXF Export specific to the TXF format? Is there some other reason
> why you might want a tax-related flag?
Currently, the Tax Report displays more information than is exported to the
TXF file. This extra information, usually hierarchical subtotals and totals,
makes the Tax Report easier to understand than merely including only the TXF
Exportable information. The TXF Exportable information is displayed in blue,
the non exportable is black.
> > Below is the behavior I envision for these dialogs. Currently, this
> > behavior can not be achieved strictly through scheme, some c code will
> > be required. (my current implementation is all scheme, and does not
> > have many of these behaviors)
> >
> > I could use some help implementing the changes to the engine and
> > dialogs. I can handle the scheme. I wasn't going to release my simple
> > mods for the latest until all of this was implemented, but, since others
> > will be doing some of it, perhaps I should.
>
> I can help you out here. One thing: should 'export txf' really be a
> report, since it's primary purpose is to export to another file? I was
> thinking it might be better under the Tools menu. Also, the dialog for
> setting the tax-status for lots of accounts at once might be better
> there as well. The 'Settings' menu is more for GUI options, not
> actual account data.
>
> dave
The Tools menu may be more appropriate for the export, but what I originally
envisioned, was to export the TXF file with the "Export" button on the report
window. This way, there would not be a separate "TXF Export" on the report
menu, just the Tax report. Thus, the "Tax Report" is a human readable
version (with some additions) of the TXF Export file. I haven't looked into
this at all, or thought about too it much. We could add a separate "TXF
Export" button or modify the existing Export button to export either or both
the html or TXF files.
The Tools menu is fine for the dialog for setting the tax-status for lots of
accounts at once. The tools menu was not on the 1.4.x series, when I started
doing this.
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Dave Peticolas wrote:
Richard -Gilligan- Uschold writes:
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> I have modified the TXF Export addition to the Tax Report to work
with
> the latest version of GnuCash. I submitted this against v 1.4.8
several
> weeks ago. Currently, the TXF Export information is in the
"Account
> Notes" field, but, it should really have its own field.
>
> We also need a couple of new dialogs (and a modified one) to edit
this
> field.
>
> The "TXF Export" field can either be an addition to the "Tax Related"
> boolean or instead of it. I'm not sure which would be clearer
to the
> user: to have both the TXF field and the "Tax Related" check box
or to
> eliminate the "Tax Related" check box and to add a "Not Tax Related"
> choice to the TXF field. (The "Tax Related" boolean is currently
> implemented in the Notes field, pending this decision)
Is TXF Export specific to the TXF format? Is there some other reason
why you might want a tax-related flag?
Currently, the Tax Report displays more information than is exported to
the TXF file. This extra information, usually hierarchical subtotals
and totals, makes the Tax Report easier to understand than merely including
only the TXF Exportable information. The TXF Exportable information
is displayed in blue, the non exportable is black.
> Below is the behavior I envision for these dialogs.
Currently, this
> behavior can not be achieved strictly through scheme, some c code
will
> be required. (my current implementation is all scheme, and
does not
> have many of these behaviors)
>
> I could use some help implementing the changes to the engine and
> dialogs. I can handle the scheme. I wasn't going to release
my simple
> mods for the latest until all of this was implemented, but, since
others
> will be doing some of it, perhaps I should.
I can help you out here. One thing: should 'export txf' really be a
report, since it's primary purpose is to export to another file? I
was
thinking it might be better under the Tools menu. Also, the dialog
for
setting the tax-status for lots of accounts at once might be better
there as well. The 'Settings' menu is more for GUI options, not
actual account data.
dave
The Tools menu may be more appropriate for the export, but what I originally
envisioned, was to export the TXF file with the "Export" button on the
report window. This way, there would not be a separate "TXF Export"
on the report menu, just the Tax report. Thus, the "Tax Report" is
a human readable version (with some additions) of the TXF Export file.
I haven't looked into this at all, or thought about too it much.
We could add a separate "TXF Export" button or modify the existing Export
button to export either or both the html or TXF files.
The Tools menu is fine for the dialog for setting the tax-status for
lots of accounts at once. The tools menu was not on the 1.4.x series,
when I started doing this.
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