Editing invoice scm files

[Shane Litherland]

Hi Andrew,

I can get a pdf of that size ok, if you want to email it to me,
much appreciated, and keep you posted,
shane.

On Mon, 2008-07-21 at 21:27 +1000, Andrew Greig wrote:
> On Mon, 2008-07-21 at 20:59 +1000, Shane Litherland wrote:
> > Hello All;
> > 
> > I'm somewhat a novice to the syntax/code behind the scenes in gnucash,
> > though i can be a fast learner! Been reading up online (forums, wiki,
> > FAQ's etc) but no leads for my particular query.
> > 
> > Trying to remove today's date from the printed invoice/report - that
> > shows top right, underneath business contact details. i'm happy to just
> > have 'invoice date' and 'due date' in top left of report.
> > 
> > tried editing both easy-invoice.scm (the report format i use) and
> > invoice.scm . Found for previous edits (e.g. changing 'tax' subtotal
> > label to 'GST' - thanks to advice online for that one!) that despite
> > using easy-invoice, the change didn't happen until i edited the
> > invoice.scm file. figure the easy-invoice.scm must just get a lot of its
> > info from the invoice.scm file, and just lay it out different?
> > Anyway, tried 'commenting' various sections (semicolon ; ) to 'remove'
> > them from the commands, to figure out what did what. had lots of
> > attempts, mostly nothing happened, then occasionally i'd just get an
> > error message back and no report at all! so obviously, not getting the
> > correct approach. also though of 'null field' (putting "" somewhere) but
> > again, not sure where to start.
> > 
> > any quick answers? or, if the best way to explain it is to start me on
> > learning what the code means, any suggested places to start (online, or
> > "... for dummies" ?)
> > if i figure this much out, might also try removing some of the columns i
> > don't want..
> > also, if any of this is of use to others once i figure it out, should i
> > email or post it somewhere?
> 
> Hi Shane,
> 
> Thanks for your interest in this area.  Australia needs to have the
> words "Tax Invoice" instead of just "Invoice" and the idea of changing
> Tax Subtotal to GST is a good one.  We also need to be able to set the
> Customer Name and address details in a suitable place on an A4 Invoice,
> for viewing through a DL window faced envelope.  
> 
> Australia Post have specifications on their website for all envelopes.
> 
> I have  a 1.8Mb pdf on scheme, which I can send you if you have the
> bandwidth.  I may have more time soon to try and figure out how to use
> this. Anything you can do for the Aussie users will be well received, so
> by all means post your results to the list.
> 
> 
> Cheers
> Andrew Greig
> Melbourne, Australia
> 
> 
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