How to specify the next default invoice number

[Maf. King]

On Mon 6 April 15 23:43:46 L. D. James wrote:
> I'm trying to make my invoice numbers match a sequence similar to my
> previous accounting system.  I realize I can specify the invoice number
> each time I create a new invoice.  However, it becomes kind of tedious
> and I often forget and get a number with 5 zeros and a single digit.
> I'm trying to get my last invoice as the minimum number and use
> Gnucash's auto increment function from there.
> 
> I read where I can do this by editing the xml file.  I'm looking at the
> xml file but don't know which entry to change.
> 
> Thanks in advance if someone will help shed some light on this.
> 
> -- L. James

Hi,

Have you looked at File -> Properties -> Counters

I think you set that number to the most-recently-used, so that when you create 
a new invoice it increments that number by 1  (rather than the counter being 
the next number to use)

HTH,
Maf.