r23436 - gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C - Bug 715161 - File structure csv import customers and vendors.

[Mike Evans]

Author: mikee
Date: 2013-11-25 10:58:03 -0500 (Mon, 25 Nov 2013)
New Revision: 23436
Trac: http://svn.gnucash.org/trac/changeset/23436

Modified:
   gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_import_business_data.xml
Log:
Bug 715161 - File structure csv import customers and vendors.

Improve wording of import insructions.

Modified: gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_import_business_data.xml
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--- gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_import_business_data.xml	2013-11-24 22:18:15 UTC (rev 23435)
+++ gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_import_business_data.xml	2013-11-25 15:58:03 UTC (rev 23436)
@@ -328,19 +328,15 @@
       If the file doesn’t already exist you will have to create it.
       After restarting <application>&app;</application> the item will appear at the bottom 
     of the business menu.</para>
-    <para>In order for the importer to work the data must be in a fixed field
-      length, comma separated line format.  An example of a suitably formatted
-      line is shown below.
+    <para>In order for the importer to work each line in the input file must have the following structure.
     </para>
     <para><code>
-    Field list:
     id,  company,  name,  addr1,  addr2,  addr3,  addr4,  phone,  fax,  email,  notes,  shipname,  shipaddr1,  shipaddr2,  shipaddr3, shipaddr4, shiphone, shipfax, shipmail
     </code> </para>
+    
     <para>
-    Vendors don’t have shipping information so even though the fields have to exist, leave them empty.
-    The id field is optional, if empty a new id will be chosen. If an id is used this will UPDATE
-    a vendor/customer with the same id.  This may not be what you want.  
-    Note that all vendor/customer data are on a single line
+    Fields can be separated with commas or semicolons and each field can be in quotes.  These options are selectable in the import dialog. Vendors don’t have shipping information so even though the fields have to exist, leave them empty.
+    The id field is optional and if it is empty a new id will be chosen. If the id field has a value this will UPDATE any vendor/customer with the same id.  This may not be what you want.  Note that in your input file the data must be a single line for each customer/vendor.
   </para>
   </sect1>