Bug 492865 – Add Last Reconcile Date as an Option in the Chart of Accounts

[David T.]

I am trying to see whether I have any capability of moving the above enhancement request forward (since it was my own request). It does not appear that anyone has taken this up.

I am, however, seriously underskilled when it comes to understanding a complex programming project such as Gnucash, and poking around in the many files and directories on my own machine or the online Gnucash resources has not cleared much fog at all.

Back when I brought this up, Derek mentioned "extending the account tree model to add a column reference to the LRD, and then you could add a column to the account tree view on the CoA page." Where or how would I proceed with this? The online docs mention an Account Tree Plugin, but examination of the code (gnc-plugin-page-account-tree.c) doesn't yield anything obvious to me.

While I am at it, I wondered whether it was right that xaccAccountGetReconcileLastDate returns boolean rather than a date? The name would imply that it would get that date, rather than confirm that it exists.

If I can get some guidance, there's a chance that I could learn something and maybe even help out.

TIA,
David