Invoice Importer

Derek Atkins derek at ihtfp.com
Wed Jan 4 14:43:53 EST 2012


Hi,

On Wed, January 4, 2012 8:15 am, reubano wrote:
> I can't find config.user on my system. The closet to it is
> ~/.gconf/apps/gnucash which contains 1 file (%gconf.xml) and 4
> directories (dialogs, general, history, window). The xml file is
> blank.

It does not exist by default.  You need to create it in ~/.gnucash

-derek

>
> On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 2:38 PM, Mike Evans [via GnuCash]
> <ml-node+s1415818n4260931h53 at n4.nabble.com> wrote:
>> On Tue, 3 Jan 2012 22:36:44 -0800 (PST)
>> reubano <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>
>>> On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 11:20 PM, John Ralls-2 [via GnuCash]
>>> <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>> >
>>> > On Jan 3, 2012, at 12:03 AM, reubano wrote:
>>> >
>>> >>
>>> >> Christian Stimming-4 wrote
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Am Sonntag, 12. Juni 2011 schrieb knew two gnucash:
>>> >>>
>>> >>>> Python is compiled in, per the statement:
>>> >>>> "The Python extensions are an optional feature in the source
>>> >>>> code. To be able to use Python scripts, GnuCash must have been
>>> >>>> compiled with this option enabled, otherwise all what follows
>>> >>>> won’t work."
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> So - what am I missing to get "Business → Invoice & Bill Import
>>> >>>> " to work?
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Your first step to get this working is to compile with
>>> >>> --enable-python, which
>>> >>> you have done. The next step is to ensure that the python module
>>> >>> is loaded
>>> >>> correctly at start-up. What do you see on your console when you
>>> >>> run
>>> >>>
>>> >>>  gnucash --logto=stderr --log=gnc=message
>>> >>>
>>> >>
>>> >> How would I do this on Mac OSX 10.7 Lion? I installed the binary
>>> >> but don't have the proper menu option. The wiki instructions for
>>> >> building gnucash on mac only mention testing up to Leopard. And I
>>> >> haven't seen any instructions
>>> >> on enabling python using macports either.
>>> >
>>> > No, the wiki instructions say that the *minimum* version it will
>>> > work on is Leopard. The procedure has been tested on Lion. Do note,
>>> > though, that the resulting binary won't work on any version of OSX
>>> > earlier than the SDK that you use. Note second that the bundle file
>>> > isn't set up for Python, so you'll need to modify it. You'll want
>>> > to include Python in your module list as well, so that you have an
>>> > in-tree build to work with.
>>>
>>> Please explain. So I follow directions from
>>> http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/MacOSX/Quartz#Building and add the line:
>>> module_autogenargs["gnucash"]="--enable-python"
>>>
>>> Is there anything additional I need to do?
>>>
>>> > Regards,
>>> > John Ralls
>>>
>>>
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>> The business -> invoice bill importer doesn't use python, it is
>> an optional module and needs to be enabled in
>> $HOME/.gnucash/config.user (In linux, I'm not sure about OSX), by
>> adding the line:
>>
>> (gnc:module-load "gnucash/plugins/bi_import" 0)
>>
>> I seem to have missed this bit off the guide page.
>>
>> http://svn.gnucash.org/docs/guide/python-import-invoices.html
>>
>> Mike E
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