[GNC-dev] Find customer/vendor by name

[Steve Brown]

Hi Derek,

On 5/8/2023 4:27 PM, Derek Atkins wrote:
> HI,
>
> On Mon, May 8, 2023 4:16 pm, Steve Brown wrote:
>> Hi Derek,
>>
>> On 5/8/2023 3:49 PM, Derek Atkins wrote:
>>> Steve,
>>>
>>> On Mon, May 8, 2023 3:36 pm, Steve Brown wrote:
>>>> There is currently code to find both by ID in gncIDSearch.
>>>>
>>>> Is there a simple way to search by name other than cloning the ID
>>>> search code and changing ID to name?
>>> You can Find by Company Name, Customer ID, Billing Contact, or Shipping
>>> Contact.  Which "Name" are you wanting to search for?
>> I want to retrieve the vendor by VENDOR_NAME and customer by
>> CUSTOMER_NAME in order to get their ID.
>>
>> I'm converting Quickbook transactions and need to create invoices and
>> bills. For that I need customer and vendor ID's but only have the names
>> in the transaction file.
> There is already code to search for the CUSTOMER_NAME, at least the
> standard Business -> Customer -> Find Customer dialog.  Just select
> "Company Name" and it will search on the CUSTOMER_NAME field.  So just use
> the drop-down to select "Company Name" and you'll search on what you want.

Sorry I wasn't clear. I'm using the Python bindings, not the gui. I'm 
looking for something analogous to book.BillLookupByID() and 
book.InvoiceLookupByID for name.

Steve