[GNC-dev] Find customer/vendor by name

[Derek Atkins]

Steve,

On Mon, May 8, 2023 4:59 pm, Steve Brown wrote:
> 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.

AHA!!!  Yes, you should have been more clear up front.
I suspect that you will need to copy + modify the code to add that API.

> Steve

-derek

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