gnucash NOT crashing now

[Derek Atkins]

(cc'd to gnucash-devel)

Strangely, I just noticed that the "Save Report" feature
isn't in the g2 UI.  Personally I think the "Save Report"
is a misnomer -- it should probably be labeled "Memorize Report"
or "Memorize Report Settings" or something to that affect.

I suspect that users think "Save Report" would mean "Save the
contents of this report so I can send it to someone" which is
not what this feature actually does.  Perhaps "Remember Report"
would be another potential label?

-derek

"Maf. King" <maf at chilwell.net> writes:

> Hi,
>
> Please remember to reply to the list if possible  - everyone benefits from 
> keeping the list in the loop.
>
> On Thursday 17 Nov 2005 22:12, you wrote:
>> Maf. King:
>> > That sounds like you have "saved" the report - GC really doesn't like it
>> > when you save a report with the same name as the original.  This crops up
>> > on the list every so often, IIRC you have to delete a file called
>> > saved-reports - which may be in your home, or home/.gnucash (can't
>> > remember.  have a hunt & I'm sure you will find it)
>>
>> Found it at ~/home/.gnucash    deleted that file and all is well again. Why
>> does gnucash create those files in the first place? What's their purpose,
>> the saved-reports-1.8 file?
>>
>
> Well, you can save reports ;-) ! 
> If you save your whistles-and-bells-report with a different name than the 
> original, all is well.  GC gets a bit confused if it has 2 reports of the 
> same name. that's all.
>
>> > > 3. Attempts at printing some other things, invoices sometimes
>> >
>> > I think that is the same problem as the saved-reports issue above. Have
>> > you saved the printable invoice before printing it?
>>
>> With some of the files, I saved them , Save Report, with others no, just
>> created the invoice and then printed it out, or printed to a PDF file.
>> Here's the rub though with the .pdf file creation. I create a .pdf invoice,
>> and then close and exit gnucash, and then I open the .pdf using xpdf and
>> also acrobat. The files open great for me, yet when I sent them to
>> clients/customers, I get complaints: The .pdf only opens the first half
>> page, then it's gibberish, or only first page arrives, rest of it is
>> truncated. blah blah blah...
>>
>> I figured sending a .pdf would be the most compatible way of sending an
>> invoice document, but it's causing frustration with some clients.
>>
>> Suggestions on output?
>
> Hmm. Don't know about that.  I always figured that if acrobat-for-penguins 
> would open the file, then acrobat-for-otherOS would be fine too. I don't use 
> GC to print invoices, but whenever I print reports, I export to HTML and use 
> firefox to do the actual printing, due to various bugs in the gnome1-print 
> routines.  Maybe you are hitting something similar?  What about 
> font-embedding issues? (now this _is_ 2-cent thinking aloud stuff)  
>
>>
>> > That happens if you have set your customer's payment terms at the invoice
>> > creation dialog - eg to 30 days.  If that is not set, then you can change
>> > the payable date whilst posting the invoice
>>
>> That changed it as well for the due date...thank you thank you thank
>> you!!!!!!!
>>
>
> Yeah - it wasn't clear to me if you were talking about vendors or customers - 
> but since the two are handled almost exactly the same within GC, I figured it 
> would make sense eventually...
>
> Cheers,
> Maf.
>
>> Scott
>
>
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