Adding a Payroll calculator

[Jay Scherrer]

On Fri, 2005-10-28 at 22:33 -0400, Derek Atkins wrote:
> Please be sure to CC gnucash-user on all replies...
> 
> Quoting Jay Scherrer <jay at scherrer.com>:
> 
> > On Fri, 2005-10-28 at 18:00 -0400, Derek Atkins wrote:
> >> Quoting Jay Scherrer <jay at scherrer.com>:
> >>
> >> > Hello,
> >> >
> >> > Is there any thought of adding a Payroll calculator to GnuCash? I have
> >> > created a simple Payroll calculator using modifiable fields written in
> >> > html and JavaScript, How can I help and import this into GnuCash?
> >>
> >> Rewrite it in C or Scheme?
> >>
> >> > My first attempt: <http://jay.scherrer.com/payroll.html>
> >>
> >> -derek
> >>
> > I have been looking at how the financial calculator listed under
> > "GnuCash->tools->financial Calculator" is structured.
> > And the src under gnucash/src/calculation/fin.h fin-main.c fin.c
> > finproto.h fin-var.h ...etc. Looks like a payroll calculator should
> > reside in the same directory and under the same menu "tools".
> >
> > Documentation is kinda mixed. But I think this is the place to start.
> 
> Well, it all depends on what you want the calculator to do.
> If, eventually, you want it tied into a subsystem that will
> automatically post payroll transactions into the CoA then you'll
> want code that can be called from elsewhere, not just a calculator.
> 
> > Jay Scherrer
> 
> -derek
OK,
I found your gnucash->business->employees->new expense voucher. I
haven't seen this feature before. Is this where you are processing
payroll? I have to study the gncEmployee a bit more.

Jay Scherrer