Changing defaults in Fancy Invoice

[Jo Oost]

> Datum: 11/05/07 02:53 AM
> Van: "Andrew Greig" <algreig at bigpond.net.au>
> Aan: "Derek Atkins" <warlord at MIT.EDU>
> CC: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
> Onderwerp : Re: Changing defaults in Fancy Invoice
> 
> Touche, Derek.
> 
> Which O'Reilly book will I have to wade through.  A google for eguile
> has revealed a lot of stale info (circa 2002).  Is there a good online
> source of info of which you are aware?
Programmer or not ;-) you can have a look at the online Scheme book http://www.scheme.com/tspl2d/ to get more acquainted with Scheme's idiosyncrasies.
Furthermore the GnuCash Wiki custom reports may be of interest http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Custom_Reports

Regards,
Johan van Oostrum


> Surf's up, jump in.
> Andrew Greig
> 
> 
> On Thu, 2007-05-10 at 20:31 -0400, Derek Atkins wrote:
> > Well, it will require a little scheme hacking..  It depends on your
> > definition of being a programmer.  I mean, you've already made changes
> > to the source code in your current work, so by MY definition you ARE
> > a programmer..
> > 
> > -derek
> > 
> > Quoting Andrew Greig <algreig at bigpond.net.au>:
> > 
> > > Derek,
> > >
> > > Does one need to be a programmer to take this path?  I would be happy to
> > > contribute (my current involvement with things OpenSource, is to be a
> > > distributor of OOo) but I am not a programmer.  The learning may be fun
> > > though.
> > >
> > > Andrew Greig
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Thu, 2007-05-10 at 19:42 -0400, Derek Atkins wrote:
> > >> Invoice "templates" would require something along the lines of eguile.
> > >> Such integration of eguile hasn't happened.   I SUSPECT that it would
> > >> only require work in scheme to get it to work, but I don't know for sure.
> > >> If you want to work on eguile integration I'd be happy to encourage you :)
> > >>
> > >> -derek
> > >>
> > >> Quoting Andrew Greig <algreig at bigpond.net.au>:
> > >>
> > >> > Thanks Derek,
> > >> >
> > >> > That sorted that out, 10 lines it is, now.  I also found out that if I
> > >> > change the font size, the rows enlarge to accommodate.  But now my
> > >> > invoice has spread off the right side of the page.  In the notes
> > >> > included in the fancy-invoice.scm file, it is suggested that the future
> > >> > may lie with html templates being supplied by various users, and the
> > >> > best selected for incorporation into gnc. Is that as easy as it sounds?
> > >> >
> > >> > I have a current Invoice Template I created in OpenOffice.org for A4
> > >> > page and DL window-faced envelopes, to make that into an html document
> > >> > should not be too hard.  Should I proceed down that path?
> > >> >
> > >> > Thanks
> > >> > Andrew Greig
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> > On Wed, 2007-05-09 at 19:11 -0400, Derek Atkins wrote:
> > >> >> Quoting Andrew Greig <algreig at bigpond.net.au>:
> > >> >>
> > >> >> > Thanks Derek,
> > >> >> >
> > >> >> > I have searched the file and only found one reference to "24" and that
> > >> >> > was in the comments at line 335.  The only other thing I found 
> > >> which may
> > >> >> > be relevant is this:
> > >> >> >
> > >> >> > (gnc:register-inv-option
> > >> >> >   (gnc:make-number-range-option
> > >> >> >    (N_ "Display") (N_ "Minimum # of entries")
> > >> >> >    "u" (N_ "The minimum number of invoice entries to display. (-1)") 23
> > >> >> >    4 23 3 1))
> > >> >> >
> > >> >> > How should this be altered, to give me 10 entries? Or am I still on the
> > >> >> > wrong train?
> > >> >>
> > >> >> Nope, this is the right place.  The API for make-number-range-option
> > >> >> is defined in src/app-utils/options.scm which says tat those five
> > >> >> numbers are:  default-value, lower-bound, upper-bound, num-decimals,
> > >> >> and step-size.  So the default value is 23, the lower bound is 4,
> > >> >> the upper bound is 23.  I have no idea why the num-decimals is set
> > >> >> to 3.    So, change that first '23' to '9'.
> > >> >>
> > >> >> Be warned that every time you update gnucash you'll have to make
> > >> >> these same changes.
> > >> >>
> > >> >> > Andrew Greig
> > >> >>
> > >> >> -derek
> > >> >>
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
> > >
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
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