Invoice questions

[Robert Heller]

At Mon, 30 Jun 2008 10:44:57 -0700 tonyn at openlearning.com wrote:

> 
> Hi All,
> 
> It seems to me that once I create and number an invoice (e.g., 3036),
> subsequent invoice numbers should be automatically incremented from
> there.  Is there a setting that I can tweak to make this happen?

Yes and no :-).

You have to *hand edit* the data file, after uncompressing it (under
Linux/UNIX -- I don't know about MS-Windows).

Then open the uncompressed file using a text editor and look for
"<slot:key>gncInvoice</slot:key>"

The next line will look like:

<slot:value type="integer">2</slot:value>

Change the number 2 above to the last invoice number you have already
used (e.g., 3036).

Save the text file, and re-compress the file (under Linux/UNIX).

> 
> Also, selecting a vendor seems to be a bit cumbersome.  Under billing
> information I can't simply enter the customer name (or enough of the
> customer name to be unique).  Instead I seem to have to click on the
> "customer select" button, search for the customer, and then select the
> customer.  This is a lot of steps, particularly for a small company with
> only a handful of customers.  Is there a better way to enter a customer
> to be invoiced?
> 
> Thanks as always!
> --Tony
> 
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