Invoice questions

[Tony Nelson]

Thanks Robert.  I just found a reference to this in the doc as well
(sorry about that).  I am running on a Linux system (Ubuntu), but I'm
not sure which data file you are referring to.  Is it my company file
(olc.xac), or something in /usr/lib/gnucash, or what?  

Sorry for being so obtuse.

-Tony

On Mon, 2008-06-30 at 16:25 -0400, Robert Heller wrote:
> 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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