API for reading the gnucash file

[Derek Atkins]

Hi,

This question belongs on -devel, not on -user...

Quoting hendrik at topoi.pooq.com:

> I have a C++ propgram that reads a gnucash file and extracts relevant
> information.
>
> I find that I have to revise it regularaly when the file format changes
> during gnucash upgrades.  Now this is not a huge chore, but I've heard
> that there is an API I could be using to do this so that
>  (a) I don't have to keep updating my code
>  (b) it will still run properly, even if gnucash starts to use a real
> data base.
>
> Where do I find this API and its documentation?

What you want is in src/backend/file ; but the real API would be
in qof_session.  Documentation is in the standard doxygen location
at http://cvs.gnucash.org/docs/HEAD/

> -- hendrik

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-derek

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