amend transactions programmatically

[Derek Atkins]

hi,

Tarlika Elisabeth Schmitz <gnucash at numerixtechnology.de> writes:

> On Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:18:42 -0400
> Derek Atkins <warlord at MIT.EDU> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> 
>> Quoting Tarlika Elisabeth Schmitz <gnucash at numerixtechnology.de>:
>> 
>> > I have hundreds of split transactions, which I would like to
>> > "unsplit":
>> >
>> > 1 split transaction: net interest + tax = gross interest
>> >
>> > =>
>> >
>> > 1 debit gross interest
>> > 2 credit tax
>
>> > I have looked at the XML data file. One should be able to do the
>> > change programmatically. The only problem I can see is the id
>> > string.
>> 
>> You could write a small program to do it, either in C or Scheme,
>> using the GnuCash API.  The pseudo-code would look something like:
>> 
>
> What do I need to download? Is there any API documentation or a small
> example C program? 

The C API docs are at http://cvs.gnucash.org/docs/HEAD/
You dont need to download anything special, but you will need access
to the gnucash development headers.

> That will take me back to my good old C days 20 years ago!

:)

> TES

-derek

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