Strugling with Invoice printing

[Zhang Weiwu]

在 2009-12-30三的 20:24 +0200，Manfred Jung写道：

> 2. The options for the template changes are very limited. I need to
> increase the margins Is there a file that one can edit.

Hi. I also find options for the invoice templates are very limited.
Luckily what I need in addition are simple text fields, which is to add
the bank account my customer should transfer money to. Knowing what I
did is probably not what you want to do too, I believe I should post it
anyway for other people who google to this thread with intention close
to mine.

Here is what I did:

> diff -u /usr/share/gnucash/guile-modules/gnucash/report/invoice.scm.dist /usr/share/gnucash/guile-modules/gnucash/report/invoice.scm
--- /usr/share/gnucash/guile-modules/gnucash/report/invoice.scm.dist	2009-11-22 20:11:15.000000000 +0800
+++ /usr/share/gnucash/guile-modules/gnucash/report/invoice.scm	2009-11-22 20:24:13.000000000 +0800
@@ -322,7 +322,14 @@
    (gnc:make-text-option
     (N_ "Display") (N_ "Extra Notes")
      "u" (N_ "Extra notes to put on the invoice")
-     (_ "Thank you for your patronage")))
+     (_ "Bank:	中信银行北京万柳支行
+Account number:	71140 1018 26000 13451
+Account holder:	锐业软服（北京）信息技术有限公司
+ 
+Thank you very much for your order!
+Best regards
+Zhang Weiwu
+CEO, Real SoftService ")))
 
   (gnc:register-inv-option
    (gnc:make-string-option

If the change above is too difficult to read for you, it means to modify
a file named "invoice.scm" in the "report" folder and just change some
text in this file when I see fit. What I changed is to change from
"Thank you for your patronage" to a much longer piece of text of a few
lines.

I guess if you want more change than just replacing text, you need to
have knowledge of the programming language that compose the invoice, or
hire someone who do.