gnucash scripting extensions and automation

[Maf King]

On Friday 22 Jul 2011 05:57:00 miland wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I've been using Gnucash for some time in my small business. Apart from data
> entry, I extended the reports to create my own invoice using some Scheme
> programming.
> 
> I bill customers quarterly and it takes me long time to do a basically
> repetitive task of creating invoices. In most cases, the only thing that
> differs from customer to customer is the billing period and unit price.
> Everything else is the same. I've been considering to write a piece of code
> that would handle the repetitive boring part and now that I'm finally
> ready, I can't find how/where to do it.
> 
> Is there a way of extending Gnucash menu to add new items? Ideally, custom
> form with some custom fields, linked with a script (custom written) that
> would process data using Gnucash engine?
> 
> Even something like keystroke macro recording/replay would be of great
> help.
> 
> Regards,
> Milan
> 

Hi Milan,

There is a "Duplicate Invoice" button, which is new in 2.4.5 (possibly. I'm on 
2.4.7 now, and can't remember exactly when the new button appeared) which 
might speed up your workflow.

HTH,
Maf.