book options, A/P use

[Derek Atkins]

Hi,

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Stephanie Jordan <customeyessji at gmail.com> writes:

> so how do I use a printf-style format string? what fields are available? is
> there a field code reference I'm missing?

This is a new, not-very-well-documented feature.

> If I want my invoice numbers to appear like this: Inv 2011-09.0001 ("Inv"
> year-month.consecutivenumbers)
> what would the format string look like?

It would depend on your OS.  It allows whatever the G_INT64_FORMAT is
for your platform.

Note that the consecutive number will NOT reset at every month.
Moreover, right now there are no format options for 'year' or 'month' so
you would have to reset them every month.

> customer numbers to be: the initials of the company's name - 01
> Computer Fixer = CF-01
>
> thank you
>
> [cid]   
> CustomEyesSJI at gmail.com   936.525.8989

-derek

> On 9/19/2011 9:42 AM, Derek Atkins wrote:
>
>     Hi,
>     
>     Stephanie Jordan <customeyessji at gmail.com> writes:
>     
>     [snip]
>     
>         The hover says something about a /printf-style format string /that I
>         have not yet googled. Also, the context menu includes Input Methods
>         (which seems to mean language options) and Insert Unicode Control
>         Character.
>         
>     This lets you adjust the format of the invoice number, so instead of
>     getting numbers like 000001, 000002, etc. you can make it something like
>     2011-0001, 2011-0002, etc.  (although it wont reset to -0001 later on,
>     so you'd get 2012-0123 when you change years).
>
>         And, to disguise an accounting question as a "how-to-use" question:
>         Am I supposed to use A/Payable to enter every business purchase I
>         make? Even if I make payment at the time of purchase?  I think that in
>         previous bookkeeping attempts I was trying to enter my purchases
>         directly into their expense accounts (categories) because I thought it
>         was not a "payable" since I had already paid for it.
>         
>     No, if you pay for it directly then just create a direct transaction.
>     A/P is really only for actual payables.
>
>         Thank you so much for your program, and your accounting tutorial. And
>         thank you for embracing the open source model and sharing your
>         expertise with the rest of us.
>         
>         Stephanie
>         
>     -derek
>

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