Auto production of pdf invoices.

[Derek Atkins]

Hi,

Andrew Greig <pushin.linux at gmail.com> writes:

> Hi Eric,
>
> I currently output to pdf.
> And then I open up an email for every client and add a greeting and the
> PDF as an attachment.  The important word in my question is "Auto" as I
> am trying to minimise my time spent on repetitive work.  
>
> Currently I choose Reports>Business>Tax Invoice.  Then I go through the
> options and add an Invoice number to prime the pump, then I change the
> Title to "Tax Invoice" instead of "Invoice" because it is a legal
> requirement in Australia.  I Have some text in a file that I cut and
> paste into the "Note" section of the Options and OK takes me to my first
> invoice.  I select Print and then Print to File, add in the Invoice
> number and a customer code so that I can find it easily later to attach
> it to an email.  For each subsequent Invoice I return to the options and
> add another Invoice Number and do the print to pdf all over again.  What
> I would like to do is to have the invoice data ouput to a completed pdf
> with an Invoice number and customer code as part of the file name.  I
> could feed in a range of Invoice numbers and hey presto, here is the
> stack of pdfs ready for mailing.
>
>
> Hope this clears up what I am seeking to achieve.
>
> Thanks for your involvement.
>
> Andrew Greig
> Melbourne, Australia

Alas, no, there is no way to batch-generate a bunch of PDF invoices from
within GnuCash, and there is no way to have GnuCash auto-email them,
either.

Patches to implement these features would be happily accepted.  :)

Sorry.

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-derek

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