Quotes & Invoices

[Bob Brush 3]

Yes it is needed and would be a very good thing :)  It is on my personal
list of things to do, in my case that would be paying someone to make
the necessary changes, unfortunately it is #21, so a bit far down the
list, the actual request is:

Adding a "state" to bills to create a business flow: "Request for
Pricing">"Purchase Order">"Bill", also the same for customer invoices:
"Estimate">"Sales Order">"Invoice"> 

Part of the reason it is so far down the list, is because the current
work around isn't really as painful as originally thought.  With the
implementation of the Invoice/Bill "copy" button it is easy to create an
invoice, put "Quote" or "Estimate" in the notes box, when you print it
says "Invoice in progress.." Then when making an actual invoice or bill
you just hit the copy button and erase the note, post the invoice and it
prints with out the progress note, and you still have the original if
there are any questions about why the price changed or need to show
original quantity verses final it's all there.

All that being said if you want to help sponsor this feature I would
match your efforts and could see the improvements soon.

Thanks, Bob



On Fri, 2014-03-21 at 21:59 +0100, Gour wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I was just chatting with Derek about one feature missing in GC - quoting system...
> 
> At the moment I use one web app (PHP/MySql) for generating quotes and
> invoices as well as producing PDF output for emailing/posting to the
> clients. However, it's the only need I have to keeping PHP & MySql on
> my (Free/PC-BSD) desktop, so I'd like to get rid of it considering
> that:
> 
> 1) the app is mostly one-man show and therefore a bit risky to depend
> on it
> 
> 2) I already use GC for keeping all my family's financial records as
> well as accounting of my small company.
> 
> I've also researched about some other non-PHP options and there are
> some half-baked python/django apps, tryton (probably an overkill for
> our needs), (h)ledger-cli, ormode's org-invoice etc. but they are
> either too complicater or have much more missing features than GC.
> 
> Moreover, while chatting with warlord he mentioned: "(alas, there
> isn't a "quote" system in GnuCash -- I started on one but never
> finished it), so I'm sure not being the single person which would be
> very happy to see "quote system" implememented in GC since there are
> already full-fledged invoicing features available and together they
> would make GC very much business complete.
> 
> Therefore, I'm hoping that 'quote system' feature would not go against
> the spirit of GC and suggest to try to revive that unfinished work of
> Derek.
> 
> If there is some interest for the feature, we can try to even make a
> bounty for anyone enthusiastic and capable to spend time on it.
> 
> It was long ago when I was writing C, but, at least, I am ready to
> offer help according to my skill to test etc.
> 
> Anyone?
> 
> 
> Sincerely,
> Gour
> 
> 
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