Default invoice filename

[Geert Janssens]

On Tuesday 07 October 2014 22:08:15 Adam wrote:
> On 03/10/2014 22:16, Geert Janssens wrote:
> > On Friday 03 October 2014 23:02:05 Geert Janssens wrote:
> >> On Thursday 25 September 2014 22:47:46 Adam wrote:
> >>> On 19/09/2014 11:35, Geert Janssens wrote:
> >>>> On Thursday 18 September 2014 23:02:30 Adam wrote:
> >>>>> Hi All,
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> Is it possible to alter the default invoice filename when I
> >>>>> export
> >>>>> it
> >>>>> as PDF?
> >>> 
> >>> [snip]
> >>> 
> >>>>> "This setting chooses the file name for PDF export. This is a
> >>>>> sprintf(3) string with three arguments: "%1$s" is the report
> >>>>> name
> >>>>> such as "Invoice". "%2$s" is the number of the report, which for
> >>>>> an invoice report is the invoice number. "%3$s" is the date of
> >>>>> the
> >>>>> report, formatted according to the filename-date-format setting.
> >>> 
> >>> Is filename-date-format another registry key within pdf-export? If
> >>> so, what's the format? I'd like to change it from the US style
> >>> month-day-year to year-month-day.
> >> 
> >> Yes, filename-date-format is indeed another registry key. It takes
> >> an
> >> abbreviated name for one of the formats supported by gnucash. From
> >> the description of the parameter:
> >> 
> >> This setting chooses the way dates are used in the filename of PDF
> >> export. Possible values for this setting are "locale" to use the
> >> system locale setting, "ce" for Continental Europe style dates,
> >> "iso"
> >> for ISO 8601 standard dates , "uk" for United Kingdom style dates,
> >> and "us" for United States style dates.
> >> 
> >> The year-month-day format you want is 'iso'.
> 
> This worked perfectly, thanks :)
> 
> Adam

You're welcome :)

Geert