[GNC] clip board paste across catagories

[David T.]

I am not an expert, but perhaps if you're writing the format yourself, 
maybe you could adopt an existing standard (e.g., QIF, QFX, CSV) and 
import that into GnuCash?

Also, Chapter 18 in the Guide is all about importing business data. 
Perhaps that might lead somewhere?

On 9/29/2020 4:20 PM, ToddAndMargo via gnucash-user wrote:
>
>>> On Sep 27, 2020, at 12:23 AM, ToddAndMargo via gnucash-user 
>>> <gnucash-user at gnucash.org> wrote:
>
>>> Any special character I can throw at it to get it to paste across 
>>> fields?  I can insert anything I want into the string
>>>
>>
>
> On 2020-09-29 08:55, John Ralls wrote:
>> No. Aside from the special transaction copy-paste that Liz mentioned 
>> copy-paste is one field at a time. You'll note that you're able to 
>> select only one field at a time: GnuCash isn't a spreadsheet.
>>
>> What's the source of the clipboard item?
>>
>> Regards,
>> John Ralls
>
>
> I am the source of the data.   I have written a program
> that reads new purchase orders from my inventory
> database and formats it into an eMail format that my
> vendors have started requiring.
>
> My goal was to take my data and create a format that I
> could paste into GnuCash.  I frequently forget to enter
> orders into GnuCash and THAT make for an INTERESTING
> reconciliation with my bank statement.
>
> Since I am the programmer, I can insert anything in the
> clipboard I want, including weird characters.
>
>
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