[GNC] clip board paste across catagories

[Stephen M. Butler]

On 9/29/20 1:20 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.


Since you are the developer then you can write a CSV file and have that
imported into GnC.

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