> On Jan 3, 2015, at 8:35 AM, Christoph Holtermann <c.holterm...@gmx.de> wrote: > > Am 03.01.2015 um 16:37 schrieb John Ralls: >>> On Jan 3, 2015, at 2:44 AM, Christoph Holtermann <c.holterm...@gmx.de> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Hello, >>> >>> Having read this thread I wondered if there could be some sort >>> of interface to export data from gnucash so that any kind of >>> external report generator could work on it. >>> Exporting the selected data to i.e. an xml file. >>> The external program would then handle the data it's way and could >>> be distributed separately. >>> >>> To ease such process something like a plugin-system for gnucash >>> could be introduced. >>> Having the option to insert a button to start this program or >>> preferences dialog in the gui. >> The simplest "export" is to use the SQL backend. There are a variety of >> report generators available for SQL databases. Since the next release of >> GnuCash will be SQL-centric (replacing QOF for queries and providing >> record-level locking for simultaneous multi-user access), I think this is >> the way to go. > I don't really understand this yet. Is the idea to give other applications > access to the main SQL database itself ?
There's no good way to stop them. ;-) It's not why we're doing it, but it's a useful side effect. Several users are already using the SQL database for custom reports, and Wm has already posted a couple of how-tos to the user list with the promise of more to follow. Regards, John Ralls _______________________________________________ gnucash-devel mailing list gnucash-devel@gnucash.org https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel
