Re: [Ledger-smb-devel] Features you would like to see in 2.0

2010-08-27 Thread Ed W
On 29/07/2010 17:00, Joshua D. Drake wrote: > Hello, > > What features would you like to see in 2.0? > > The number one feature for me is: > "Better" FX currency handling... This is a truly big and difficult subject, so "better" would be a starting point. Major issues: - Using two exchange r

Re: [Ledger-smb-devel] Features you would like to see in 2.0

2010-08-18 Thread Paul Wrightson
SMB" Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2010 3:43:18 PM Subject: Re: [Ledger-smb-devel] Features you would like to see in 2.0 On Wed, 11 Aug 2010, David A. Bandel wrote: > A way to include line items for a client (charges) that accumulate and > are posted as one invoice at the end of

Re: [Ledger-smb-devel] Features you would like to see in 2.0

2010-08-11 Thread Luke
On Wed, 11 Aug 2010, David A. Bandel wrote: > A way to include line items for a client (charges) that accumulate and > are posted as one invoice at the end of the month. > > Example: > on 3 Aug: billed Example Corp for a new VPN > on 7 Aug: billed Example Corp for modifications in their PBX > on 1

Re: [Ledger-smb-devel] Features you would like to see in 2.0

2010-08-11 Thread Joshua D. Drake
On Wed, 2010-08-11 at 08:35 -0500, David A. Bandel wrote: > This would also be useful for attorneys who charge by the hour and may > bill a client for several hours on various days, but only want to give > them one monthly statement. What you want is a billing module. That you can group billables

Re: [Ledger-smb-devel] Features you would like to see in 2.0

2010-08-11 Thread David A. Bandel
On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 11:00, Joshua D. Drake wrote: > Hello, > > What features would you like to see in 2.0? > > The number one feature for me is: > A way to include line items for a client (charges) that accumulate and are posted as one invoice at the end of the month. Example: on 3 Aug: bill

Re: [Ledger-smb-devel] Features you would like to see in 2.0

2010-08-11 Thread Pongrácz István
Dear Ed, Thank you very much for your email, it was really useful for me :) It would be really nice to have a "plugin library" for common "problems" like exports, imports. Probably imports are more important than exports (depends on users). Finally I figured out how to get a fresh currency from

Re: [Ledger-smb-devel] Features you would like to see in 2.0

2010-08-04 Thread Ed W
Hi * Automaticly refresh currency exchange rate from official web services (configurable somehow: when, from, which with multiple currencies). Example: In Hungary we must use www.mnb.hu, others should use anything else. Exchange rate should be like this: HUF/USD: 216,99 (Configurable) This se

Re: [Ledger-smb-devel] Features you would like to see in 2.0

2010-08-03 Thread Michael Richardson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 > "Jeff" == Jeff Kowalczyk writes: >> What features would you like to see in 2.0? Jeff> A Perl http mini server suitable for testing and debugging the Jeff> code during development and customization, prior to production Jeff> dep

Re: [Ledger-smb-devel] Features you would like to see in 2.0

2010-07-30 Thread Gerald Chudyk
On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 4:21 AM, David F. Skoll wrote: > If invoices are going to be non-editable, then I'd like to see > a "Clone" button for posted invoices. > > This will clone all the information into a new invoice (but not post it). > Otherwise, correcting errors will be very tedious as every

Re: [Ledger-smb-devel] Features you would like to see in 2.0

2010-07-30 Thread Luke
On Fri, 30 Jul 2010, David F. Skoll wrote: > If invoices are going to be non-editable, then I'd like to see > a "Clone" button for posted invoices. > > This will clone all the information into a new invoice (but not post it). > Otherwise, correcting errors will be very tedious as everything will >

Re: [Ledger-smb-devel] Features you would like to see in 2.0

2010-07-30 Thread Joshua D. Drake
On Fri, 30 Jul 2010 07:21:34 -0400, "David F. Skoll" wrote: > If invoices are going to be non-editable, then I'd like to see > a "Clone" button for posted invoices. That's a pretty good idea. JD -- PostgreSQL - XMPP: jdrake(at)jabber(dot)postgresql(dot)org Consulting, Development, Support, T

Re: [Ledger-smb-devel] Features you would like to see in 2.0

2010-07-30 Thread David F. Skoll
If invoices are going to be non-editable, then I'd like to see a "Clone" button for posted invoices. This will clone all the information into a new invoice (but not post it). Otherwise, correcting errors will be very tedious as everything will have to be re-entered. Regards, David.

Re: [Ledger-smb-devel] Features you would like to see in 2.0

2010-07-29 Thread Luke
On Thu, 29 Jul 2010, Joshua D. Drake wrote: > In 1.3 (Trunk) we already have this: I'll have a look. My general aversion to the black-holeish nature of 1.3 has prevented me from noticing thus far. Luke -- The Palm PDK

Re: [Ledger-smb-devel] Features you would like to see in 2.0

2010-07-29 Thread Joshua D. Drake
On Fri, 2010-07-30 at 00:13 -0400, Luke wrote: > If there is a notes table: > > noteID (sequence) > invoiceID > type (enum: original, internal, additional) > added (timestamp) > note > > Originals can be created (unique per invoice) and viewed. > Internals can be created and viewed. > Additional

Re: [Ledger-smb-devel] Features you would like to see in 2.0

2010-07-29 Thread Luke
On Thu, 29 Jul 2010, Joshua D. Drake wrote: > On Thu, 2010-07-29 at 21:53 -0500, John Hasler wrote: >> Joshua D. Drake writes: >>> I would go for permanent invoices AND non-editable invoices (notes not >>> included). >> >> Notes can be important and need to be preserved. How about permitting >> n

Re: [Ledger-smb-devel] Features you would like to see in 2.0

2010-07-29 Thread Joshua D. Drake
On Thu, 2010-07-29 at 21:53 -0500, John Hasler wrote: > Joshua D. Drake writes: > > I would go for permanent invoices AND non-editable invoices (notes not > > included). > > Notes can be important and need to be preserved. How about permitting > notes to be added but not altered? Thus the (notes

Re: [Ledger-smb-devel] Features you would like to see in 2.0

2010-07-29 Thread John Hasler
Joshua D. Drake writes: > I would go for permanent invoices AND non-editable invoices (notes not > included). Notes can be important and need to be preserved. How about permitting notes to be added but not altered? > The proper acct workflow is that if an invoice has a mistake and has > been pos

Re: [Ledger-smb-devel] Features you would like to see in 2.0

2010-07-29 Thread Luke
On Thu, 29 Jul 2010, David F. Skoll wrote: > I like to be able to edit invoices. People are human and sometimes > make mistakes that don't get noticed until the invoice is printed. > But I guess if this violates accounting practices, I can live with > canceling the invoice and making a new one.

Re: [Ledger-smb-devel] Features you would like to see in 2.0

2010-07-29 Thread Joshua D. Drake
On Thu, 2010-07-29 at 19:57 -0400, David F. Skoll wrote: > Luke wrote: > > > Oh, and I would like to see invoices that don't change after the fact, > > +1 on this. > > > The other thing on invoices is editable notes. > > And on this. > > It's worse than ironic that the default work flow does

Re: [Ledger-smb-devel] Features you would like to see in 2.0

2010-07-29 Thread David F. Skoll
Luke wrote: > Oh, and I would like to see invoices that don't change after the fact, +1 on this. > The other thing on invoices is editable notes. And on this. It's worse than ironic that the default work flow does not let you edit non-sensitive parts of invoices, but silently changes the tota

Re: [Ledger-smb-devel] Features you would like to see in 2.0

2010-07-29 Thread Luke
On Thu, 29 Jul 2010, Joshua D. Drake wrote: > What features would you like to see in 2.0? Oh, and I would like to see invoices that don't change after the fact, to-wit: I have an invoice for a non-taxable customer. That customer was later changed to be taxable. The invoice still shows up corr

Re: [Ledger-smb-devel] Features you would like to see in 2.0

2010-07-29 Thread Jeff Kowalczyk
Joshua D. Drake writes: > What features would you like to see in 2.0? A Perl http mini server suitable for testing and debugging the code during development and customization, prior to production deployment. Jeff -- Th

Re: [Ledger-smb-devel] Features you would like to see in 2.0

2010-07-29 Thread Luke
On Thu, 29 Jul 2010, Joshua D. Drake wrote: > What features would you like to see in 2.0? One that I would actually be willing to write (I think), depending upon the interface, is a context help system. Another thing that has been lacking for a long time, is flexibility in action chains. Ther

Re: [Ledger-smb-devel] Features you would like to see in 2.0

2010-07-29 Thread Luke
On Thu, 29 Jul 2010, David F. Skoll wrote: > Joshua D. Drake wrote: > >> What features would you like to see in 2.0? > >> The number one feature for me is: > >> # Updated and Modernized interface -1.:) I do see the value of that, but as a primary development goal, there are too many other thin

Re: [Ledger-smb-devel] Features you would like to see in 2.0

2010-07-29 Thread John Hasler
o1bigtenor writes: > I had filed a request to have at least 7 digits available for >accounts. That should enable a few sub-accounts! Unfortunately it takes more than that. -- John Hasler jhas...@newsguy.com Elmwood, WI USA

Re: [Ledger-smb-devel] Features you would like to see in 2.0

2010-07-29 Thread Pongrácz István
Hi, My wish list, besides the mentioned before and without deep knowledge of SMB: * Automaticly refresh currency exchange rate from official web services (configurable somehow: when, from, which with multiple currencies). Example: In Hungary we must use www.mnb.hu, others should use anything els

Re: [Ledger-smb-devel] Features you would like to see in 2.0

2010-07-29 Thread o1bigtenor
On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 11:44 AM, o1bigtenor wrote: > > > On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 10:44 AM, John Hasler wrote: > >> Joshua D. Drake writes: >> > What features would you like to see in 2.0? >> >> Subaccounts. >> > > I had filed a request to have at least 7 digits available for accounts. > That s

Re: [Ledger-smb-devel] Features you would like to see in 2.0

2010-07-29 Thread o1bigtenor
On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 10:44 AM, John Hasler wrote: > Joshua D. Drake writes: > > What features would you like to see in 2.0? > > Subaccounts. > I had filed a request to have at least 7 digits available for accounts. That should enable a few sub-accounts! I would like this too very very much!

Re: [Ledger-smb-devel] Features you would like to see in 2.0

2010-07-29 Thread Gerald Chudyk
On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 9:00 AM, Joshua D. Drake wrote: > Hello, > > What features would you like to see in 2.0? > > The number one feature for me is: > Redesign the database. No sense building on sand. Gerald. -- The

Re: [Ledger-smb-devel] Features you would like to see in 2.0

2010-07-29 Thread John Hasler
Joshua D. Drake writes: > What features would you like to see in 2.0? Subaccounts. -- John Hasler jhas...@newsguy.com Elmwood, WI USA -- The Palm PDK Hot Apps Program offers developers who use the Plug-In Development Ki

Re: [Ledger-smb-devel] Features you would like to see in 2.0

2010-07-29 Thread Adam Thompson
--Original Message- > From: Joshua D. Drake [mailto:j...@commandprompt.com] > Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2010 11:00 > To: ledger-smb-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [Ledger-smb-devel] Features you would like to see in 2.0 > > Hello, > > What features would you like to see in

Re: [Ledger-smb-devel] Features you would like to see in 2.0

2010-07-29 Thread David F. Skoll
Joshua D. Drake wrote: > What features would you like to see in 2.0? > The number one feature for me is: > # Updated and Modernized interface I don't care at all about that :) Here's what I'd like to see: o A proper API, preferably REST-based. o A trigger mechanism that can invoke actions (

[Ledger-smb-devel] Features you would like to see in 2.0

2010-07-29 Thread Joshua D. Drake
Hello, What features would you like to see in 2.0? The number one feature for me is: # Updated and Modernized interface Joshua D. Drake -- PostgreSQL.org Major Contributor Command Prompt, Inc: http://www.commandprompt.com/ - 509.416.6579 Consulting, Training, Support, Custom Development, Eng