When I started on this Palm->Invoice saga, the use of an XML interchange file format was discussed. After looking at the current format, I am having to discount the hierarchy based on AccountGroup because it cannot be easily written by non-GnuCash applications - which may not have any explicit object hierarchy in their QOF objects.
It will mean writing a new format and handlers for backend/file but I'm up for that. The main difference is that I would like to use the XML for data interchange between QOF applications and to make the format more like a simple bag than a tree: <?xml version="1.0"?> <qof-bag-v1> <qof:count-data cd:type="book">1</qof:count-data> <qof:book version="1.0.0"> <book:id type="guid">c0dd5ca1b11338f3ceae57f6e0106d75</book:id> <qof:count-data cd:type="qof-expenses">1</qof:count-data> <qof:object version="1.0.0" type="qof-expenses"> <obj:desc type="qof-expenses">Pilot-link QOF expenses</obj:desc> <obj:id type="guid">c9c3c49db198b3b87e8d513e618f9078</obj:id> <obj:date type="expense_date">1099016941</obj:date> <obj:int32 type="type_of_expense">7</obj:int32> <obj:int32 type="form_of_payment">2</obj:int32> <obj:int32 type="currency_code">1</obj:int32> <obj:int32 type="expense_amount">32</obj:int32> <obj:int64/> <obj:boolean/> <obj:string type="expense_vendor">Company Name</obj:string> <obj:string type="expense_city">City Name</obj:string> <obj:string type="expense_attendees">Names</obj:string> <obj:string type="expense_note">Any string content</obj:string> <obj:gnc_numeric> <obj:gnc_numeric_enum/> <obj:gnc_numeric_denom/> </obj:gnc_numeric> </qof:object> </qof:book> </qof-bag-v1> This way, the XML can hold any compatible QOF data. I'm still working on the map to convert one to another. -- Neil Williams ============= http://www.codehelp.co.uk/ http://www.dclug.org.uk/ http://www.isbn.org.uk/ http://sourceforge.net/projects/isbnsearch/ http://www.biglumber.com/x/web?qs=0x8801094A28BCB3E3 _______________________________________________ gnucash-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel
