On 1/16/10 11:38 AM, Derek Atkins said: > [...] > No, you cannot input or change the invoice ID, customer ID, date opened, > etc in the main Invoice page where you enter your invoice line items. > Think of it like an Account and an Account Register; you cannot edit the > Account information from the Register; you have to open up an "Edit > Account" dialog to change the account properties (vs. the account > contents -- the splits/transactions). > [...] > The Invoice is designed in exactly the same way. You have the Invoice > Information (IDs, dates, etc) and then the Invoice Contents (the line > item entries). In order to change the Info you need to 'edit' the > invoice "metadata" (by clicking on the Edit Invoice button). > > The only meta-information you can edit from the main invoice window is > the Notes field and the 'active' button. > > Would it be SIMPLER? Maybe.. But it would be wrong. It exists as a > dual window in order to protect the invoice from corruption by errant > inputs. >
OK, entry errors is a good point. I was approaching the invoice as if it were a single document with `smart' fields for the meta-data. How about separating the invoice meta-data and the invoice lines into two tabs? That's what the big-iron financial software we use at work does, and it works pretty well at preventing errors etc. Y.
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