A workaround might be in printing the invoices via "Print To File" facility which should offer PDF as an output. ----------------------------------------------------------- The ORIG & OBITER ICO is now LIVE! Buy tokens at www.LegalMachinery.com
2018-01-31 16:11 GMT+00:00 Adrien Monteleone <adrien.montele...@gmail.com>: > I’m not sure about auto-raising invoices and saving to pdf from within > GnuCash, but certainly, you could do that automated outside of GnuCash. > > I would think with a Calc sheet or Base file to handle who gets what > discounts as well as holding the customer info, you could use a macro or > script to generate the invoices and export them to PDF. The macro/script > could then fill-in the pdf filename and location into the Calc sheet/Base > table that is then used to generate the e-mails with proper attachments. > The generated invoice data should also be saved to a csv file, you can > import them from the csv file into GnuCash for your records. You can have > one csv per batch if you like, no need for one per invoice. (note, there is > a favored data order format for importing csv invoices - check the list > archives and wiki) > > Just be careful about sending out batches of e-mails. Most ISPs as an > anti-spam measure have an hourly and daily limit. I suspect sending 80 all > at once would trigger it for the hourly limit. (of course spammers get > around this) > > You can manually hit ‘send’ in small batches, or use a mailing service or > software that sends them over a short period of time for you. I suppose if > you’re scripting all of this anyway, the script could put in a 60 second or > so pause in between each one. > > You could probably reduce this work to a minute or so of clicking. > > Regards, > Adrien > > > On Jan 31, 2018, at 1:59 AM, bob_summers <bonsai.ti...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Hi, I've been using GnuCash for a few years in my business, a language > > academy, and it does everything I need it to, which is; generate > invoices, > > track their payment, and send a few reports every tax quarter. I send > > around 80 invoices on the first of the month, generally all for the same > > amount (some get family discounts). > > > > My current workflow is: > > 1. Raise 80 invoices, > > 2. Generate easy-invoice reports for each, > > 3. Save these reports to .pdf > > 4. Mail out the reports (Thunderbird). > > > > All of this is done one by one, takes a few hours, and is prone to > errors. > > If anyone has an idea how to automate any of the steps, especially the > last > > three, I'd love to hear about it. > > > > Cheers! > > > > > > > > -- > > Sent from: http://gnucash.1415818.n4.nabble.com/GnuCash-User- > f1415819.html > > _______________________________________________ > > gnucash-user mailing list > > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. > > ----- > > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. > ----- > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.