On Sun, Aug 14, 2022 at 00:40 Geoff <cleanoutmys...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Jim > > I don't have any experience manipulating GnuCash XML files, but in > principle what you want to do should work, although it does void your > GnuCash warranty. > > However, if you are going to all this effort you may find it more > worthwhile to invest your time in learning how to use a general purpose > automation tool. This approach has two advantages over data manipulation: > (1) Automation drives the GnuCash GUI and thus protects you from > accidental data corruption. > (2) You will be able to use your new automation skills to automate any > subsequent GnuCash tasks, for example loading historical transactions to > your 130 securities. > > For Windows, check out: > AutoHotKey https://www.autohotkey.com/ Geoff, that looks very interesting, thanks for the link. I do most of my work on Linux, but I do have to do some things on Windows (TL;DR), so this is very useful. One of the things I'm not sure about is how powerful the script is. For instance, can it determine the date for 16 months before the current date? That's one of the requirements for one of my banks earliest date of data retrieval. And one has to start over again for each different account. If it can't, then I will use the power of Raku to regenerate the autohotkey script for the current date. Best regards, -Tom P.S. Is there a spot on the Wiki to list things like Geoff's suggestion and flycatcher's program? If not, I will be glad to start one--suggestions welcomed. _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
