On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 03:27:36PM -0700, Zack Williams wrote: > On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 11:53 AM, Bradley M. Kuhn <[email protected]> wrote: > > Russell Adams wrote at 10:39 (EDT): > > > >> So what I hear is: We need a way to build business logic on top of > >> Ledger. Would that be a fair summary of both of our issues? > > > > I don't really need the business logic implemented in software. ?What I > > need are software tools for other accounting-related tasks, like > > invoicing, to work with version control underneath and be aware of > > Ledger. > > > > I think that's the first step. > > Invoicing isn't an accounting task - it's a document generation task.
It's a document generation task that also requires a database to track and manage documents, that directly affects the accounts in Ledger. The accounting and business logic are directly inter-related. Storing Ledger data is nice, how do you intend to store the data about the invoices? Just a practical consideration. I could post an example of how I generate PDF's from Ledger now. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Russell Adams [email protected] PGP Key ID: 0x1160DCB3 http://www.adamsinfoserv.com/ Fingerprint: 1723 D8CA 4280 1EC9 557F 66E8 1154 E018 1160 DCB3
