[Phpgroupware-developers] Translation & Localization

[Alessandro Farina]

 Hi,
I'll be glad to apply as a translator/doc writer, also I'm going to dev some
 code to make a localization of the invoice system.
 First of all I think that some function linked to invoicing should be in
the
 API.
 For an example the invoice number, at the moment all the apps generate the
 invoice id from a app internal table.
 This way there could be two invoices with the some number, I don't in the
 other countries, but in Italy this is very very bad (outlaw).
 So ther wil be (at least) one table with (at least) one field to be used as
 counter, and an API function that returns the next invoice number
(hopefully
 in a user format).
 Ther also should be a central place, not only inside a specified app, where
 the user could brovse all the invoices she/he has made with phpGW.
 More over, for the Italian laws, there must be indicated on the invoice the
 VAT number of the customer and of who sells (services or products). For
this
 I'll add some extra fileds to the addressbook and I'll make the Italian
 template for billing (full_format_it.tpl, format_it.tpl,
 line_format_it.tpl).
 Two thing that are required on the invoice (not from the law, but from the
 seller) are the way the seller want be payed (bank
 account, cash, money transfer, etc) and the invoice deadline (the last date
 it could be payed). These data sholud be added to the invoice form.
 I don't know if all the things I've said could be useful in every country
or
 only i Italy.
 In the second case I'll think I should make an Italian Patch for
 Addressbook, Inv, Projects. Please let me know if there is some other app
 invoice-connected.
 I've already started, I hope someone, maybe the mantainers, should help me
 someway :)


 Cheers

 Alessandro

 P.S.: next step: deliveries.

 P.P.S.: gugux said to me to ask for a write access for the wiki, it's
 possible...or I'm too young? ;)


 ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Guillaume Courtois" <address@hidden>
> To: "Alessandro Farina" <address@hidden>
> Cc: <address@hidden>; "Ralf Becker - phpGW"
> <address@hidden>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2003 3:09 PM
> Subject: Re: Translation & Localization
>
>
> > >At the moment I'm thinking to the invoice management.
> > >It will be very useful to have a centralized one, for all the apps.
> > >Maybe nothing very complex.
> > >Thinking to the Italian laws about invoicing:
> > >1) we have to specify on the invoice a VAT Number (It should be added
to
> the
> > >address book, I've added as an extra field) for the seller and the
> customer;
> > >2) there are rules about invoice number It must be composed with the
> > >structure: 'invoice n. # invoice date';
> > >3) there must be a common counter for the invoice number generated by
all
> > >the apps;
> > >4) on the invoice should be indicated the way the seller want be payed
> (bank
> > >account, cash, money transfer, etc);
> > >5) the invoice deadline (the last date it could be payed).
> >
> > If I compare this to France, we don't have all these rules ! That seems
> pretty
> > restrictive ...
> >
> > >I'll be very happy to support gugux in this work.
> >
> > If you want to work on this and submit patches to the apps in savannah,
> the
> > maintainers of the apps will be able to test and commit them.
> >
> > >I'm making a complete analisys of wath should be implemented to get the
> > >system work.but...
> > >I'm not sure it will be useful to work on the .14 version if the .16
wil
> > >come out soon.
> >
> > I'd even say that you should develop on the head branch, I think the .16
> branch is
> > not yet feature-freezed, but I'm not sure ?
> >
> >
> >
>