[Kmymoney-devel] Feature request: improved / additional currency conversion

[Thomas Baumgart]

Hi,

on Tuesday 18 October 2011 19:59:28 Software at quantentunnel.de wrote:

> Hi
> 
> I use KMyMoney since about a year. MS Money was the last application that
> prevented me from deleting the dual boot Windows partition.
> 
> One feature in MS Money was handy that I miss in KMyMoney: entering amounts
> in a foreign currency. Typical example are credit card purchases during
> vacation: the customer copy lists, e.g., USD but the credit card company
> will be me in Euro. In MS Money I could enter the amount in USD, then
> press F8 which pops up a dialog where I can choose the destination
> currency (Euro). This dialog looks otherwise similar to the currency
> conversion dialog that KMyMoney presents when transferring money between
> accounts with different currencies. And yes, I realize that this will only
> give approximate amounts as the credit card company most often applies a
> slightly different exchange rate. Nevertheless, it becomes obvious during
> reconciliation whether the amount can be correct or is fraudulent.
> 
> Instead of F8, I suggest to include a button "Convert to ..." in the pop-up
> calculator, in addition to basic math (+ - / * %).
> 
> Best
> 
> Al_
> 
> PS: I am an amateur C++ / Qt4 programmer. Do you believe I could contribute
> to a "Convert to ..." plugin?

Certainly, you can give it a try. We can direct you to the right spot. I am 
not sure, if a plugin would be the right solution, but I haven't thought about 
it either.

The calculator is organized as an object and can easily be modified. It is 
automatically available for all amount widgets throughout the application.

p.s. Please send furhter mails to kmymoney-devel at kde.org as this is the new 
developer list.

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Regards

Thomas Baumgart

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