Banana 9

Introduction

This walkthrough provides step-by-step guidance for creating a simple BananaApp that uses JavaScript API to interact with Banana Accounting software.

The “Hello World!” program is a classic tradition in computer programming. It is a short and complete first program for beginners, and it is perfect as first BananaApp example.

There are three basic steps in order to experiment with BananaApps:

In Banana Accounting anyone can create Extensions to add new functionalities.

The Items columns in the Transactions table are used to enter quantity and price.
The amount of the transactions is calculated on the base of quantity and the applicable price.

Add the Items columns in the Transactions table

Use the Tools menu-> Add new functionalities ... command -> Add Items Columns in Transaction table, to insert columns to be added to the table (refer to Transactions page for further information).

Adds functionalities to your file. Also see Add new functionalites.

Introduction

All the following code samples are used in the embedded_javascript_tutorial1.ac2 file as embedded BananaApps. This file contains a list of complete and working examples that can be run.

Another complete and working example of BananaApp that use a table can be found here.

Banana does allow to have Extensions that are embedded within a Banana File.
We have prepared tutorial files that include samples code for most API.

• You can see how the API works and experiment with it.
• Just download and open a tutorial file in Banana.

See explanation Embedded Extensions JavaScript Tutorial on Github.

In order to install an App in an offline mode proceed as follows:

The steps below walk you through all the setup to run the Banana Office Add-ins for Microsoft Office 2016.

Minimum requirements:

With this add-in you can create Excel sheet that are filled with Banana Accounting data. Once you have added transactions to the accounting file you just need to click on the Update Button of the add-in and your spreadsheet content will be updated with the new data.
Your existing formatting and formula will be preserved.

Creating an accounting file, starting from a template

Proceed as follows:

1. File menu, New command
2. Select the Region, the Category and the Accounting type
3. From the list of the templates that appears, select the template that is closest to your own needs.
4. Click on the Create button

In the Search area, when entering a key word, the program displays the templates that contain the entered key word.