Try to add tooltips to explain goal of advanced options

htdocs/accountancy/admin/index.php

@@ -508,14 +508,20 @@ print '</tr>';
 print '</table>';
 print '<br>';
 
-// Lettering params
+
+// Show advanced options
+print '<br>';
+
+
+// Advanced params
 print '<table class="noborder centpercent">';
 print '<tr class="liste_titre">';
-print '<td colspan="2">'.$langs->trans('Options').' '.$langs->trans('Lettering').'</td>';
+print '<td colspan="2">' . $langs->trans('OptionsAdvanced') . '</td>';
 print "</tr>\n";
 
 print '<tr class="oddeven">';
-print '<td>'.$langs->trans("ACCOUNTING_ENABLE_LETTERING").'</td>';
+print '<td>';
+print $form->textwithpicto($langs->trans("ACCOUNTING_ENABLE_LETTERING"), $langs->trans("ACCOUNTING_ENABLE_LETTERING_DESC", $langs->transnoentitiesnoconv("NumMvts")).'<br>'.$langs->trans("EnablingThisFeatureIsNotNecessary")).'</td>';
 if (!empty($conf->global->ACCOUNTING_ENABLE_LETTERING)) {
 	print '<td class="right"><a class="reposition" href="'.$_SERVER['PHP_SELF'].'?token='.newToken().'&action=setenablelettering&value=0">';
 	print img_picto($langs->trans("Activated"), 'switch_on');
@@ -529,7 +535,8 @@ print '</tr>';
 
 if (!empty($conf->global->ACCOUNTING_ENABLE_LETTERING)) {
 	print '<tr class="oddeven">';
-	print '<td>' . $langs->trans("ACCOUNTING_ENABLE_AUTOLETTERING") . '</td>';
+	print '<td>';
+	print $form->textwithpicto($langs->trans("ACCOUNTING_ENABLE_AUTOLETTERING"), $langs->trans("ACCOUNTING_ENABLE_AUTOLETTERING_DESC")) . '</td>';
 	if (!empty($conf->global->ACCOUNTING_ENABLE_AUTOLETTERING)) {
 		print '<td class="right"><a class="reposition" href="' . $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] . '?token=' . newToken() . '&action=setenableautolettering&value=0">';
 		print img_picto($langs->trans("Activated"), 'switch_on');
@@ -542,33 +549,22 @@ if (!empty($conf->global->ACCOUNTING_ENABLE_LETTERING)) {
 	print '</tr>';
 }
 
-print '</table>';
-
-// Show specific accountancy FR option
-if ($mysoc->country_code == 'FR') {
-	print '<br>';
-
-	// Advanced params
-	print '<table class="noborder centpercent">';
-	print '<tr class="liste_titre">';
-	print '<td colspan="2">' . $langs->trans('OptionsAdvanced') . '</td>';
-	print "</tr>\n";
+print '<tr class="oddeven">';
+print '<td>';
+print $form->textwithpicto($langs->trans("ACCOUNTING_FORCE_ENABLE_VAT_REVERSE_CHARGE"), $langs->trans("ACCOUNTING_FORCE_ENABLE_VAT_REVERSE_CHARGE_DESC", $langs->transnoentities("MenuDefaultAccounts"))).'</td>';
+if (!empty($conf->global->ACCOUNTING_FORCE_ENABLE_VAT_REVERSE_CHARGE)) {
+	print '<td class="right"><a class="reposition" href="' . $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] . '?token=' . newToken() . '&action=setenablevatreversecharge&value=0">';
+	print img_picto($langs->trans("Activated"), 'switch_on');
+	print '</a></td>';
+} else {
+	print '<td class="right"><a class="reposition" href="' . $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] . '?token=' . newToken() . '&action=setenablevatreversecharge&value=1">';
+	print img_picto($langs->trans("Disabled"), 'switch_off');
+	print '</a></td>';
+}
+print '</tr>';
 
-	print '<tr class="oddeven">';
-	print '<td>' . $langs->trans("ACCOUNTING_FORCE_ENABLE_VAT_REVERSE_CHARGE") . '</td>';
-	if (!empty($conf->global->ACCOUNTING_FORCE_ENABLE_VAT_REVERSE_CHARGE)) {
-		print '<td class="right"><a class="reposition" href="' . $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] . '?token=' . newToken() . '&action=setenablevatreversecharge&value=0">';
-		print img_picto($langs->trans("Activated"), 'switch_on');
-		print '</a></td>';
-	} else {
-		print '<td class="right"><a class="reposition" href="' . $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] . '?token=' . newToken() . '&action=setenablevatreversecharge&value=1">';
-		print img_picto($langs->trans("Disabled"), 'switch_off');
-		print '</a></td>';
-	}
-	print '</tr>';
+print '</table>';
 
-	print '</table>';
-}
 
 print '<div class="center"><input type="submit" class="button button-edit" name="button" value="'.$langs->trans('Modify').'"></div>';
 

htdocs/admin/accounting.php

@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ $error = 0;
 
 $title = $langs->trans("ConfigAccountingExpert");
 $help_url = '';
+
 llxHeader('', $title, $help_url);
 
 $linkback = '<a href="'.DOL_URL_ROOT.'/admin/modules.php?restore_lastsearch_values=1">'.$langs->trans("BackToModuleList").'</a>';

htdocs/install/mysql/migration/17.0.0-18.0.0.sql

@@ -386,8 +386,8 @@ ALTER TABLE llx_product_fournisseur_price_log ADD INDEX idx_product_fournisseur_
 
 ALTER TABLE llx_bordereau_cheque ADD COLUMN label varchar(255) AFTER ref;
 
-ALTER TABLE llx_societe ADD COLUMN vat_reverse_charge smallint DEFAULT 0 AFTER tva_assuj;
-ALTER TABLE llx_facture_fourn ADD COLUMN vat_reverse_charge smallint DEFAULT 0 AFTER close_note;
+ALTER TABLE llx_societe ADD COLUMN vat_reverse_charge tinyint DEFAULT 0 AFTER tva_assuj;
+ALTER TABLE llx_facture_fourn ADD COLUMN vat_reverse_charge tinyint DEFAULT 0 AFTER close_note;
 
 ALTER TABLE llx_c_email_templates add COLUMN defaultfortype smallint DEFAULT 0;
 

htdocs/langs/en_US/accountancy.lang

@@ -345,9 +345,13 @@ ACCOUNTING_DISABLE_BINDING_ON_SALES=Disable binding & transfer in accountancy on
 ACCOUNTING_DISABLE_BINDING_ON_PURCHASES=Disable binding & transfer in accountancy on purchases (vendor invoices will not be taken into account in accounting)
 ACCOUNTING_DISABLE_BINDING_ON_EXPENSEREPORTS=Disable binding & transfer in accountancy on expense reports (expense reports will not be taken into account in accounting)
 ACCOUNTING_ENABLE_LETTERING=Enable the lettering function in the accounting
+ACCOUNTING_ENABLE_LETTERING_DESC=When this options is enabled, you can define, on each accounting entry, a code so you can group different accounting movements together. In the past, when different journals was managed independently, this feature was necessary to group movement lines of different journals together. However, with Dolibarr accountancy, such a tracking code, called "<b>%s</b>" is already saved automatically, so an automatic lettering is already done, with no risk of error so this feature has become useless for a common usage. Manual lettering feature is provided for end users that really don't trust the computer engine making the transfer of data in accountancy.
+EnablingThisFeatureIsNotNecessary=Enabling this feature is no more necessary for a rigourous accounting management.   
 ACCOUNTING_ENABLE_AUTOLETTERING=Enable the automatic lettering when transferring to accounting
+ACCOUNTING_ENABLE_AUTOLETTERING_DESC=The code for the lettering is automatically generated and incremented and not choosed by the end user
 OptionsAdvanced=Advanced options
 ACCOUNTING_FORCE_ENABLE_VAT_REVERSE_CHARGE=Activate the management of VAT reverse charge on supplier purchases
+ACCOUNTING_FORCE_ENABLE_VAT_REVERSE_CHARGE_DESC=When this option is enabled, you can define that a supplier or a given vendor invoice must be transfered into accountancy differently: A additionnal debit and a credit line will generated into the accounting on 2 given accounts from the chart of account defined into the "%s" setup page. 
 
 ## Export
 NotExportLettering=Do not export the lettering when generating the file
@@ -384,7 +388,7 @@ ChartofaccountsId=Chart of accounts Id
 ## Tools - Init accounting account on product / service
 InitAccountancy=Init accountancy
 InitAccountancyDesc=This page can be used to initialize an accounting account on products and services that does not have accounting account defined for sales and purchases.
-DefaultBindingDesc=This page can be used to set a default account to use to link transactions record about payment salaries, donation, taxes and vat when no specific accounting account were already set.
+DefaultBindingDesc=This page can be used to set the default accounts (from the chart of account) to use to link business objects with an account, like payment salaries, donation, taxes and VAT, when no specific account were already set.
 DefaultClosureDesc=This page can be used to set parameters used for accounting closures.
 Options=Options
 OptionModeProductSell=Mode sales
@@ -436,7 +440,7 @@ ConfirmMassUnletteringAuto=Bulk auto unreconcile confirmation
 ConfirmMassUnletteringManual=Bulk manual unreconcile confirmation
 ConfirmMassUnletteringQuestion=Are you sure you want to unreconcile the %s selected record(s)?
 ConfirmMassDeleteBookkeepingWriting=Bulk Delete confirmation
-ConfirmMassDeleteBookkeepingWritingQuestion=This will delete the transaction from the accounting (all lines related to the same transaction will be deleted) Are you sure you want to delete the %s selected record(s)?
+ConfirmMassDeleteBookkeepingWritingQuestion=This will delete the transaction from the accounting (all line entries related to the same transaction will be deleted). Are you sure you want to delete the %s selected entries?
 
 ## Error
 SomeMandatoryStepsOfSetupWereNotDone=Some mandatory steps of setup was not done, please complete them