Re: GnuCash 2.7.8 Released

2018-03-25 Thread John Ralls
Of course it changes the GnuCash program folder. Stan asked about C:\Windows and C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files, and the GnuCash installer touches neither. Yes, there are some data file changes, but aside from the SQLite3 one I already explained 2.6.19 is capable of operating on them.

Re: GnuCash 2.7.8 Released

2018-03-25 Thread David Carlson
Does that 2.7.8 release really not change anything in the GnuCash program folder in Windows OS? I can see if the data files are in different folders they will not interact, but wouldn't new there be problems if the data file associated to the older program release is accidentally saved with the

Re: GnuCash 2.7.8 Released

2018-03-25 Thread John Ralls
> On Mar 25, 2018, at 5:33 PM, Stan Brown wrote: > > > On 2018-03-25 19:54, John Ralls wrote: > >> The Gnucash Development Team is pleased to release Gnucash 2.7.8, >> the ninth release of an unstable series leading to Gnucash 3.0. This >> release is a Release

Re: GnuCash 2.7.8 Released

2018-03-25 Thread Stan Brown
On 2018-03-25 19:54, John Ralls wrote: > The Gnucash Development Team is pleased to release Gnucash 2.7.8, > the ninth release of an unstable series leading to Gnucash 3.0. This > release is a Release Candidate: If no bugs requiring major work are > reported the next release will be 3.0.

Re: Problem with tax table under sqlite3

2018-03-25 Thread Rick Copple
On 03/25/2018 07:29 PM, John Ralls wrote: Thanks, now I understand what's happening. What I don't understand is why the backend would make a difference. Geert will be back on Tuesday and he's way more familiar with the business code. Maybe he'll have an idea of what's going on. Cool. I look

Re: Problem with tax table under sqlite3

2018-03-25 Thread John Ralls
> On Mar 25, 2018, at 5:21 PM, Rick Copple > wrote: > > Thank you, John, for bearing with me. > > On 03/25/2018 04:37 PM, John Ralls wrote: >> Rick, >> >> OK, I'll try again. You reported that when you post an invoice "it fails to >> accumulate in the

Re: Problem with tax table under sqlite3

2018-03-25 Thread Rick Copple
Thank you, John, for bearing with me. On 03/25/2018 04:37 PM, John Ralls wrote: Rick, OK, I'll try again. You reported that when you post an invoice "it fails to accumulate in the liability account" until you "edited the tax table [and]... reposted that invoice. Then it showed up in the

GnuCash 2.7.8 Released

2018-03-25 Thread John Ralls
The Gnucash Development Team is pleased to release Gnucash 2.7.8, the ninth release of an unstable series leading to Gnucash 3.0. This release is a Release Candidate: If no bugs requiring major work are reported the next release will be 3.0. This release changes file locations, binding APIs,

Budgets: showing total-to-date in budget period, and previous month totals only

2018-03-25 Thread Macho Philipovich
Dear Gnucash Users, I am looking to for a report/view that will show budgeted/actual/difference amounts for selected accounts for the previous month, as well as the totals for all months to date in the current budgeting period. The wiki seems to suggest that GnuCash does not natively support

Re: database problem with invoices to more than one customer

2018-03-25 Thread Adrien Monteleone
I’m curious to know why you are using a job? The feature is very limited, and based on what I see here, it really isn’t serving a purpose for your case. If all you want to do is categorize your sales, then create sub-accounts of Income:Sales and post invoice line-items to those instead of the

Re: Amend a Typo in Description of Bill

2018-03-25 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Unfortunately no, there is not. Unpost the bill, edit it, then repost. Gnucash ’should’ manage to re-apply the correct payment automatically. If not, you can assign it manually using the context/right-click menu. Regards, Adrien > On Mar 25, 2018, at 11:25 AM, keithwjones

Re: keyboard shortcut (view double line)

2018-03-25 Thread Ronal B Morse
Works with Ubuntu Linux, too. RBM On 03/25/2018 03:34 PM, David Carlson wrote: There is an existing shortcut Alt-V, D which works nicely in my Windows version of GnuCash. David C On Sat, Mar 24, 2018 at 4:57 PM, Dave H wrote: Roger, Thanks for that works, like a charm

Re: Problem with tax table under sqlite3

2018-03-25 Thread John Ralls
Rick, OK, I'll try again. You reported that when you post an invoice "it fails to accumulate in the liability account" until you "edited the tax table [and]... reposted that invoice. Then it showed up in the liability account..." Then you "went back in" (presumably having quit and restarted

Re: keyboard shortcut (view double line)

2018-03-25 Thread David Carlson
There is an existing shortcut Alt-V, D which works nicely in my Windows version of GnuCash. David C On Sat, Mar 24, 2018 at 4:57 PM, Dave H wrote: > Roger, > > Thanks for that works, like a charm and the shortcuts even show up in the > GnuCash Menus. You just have to ensure

Re: Problem with tax table under sqlite3

2018-03-25 Thread Rick Copple
Sorry John, thought I did. I was on my cell phone and it quoted the whole thing, but my answer to your question was at the top, which I've quoted below now that I'm home and can respond via my computer. Sorry for any confusion. Unless I completely misunderstood your question and you did see my

Re: database problem with invoices to more than one customer

2018-03-25 Thread Maf. King
On Sunday, 25 March 2018 18:52:28 BST Rick Copple wrote: > Try using the customer without the job, or with a new job. Each job is > attached to a specific customer. > > ⁣Rick Copple > +1 on Rick's suggestion. If you already have the job "sales of spare parts" tied to Garden Boyz, then that

programs stop responding

2018-03-25 Thread Curtis
I am running Windows 7, 64bit. I have installed GNUCash 2.6.19, Perl 5.26.1.1 64bit and Finance Quote 1.47, When I try to get quotes GNUCash and related programs stop responding. This didn't happen until I upgraded to Perl 5.26. I s there a more compatible revision I should be using? Thanks

Re: Problem with tax table under sqlite3

2018-03-25 Thread John Ralls
Rick, Please answer the question instead of repeating what you already reported. Regards, John Ralls > On Mar 25, 2018, at 10:43 AM, Rick Copple > wrote: > > When I quit and restart the program, then it stops accumulating in the tax > liability acct. > >

Re: database problem with invoices to more than one customer

2018-03-25 Thread Rick Copple
Try using the customer without the job, or with a new job. Each job is attached to a specific customer. ⁣Rick Copple On Mar 25, 2018, 10:18 AM, at 10:18 AM, Vario816 <993...@gmx.net> wrote: >Screenshots came out to small. Re-post >

Re: Problem with tax table under sqlite3

2018-03-25 Thread Rick Copple
When I quit and restart the program, then it stops accumulating in the tax liability acct. ⁣Rick Copple On Mar 25, 2018, 9:36 AM, at 9:36 AM, John Ralls wrote: > > >> On Mar 25, 2018, at 1:47 AM, Rick Copple > wrote: >> >> I decided to

Amend a Typo in Description of Bill

2018-03-25 Thread keithwjones
I have a typo in the description of a Bill which I have posted and paid. Is there a simple way to amend the typo? Keith - GnuCash 2.6.19 - Windows 10 -- Sent from: http://gnucash.1415818.n4.nabble.com/GnuCash-User-f1415819.html ___ gnucash-user

Re: database problem with invoices to more than one customer

2018-03-25 Thread Mike Evans
Did you associate the job to the first customer? If you did them each time you choose the job, then the invoice velongs to the first customer and that's what gets created. An invoice belonging the first customer. A job has one customer, you have to create a job for each customer. Mike E On

Re: database problem with invoices to more than one customer

2018-03-25 Thread Vario816
Hello Maf., many thanks for your welcome greetz. I have tried to replicate the procedure and will hereby display the problem by screen shots.

Re: database problem with invoices to more than one customer

2018-03-25 Thread Vario816
Thanks for your input Rick. I realize what you are saying. But I was following the steps that you are also referring to and the result is that everytime the first ever saved customer name is popping up again. Eventhough auto suggestion is offering me any of the other customers saved before. I

Re: Problem with tax table under sqlite3

2018-03-25 Thread John Ralls
> On Mar 25, 2018, at 1:47 AM, Rick Copple > wrote: > > I decided to switch back to the sqlite db to see if it still did the same > thing as before: even though an invoice shows the breakdown of sales tax, it > fails to accumulate in the liability account. It

Re: database problem with invoices to more than one customer

2018-03-25 Thread Vario816
Hello Adrien, many thanks for your response. I have only four customers abd their contacts saved sofar in this database. When drawing up a new invoice via -> Business -> Customer -> New Invoice... then I enter the new Invoice ID, set the date, choosing one of the four customers with auto

Re: beginning balance of income and expense accounts

2018-03-25 Thread Mike or Penny Novack
On 3/24/2018 4:56 PM, Buddha Buck wrote: In general, I wouldn't bother entering starting balances for income and expense accounts from before the period I am accounting for. Traditionally, those accounts were temporary, and at the end of the accounting period the balances would be reset to zero,

Re: Gnucash and 529 plans

2018-03-25 Thread Dale Alspach
You could make an education subaccount of your checking account and remember to pay all qualified education expenses from that subaccount. Any reimbursement from the 529 fund should go there. If the balance in the subaccount is negative you know that you need to do a transfer. You will need to

Re: database problem with invoices to more than one customer

2018-03-25 Thread Rick Copple
From your screen shot, it appears you are attempting to enter a new customer from the invoice detail screen. If you wish to create a new invoice, whether a new customer or the same one, you have to start by entering a new invoice. Via the menu, you would go to "Business," "Customer," "New

Problem with tax table under sqlite3

2018-03-25 Thread Rick Copple
I decided to switch back to the sqlite db to see if it still did the same thing as before: even though an invoice shows the breakdown of sales tax, it fails to accumulate in the liability account. It did fail to do so on a test invoice I had plugged in. So I edited the tax table, then went