Re: [GNC] how to process refunds

2018-11-01 Thread Adrien Monteleone
You can either unpost the invoice and then return the funds, or Issue a credit note for the amount of the invoice, un-pay the invoice, apply the credit note as an offset, and then return the funds. Regards, Adrien > On Nov 1, 2018, at 11:24 PM, Eric Rathhaus (general) via gnucash-user >

[GNC] how to process refunds

2018-11-01 Thread Eric Rathhaus (general) via gnucash-user
I have a client that has overpaid me due to invoices I sent for work that was later cancelled. I want to refund these fees but not sure how to do so to make my books square. Thanks, Eric ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To

Re: [GNC] Backup

2018-11-01 Thread Ronal B Morse
I don't see any reason to change the Wiki. People who already have a backup plan in place know what they need to do. RBM On Thu, 2018-11-01 at 08:48 -0500, David Cousens wrote: > Wm, > > What is incorrect or misleading about the Wiki backup > page? It points out > the necessity to have an

Re: [GNC] Feature request: Stock currency setting

2018-11-01 Thread rsbrux via gnucash-user
@Wm Thanks for your patient explanation! >> Don't use the orphans for long, *always* move the tx to an appropriate account unless you are the sort of person that throws all their financial documents in a drawer and sorts them out only when they have to. << I was unable to use (e.g. move) the

Re: [GNC] Question about sub accounts

2018-11-01 Thread Kenneth Schneider
Ken Schneider > On Oct 31, 2018, at 1:01 PM, Wm via gnucash-user > wrote: > >> On 29/10/2018 16:49, Adrien Monteleone wrote: >> >> We’ve discussed envelope budgeting quite a bit here on the list. Do a list >> restricted search to find the threads. I’ve tried it myself in the past, and >>

Re: [GNC] Backup

2018-11-01 Thread David Cousens
Wm, What is incorrect or misleading about the Wiki backup page? It points out the necessity to have an adequate backup strategy in place outside the inbuilt backups which only protect against file write problems. It is really outside the scope of GnuCash to specify what that strategy should be.

Re: [GNC] Backup

2018-11-01 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
Wm, I know I am putting myself out here to get royally flamed by you, but... I call BS. You’re trolling here. First off, IT’S A WIKI. YOU of all people should know what that means: volunteers write/edit that content, and OTHER volunteers (read: YOU) can edit those pages to make them

Re: [GNC] Can't assign payment to multiple invoices

2018-11-01 Thread Wail Yahyaoui
I wanted to clean the unpaid invoice list. What do you mean by "tidy it up occasionally"? On 31/10/2018 16:43, Wm via gnucash-user wrote: On 27/10/2018 19:24, wail wrote: Hello, I have a list of invoices and a list of payments and I'm trying to assign payments to invoices (I'm using Gnucash

Re: [GNC] Backup

2018-11-01 Thread Geert Janssens
Op woensdag 31 oktober 2018 17:09:27 CET schreef Wm via gnucash-user: > On 31/10/2018 01:24, D via gnucash-user wrote: > > Check out https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Backup > > You should not point people to incorrect and misleading links What's misleading about that link ? I have just read it and

Re: [GNC] Can't assign payment to multiple invoices

2018-11-01 Thread Geert Janssens
Op woensdag 31 oktober 2018 16:43:12 CET schreef Wm via gnucash-user: > On 27/10/2018 19:24, wail wrote: > > Hello, > > I have a list of invoices and a list of payments and I'm trying to assign > > payments to invoices (I'm using Gnucash 3.3 on Ubuntu 18.10). > > The problem is that my client pays

Re: [GNC] Backup

2018-11-01 Thread Colin Law
On Thu, 1 Nov 2018 at 08:23, Wm via gnucash-user wrote: > > On 31/10/2018 01:24, D via gnucash-user wrote: > > Check out https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Backup > > You should not point people to incorrect and misleading links Please point out the errors so it can be corrected. Colin > -- > Wm >

Re: [GNC] How to run GNUcash in portable fashion?

2018-11-01 Thread Geert Janssens
Op woensdag 31 oktober 2018 14:27:37 CET schreef Wm via gnucash-user: > On 27/10/2018 09:34, Geert Janssens wrote: > > Agreed. And on several occasions I have been thinking about adjusting the > > gnucash code and its Windows installer to make this universally possible. > > It never really

Re: [GNC] How to run GNUcash in portable fashion?

2018-11-01 Thread Geert Janssens
Op woensdag 31 oktober 2018 14:20:02 CET schreef Wm via gnucash-user: > On 26/10/2018 21:36, Paul Kinzelman wrote: > > Not ideal of course, but if you install GC on all the computers you want > > to run on, you could just put the data on the flash drive and plug it in > > to whatever computer you

Re: [GNC] Backup

2018-11-01 Thread David Carlson
Wm, If you think that link contains incorrect and misleading information, why don't you contact the developers and help them correct it. David C On Thu, Nov 1, 2018 at 3:22 AM Wm via gnucash-user wrote: > On 31/10/2018 01:24, D via gnucash-user wrote: > > Check out

Re: [GNC] Question about sub accounts

2018-11-01 Thread Wm via gnucash-user
On 29/10/2018 16:49, Adrien Monteleone wrote: We’ve discussed envelope budgeting quite a bit here on the list. Do a list restricted search to find the threads. I’ve tried it myself in the past, and currently have the account tree set up to use, but honestly, it is probably better to use an

Re: [GNC] Question about sub accounts

2018-11-01 Thread Wm via gnucash-user
On 29/10/2018 14:55, Eric Gwin wrote: Hi, I'm pretty new to to application, and have basically 0 accounting background. I've setup my books and all is working pretty well, but I am running into an issue with subaccounts I hope I'm doing something wrong, but if not I'd also like to know so I can

Re: [GNC] Backup

2018-11-01 Thread Wm via gnucash-user
On 31/10/2018 01:24, D via gnucash-user wrote: Check out https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Backup You should not point people to incorrect and misleading links -- Wm ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription

Re: [GNC] Backup

2018-11-01 Thread Wm via gnucash-user
On 31/10/2018 00:52, Bob Hammons wrote: I have been using Gnucash since the first of the year. The data files are in a directory named gnucash and it save a lot of backups. I am using Windows 10. I open filer and control c the days files, sometimes as high as 20, and paste them to a thumb

Re: [GNC] Can't assign payment to multiple invoices

2018-11-01 Thread Wm via gnucash-user
On 27/10/2018 19:24, wail wrote: Hello, I have a list of invoices and a list of payments and I'm trying to assign payments to invoices (I'm using Gnucash 3.3 on Ubuntu 18.10). The problem is that my client pays sums that are not related to invoices, e.g. invoices would be $4 $5 $3 $6 while

Re: [GNC] How to run GNUcash in portable fashion?

2018-11-01 Thread Wm via gnucash-user
On 27/10/2018 13:46, Kim Wood wrote: Here is another suggestion that works for me. I use the most recent PortableApps build, and simply delete the \PortableApps\GnuCashPortable\App\gnucash directory, and replace it with my more recent c:\Program Files (x86)\gnucash directory. Works fine for

Re: [GNC] How to run GNUcash in portable fashion?

2018-11-01 Thread Wm via gnucash-user
On 27/10/2018 09:34, Geert Janssens wrote: Agreed. And on several occasions I have been thinking about adjusting the gnucash code and its Windows installer to make this universally possible. It never really happened so far due to lack of time and other priorities. the .gnucash folder model

Re: [GNC] How to run GNUcash in portable fashion?

2018-11-01 Thread Wm via gnucash-user
On 26/10/2018 21:36, Paul Kinzelman wrote: Not ideal of course, but if you install GC on all the computers you want to run on, you could just put the data on the flash drive and plug it in to whatever computer you want and have already installed GC and then start GC. Wrong! the clever people

Re: [GNC] How to run GNUcash in portable fashion?

2018-11-01 Thread Wm via gnucash-user
On 26/10/2018 21:27, aeneas wrote: Very nice reply! It looks like knowing about GNC_DATA_HOME goes a long way toward solving my problem. From what I can see I'm not using AQBANKING. Also, I'd speculate that my scheme may not be be completely fool-proof. I did search the registry for

Re: [GNC] Feature request: Stock currency setting

2018-11-01 Thread Wm via gnucash-user
On 27/10/2018 13:30, rsbrux via gnucash-user wrote: You can just move the account, but the transaction currency is immutable so you will have to delete and re-create the transaction. As for adding a trading currency to the security editor, it’s possible but the code for creating transaction