Tim Wunder wrote... tw> From the calendar, new transactions (both register and scheduled) could be tw> created by right-clicking the calendar day. I would usually wsitch to the tw> account view to create register transactions, but I'd make scheduled tw> transactions from the calendar. tw> Additionally, the calendar page had the ability to show a bar graph at the tw> bottom of the page, displaying the account balance (of select accounts, I tw> usually would show savings and checking). The graph would take into account tw> scheduled and register tansactions. It was a great budgeting tool for me. tw> I could make changes to scheduled transactions (like adding a new car payment, tw> or changing my weekly cash allowance or changing how much I pay against my tw> equity loan...) and see where my account balance would stand after several tw> months simply by clicking forward on the calendar.
Although Quicken doesn't appear to do it this way, similar functionality could be achieved by implementing my request of about a year ago, which was to auto-create "fake" register entries some specified number of days in advance of the scheduled transaction dates, and have an option on the right-click menu to make them "real." In other words, (a) when I start gnucash, instead of "since-last-run" showing the UI, it could be configured to just make register entries for any SX which is scheduled for some time in the next 60 (configurable) days. (b) such transactions would have a special reconcile status (S?) and would appear differently in the register, and would not appear in functionality like reconcile. (c) two different running totals could be chosen to be displayed in the register, one which includes the "S" entries, and one which doesn't. (d) special choices would appear on the right-click menu for "S" transactions, including one that would change the transaction from "S" to normal, and maybe one for skipping the payment this month or something. Last time I proposed this, Josh complained about having phony entries on the books, but it doesn't really bother me if it's for a good cause and they are handled properly... the ability to run reports including hypothetical future transactions is attractive, for one. How do other people feel about this? -- Aaron Peromsik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- For thicker oatmeal, add less water. --- _______________________________________________ gnucash-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.gnucash.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel
