Hi, Did you uncompress the XML file before trying to open it? -derek
On Tue, February 12, 2019 12:27 pm, rsbrux wrote: > @Derek, > Many thanks for your advice. Believe me, I've tried. Unfortunately, it > is a mystery to me why any account should still be using this security. > As mentioned below, I have deleted both the initial transaction and the > investment account I created for the security. I don't know why any > other account should reference it. > > @anyone, > How can I find out which account GnuCash thinks is using this security? > It occurred to me that I might be able to find out by doing a text > search of the GnuCash file, as I have understood that it is XML. > However, I cannot open it in mousepad, as it complains that the encoding > is not UTF-8. > Any hints as to how to proceed would be most welcome. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Derek Atkins <de...@ihtfp.com> > Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2019 4:46 PM > To: rsbrux via gnucash-user <gnucash-user@gnucash.org> > Cc: rsbrux <rsb...@yahoo.com> > Subject: Re: [GNC] Can't delete security > > Hi, > > rsbrux via gnucash-user <gnucash-user@gnucash.org> writes: > >> Because of the well-known difficulties associated with assigning the >> correct currency to a security, I need to delete and recreate a >> security. I have deleted the initial transaction I created for this >> security, as well as the investment account I created for the >> transaction. Nonetheless, when I try to "Remove" the security from >> the "Security Editor", I get the message: >> >> "That commodity is currently used by at least one of your accounts. >> You may not delete it." >> >> I am using GnuCash 2.6.19 running under Ubuntu Studio 18.04 >> >> How can I correct this? > > Do what it's telling you. Delete the account that is using the commodity. > > GnuCash wont let you delete something that is referenced by another > object. > >> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. >> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > > -derek > > -- > Derek Atkins 617-623-3745 > de...@ihtfp.com www.ihtfp.com > Computer and Internet Security Consultant > -- Derek Atkins 617-623-3745 de...@ihtfp.com www.ihtfp.com Computer and Internet Security Consultant _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.