RE: Difference between GL account type and class

2007-12-17 Thread Yousef Shemisa
nd a Happy New Year! All the best, -Yousef Shemisa -Original Message- From: David E Jones [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 17, 2007 13:07 To: dev@ofbiz.apache.org Subject: Re: Difference between GL account type and class A complaint is a complaint, and doesn't usual

Re: Difference between GL account type and class

2007-12-17 Thread David E Jones
A complaint is a complaint, and doesn't usually get you very far in a collaborative environment. Complaining in any form basically says that someone else created a problem and that person should solve it... so whoever that is: get on it already! You're either helping to create the softwar

Re: Difference between GL account type and class

2007-12-17 Thread Jim Barrows
I wasn't complaining about the lack of documentation, just the lack of an answer. And I solved that complaint by responding to you, that your assumption was my assumption. I also don't consider the comment "Very Frustrating" to be a complaint. It's a statement of fact. The rest was just an idea

Re: Difference between GL account type and class

2007-12-17 Thread Jacopo Cappellato
Jim, we are building the accounting component and you kindly offered to help: if you are unhappy with the documentation, dig into the code and write it. You know what? After about 5 years working in this project I'm getting bored of people's complaints... Jacopo Jim Barrows wrote: That's

Re: Difference between GL account type and class

2007-12-17 Thread Jim Barrows
That's my assumption. I asked the exact same question some time ago, and got a nothing as a response. Very frustrating. I think there should only be 5 accountTypes - Revenue, Expense, Asset, Liability, Owners Equity, and the account classes just blown away. That way we're in compliance with the

Difference between GL account type and class

2007-12-17 Thread Jacopo Cappellato
What is the difference between the the type (glAccountTypeId) and the class (glAccountClassId) of a GL account (GlAccount)? In the Data Model Resource Book there is no mention of classes but my guess is that the information that we store in the class is the same that in the Book is stored in t