Re: [GNC] Cannot alter Trading value

2023-07-18 Thread Fred Tydeman
On Tue, Jul 18, 2023 at 9:13 AM john wrote: > To change the price in a bank register, right-click the stock split and > select "Edit Exchange Rate" from the pop-up menu. In the exchange rate > section of the resulting transfer dialog select the "amount" radio button > and enter the number of shar

Re: [GNC] Cannot alter Trading value

2023-07-18 Thread john
To change the price in a bank register, right-click the stock split and select "Edit Exchange Rate" from the pop-up menu. In the exchange rate section of the resulting transfer dialog select the "amount" radio button and enter the number of shares to let GnuCash calculate the price. Remember tha

Re: [GNC] Cannot alter Trading value

2023-07-18 Thread David Carlson
Fred, Are you starting from the security account when you try to edit the price? On Tue, Jul 18, 2023 at 10:42 AM Fred Tydeman wrote: > On Tue, Jul 18, 2023 at 7:52 AM Gyle McCollam wrote: > > > If you changed the dollar amount, you would need to change either the > > number of shares and/or t

Re: [GNC] Cannot alter Trading value

2023-07-18 Thread Fred Tydeman
On Tue, Jul 18, 2023 at 7:52 AM Gyle McCollam wrote: > If you changed the dollar amount, you would need to change either the > number of shares and/or the price per share as well. Otherwise the price > per share * number of shares still equals the original dollar amount and > the difference woul

[GNC] Cannot alter Trading value

2023-07-17 Thread Fred Tydeman
I entered a purchase of stock (the dollar amount and the number of shares). The system added two trading splits. I saved the file. I reopened the file. I now realize I typed the dollar amount wrong. I open the transaction and show the four splits. I change the dollar amount in the purchase spli