Re: [GNC] Request for two new features in GnuCash

2022-08-08 Thread Adrien Monteleone
That's just another workaround though. It creates multiple transactions when in the real world, there was only one event. The Process Payment feature doesn't really 'support' the desired function, but can still be used to accomplish the the task. I'm personally comfortable using the 'assign

Re: [GNC] Request for two new features in GnuCash

2022-08-08 Thread R. Victor Klassen
Actually you can edit the suggested payment amount, and only “process” a partial payment. Then you can pay again, using Process Payment, and pay with a different account for the second payment. > On Aug 8, 2022, at 11:40 AM, Adrien Monteleone > wrote: > > I agree, this is already possible,

Re: [GNC] Request for two new features in GnuCash

2022-08-08 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Eric, you didn't specify your OS. To clarify other replies: If you are on Mac, you can't open your data file by clicking on it. But you can create a simple Automator Workflow or AppleScript (or other script) to create a shortcut for each book. (or use the Terminal) That would be useful if

Re: [GNC] Request for two new features in GnuCash

2022-08-08 Thread Adrien Monteleone
I agree, this is already possible, but *not* using the 'Process Payment' feature as it is currently implemented. (that is, if one is paying on a Vendor invoice.) To accomplish this, you have to enter the payment with multiple source splits as Frank and others have noted, and AP as the debit

Re: [GNC] Request for two new features in GnuCash

2022-08-07 Thread Eric Hammond
22 1:33 PM To: Eric Hammond Cc: gnucash-user@gnucash.org Subject: Re: [GNC] Request for two new features in GnuCash I routinely pay invoices from multiple accounts. We have pseudo customers for each farmers market we attend. After the market is done I create an invoice for the appropriate “cust

Re: [GNC] Request for two new features in GnuCash

2022-08-07 Thread Chris Good
> Message: 3 > Date: Sun, 7 Aug 2022 08:47:14 -0700 > From: Stan Brown > To: gnucash-user@gnucash.org > Subject: Re: [GNC] Request for two new features in GnuCash > Message-ID: <95206b08-a037-d3ee-ed88-21fac56d1...@fastmail.fm> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-

Re: [GNC] Request for two new features in GnuCash

2022-08-07 Thread davidcousens49
Invoice is not closed. > > All the best, > Eric Hammond > > > Message: 6 > Date: Sun, 7 Aug 2022 06:19:40 +0200 > From: "Frank H. Ellenberger" > To: Eric Hammond , "gnucash-user@gnucash.org" > > Subject: Re: [GNC] Request for two new features

Re: [GNC] Request for two new features in GnuCash

2022-08-07 Thread R. Victor Klassen
. > If I bypass the "Process Payment" by using manual transactions the Bill or > Invoice is not closed. > > All the best, > Eric Hammond > > > Message: 6 > Date: Sun, 7 Aug 2022 06:19:40 +0200 > From: "Frank H. Ellenberger" > To: Eric Hamm

[GNC] Request for two new features in GnuCash

2022-08-07 Thread Eric Hammond
Hammond Message: 6 Date: Sun, 7 Aug 2022 06:19:40 +0200 From: "Frank H. Ellenberger" To: Eric Hammond , "gnucash-user@gnucash.org" Subject: Re: [GNC] Request for two new features in GnuCash Message-ID: <1e0d8ed8-6ba0-b5b8-4190-8664b349f...@gmail.com> Content-Typ

[GNC] Request for two new features in GnuCash

2022-08-07 Thread Eric Hammond
Aug 2022 08:47:14 -0700 From: Stan Brown To: gnucash-user@gnucash.org Subject: Re: [GNC] Request for two new features in GnuCash Message-ID: <95206b08-a037-d3ee-ed88-21fac56d1...@fastmail.fm> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 On 2022-08-07 00:44, flywire wrote: > More cat

Re: [GNC] Request for two new features in GnuCash

2022-08-07 Thread Stan Brown
On 2022-08-07 00:44, flywire wrote: > More cat skinning: > >> * the ability to have two separate (at least) GnuCash file systems: > * > > In Windows (or probably any GUI) double-click file in data folder and it > will use file association to open the file (in GnuCash). > > Alternatively, for

[GNC] Request for two new features in GnuCash

2022-08-07 Thread flywire
More cat skinning: >* the ability to have two separate (at least) GnuCash file systems: * In Windows (or probably any GUI) double-click file in data folder and it will use file association to open the file (in GnuCash). Alternatively, for each file: right-click file, create a shortcut, drag

Re: [GNC] Request for two new features in GnuCash

2022-08-06 Thread Frank H. Ellenberger
Am 07.08.22 um 03:04 schrieb Eric Hammond: > The second is the ability to pay bills from more than one source. Example I > purchase an oscilloscope and pay for it with a cash incentive from the > company and a bank transfer for the rest. My solution at the present is not > pretty, nor

Re: [GNC] Request for two new features in GnuCash

2022-08-06 Thread Michael or Penny Novack
On 8/6/2022 10:53 PM, Bruce Irving wrote: I have three separate data files: personal and two for non-profit organizations. I've always started gnucash by selecting the data file. I have tried putting a link to the data file on my desktop (both when I was using Ms and now with Linux.) The only

Re: [GNC] Request for two new features in GnuCash

2022-08-06 Thread Michael or Penny Novack
.but you could do the same with a script on any platform. You could have as many as you like, not just two. I have been doing this for years and have never had a single problem from running this way. As in Moliere's /*The bourgeois Gentleman */"been speaking prose all my life and

Re: [GNC] Request for two new features in GnuCash

2022-08-06 Thread davidcousens49
Eric, This is already possible, at least on Linux but I suspect also in Windows too ( this link may provide a way https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/add-an-app-to-run-automatically-at-startup-in-windows-10-150da165-dcd9-7230-517b-cf3c295d89dd ). On Linux Mint I can create multiple

Re: [GNC] Request for two new features in GnuCash

2022-08-06 Thread Bruce Irving
I have three separate data files: personal and two for non-profit organizations. I've always started gnucash by selecting the data file. I have tried putting a link to the data file on my desktop (both when I was using Ms and now with Linux.) The only problem is that the log files are created

Re: [GNC] Request for two new features in GnuCash

2022-08-06 Thread Robert Kesterson
Both of these are already possible. I maintain two GnuCash files, and most often run both of them at the same time with two different instances of GnuCash. You just have to tell it which file to open, either by using “File/Open” or with a command line argument. I do this on a Mac with

Re: [GNC] Request for two new features in GnuCash

2022-08-06 Thread William Prescott
Eric, Both of those situations should be easy to deal with. I have three Gnucash files, one personal and two for organizations. Gnucash opens with the last one I used. I can switch to one of the others from the items listed at the bottom of the File menu. All transactions can have any

[GNC] Request for two new features in GnuCash

2022-08-06 Thread Eric Hammond
As I am getting more of my accounts completely into GnuCash I find the need for two things: The first is the ability to have two separate (at least) GnuCash file systems: one for my business and one for personal. My business is an LLC, and one legal requirement for that is there is no