[Ledger-smb-users] POS Security (fwd)

2014-07-08 Thread Rich Shepard
Chris suggested that I post my message to him on the mail list. His response is included. I do not do retail but some of you might find this of value. Regards, Rich -- Forwarded message -- On Tue, Jul 8, 2014 at 6:12 AM, Rich Shepard wrote: > I don't know if yo

Re: [Ledger-smb-users] OT: Not sure how to determine owner's equity on a new business I am starting

2014-05-03 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sat, 3 May 2014, Chris Bennett wrote: > I am totally confused on how to come up with his owner's equity. > Any advice? Chris, Seriously: ask your accountant. And you need an accountant familiar with Guatamalian accounting practices and laws. No one here can advise you since we're not quali

Re: [Ledger-smb-users] My Assessment of the Heartbleed OpenSSL bug and LedgerSMB

2014-04-11 Thread Rich Shepard
On Fri, 11 Apr 2014, Richard Hector wrote: > Heartbleed isn't a problem with the encryption though; the encryption > didn't get broken. Any protocol could probably potentially suffer from a > buffer overflow due to a bug in the software. Given this one leaked info > from the server process, who's

[Ledger-smb-users] New User Questions: Printing Reports, Templates, Selecting Cash Basis

2014-04-06 Thread Rich Shepard
I copied my LaTeX templates directory for invoices, checks, etc. from the L123 subdirectory to /opt/ledgersmb/templates/rshepard. I assume that the 'default' template for each printable document is that defined in the subdirectory above since I entered that in System -> Defaults and saved the in

Re: [Ledger-smb-users] New User Questions: Cash->Payment

2014-04-06 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sun, 6 Apr 2014, Robert J. Clay wrote: > Those are defined in the the "[printers]" section in the ledgersmb.conf file. Thanks, Robert. Rich -- ___ Ledger-smb-users maili

[Ledger-smb-users] New User Questions: Cash->Payment

2014-04-06 Thread Rich Shepard
I'm transitioning from Ledger123/SQL-Ledger which I've used for a decade. I see major differences between the way I used to cut checks for vendors and what seems to be the limitations under lsmb-1.3.39. I just entered an invoice for a vendor, updated, saved, and posted. Now I want to pri

Re: [Ledger-smb-users] Install in Debian Mint via aptitude

2014-04-01 Thread Rich Shepard
On Wed, 2 Apr 2014, Paul Bolger wrote: > I did notice that the apache api version is 20051115 which looks like > a date to me... This is my first real encounter with postgres, so > lot's of unfamiliar stuff. Paul, Looks like a date to me, too. > cpan[6]> install mod_rewrite > Warning: Cannot

Re: [Ledger-smb-users] Install in Debian Mint via aptitude

2014-04-01 Thread Rich Shepard
On Tue, 1 Apr 2014, Rich Shepard wrote: >> My apache version is 2.2.22 which I think is close to the latest. > > Er, no. I'm running 2.4.9 right now. Let me clarify: there are major changes between httpd-2.2.x and httpd-2.4.x. Many applications and server hosts are stic

Re: [Ledger-smb-users] Install in Debian Mint via aptitude

2014-04-01 Thread Rich Shepard
On Wed, 2 Apr 2014, Paul Bolger wrote: > A newer version of mod_rewrite? Yep. > My apache version is 2.2.22 which I think is close to the latest. Er, no. I'm running 2.4.9 right now. > Can you manually upgrade apache modules? Yep. As root: perl -MCPAN -e shell when you see he cpan>

Re: [Ledger-smb-users] Install in Debian Mint via aptitude

2014-04-01 Thread Rich Shepard
On Wed, 2 Apr 2014, Paul Bolger wrote: > mod_rewrite (in apache) is definitely there and enabled, so what could be > the problem? If it's not commented out in httpd.conf then you might need a newer version. Rich -- _

Re: [Ledger-smb-users] LedgerSMB 1.3.39 Release

2014-04-01 Thread Rich Shepard
On Tue, 1 Apr 2014, Chris Travers wrote: > Two options: > > 1. Go to System/Defaults, set the max dropdown. 1.3.39 had some bug fixes > there. Set it to 20. > 2. You can use the text box as a search screen. Not entering anything > brings up a list of vendors to select from. Yes, when

Re: [Ledger-smb-users] LedgerSMB 1.3.39 Release

2014-04-01 Thread Rich Shepard
Now that I have LSMB working I need to pay myself my monthly salary. On the A/P transaction page the payee data entry widget should be a dropdown list of vendors, similar to the dropdown list of accounts below that. This is the same issue as account names in the G/L transaction entry page. S

Re: [Ledger-smb-users] LedgerSMB 1.3.39 Release

2014-04-01 Thread Rich Shepard
On Tue, 1 Apr 2014, Chris Travers wrote: > I discovered a problem with reload-module.sh in the upgrade of someusers > at Efficito. Please use the setup.pl for this release. Future versions > will be supported, but not this one. > > At any rate it does not yet update the version number. You can

Re: [Ledger-smb-users] LedgerSMB 1.3.39 Release

2014-04-01 Thread Rich Shepard
On Mon, 31 Mar 2014, Chris Travers wrote: > We've released LedgerSMB 1.3.39. Chris/Robert: Thank you for making the upgrade so much easier and quicker than it was with SQL-Ledger/Ledger-123. One observation about process #2: after running reload_modules.sh on my one database I logged in v

Re: [Ledger-smb-users] Accounts List in G/L

2014-03-31 Thread Rich Shepard
On Mon, 31 Mar 2014, Chris Travers wrote: > In 1.4 we have this already. The only thing really stopping us from back > porting that is that it relies on Dojo, which is a pretty heavy > dependency. Chris, Ah, so! Excellent. > I would as soon wait for that. Works for me, too. Many thanks

Re: [Ledger-smb-users] Accounts List in G/L

2014-03-31 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sun, 30 Mar 2014, Chris Travers wrote: > Account numbers are hierarchical, so it makes sense to do a prefix match > for those, but we can modify the logic so it does an internal match for > description (so 'soft' would match 'Computer Software' as well as 'Income > from Microsoft'). > > Any obj

Re: [Ledger-smb-users] Accounts List in G/L

2014-03-30 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sun, 30 Mar 2014, o1bigtenor wrote: > I hope it is allowed to offer a somewhat dissenting opinion. > In Canada all business reporting is done using specific GIFI (General Index > of Financial Information (IIRC)) codes. There are different codes for > business and farm expenses (for the same ex

Re: [Ledger-smb-users] Accounts List in G/L

2014-03-30 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sun, 30 Mar 2014, Erik Huelsmann wrote: > True, for now, but we could enter an enhancement / feature request so it > gets implemented when the screen(s) get changed or just if enough people > see the benefit. Hello Erik, Please do put this on a list for implementation. Seems to me that no

Re: [Ledger-smb-users] Accounts List in G/L

2014-03-30 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sun, 30 Mar 2014, Pongrácz István wrote: > If you start typing, the ajax widget will popup the list and you can > choose. Just try to type. István, Yes, I see. And it works well as long as I know the account name. :-) For example, if I enter the bank's name, or the word 'software' not

[Ledger-smb-users] Accounts List in G/L

2014-03-30 Thread Rich Shepard
I've just started using ledgersmb. When I make a G/L entry I do not see a drop-down list of accounts from which to select those for each side of the transaction. Is there a way of displaying the CoA on each page when accounts need to be entered? Rich ---

Re: [Ledger-smb-users] Problem With Saving Parts

2009-12-09 Thread Rich Shepard
On Wed, 9 Dec 2009, beamends wrote: > I'm afraid hacking about with the LSMB code is rather beyond me - in my C > programs I can cheat and stick it into a while(!successful) loop, but real > SQL .. Richard, I was pointing out a SQL resolution of the primary key conflict. SQL is completely

Re: [Ledger-smb-users] Problem With Saving Parts

2009-12-09 Thread Rich Shepard
On Wed, 9 Dec 2009, beamends wrote: > "DBD::Pg::st execute failed: ERROR: duplicate key violates unique > constraint "partsvendor_pkey" at LedgerSMB/IC.pm line 529. > > Error! > > INSERT INTO partsvendor > (vendor_id, parts_id, > partnumber, lastcost, > leadtime, curr) > VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)

Re: [Ledger-smb-users] Prospective User Questions

2009-12-01 Thread Rich Shepard
On Tue, 1 Dec 2009, Chris Travers wrote: > Just to clarify the problem with prepayments: > > The issue is that payments in LedgerSMB (following SQL-Ledger 2.6) end up > going against the same AR/AP account as the invoice. For prepayments, > this is not correct accounting because it mixes liabilit

Re: [Ledger-smb-users] Prospective User Questions

2009-12-01 Thread Rich Shepard
On Tue, 1 Dec 2009, Bob Miller wrote: > This sounds like pre-payments. Bob, Yup. That's what it is. > Too my knowledge, for whatever that is worth, version 1.3 will support a > pre-payment system, but the current version does not. Oh. OK. > This being said, I know at least some people h

[Ledger-smb-users] Prospective User Questions

2009-11-30 Thread Rich Shepard
I've used SL for about 9 years, but it's started to get squirrelly on me; it's just not working as well as it used to. Unfortunately, Dieter's taken a bad approach to his user community by shutting down the mail list (there's now a Web-based forum but the quality of help there is very low). A ni