adjust balance bug? (1.4.6)

[Alesh Mustar]

Dave,

even if my records are correct, there can always be a situation where I
can loose a piece of paper and not record it and want to adjust the
balance, but there is no problem of doing this by hand (by using the
calculator).

Why not keep the adjust balance in and fix it?


Alesh

On Sat, 30 Sep 2000, Dave Peticolas wrote:

> Alesh Mustar writes:
> > I have an account, type is Bank and the balance is negative (lets say
> > -50,000).
> > I register some transactions for the day and then I click the Account
> > menu, then Adjust balance, type in -56,000 for the current day (for which
> > the transactions have been made) and I have a new balance of -92,000
> > (should be what I typed, -56,000).
> > What causes this bug (if it is a bug, I also could be mistaken) is that if
> > there are any transactions for the day the adjust balance won't work, it
> > has to be moved to the next day).
> > 
> > If I set the date of the balance adjustment to the next day, the new
> > balance is ok (-56,000). Also entering any transactions for the next day
> > doesn't "brake" the balance adjustment.
> > 
> > Can someone confirm this?
> 
> Yes, the adjust balance dialog doesn't do the right thing.
> In fact, it almost always does the wrong thing, and it is
> going away.
> 
> If your records are correct, you will never need to use the
> adjust balance window. If they are not, you are better off
> fixing the transactions which are incorrect than using the
> adjust balance window.
> 
> dave