Transfering stock between two accounts not supported?

Herbert Thoma herbert.thoma at iis.fraunhofer.de
Fri Nov 7 05:28:59 EST 2008


Rainer Dorsch schrieb:
> Hello,
> 
> I am wondering if transfering stock between two accounts is not supported. 
> When I try that, I get
> 
> You can't transfer from a non-currency account.  Try reversing the "from" 
> and "to" accounts and making the "amount" negative.
> 
> Am I doing something wrong?

You are using the transfer dialog, right?

> If not, for an outsider that looks odd, since transfering stock looks like a 
> simple feature to implement... 

You can transfer if you enter the transaction directly in the
account register.

 Herbert.

> Thanks,
> Rainer
> 
> 

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