Cheque Printing from Search Results Window

[Derek Atkins]

Hi,


On Sat, June 25, 2011 11:55 am, John P. New wrote:
> I'm using GnuCash 2.4.0 in OpenSUSE 11.4
>
> Recently I used the Find Transaction command (Ctrl-F) from a chequing
> register to find a transaction I had already entered, from which I wanted
> to print a cheque. I had written a cheque to this payee once before, so
> two transactions were returned in the Search Results tab. I chose the
> second transaction from the Search Results tab, chose File > Print Checks,
> and went through the normal procedure to print. Instead of printing the
> one transaction I had chosen, GnuCash printed both transactions, on two
> separate pages.
>
> Printing the chosen transaction as a cheque from the normal chequing
> register works as expected.
>
> I don't think this makes a difference, but I am using a custom cheque
> format.
>
> Just to test, I created a new file with the New Account Hierarchy Setup
> wizard and entered some transactions in the Chequing Account register,
> used Find Transaction to return a Search results tab, this time with 3
> transactions returned. No matter which cheque transaction I chose to
> print, GnuCash would always print the three transactions shown in the
> Search Results tab, in the order shown in the tab. Again, printing the
> chosen transaction from the normal Chequing Account register works as
> expected.
>
> If someone can confirm this on the most recent version, I can enter a bug
> report in bugzilla.

This is not a bug.  This is a feature.
This is exactly how you are supposed to print multiple checks at once.

> John New

-derek

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