incorrect totals in Main window

[Dave Peticolas]

On 18 May 2001 14:19:54 -0400, Kevin Duckett wrote:
> I'm either doing something wrong (most likely) or there is a problem I
> just discovered with version 1.4.12. Here are the details of my problem.
> 
> I created a parent account called "XYZ Bank" and a sub-account called
> "savings". I started with a $1000 for this account.
> 
> I created another account called "utilities" and designated as the
> parent account. The account type is defined as "expense". I then create
> three additional sub-accounts called "gas", "water", and "electric".
> 
> Now when I started entering withdrawls from XYZ to make the payments to
> the utilities the Main window doesn't show the total amount of the
> payments made at the Utilties level or the XYZ level. So what I see is
> the following
> 
> account                               total
> ---------------------------------------------------
> XYZ                             0.00
>       savings                 500.00
> 
> Utilities                       0.00
>       gas                    -200.00
>       water                  -100.00
>       electric               -200.00
> 
> 
> When I believe I should see the follow:
> 
> account                               total
> ---------------------------------------------------
> XYZ                           500.00
>       savings                 500.00
> 
> Utilities                    -500.00
>       gas                    -200.00
>       water                  -100.00
>       electric               -200.00

In the Preferences dialog, section "Main Window", make sure you have
the Total field selected and not the Balance field. The Balance field
doesn't include subaccounts.

dave