Need help after upgrade!

[Michael Jay Sherman]

But why is that _required_ now?  It would be nice if I could disable that
balancing popup so I could just go on my merry way using the app.  So, if I'm to
do what you say, I have to re-structure my ENTIRE setup to now include new
"accounts" such as gasoline, groceries, etc.  I only want TWO accounts in the
system: checking and savings.  I do NOT want to have to worry about any other
accounts.  Period.  It would be a shame if I could not continue to use it in the
manner I have been.  There must be some optional settings to control this, right?

-Mike


Rusty Carruth wrote

> 
> "Michael Jay Sherman" <msherman@stealthboy.com> wrote:
> > 
> > GNUcash just isn't working for me anymore since I upgraded.   Now when I try
to
> > open my account, it says it needs to convert from an older version.  Fine,
that
> > works, and all my data is there.  But when I just try to add a simple
transaction
> > (payment of the gas bill), it tells me that the transaction has not been
> > "balanced", and no matter what I do, I cannot enter the new transaction!  What
> > the heck happened?  All I want is a simple running total of my checking
account. 
> > Subtract when I say it's a withdrawal, add when I say it's a deposit.  How
hard
> > is that?  It's been working JUST FINE for the last year and a half.  What am I
> > doing wrong with this new version (1.6.5)???
> 
> I assume the version you used to use did not use double-entry?
> 
> Version 1.6.5 (and possibly others) need you to enter two accounts - the
> 'money from' account and the 'money to' account.
> 
> So, lets say I want to write a check for $20 to buy gas for the car.
> I'd enter that as $20 FROM the asset account called 'checking' INTO 
> the expense account called 'gas for the car' (or some other name
> that makes sense to me).
> 
> That's the short version.  I'll have to let others give you the long
> version...
> 
> rc

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