Transfer between Accounts with different Currencies

[Derek Atkins]

Hi,

What version of gnucash?

-derek

FBO <fbo2 at gmx.net> writes:

> Hi Gnucash-Fans,
> 
> first: I hope this address is correct. I found it at
> 
>  http://www.gnucash.org/maillist.php3
> 
> and clicking on "gnucash-user at gnucash.org" sent me to
> www.gnumatic.com that seemed to be hijacked by a
> domain grabber :-( .
> 
> 
> 
> This is my Problem:
> 
> I've got 2 Accounts, one's Currency is German Mark (DEM), the other's is
> Euro (EUR). I'll name the accounts according to their currencies.
> 
> I want to transfer 100 DEM from "EUR" to "DEM", a Dialog "Transfer Funds"
> opens, showing this:
> 
>  <X> Exchange Rate:   1,95583
>  < > To Amount:
>  
>     1 DEM = 1,95583
>     1 EUR = 0,511292
> 
> These values are correct. I Click "OK", gnucash adds a line in my
> "DEM"-Register, showing +100. But the line added to the "EUR"-Register shows
> -195,58.
> 
> When I add another transaction of 100 DEM leaving the "Transfer Funds"
> dialog as follows (*wrong* values):
> 
>  <X> Exchange Rate: 0,511292
>  < > To Amount:
>  
>     1 DEM = 0,511292
>     1 EUR = 1,95583
> 
> it seems to work ("DEM": +100,00 ; "EUR": -51,13).
> 
> Can someone tell me, how to fix this or is it a bug?
> 
> Thank you.
> 
> Special thanks to all Gnucash-Developers :-)
> 
> Regards,
> 
> FBO
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