Adding new shares of stocks

[Derek Atkins]

I don't know what to tell you... If you are indeed using 1.8.2
I cannot reproduce this behavior.  There was certainly a bug in
an earlier version where it did this...

-derek

Matt <matt at kettlewell.net> writes:

> Derek,
> 
> That is what I thought was the intended method of entry, unfortunatly
> that is not what gets calculated. 
> 
> When I enter 50 for shares, and $10 for price, I expect a buy to be
> filled in of $500.  
> 
> However, what really is happening is that a calculation appears to be
> happening under the hood, that overwrites my inputs and says that I
> bought 500 shares for $, for a total price of $500.
> 
> 
> It appears that my shares and price are getting multiplied and placed in
> the shares column, and the price is getting set to $1.
> 
> 
> I guess what I really need to know is if anyone else can duplicate this
> bizzare behavior, and should I write up a bug report for it.  I didn't
> see one had already been written for it, that is why I came to this
> forum 1st.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Matt
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Sun, 2003-03-30 at 21:15, Derek Atkins wrote:
> > You open the stock account, enter 50 in the shares column, and 10 in
> > the price column..  It should fill in "buy" when you finally enter the
> > transaction.
> > 
> > -derek
> > 
> 
> 
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