Scheduled Transactions Howto?

[Stephen Fisher]

I'm with you guys. Tried to use the scheduled transaction tool and 
can't get it to save anything I enter. Everytime I re-open the 
scheduling window, it's empty.

On Nov 3, 2003, at 8:13 AM, Donald Henson wrote:

> On Sun, 2003-11-02 at 19:24, Sebastien Millet wrote:
> Hi,
>
> > I am trying to start using GNU Cash. I am running Gentoo with GNUCash
> > 1.8.4. Everything seemed to be going pretty well until I tried to
> > start setting up scheduled transactions. Most of my payments are
> > either 4 weekly or monthly direct debits and I would like to add them
> > all in as I used to in Quicken.
> >
> > All I really want to do is tell it what dates they are taken on, and
> > how much they are (generally fixed amounts each month). I have
> > searched all over for some kind of guide to this, and I cannot find
> > it. If I have missed it I would appreciate someone pointing it out to
> > me.
> >
> > If I haven't missed it I would be happy to put together a simple 
> guide
> > if anyone is willing to help me figure out how to get scheduled
> > transactions working.
>
> The way i do is to normally enter the transaction in the ledger, then
> right click and select "Cédule" (sorry for the french word, i think the
> english translation is "Schedule").
>
> Another way is, in the accounts window, by going in the "Actions" menu,
> "Scheduled transactions" (again, it may not be the exact english word)
> submenu, and select "Scheduled transactions editor" (approximate 
> english
> word). A window pops up and you can add, remove or modify your 
> scheduled
> transaction.
>
> Hope this helps, and please forgive my poor english :-)
>
> Bye.
>
> There's nothing wrong with your English. It's a whole bunch better 
> than my French. After reading your note, I had a look at the various 
> menus and under "Actions" is a menu item "Scheduled Transactions" and 
> then under that is a menu item "Scheduled Transaction Editor". The 
> editor looks like it could do neat stuff but the problem is, I think, 
> that there is no help that addresses scheduled transactions, at least 
> not any that I could find. I think what Sebastian is proposing is a 
> small group to figure out the various ways to handle scheduled 
> transactions and write up a how-to, possibly submitting it to the 
> developers for inclusion in the help system. Sebastian, did I get 
> close or am I all wet?
>
> Don Henson
>
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