gnucash-user Digest, Vol 7, Issue 30

[Derek Atkins]

Stephan Pouh <smpouh at gmx.at> writes:

> I had the exact same problem in Gnucash 1.8.1 (although it seems to not reduce 
> the balance regardless of the two accounts being in USD or different 
> currencies) and funnny enough came up with the same solution after tinkering 
> with it for a while. Once you know how to do it it is not a big deal. 
> However, shouldn't it do that automatically from the stock account too? 
> Anyway, still great software.

1.8.1 is old and extremely buggy..  There were a number of problems with
"cross-commodity" transactions back in the early days.  Upgrade and try
again.

-derek

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