Adjusting "Type" in AP transaction locks transaction

[Derek Atkins]

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Quoting Duane Evenson <duane-maillists at shaw.ca>:

> What do you mean "edit transactions by hand"? When an invoice comes 
> in, I enter a transaction which credits A/P. When I pay it, I enter a 
> transaction that debits A/P.
> How could you not enter these transactions by hand?

Business -> Customer -> New Invoice
Business -> Customer -> Process Payment

-derek

>
> Derek Atkins wrote:
>> You should never edit A/R or A/P transactions by hand.
>>
>> -derek
>>
>> Quoting Duane Evenson <duane-maillists at shaw.ca>:
>>
>>> If I change the "type" in a transaction in the Accounts Payable window
>>> to "I" (Invoice), the transaction becomes uneditable. I can't change
>>> anything in the transaction thereafter, either from the AP account
>>> window or from the corresponding other account windows. I can't even
>>> change the type to "P" (Payment) to fix this. If the type is "P", I can
>>> edit the transaction.
>>>
>>> I'm running 2.0.0 (gnucash-2.0.0-1.fc5).
>>>
>>> The only workaround I've found is to duplicate the transaction, delete
>>> the original, edit the new transaction and only then change the
>>> transaction type setting. (I'd mistakenly locked a number of payments as
>>> "I" when first setting this feature).
>>>
>>> I know the first thing some will say is upgrade to a newer version, but
>>> this version is stable, does everything like I want it -- until now.
>>> Besides, if this is a feature and not a bug, I'll encounter it in later
>>> versions. My first bet is on human (my) error and some friendly
>>> instruction is the easiest fix.
>>>
>>> TIA
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