Making changes to multiple currency transactions

[Derek Atkins]

What version of gnucash?
There are a number of subtle bugs in the multi-currency register code.
We're hoping that the register re-write will fix it, but Chris
stopped working on that for a while.  :(

-derek

Rosina Bignall <lists at rosinabignall.com> writes:

> I'm new to using multiple currencies, and I'm having trouble.  
> It's probably some small thing that I'm missing or don't 
> understand.  I hope you all can help.
>
> I'm trying to track my e-gold account.
>
> So, I have two accounts, one in XAU and one in USD.  I add a 
> transaction to the USD one.  Then, when I go to the XAU account 
> and look at the transaction, I notice that I didn't get the 
> exchange rate right.  So, I go back to the USD account and edit 
> the exchange rate.  When I go back to the XAU account, I now 
> have a transaction with no values in the amount fields. 
>
> Am I doing something wrong in editing the exchange rate?  Why do 
> I keep ending up with a transaction with no values?  How do I 
> fix it?  
>
> Once that has happened, there seems to be nothing for it, but to 
> delete the entire transaction and enter it again, this time with 
> the correct exchange rate the first time.
>
> Why do I have to go back to the place I entered it to fix the 
> exchange rate?  I'd like to do it on either end since sometimes 
> when I go back to my account statement on the opposite account 
> and find that I made a mistake.
>
> I often make entries ahead of time, knowing what they will be in 
> USD, but not what the exchange rate will be to XAU.
>
> Thanks for your help
> Rosina
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