problem when looking for an account to transfer to

Alessandro Borgia ale05 at borgia.bo.it
Sat Feb 23 09:23:21 EST 2008


Derek Atkins wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Alessandro Borgia <ale05 at borgia.bo.it> writes:
>
>   
>> I installed Gnucash 2.2.3 on Windows 2000 NT. Previously I have been 
>> using a release under Linux for years.
>> I found all my accounts and transactions.
>> I opened a cash account to register a withdrawal from an existing bank 
>> account, and gnucash suggested me the latest transaction it bore in its 
>> history. Needing to change the counterpart in a different account, I 
>> found it in the account list and I chosed, but gnucash did not allow me, 
>> saying that "account does not exist. Would you create a new account?". I 
>> tried to change it with any else account within the full list. The 
>> answer was the same for all credit accounts, while the remaining ones 
>> worked fine.
>>     
>
> I've seen this problem if the account name(s) in question have
> the account separator character in them.  This was a problem, for
> example, in the german SKR04 account template.
>   

Indeed
Attività:Attivo circ.: Crediti:Clienti:Colucci s.n.c.
has the colon account separator, the default one.
>   
>> Trying to restore the account previously suggested by Gnucash itself, 
>> the answer was still the same: (i.d. Gnucash does not recognize its own 
>> account!).
>>     
>
> Can you cut-and-paste (into email) the full name of the account that
> gnucash is suggesting?  I'd like to see if it has a double colon.
>
>   
Attività:Attivo circ: Disponib. liquide:Denaro e valori in cassa:Contante
> [snip]
>   
>> *  DEBUG <gnc.tests> [enter 
>> ../../../../src/import-export/log-replay/gnc-log-replay.c:gnc_file_log_replay()]  
>>
>> *  DEBUG <gnc.tests> [leave gnc_file_log_replay()]
>> *  DEBUG <gnc.tests> [enter 
>> ../../../../src/import-export/log-replay/gnc-log-replay.c:gnc_file_log_replay()]  
>>
>> *  DEBUG <gnc.tests> [leave gnc_file_log_replay()]
>>     
>
> Why did you run the Log Replay?
>
> So, to try.
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>>     
>
> -derek
>
>   
Thanks.
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Alessandro Borgia




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