problem when looking for an account to transfer to

[Alessandro Borgia]

Alessandro Borgia wrote:
> 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.
>   
I found it! There was a  false colon separator ('Attivo circ: Crediti' 
was a single account, not account and subaccount) which before, previous 
release, worked fine. I don't know why.
I substituted backslash for colon and then I noticed some colon 
remaining around and, above all, it worked fine. Now I restored the  
colon in the right places.

>>   
>>     
>>> 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
>   


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Alessandro Borgia