Invoices not showing up in Accounts Receivable

[Maf. King]

On Monday 08 Sep 2008, Ben wrote:
> Thanks Maf, that's an interesting and plausible explanation.
>
> I setup my File to use EUR, however, I see in the "preferences" that :
> Accounts->Default Currency &
> Reports -> Default Report Currency
> were still set to GBP.
>
> I have changed them to EUR, unposted the invoices and reposted them, but
> nothing has changed.
>
> Is there somewhere to setup the currency specifically for an invoice? I
> can't seem to find it!
>

Hi Ben,

Don't forget to reply to the list, as others will be able to help you better 
than I can.

You set the currency per customer - in the customer properties box, where the 
postal address details are.  There is a tab, i forget the name of it, which 
contains that customer's currency.

is each level of parent account above A/R also denominated in EUR?
is your A/R actually of type "A/R"? and the parents asset accounts?
(Account tree view -> toolbar button "Edit")
Which version of GC have you got installed on your Vista box?

Cheers,
Maf.


> Many thanks for your help!
>
> Ben
>
> Maf. King wrote:
> > On Monday 08 Sep 2008, Ben wrote:
> >> Hi, I'm new to GnuCash (and book-keeping to be honest). I've worked
> >> through the documentation/tutorial (which was excellent) but I'm now a
> >> bit confused.
> >>
> >> I've added several invoices, all of which appear in Accounts Receivable,
> >> but only *some* of which alter the balance in AR.
> >
> > Hi Ben,
> >
> > My first thought is are all your customers using the same currency? -
> > IIRC, each customer/invoice has to use the same currency as the A/R
> > account the invoice gets posted to.
> >
> >> I can't for the life of me see what I've done differently with the
> >> different invoices. I also created a new file and tried creating some
> >> test invoices, but even worse, I see nothing in the AR balance at all
> >> (just 0.00).
> >>
> >> Is this a problem with Vista (I've noticed that the date pickers don't
> >> work, and I always have to pick Accounts Receivable when posting an
> >> invoice or it complains that no account is selected) or a common
> >> misunderstanding caused by my extreme stupidity?
> >
> > I see the "select an account" issue on Linux, but a fairly old version of
> > GC.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Maf.
> >
> >> Any tips/suggestions or comments about what further information I can
> >> provide are *very welcome*,
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >> Ben
> >> _______________________________________________