Security Sale Problem

[subscribe307 at verizon.net]

I solved this problem.  It appears that if there is a / in the account 
name it causes this problem.  It is not a problem when you enter a buy 
but is on the sale.
Mike

subscribe307 at verizon.net wrote:
> I have set up an account for a security, a bond in this case classed 
> as a mutual fund and entered a purchase in the account register.  Now 
> I want to record a sale which will be in the future.  In the account 
> for this security I enter the sale with the asset account name, cost, 
> number of shares, and total proceeds.  Everything is OK.  Next, 
> according to the documentation I need to enter the asset account name 
> again with 0 shares and 0 share price to record the profit.  when I do 
> this a dialog box comes up that says  "The account does not exist. 
> Would you like to create it?"
> I originally generated the account before the purchase entry and am 
> making the entries in the account register.  I have checked to make 
> sure the asset account name is exactly correct. This is the first time 
> I have tried this so I must be doing something wrong.  Can someone 
> suggest what may be causing this error?
> Mike
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