transaction already being edited in another register

Maf. King maf at chilwell.net
Tue Aug 18 09:44:57 EDT 2009


On Tuesday 18 August 2009 13:29:35 Carpet Nailz wrote:
> I received this error message:
>
> "This transaction is already being edited in another register. Please
> complete it there first."
>

<SNIP>

Hi,   See the message below: in summary, if it happens, save, close GC and 
restart.

Maf.


On Thursday 09 July 2009 16:34:32 Charles Day wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 2:48 AM, Madeline Harris 
<mad at madsteveharris.co.uk>wrote:
> > Hello
> >
> > I have received the following error message:
> >
> > This transaction is already being edited in another register. Please
> > finish editing it there first.
> >
> > The message was received when I pressed enter to record a transaction. I
> > had
> > started to enter a transaction which I then decided I needed to split. I
> > can't remember the sequence of events after this, but now I can't add any
> > new transactions to this account. How can I find which other register is
> > being used? What can I do next?
>
> There is a bug in all 2.2.x versions that can make this message appear if
> you go to create a brand new transaction and accidentally press enter
> before you type in any data. It has already been fixed in the unstable
> versions (2.3.x).
>
> If this happens in 2.2.x, I think the workaround is to cancel the
> transaction, close the register, then reopen it.
>
> The bug is documented here:
> http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=426111


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