transaction already being edited in another register

[Charles Day]

On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 6:44 AM, Maf. King <maf at chilwell.net> wrote:

> 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.
>

I think closing and reopening the register should be good enough. You
shouldn't have to restart GnuCash.


>
> Maf.
>

-Charles


>
>
> 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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