Error message

[Charles Day]

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


> Thanks for your help.
>
> Madeline Harris
> (novice GnuCash user)
>

Cheers,
Charles