Problem with currencies in split transactions

[Matt Tovey]

Hi Derek,

thanks for your answer. Meanwhile, I've gone through and deleted the
transactions that I needed to split, and re-entered them. That's
solved the problem, as far as I'm concerned. Still, in case you're
interested, let me answer your questions anyway:

> Upgraded from which version?

It was version 2.2.something. 2.2.4, I think.

> What's your system locale?
> Changing this default will not help with any existing transactions.

This is under Windows. Looking at my regional settings, default
currency would appear to be "$".

> How did you enter the transactions?  (Using what User Interface)?

These transactions were actually imported from a QIF file. I'm 95%
sure that I was asked which currency the transactions were in when I
imported them, and that I selected Euros.

I've just done a small test, importing an example QIF file, as Euro,
and the resulting transaction can be split without this currency
problem. Also, when I attempt to import the transaction as USD,
gnucash recognises a conflict and creates new accounts.

Cheers,

Matt

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On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 3:00 PM, Derek Atkins <warlord at mit.edu> wrote:
> hi,
>
> Matt Tovey <matt.tovey at googlemail.com> writes:
>
>> I've just upgraded to gnucash 2.4.4.
>
> Upgraded from which version?
>
>> Now when I take an existing transaction, between two accounts in EUR,
>> split it, and change the amount in one of the splits, the imbalance
>> appears in USD instead of EUR.
>>
>> If I add another split and set it correctly, so as to change the
>> imbalance to 0, a currency conversion window opens, asking to enter a
>> rate between EUR and USD. This shouldn't happen, as all of the
>> accounts are in EUR.
>>
>> I looked in Preferences, and saw that my default currency was set to
>> USD. Changed to EUR, but it hasn't helped.
>
> What's your system locale?
> Changing this default will not help with any existing transactions.
>
>> Can anyone help me?
>
> How did you enter the transactions?  (Using what User Interface)?
>
> I'm guessing you used the General Ledger to input them, because when you
> do the transaction currency is always your Locale Currency.  So you
> would see the problem you are seeing now.
>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Matt
>
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> -derek
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