Capital equipment showing zero value

[Fred Bone]

On 1 July 2011 at 21:57, Henry Gomersall said:

> On Fri, 2011-07-01 at 17:49 +0100, Fred Bone wrote:
> > > Two further problems are now apparent. Due to previous cock ups, the
> > > assumed USD exchange rate is wrong (the reciprocal of what it should
> > be,
> > > which means the asset balance is wrong), which I can't seem to
> > change.
> > > When I select "Edit exchange rate" on the transaction of interest, I
> > get
> > > the message "The two currencies involved equal each other".
> > 
> > Edit it from the "other end". 
> 
> "This register does not support editing exhange rates." This was trying to
> edit the exchange rate from the other side of the transaction, in accounts
> payable. Perhaps I am misunderstanding what you are suggesting?

No, you are not. I had failed to pick up the point that your txn was to 
A/P.

You could try temporarily changing the txn so that the "other end" is a 
Liability account (in the correct currency), and editing it there. It 
would probably be safest to make the experiment with a copy of your data 
file (or a dummy file with a few test txns), just in case ...