New customer is not a company

[Derek Atkins]

Hi,

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lee johnson <neighborlee at gmail.com> writes:

> Well that's a bit weird, why does gnucash assume its all business to
> business, and can this be changed in settings ?

No, it cannot be changed in settings.  It assumes it because that's how
it was implemented.  The workaround is as I mentioned before -- to just
enter the person's name as both the "Company" and the Contact.  You can
just cut-and-paste if you don't want to actually type it a second time.
Just ignore the word "Customer" in the framing.

> No where on the main page, do I see anything about this, or did I just
> miss some obscure manual statement ?

What main page?

> Either way, I don't like being forced to enter something that is not
> true, so Ill find another program, thanks ;)

Choosing a program is your prerogative, but you'll find that GnuCash is
one of the best applications out there, warts and all.  If you're going
to throw out the baby with the bath water that's your choice if you
can't overlook a (quite minor!) wart.

> cheers
> lee

-derek

> On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 8:58 AM, Derek Atkins <warlord at mit.edu> wrote:
>> Please remember to CC the gnucash-user list on all replies using your
>> mailer's reply-to-list or reply-all functionality.
>>
>> lee johnson <neighborlee at gmail.com> writes:
>>
>>> Im not worried about printing it at all but thx for reply.
>>>
>>> I just don't like the forcing of entering her as a company when she is
>>> not , and then having to enter her
>>> on the billing address line as well,,it just makes no sense.
>>
>> It makes sense when you consider that the feature was written to target
>> business to business.
>>
>>> Can this be fixed ?
>>
>> It's not a bug.  It is working as designed.  To tell GnuCash you are
>> dealing with an individual instead of a company you need to enter their
>> name twice.  That is how it is designed to work.
>>
>>> thx
>>> lee
>>
>> -derek
>>
>>> On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 7:34 AM, Derek Atkins <warlord at mit.edu> wrote:
>>>> myfinanceglj <neighborlee at gmail.com> writes:
>>>>
>>>>> I'm trying to enter new customer info for creating a invoice, and its forcing
>>>>> me to enter her name as a company, which she is not, and I am wondering why
>>>>> is this method of creation forced ?
>>>>>
>>>>> I prefer not to enter false information, for any reason, so I hope this can
>>>>> be 'fixed'.
>>>>
>>>> Just enter the person's name again a second time as the name of the
>>>> Company (so enter the person's name as both the Company Name and
>>>> Contact).  Gnucash is smart and realizes that it's NOT a company and
>>>> will not double-print it.
>>>>
>>>>> thx
>>>>> mfglj
>>>>
>>>>> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies.
>>>>> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
>>>>
>>>> -derek
>>>>
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>>>>       Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory
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>>>
>>
>> --
>>       Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory
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>

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       Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory
       Member, MIT Student Information Processing Board  (SIPB)
       URL: http://web.mit.edu/warlord/    PP-ASEL-IA     N1NWH
       warlord at MIT.EDU                        PGP key available