Is there any way I can customise/move columns in an Account Register just like you can do so in the Account Tab Display?

John Ralls jralls at ceridwen.fremont.ca.us
Wed Dec 11 15:44:41 EST 2013


On Dec 11, 2013, at 12:27 PM, James Martin <jmartin9 at frontiernet.net> wrote:

> No problem there.    But my main concern:    I'd still like to know where in the source files it is.
> 
> 
> On 12/11/2013 1:16 PM, Mike or Penny Novack wrote:
>> James Martin wrote:
>> 
>>> On this thread Derek Atkins explained that the column order is hard-coded.
>>> I've spent several hours looking for it in the various source code and dOxygen docs.
>>> 
>>> I would appreciate knowing where, in the source files,  I can change the hard coded option.    I don't need flexibility once that is done.    I just need the    debit and credit columns swapped.
>>> 
>>> I realize it means re-compiling - I'm not a programmer as such - but this kind of hopefully simple 'debug' style change I can usually do.
>>> 
>>> [ reason for doing it - both my online banking accounts use the reverse column order to GNUCASH - I prefer to not go through gyration of printing out / exporting spreadsheet, custom report etc. ]
>> 
>> 
>> As long as you realize that the "reverse column order" you are seeing in the statement the bank is sending you is NOT reverse order. The bank is sending you debits and credits as they would appear in THEIR books, not YOUR books. What is an asset in your bank account from your perspective (a debit in your books) is a liability of the bank, they owe this money to you, hence a credit in their books.
>> 

Somewhere—probably spread over several somewheres—in src/register. Good luck.

Regards,
John Ralls





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