Exchange Rate Dialog Box (was Question About Price DB)

[John Ralls]

On Feb 5, 2013, at 3:04 PM, Mike Alexander <mta at umich.edu> wrote:

> It sounds to me like you're using the exchange rate dialog to enter the price on a stock transaction.  This isn't what it is meant to be used for.  It would be better to enter these in a stock register where you can enter the number of shares, the price, and the total value directly in the register.  Or enter any two and let GnuCash calculate the third. I usually enter the number of shares and total value and let it calculate the price.
> 

Using the exchange-rate dialog does work to set the price (though it works better to set the quantity) in a stock buy or sell transaction from the currency account, though the descriptions aren't right and that confuses some people. It would be better to have two dialog boxes, one for currency-currency transactions and one for currency-commodity transactions, with the right descriptions in each case. The backend logic works, so that part can stay the same.

Having to switch to the commodity register for a stock buy or a dividend reinvestment would be a PITA. 

Regards,
John Ralls