Guncash issue on Windows 7

John Ralls jralls at ceridwen.us
Fri Oct 11 22:58:50 EDT 2013


On Oct 11, 2013, at 5:52 PM, Hans Otto Kroeger <hokroeger at yahoo.com> wrote:

> New Account Hierarchy Setup: The options: “entering an opening balance”; “Placeholder checkbox”, aren’t working.
> Don't work, or aren't translated? If the former, are there any errors or do the controls simply do nothing? 
> 
> The controls are correctly translated, but simply did do nothing. If y need to change the option, first setup the Hierarchy account, than edit the account. BUT... now I tested again: the placeholder checkbox remains still dead – in the English portable version too. The opening balance accepts entries after double clicking (except in the case of placeholder accounts).
> 

OK, the placeholder problem shows up here, too. I'll have a look at that.

The opening balance behavior is correct: Since a placeholder account doesn't accept transactions it can't have a balance, opening or otherwise.

Regards,
John Ralls



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