total newbie - did something dumb - please help

Derek Atkins warlord at MIT.EDU
Fri Apr 25 17:02:05 EDT 2014


Geert Janssens <janssens-geert at telenet.be> writes:

> On Wednesday 23 April 2014 13:09:30 Derek Atkins wrote:
>> Geert Janssens <janssens-geert at telenet.be> writes:
>> >> Sure. Create a txn in AR and then click on the '?'.
>> > 
>> > Interesting. When I click on the '?' I can indeed no longer edit the
>> > transaction.
>> > 
>> > I can however still delete it.
>> > 
>> > This is different from transactions that have been created directly
>> > by the business functions. Those can't be edited nor deleted.
>> 
>> Hmm... Odd.  Okay, another way:
>> 
>> Take an existing Invoice transaction and from the AR account select it
>> and then "Duplicate".
>> 
> You won't believe it...
>
> Just tried this - the duplicate transaction has a '?' instead of an 'I' 
> and can be manipulated freely, including removal.
>
> Setting the '?' to 'I' will make the transaction read-only, but I can 
> still delete it.
>
> It looks like the worst "shoot yourself in the foot" use cases have been 
> resolved somewhere along the way.

Wow!  I wonder when this happened!?!?!

Maybe if you go through the scheduling process?  Take an invoice txn,
try to schedule it and then run the SX?  *grasping at straws*

> Geert

-derek

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