6 digit decimal stock purchase

[Michael Carpino]

OK I got it to work.   I went to the dividend account on the main account
page.  I first changed the smallest fraction to 4 digits.  That did nothing
so I changed it back.  Then I went to the stock account on the main account
page, right clicked and edit account, then changed the smallest fraction
again to 1/1000000 and it now works.

On Wed, Aug 12, 2015 at 4:24 PM, John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us> wrote:

>
> On Aug 12, 2015, at 3:32 PM, Michael Carpino <mfcarpino at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi John,
>
> First thanks for helping me work through this issue as I am new to GnuCash
> (a week).  I've previously used Quicken and I'm trying to convert to GC.
>
> I'm not using a cash account to input these shares.  The reason for this
> is they are preexisting transactions (before GnuCash).  What I am doing is
> entering the transaction in Equity:Opening Balance and using the share
> Account of Assets;Investments;Wells Fargo;Ameriprise .
>
> I am also entering transaction for reinvested dividends using
> Assets;Investments;Wells Fargo;Ameriprise, Income;Dividends, and
> Expenses;Commissions.
>
>
> Michael,
>
> OK, for this purpose the Income:Dividends account qualifies as a cash
> account. We can call it a currency account if you like that better. The
> main thing is that when you create the transaction in a stock or fund
> account the price calculation uses one code path and when you do it from a
> currency (i.e. bank, asset, credit card, liability, income, or expense)
> account the price calculation exercises a different code path involving a
> dialog box called the transfer dialog. You’ve already exercised the first
> code path, I’m asking that you exercise the second.
>
> Regards,
> John Ralls
>
>
>