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> Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2015 06:57:29 +1000
> Subject: Re: Handling Debit Opening Balances for Customers
> From: nelson.handcock at gmail.com
> To: geert.gnucash at kobaltwit.be
> CC: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
> 
> OK - thanks Geert!
> 
> Thanks & Regards,
> 
> Nelson Handcock
> 0409 149919
> 
> http://www.linkedin.com/in/nelsonhandcockaustralia
> 
> On Thu, Sep 17, 2015 at 6:45 AM, Geert Janssens <geert.gnucash at kobaltwit.be>
> wrote:
> 
> > On Thursday 17 September 2015 05:51:32 Nelson Handcock wrote:
> >
> > > Hi Geert,
> >
> > >
> >
> > > Thanks for your responses.
> >
> > >
> >
> > > On my version of GN, your proposal does not work if there is no
> >
> > > invoice in existence for the customer.
> >
> > >
> >
> > > When I choose the Business -> Customer -> Process Payment:
> >
> > > I select the customer name, (there is no invoice for the customer so
> >
> > > nothing shows up in the "Documents" list), enter the amount, choose
> >
> > > the Opening Balances account. There is a yellow warning icon and the
> >
> > > "OK" button is greyed out.
> >
> > >
> >
> > > When I hover my mouse of the warning icon, I see a message "You must
> >
> > > select at least one document or pre-payment to process".
> >
> > >
> >
> > >
> >
> > > If you are seeing something different please advise - perhaps I need
> >
> > > to upgrade to a newer version of GN?
> >
> > >
> >
> > >
> >
> > You are correct. I already had forgotten about that bug. This particular
> > issue has been fixed in a later gnucash version (by yours truly).
> >
> >
> >
> > In 2.6.5 and later you can create payments again without pre-existing
> > invoices (as you could in 2.4.x and before).
> >
> >
> >
> > The same applies to "Assign as payment" I believe. Your workaround of
> > creating a temporary invoice is a good one if you don't want to upgrade
> > just yet. You can recycle the temporary invoices later on anyway when real
> > invoices are being created.
> >
> >
> >
> > I would advise though to upgrade to at least gnucash 2.6.5 for another
> > reason: older versions were very liberal in the use of lot links when
> > assigning payments to invoices [1]. The algorithms used were not very
> > robust and could result in splintered transactions, slowing down gnucash *a
> > lot*.
> >
> >
> >
> > Most of these issues were fixed in gnucash 2.6.5. The updates to check &
> > repair to clean up the possible mess only made it in 2.6.6 so I'd even
> > consider at least that version.
> >
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> >
> >
> > Geert
> >
> >
> >
> > [1]
> > http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Correcting_Business_Transaction_Mistakes#Swamped_in_lot_link_transactions
> >
> >
> >
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