RECORDING PREVIOUS YEARS TRANSACTION ON GNUCASH

[Derek Atkins]

Hi Anne,

Anne Okonkwo <anne.okonkwo at thehordinc.com> writes:

> Hi, it's Anne again
> New to gnucash so I need all the help I can get to master its usefulness
>
> Having two issues here today, though still trying to work on the last
> response I got. (Thanks to all that replied).
> I upgraded my GnuCash to version 2.6.12 git and when I try to open I get a
> message as "attachment 1: gnu cash error".
> I go ahead and open anyway. (1st problem - How do I stop that error message
> from popping up?)
>
> What I really what to do here is to convert currency using price editor.
> After filling all the details, I get "attachment 2: Price Editor Error" and
> I am forced to close the program. (2nd Problem -  Once I click on apply, it
> pops up an error message, Please why is that happening and how can I change
> convert currency?)
>
> Have tried this in a couple of times and it still same process.
>
> Please can someone help me?
> Thanks in anticipation

Looking at your two images, the "gnu cash error" window is happening as
a direct result of the "Price Editor error".  For some reason the
application is crashing when you're in the Price Editor -- that's the
"gnucash.exe has stopped working" message.  When that happens (the app
crashing) it does not close down properly.

When you re-start gnucash after it was not closed properly it detects
the lock file and pops up the other message.  The lock file exists to
ensure that you don't accidentally open the same datafile twice.
However when gnucash crashes, it cannot remove that lock file.  So it's
safe in *this* case to just click "Open Anyways".

So the bigger issue is: what's causing gnucash to crash in the price
editor?

> With warm regards,

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-derek

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