Problem attaching image to invoice

[David Goodenough]

On Tuesday 09 February 2016 17:45:21 Geert Janssens wrote:
> On Tuesday 09 February 2016 15:57:23 David Goodenough wrote:
> > On Saturday 06 February 2016 21:44:37 David Goodenough wrote:
> > > I am trying attach a scanned PDF to an invoice that I have
> > > entered.  When I entered the invoice and right clicked on any
> > > part of it the the context menu did not contain any mention
> > > of being able to attach a file.
> > > 
> > > When I posted the invoice and then opened it, then I could
> > > find a context menu entry to attach the file, but when I
> > > try to attach it, I get an error saying that I am not allowed
> > > to modify a posted invoice.
> > > 
> > > What is the proper procedure for attaching files to invoice?
> > > 
> > > I am using version 2.6.11 on a Debian sid system.
> > > 
> > > Thanks in advance.
> > > 
> > > David
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> > Does no one know how to do this?  Does this feature actually
> > work?
> > 
> > David
> 
> Hi David,
> 
> Unfortunately you can't do what you are trying to.
> 
> You are attempting to combine two features of gnucash in a way that was
> never intended.
> 
> On the one hand you can enter invoices via the business menu. When posted,
> these invoices will be converted into a transaction in the A/R account
> (with splits in the respective income accounts to balance). These
> transactions are read-only by design. You are not allowed to change them
> directly.
> 
> On the other hand a new feature was introduced in gnucash 2.6.x that allows
> you to attach documents to transactions. This was however only implemented
> for ordinary transactions, without considering the transactions generated
> by the business module.
> 
> It's an unfortunate side-effect that the menu item is visible on business
> transactions as well. I consider this a bug of the new feature.
> 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Geert
That is disappointing.  I would have thought that it should be a strong
requirement in the business world as well.  Would it be difficult to implement
for the business module as well?

David