[GNC] Reconciliation being undone without warning

[Ronal B Morse]

That's correct. I do get the warning/options box about changing a 
reconciled transaction so it sounds like it's working as intended on 
Fedora 28.

RBM



On 08/12/2018 04:13 PM, John Ralls wrote:
> IIRC we did that on purpose because of a bug report about being able to change things about a transaction and leaving it reconciled.
>
> If one is still using actual printed checks the check number could be considered material since the check number is on the bank statement.
>
> It should put up the "changing a reconciled transaction" warning box unless one has turned it off. Use Actions>Reset Warnings for a list of the warning boxes one has disabled and the opportunity to re-enable them.
>
> Regards,
> John Ralls
>
>> On Aug 12, 2018, at 2:28 PM, Ronal B Morse <ron at morsehouse.com> wrote:
>>
>> GNC 3.2 on Fedora 28 -- changing the num field will cause the transaction to unreconcile even if one does nothing to the amount field.
>>
>> RBM
>>
>>
>>
>> On 08/12/2018 02:44 PM, Colin Law wrote:
>>> On Sun, 12 Aug 2018 at 17:50, Adrien Monteleone <
>>> adrien.monteleone at lusfiber.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Editing a reconciled transaction sets the status to ’n’. That is intended
>>>> behavior.
>>>>
>>> Changing the Num field in 2.6.19 does not un-reconcile the transaction.  I
>>> believe that only if the amount is changed will it be un-reconciled.
>>>
>>> Colin
>>>
>>>
>>>> Concerning the warning dialog you either told it not to warn you for the
>>>> session, or forever. If closing and restarting GnuCash doesn’t bring back
>>>> the warning, check the Actions > Reset Warnings dialog and you’ll see it
>>>> there. You can check the box for it and Apply and it will show next time
>>>> you edit a reconciled transaction.
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Adrien
>>>>
>>>>> On Aug 12, 2018, at 7:19 AM, Anthony Marrian <
>>>> anthony at gardensmontessori.com> wrote:
>>>>> What a prat I am. Sorry: from y to n
>>>>>
>>>>> From: Colin Law <clanlaw at gmail.com>
>>>>> Sent: 12 August 2018 11:32
>>>>> To: Anthony Marrian <anthony at gardensmontessori.com>
>>>>> Cc: gnucash-user <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
>>>>> Subject: Re: [GNC] Reconciliation being undone without warning
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sun, 12 Aug 2018 at 11:07, Anthony Marrian <
>>>> anthony at gardensmontessori.com<mailto:anthony at gardensmontessori.com>>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> I'm running version 3.2. I reconciled a bank account to the end of July,
>>>> and then added voucher numbers (in the NUM column) to a number of the
>>>> transactions, as I have habitually done with all versions before 3. No
>>>> warning appeared, BUT I have just noticed when trying to reconcile July
>>>> that the all the transactions which had numbers added to their NUM field
>>>> also had their reconciliation flag moved from n to y. I imagine this
>>>> behaviour is not by design.
>>>>> If it is now y then they are still reconciled, or do you mean they
>>>> changed from y to n?
>>>>> Colin
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Best wishes - Anthony
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