[GNC] Reconciliation being undone without warning

[Colin Law]

Is it just the amount and Num fields that un-reconcile?

Colin

On Sun, 12 Aug 2018 at 23:18, John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us> 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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