Read only transactions

[Cliff McDiarmid]

       Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2018 at 5:20 PM
   From: "Geert Janssens" <geert.gnucash at kobaltwit.be>
   To: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
   Cc: "Cliff McDiarmid" <cliffhanger at gardener.com>, "Colin Law"
   <clanlaw at gmail.com>
   Subject: Re: Read only transactions
   Op zondag 14 januari 2018 16:14:18 CET schreef Cliff McDiarmid:
   > Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2018 at 12:27 PM
   > From: "Colin Law" <clanlaw at gmail.com>
   > To: "Cliff McDiarmid" <cliffhanger at gardener.com>
   > Cc: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
   > Subject: Re: Read only transactions
   >
   > >Sorry, it is in File > Properties > Accounts. Best left at zero
   > >unless you want earlier transactions to be protected.
   >
   > Yes that's what mine is set to, i.e. zero.
   >
   > Where is this read only nonsense coming from then?
   >
   > Cliff
   >There are several reasons why transactions can be read-only.
   >The "Read-only" treshold is one.
   >If you have voided a transaction, that one will become read-only as
   well.
   >And if the transaction is the result of posting an invoice or bill
   using the
   >business features, it will equally be read-only.
   >There may be other reasons but I only know of these.
   >Solutions:
   >In the case of a voided transaction, unvoid it. In case of a
   transaction from
   >a bill or invoice (or employee voucher for that matter), use the
   business
   >features to unpost it again.
   Thanks Geert.  I thought you had the answer, I had 5 voided
   transactions 'buried' amoungst my data.   I reset them using the filter
   option and then saved the filter, but I still can't delete these a/cs I
   have.  The voided transactions have disappeared from the accounts in
   question, but still reappear when searching all accounts.  What's going
   on?

   Cliff