[GNC] Editing Scheduled Transaction

[Robin Chattopadhyay]

On Thu, May 17, 2018 at 9:29 PM Adrien Monteleone <
adrien.monteleone at lusfiber.net> wrote:

> You said the work around is to delete and re-add, but does the re-add not
> generate the same error? Is this only when editing a previously defined SX?
>

Correct. Only when editing an existing transaction in an existing SX.
Doesn't happen when adding a new transaction in an existing SX or when
adding a new SX.

I’ll admit I’ve only seen this error when actually trying to edit a real
> transaction in one account register when I was already “in” the same
> transaction in another related account register. (usually after a ‘jump’
> menu instruction) I’ve never seen it in the SX editor.
>

Same here.


> Dealing with scheduled transactions in concert with this is a bit
> perplexing, other than to suggest, as a test to narrow down the cause,
> close everything but the Chart of Accounts, THEN open the Scheduled
> Transaction editor and see if the same error occurs.
>

No change.


> At least, you’ve eliminated (or confirmed) other open accounts as the
> possibilities or causes.
>
> Also, please report if you are using the XML or one of the SQL backends
> just to clear that up. (should there be a discrepancy)
>

SQLite


> For myself, all of my scheduled transactions are still working as
> expected, but all of them pre-existed my transition from 2.6 to 3.1. I’ve
> yet to create a new SX from the 3.x series and to see how it behaves. I
> also haven’t yet had a need to edit any of them.
>
> Regards,
> Adrien
>
> > On May 17, 2018, at 9:02 PM, Robin Chattopadhyay <robinraymn at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > Hi-
> >
> > Using GC 3.1 on Mint 18.3.
> >
> > I've come across something that seems like a bug, but I thought I would
> > check here first because I didn't see an open bug already.
> >
> > Under Edit Scheduled Transaction, click Template Transaction, attempt to
> > edit a value in any field of the transaction then move focus to another
> > line throws an error: "This transaction is already being edited in
> another
> > register. Please finish editing it there first."
> >
> > Since it's a scheduled transaction, it seems illogical for the
> transaction
> > to be in another register.
> >
> > The workaround is to delete the transaction from the SX editor window and
> > re-add it, but this is not ideal because many of my SXs have multiple
> > transactions in a particular order.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Robin
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