[GNC] Bills in Gnucash

[Derek Atkins]

If this preference is added, it should also remove the A/R and A/P Account
type choices!

-derek

On Mon, April 1, 2019 11:21 pm, David Carlson wrote:
> Back in 2014 I used to think that going to Edit > Preferences > Business
> and checking Enable Extra Buttons was about enabling business features,
> but
> I was told then that it is only about adding some un-named buttons on some
> menus that were never documented.  I agree that there should be a feature
> to turn off business features for those of us that don't use them, because
> sometimes they cause grief if accidentally or ignorantly activated.
>
> David Carlson
>
> On Mon, Apr 1, 2019 at 8:55 PM Adrien Monteleone <
> adrien.monteleone at lusfiber.net> wrote:
>
>> Thanks David,
>>
>> I was looking for that the other day and somehow glanced over it.
>> Indeed,
>> it is still there in 3.4. (about to install 3.5 shortly) I suppose,
>> then,
>> since preferences are user rather than book based that’s why the buttons
>> were already there. I didn’t try to start GC from a fresh user
>> perspective.
>> I’d have to try an old copy of 2.6, but I seem to recall this being
>> labeled
>> as ‘enable business features’ (which also added the special accounts and
>> added the Business menu) not just ‘enable extra buttons’, but my memory
>> could be faulty.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Adrien
>>
>> > On Apr 1, 2019, at 7:33 PM, David Carlson
>> <david.carlson.417 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > So far none of you have mentioned going to Edit > Preferences >
>> Business
>> and checking Enable Extra Buttons.  Back in the Release 2.6.xx days that
>> was necessary to even see the buttons to create invoices or whatever
>> that I
>> have never looked for because I was not using them.
>> >
>> > David Carlson
>> >
>> > On Mon, Apr 1, 2019 at 5:39 PM Adrien Monteleone <
>> adrien.monteleone at lusfiber.net> wrote:
>> >
>> > > On Mar 31, 2019, at 3:35 AM, David T. via gnucash-user <
>> gnucash-user at gnucash.org> wrote:
>> > >
>> > > Oh.  Let me go to nabble to figure out that you're replying to my
>> post... now, having closed all the spammy windows for super resume...
>> >
>> > Or just use e-mail instead of Nabble? (or I’m sure something like
>> uBlock
>> Origin could zap those windows before they come into existence)
>> >
>> > > Having the new account assistant create a specific set of accounts
>> IN
>> NO WAY is "enabling business features." It's just a bunch of accounts.
>> The
>> features are always "enabled." We might as well speak of "enabling"
>> double
>> entry features in Gnucash when we open a register in transaction view.
>> > > It is convenient, to be sure, to have these accounts created for me,
>> but this is in no way something in preferences, as was implied in the
>> message to which I was responding.
>> > > There is NO special setting. To quote Monty Python, there is NO
>> severed head beneath the bed.
>> > > David T.
>> >
>> > I just opened a new file, chose the default ‘common accounts’ which
>> did
>> not include A/R and A/P and sure enough, the “Business” menu is visible
>> as
>> was the “New Invoice” button. (I didn’t go through the trouble of
>> creating
>> an invoice or bill and seeing what would happen)
>> >
>> > This was not always the case, certainly not at some point in the 2.6
>> series. I distinctly remember having to ‘enable business features’ to
>> both
>> get the Business menu as well as making the New Invoice button visible.
>> I
>> think doing so also created the special A/R and A/P accounts in my tree.
>> >
>> > Perhaps the business features which were originally an add-on module
>> were finally integrated into the main program at some point.
>> >
>> > Regards,
>> > Adrien
>> > _______
>>
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