[GNC] Change account type by editing XML?

Stephen M. Butler kg7je at arrl.net
Wed Apr 29 18:03:06 EDT 2020


On 4/29/20 1:37 PM, david whiting wrote:
> On Wed, 29 Apr 2020 at 21:31, Stephen M. Butler <kg7je at arrl.net> wrote:
>> On 4/29/20 1:14 PM, david whiting wrote:
>>> On Wed, 29 Apr 2020 at 20:29, Maf. King <maf at chilwell.net> wrote:
>>>> Just a thought - if you change the account parent away from A/R can you then
>>>> change the type?
>>>>
>>>> HTH,
>>>> Maf.
>>>>
>>> No, unfortunately moving the parent account doesn't allow me to change it.
>>>
>>> David
>>
>> I think you misunderstood, or I'm not understanding what you did.  It
>> sounds like you attempted to edit the parent account and change it's
>> type.  What we are suggesting is that you edit the leaf account and
>> change who it's parent is so that it shows up underneath a different
>> (non-A/R) account.
>>
> Yes, I misunderstood, however, I just tried that and still can't
> change the type. See attached image showing that the account is now in
> Assets:Members but other types are still not available.
>
> David

That seems like a bug to me.

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