[GNC] Account Currency Screwed Up Again!

[rsbrux]

I haven't see an answer to this on the distribution list, nor on Nabble 
<http://gnucash.1415818.n4.nabble.com/GNC-Account-Currency-Screwed-Up-Again-td4715785.html>. 

Can I fix this by editing the XML file?
I am using GC v2.6.19 under Ubuntu Studio 18.04.  Is there a function to 
change the currency of transactions in a newer version of GC?
If not, is there any hope that such a function might be provided in the 
future?

On 27.01.20 10:24, rsbrux wrote:
> Many years ago I set up in GC a bank account denominated in AUD to buy 
> and sell securities in that currency.  While reconciling my 
> end-of-year statements I only just noticed while attempting to enter a 
> new price for one of the securities that all transactions in that 
> account (not just securities, but also transactions with other 
> accounts denominated in AUD, such as the income account I use for 
> recording interest paid in AUD) are recorderd in CHF and are converted 
> to CHF instead of AUD!!!  How could this happen? More important (since 
> it is unlikely that the cause can be reconstructed at this late date) 
> how can I correct this without having to manually recreate all 
> transactions in the account going back to 2013?
>
> Based on previous experience with such problems, I will also have to 
> recreate the AUD-denominated securities (fortunately there are only 
> two) and their transactions in order to correct the erroneous currency 
> (CHF) attached to them.  Please say it ain't so!
>