[GNC] Stock Entry Issue with Version 3.8
Dr. Timothy B. Jones
tbj at timothybjones.net
Wed Mar 25 15:59:47 EDT 2020
Thank you! I knew that was there but made no changes to it. In past versions you could override it by inserting your own decimal points. I turned it off....and everything is good. Thank you again!
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> On Mar 25, 2020, at 2:46 PM, Frank H. Ellenberger <frank.h.ellenberger at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
>> Am 25.03.20 um 19:21 schrieb Dr. Timothy B. Jones:
>> Greetings:
>>
>> On 12/13 I entered a stock trade on a new stock added to the database without incident. On 12/31 I upgraded to Version 3.8....Windows Version. Today I have been trying to enter additional buys over the past two months and the software is adding a decimal to my shares (no matter how I enter) calculating the correct price, but since it changes the share decimal, it calculates the wrong total and share balance. I have tried it every possible way and no matter what...the software changes the share decimal incorrectly and gives me an incorrect entry. Here is a screen shot:
>>
>>
>> Note...the system forced calculation is incorrect. It was entered 10.0 shares at a cost of $915. No matter which variable I leave off I get this result and if I enter all three I get the error that the math is wrong, which variable would I like to have calculated. Errrrrr....please help!
>
> What is set in
> Edit->Preferences->General->Automatic decimal point
> and decimal places?
>
> HTH
> Frank
>
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