[GNC] flex card for medical expenses

[Patrick James]

Larry,

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> On 05/28/2026 5:55 AM PDT Lawrence Whalen <lwhalen26 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>  
> Hi all,
> 
> Thank you for your responses. I wasn't thinking on the reply all I
> apologize for that.
> 
> David T if you could send once more how you set up your accounts for the
> flex card it would be much appreciated. I don't know what happened to the
> original one, but I can't find it. In google mail I set up labels for Gnucash
> and I just can't find yours for some reason.
> 
> Thank you for your time.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Larry
> 
> 
> On Wed, May 27, 2026 at 12:32 AM Adrien Monteleone <
> adrien.monteleone at lusfiber.net> wrote:
> 
> > Indeed. Accounts which contain transactions and are later changed to
> > placeholders retain those transactions.
> >
> > I think the case of placeholders sometimes getting new transactions was
> > either from Scheduled Transactions or Imports. But I seem to recall that
> > was considered a bugs, and is now fixed. Though I could be mistaken.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Adrien
> >
> > On 5/26/26 10:36 PM, David T. via gnucash-user wrote:
> > > And, since we're in a clarifying mode, I'll note that placeholder
> > accounts most certainly can contain transactions. You just can't (generally
> > speaking*) add new transactions to a placeholder account.
> > >
> > > I have dozens of placeholder accounts with transactions in them-- for
> > example, accounts that have been closed. Setting an account as a
> > placeholder ensures that the account doesn't display in transfer account
> > drop down windows.
> > >
> > > David T.
> > >
> > > * I've encountered corner cases where an action created a transaction in
> > a placeholder account. I don't recall these at this moment.
> >
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