[GNC] Issue posting vendor bill with non-US dollar book

[Wm Tarr]

I have GBP everywhere and when I create a Customer or Vendor it defaults 
to GBP which is what is meant to happen.  Hopefully someone else on a 
similar OS / similar situation can help (I'm on Windows).

Wm


On 2026-09-24 07:30, Yazad Khambata wrote:
> Thank you Liz for investigating and sharing. I haven't tried anything on
> the customer side yet. The issue I am noting above is associated with
> Vendor and Bill. In my case I was able to create a bill but unable to post
> it until I ensured that the vendor's payment information was explicitly
> updated to CAD (the fact that the vendor was by default associated with USD
> wasn't apparent to me at first).
>
> Also mapping my use-case to your PoC - my locale is en-US, not sure what
> install I have. I created a CAD book and expect all my transactions to be
> in CAD. The vendor was created by default with USD payment information (not
> something I was expecting).
>
>
> On Wed, Sep 23, 2026 at 1:59 PM Liz <edodd at billiau.net> wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 23 Sep 2026 10:43:41 -0700
>> Yazad Khambata <yazad3 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Yes everything in my books is expected to be in CAD. The issue was
>>> despite choosing CAD as the currency during the book's setup, when I
>>> create a new vendor, it was setting the vendor's default currency to
>>> USD. This wasn't obvious at first since the currency info is on a
>>> separate "Payment Information" tab of the "New Vendor" dialog. Added
>>> a screenshot to show this. My books are for CAD but the new vendor is
>>> selecting USD by default and if this is not corrected, it prevents
>>> posting the bills from said vendor.
>>>
>>> Hoping this demonstrates the issue. I am no longer blocked since I
>>> discovered that the currency needed to be fixed with each new vendor I
>>> create.
>>>
>>> I am suspecting on possible issue could be that the locale on my
>>> system is US but I am working on books for Canada. Which is why I
>>> feel despite me setting the default currency as USD the Vendor flow
>>> is not respecting the choice and probably defaulting to the system
>>> locale. This is just a hunch.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Yazad
>> My computer locale is AU. My Gnucash install is in AU.
>> I created a new book for a new entity and then I had a new customer
>> created in USD.
>> All my dealings are in AUD, and I couldn't make an invoice.
>>
>> Liz
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