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

[Koos Pol]

A new book set to EUR. I can create, select and enter anything correctly 
from the business menu. Everything defaults to EUR.
I'm on Linux running 5.16

Koos


Op 24-09-2026 om 12:36 schreef 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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