If this preference is added, it should also remove the A/R and A/P Account type choices!
-derek On Mon, April 1, 2019 11:21 pm, David Carlson wrote: > Back in 2014 I used to think that going to Edit > Preferences > Business > and checking Enable Extra Buttons was about enabling business features, > but > I was told then that it is only about adding some un-named buttons on some > menus that were never documented. I agree that there should be a feature > to turn off business features for those of us that don't use them, because > sometimes they cause grief if accidentally or ignorantly activated. > > David Carlson > > On Mon, Apr 1, 2019 at 8:55 PM Adrien Monteleone < > adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wrote: > >> Thanks David, >> >> I was looking for that the other day and somehow glanced over it. >> Indeed, >> it is still there in 3.4. (about to install 3.5 shortly) I suppose, >> then, >> since preferences are user rather than book based that’s why the buttons >> were already there. I didn’t try to start GC from a fresh user >> perspective. >> I’d have to try an old copy of 2.6, but I seem to recall this being >> labeled >> as ‘enable business features’ (which also added the special accounts and >> added the Business menu) not just ‘enable extra buttons’, but my memory >> could be faulty. >> >> Regards, >> Adrien >> >> > On Apr 1, 2019, at 7:33 PM, David Carlson >> <david.carlson....@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > >> > So far none of you have mentioned going to Edit > Preferences > >> Business >> and checking Enable Extra Buttons. Back in the Release 2.6.xx days that >> was necessary to even see the buttons to create invoices or whatever >> that I >> have never looked for because I was not using them. >> > >> > David Carlson >> > >> > On Mon, Apr 1, 2019 at 5:39 PM Adrien Monteleone < >> adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wrote: >> > >> > > On Mar 31, 2019, at 3:35 AM, David T. via gnucash-user < >> gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote: >> > > >> > > Oh. Let me go to nabble to figure out that you're replying to my >> post... now, having closed all the spammy windows for super resume... >> > >> > Or just use e-mail instead of Nabble? (or I’m sure something like >> uBlock >> Origin could zap those windows before they come into existence) >> > >> > > Having the new account assistant create a specific set of accounts >> IN >> NO WAY is "enabling business features." It's just a bunch of accounts. >> The >> features are always "enabled." We might as well speak of "enabling" >> double >> entry features in Gnucash when we open a register in transaction view. >> > > It is convenient, to be sure, to have these accounts created for me, >> but this is in no way something in preferences, as was implied in the >> message to which I was responding. >> > > There is NO special setting. To quote Monty Python, there is NO >> severed head beneath the bed. >> > > David T. >> > >> > I just opened a new file, chose the default ‘common accounts’ which >> did >> not include A/R and A/P and sure enough, the “Business” menu is visible >> as >> was the “New Invoice” button. (I didn’t go through the trouble of >> creating >> an invoice or bill and seeing what would happen) >> > >> > This was not always the case, certainly not at some point in the 2.6 >> series. I distinctly remember having to ‘enable business features’ to >> both >> get the Business menu as well as making the New Invoice button visible. >> I >> think doing so also created the special A/R and A/P accounts in my tree. >> > >> > Perhaps the business features which were originally an add-on module >> were finally integrated into the main program at some point. >> > >> > Regards, >> > Adrien >> > _______ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> gnucash-user mailing list >> gnucash-user@gnucash.org >> To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: >> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user >> If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see >> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. >> ----- >> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. >> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. >> > > > -- > David Carlson > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. > ----- > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > -- Derek Atkins 617-623-3745 de...@ihtfp.com www.ihtfp.com Computer and Internet Security Consultant _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. 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