Will you want fries with that? On Mon, 18 Dec 2023 at 20:13, Kalpesh Patel <kalpesh.pa...@usa.net> wrote:
> Hmmm! > > For 1) see the attached jpg. It describes the situation that no one wants > to be in (fyi - I am current practitioner in > IT/Systems/Engineering/Software world) ... it's a defect; not a bug. > > For 2), if I am spending energy to change it deliberately then I want to > see updated values; why else would I be making that change? Definitely not > to have a self-exploding time bomb for the future. It is a refresh/redraw > issue and is not an error in calculation issue, as it does eventually > displays correct values. > > I get feeling that I am going to get flamed... > > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael or Penny Novack <stepbystepf...@comcast.net> > Sent: Monday, December 18, 2023 8:45 AM > To: gnucash-user@gnucash.org > Subject: Re: [GNC] Accounting Period Change issue > > > In trying to track down a Total (Period) issue, I used Edit -> > Preferences -> Accounting Period to change the Start Date and End Date > fields to Absolute dates. > > After doing Close of that dialog, > > there appeared to be no change > > in the values in the Total (period) column. > > I expected a change, but maybe it is working as designed. > > > > However, after closing and reopening GnuCash, there then were changes in > the values. > > Did you want an EXPLANATION of this behavior? (why you had to close, then > reopen the application before the change "took effect") > > As a retired senior systems analyst who has designed a lot of software, > even without examining the code: > > 1) I am not surprised by this behavior and almost certain about WHY the > program behaves this way. Definitely not a "bug". > > 2) If the user desired behavior were to have this action take place upon > closing the dialog (without doing a manual save/close/reopen) the change > in the program to make that happen would be an automated save/close/reopen. > That could cause its own user confusion. I'd rather KNOW when each "save" > was done (where was I in the work flow) > > Michael D Novack > > > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > ----- > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
