Re: sale of stock - transaction posts incorrectly

2013-04-10 Thread Derek Atkins
(forwarding back to the list)... Glad to hear it solved the problem! -derek Keith Bellairs writes: > Thanks, Derek. > > Yes, that was the problem. > > On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 11:39 AM, Derek Atkins wrote: > > Hi, > > Keith Bellairs writes: > > > Parent accounts are >

Re: sale of stock - transaction posts incorrectly

2013-04-10 Thread Derek Atkins
Hi, Keith Bellairs writes: > Parent accounts are > 1 Asset (top-level asset-type CAD) >     1.4 Investments (child account asset-type CAD) >     1.4.4 (child account stock-type mutual-fund security, no > currency but it is a USD priced commodity) This is your problem! The parent account o

Re: sale of stock - transaction posts incorrectly

2013-04-09 Thread Keith Bellairs
Parent accounts are 1 Asset (top-level asset-type CAD) 1.4 Investments (child account asset-type CAD) 1.4.4 (child account stock-type mutual-fund security, no currency but it is a USD priced commodity) For fun I changed the currency of "Investments" to USD, but continues to be broken

Re: sale of stock - transaction posts incorrectly

2013-04-09 Thread Derek Atkins
Hi, Keith Bellairs writes: > I sold a security and entered the amount received in the "Sell" column. I > entered an asset account (say my checking account) as the "Transfer" > account in the ledger. After saving the transaction, I jump to the transfer > account and find that the transaction has

Re: sale of stock - transaction posts incorrectly

2013-04-08 Thread Keith Bellairs
David, I think I spoke too quickly. I thought I had fixed the account with that simple change, but I cannot repeat the "solution". So as of now I am still puzzling with it. I don't have source so I may get the 2.5 source and see what is going on. But I will have to finish my taxes first. Keith

Re: sale of stock - transaction posts incorrectly

2013-04-08 Thread Keith Bellairs
I was obviously concerned about "lots" too. So I just hacked my xml file to delete the following slot from the account in question: lot-mgmt Getting rid of that flag seems to be all that is needed to resolve my problem. Don't remember how I got it set in the first place, but it is evil. KB Th

Re: sale of stock - transaction posts incorrectly

2013-04-08 Thread David Carlson
On 4/8/2013 11:28 AM, Keith Bellairs wrote: > I sold a security and entered the amount received in the "Sell" column. I > entered an asset account (say my checking account) as the "Transfer" > account in the ledger. After saving the transaction, I jump to the transfer > account and find that the tr