@Derek,
Many thanks for your advice. Believe me, I've tried. Unfortunately, it
is a mystery to me why any account should still be using this security.
As mentioned below, I have deleted both the initial transaction and the
investment account I created for the security. I don't know why any
other account should reference it.
@anyone,
How can I find out which account GnuCash thinks is using this security?
It occurred to me that I might be able to find out by doing a text
search of the GnuCash file, as I have understood that it is XML.
However, I cannot open it in mousepad, as it complains that the encoding
is not UTF-8.
Any hints as to how to proceed would be most welcome.
-----Original Message-----
From: Derek Atkins <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2019 4:46 PM
To: rsbrux via gnucash-user <[email protected]>
Cc: rsbrux <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [GNC] Can't delete security
Hi,
rsbrux via gnucash-user <[email protected]> writes:
Because of the well-known difficulties associated with assigning the
correct currency to a security, I need to delete and recreate a
security. I have deleted the initial transaction I created for this
security, as well as the investment account I created for the
transaction. Nonetheless, when I try to "Remove" the security from
the "Security Editor", I get the message:
"That commodity is currently used by at least one of your accounts.
You may not delete it."
I am using GnuCash 2.6.19 running under Ubuntu Studio 18.04
How can I correct this?
Do what it's telling you. Delete the account that is using the commodity.
GnuCash wont let you delete something that is referenced by another object.
Please remember to CC this list on all your replies.
You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
-derek
--
Derek Atkins 617-623-3745
[email protected] www.ihtfp.com
Computer and Internet Security Consultant
_______________________________________________
gnucash-user mailing list
[email protected]
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.
