Re: [GNC] Payroll add-on, module, software?

2018-07-30 Thread Derek Atkins
GncAddress -derek Sent using my mobile device. Please excuse any typos. On July 30, 2018 1:37:52 PM "Stephen M. Butler" wrote: On 07/29/2018 05:26 PM, Mike or Penny Novack wrote: On 7/26/2018 11:21 AM, John Ralls wrote: or as a separate program that maintains all of the HR stuff and just

Re: [GNC] Payroll add-on, module, software?

2018-07-30 Thread Mike or Penny Novack
On 7/26/2018 11:21 AM, John Ralls wrote: or as a separate program that maintains all of the HR stuff and just sends the financial transactions to GnuCash. << Just back from camping in the woods >> THAT is the sense I meant, though I would not think of it as a "plug in" but possibly one of

Re: [GNC] Payroll add-on, module, software?

2018-07-30 Thread Rich Shepard
On Mon, 30 Jul 2018, Mike or Penny Novack wrote: THIS is perhaps what I am not making clear enough. We have been seeing calls for gnucash to be able to handle inventory, pos, and here payroll, etc. Functions important to businesses, functions which for some would be simple systems but for

Re: [GNC] Payroll add-on, module, software?

2018-07-30 Thread Mike or Penny Novack
I often get accused (not just here) of leaving something critical out. Jumping over the obvious, just not so obvious to all. On 7/26/2018 11:21 AM, John Ralls wrote: All sharing the same feed format << and each "make" dependent on THAT but not each other, or for that matter gnucash except

Re: [GNC] Payroll add-on, module, software?

2018-07-30 Thread Stephen M. Butler
On 07/29/2018 05:26 PM, Mike or Penny Novack wrote: > On 7/26/2018 11:21 AM, John Ralls wrote: > >>>   or as a separate program that maintains all of the HR stuff and >>> just sends the financial transactions to GnuCash. > << Just back from camping in the woods >> > > THAT is the sense I meant,

[GNC] UK specific: any progress on MTD (Making Tax Difficult) ?

2018-07-30 Thread Alain D D Williams
This is the UK government's edict any business with a turnover of more than £85k/year will *need* to use accounting software and use that to submit tax returns - from April 2019 (& all above £10k from April 2020).

[GNC] Currencies not updating

2018-07-30 Thread dunbrokin
I am using 2.6.19 and the currencies seem to have stopped updating. I have tied changing the source of the currencybut it reverts back to "Single Source" Currenciesand does not update. The price editor update shows an error for all currenciesthis did not happen 2 months ago when I ran

Re: [GNC] Payroll add-on, module, software?

2018-07-30 Thread Mike or Penny Novack
: Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable are in a similar vein. In fact, they share a common feature with payroll in that they deal with 3rd party entities (Receivable -- entities who owe you money; Payable -- entities to whom you owe money; Payroll -- entities who get paid for a

[GNC] GC 3.2 SaveAs issue

2018-07-30 Thread Joseph Vernice
I am having an issue with SaveAs under Win10 and GC 3.2.  When saving to an existing file, the "Overwrite" dialog box is not in the foreground.  Any way of making the Overwrite on top? ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update

[GNC] backspace and DEL don't work under Windows 8.1

2018-07-30 Thread Ed
Any ideas why not? I have to select and cut, which is a bit annoying. I'm using version 3.2, and this didn't happen with previous versions. I get the same behaviour in ALL columns: a beep, and nothing. Thanks in advance! Ed ___ gnucash-user

Re: [GNC] survey: unifying the appearance in different options dialogs

2018-07-30 Thread Geert Janssens
On Thursday, July 26, 2018 9:41:53 AM CEST Adrien Monteleone wrote: > Di Mang, > > Looking at the Gnome HIG (since we’re dealing with gtk) their recommendation > is to NOT scroll tabs but rather use a Side Bar List instead or re-arrange > the content: > > "Do not use too many tabs. If you cannot

Re: [GNC] survey: unifying the appearance in different options dialogs

2018-07-30 Thread Di Mang
Hello Geert and Adrien, I agree it is a good idea to revise the report options and possibly summarize to reduce the number of tabs. There are currently some reports that have tabs with only a few settings. But in my opinion it would not be a good solution to move away completely from tabs for

Re: [GNC] Stuck between versions

2018-07-30 Thread Liz
On Sun, 29 Jul 2018 07:12:00 -0700 > > > > I have been recording transactions on my mobile phone since about > > December 2017 and thought it would be a good idea to now import > > these into my desktop. Prior to December 2017, I had run some tests > > and everything worked fine: I could export

[GNC] I just looked at Debian Testing (buster)... and GC 3.2 is finally there.

2018-07-30 Thread Lincoln A Baxter
For those trying to install 3.2 on distros based on debian testing (currently buster), it looks like gnucach has finally made it in. Version: 3.2-1 https://packages.debian.org/buster/gnucash-docs I usually run testing... but decided I was happy with what I had, and would wait until it was back

Re: [GNC] What does this mean?

2018-07-30 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Daniel, The Num field is normally used to hold the transaction number. This option will change this behavior. With the option checked, the split that anchors the transaction to a register can have it’s own transaction number. So if you’re viewing from say your checking account, you’ll have one

Re: [GNC] Post invoice still wants to be paid

2018-07-30 Thread Rich Shepard
On Mon, 30 Jul 2018, Adrien Monteleone wrote: Open the A/P Register (since you’re dealing with a bill) and choose Actions > View Lots. Adrien, In my business books the issue is paid A/R invoices that still show open. Select a bill in that pane. Did so. You’ll see the original bill

Re: [GNC] Post invoice still wants to be paid

2018-07-30 Thread Rich Shepard
On Mon, 30 Jul 2018, Adrien Monteleone wrote: I meant that as a reply for David Briggs who was having bill issues, but the process should be the same for A/R and invoices. (I’ve used it for both) Adrien, I know you were responding to David's A/P bills. My 'open' A/R invoices have no

Re: [GNC] Payroll add-on, module, software?

2018-07-30 Thread Stephen M. Butler
On 07/30/2018 02:16 PM, Mike or Penny Novack wrote: > : > >>> Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable are in a similar vein.  In >>> fact, they share a common feature with payroll in that they deal with >>> 3rd party entities (Receivable -- entities who owe you money; >>> Payable -- >>> entities

Re: [GNC] Post invoice still wants to be paid

2018-07-30 Thread David Cousens
> David, I honestly don't know how an unposted invoice appears in the XML file. By default, the XML file is stored in a gzipped state. If you edit the preferences in the General tab there is a checkbox for Compress files. Unselect that and File->Save or -> SaveAs to get the uncompressed version.

Re: [GNC] Post invoice still wants to be paid

2018-07-30 Thread Adrien Monteleone
> On Jul 30, 2018, at 6:55 PM, Rich Shepard wrote: > > On Mon, 30 Jul 2018, Adrien Monteleone wrote: > >> Open the A/P Register (since you’re dealing with a bill) and choose >> Actions > View Lots. > > Adrien, > > In my business books the issue is paid A/R invoices that still show open.

Re: [GNC] Post invoice still wants to be paid

2018-07-30 Thread Adrien Monteleone
> On Jul 30, 2018, at 8:26 PM, Rich Shepard wrote: > > The invoice was sent > to a client for a project (which posted it in A/R), then I processed payment > for the invoice which put the amount in the checking account. Seems like > there are no intermediate steps I could have done incorrectly

Re: [GNC] Change text color

2018-07-30 Thread Adrien Monteleone
This is proving to be more difficult than it probably should be. Unfortunately, there is very little documentation on using GtkInspector, and it seems the tool was designed for people who are doing the coding of the app and are ‘inyoursleep’ familiar with the GUI elements and objects used.

Re: [GNC] backspace and DEL don't work under Windows 8.1

2018-07-30 Thread John Ralls
> On Jul 30, 2018, at 11:03 AM, Ed wrote: > > Any ideas why not? I have to select and cut, which is a bit annoying. > > I'm using version 3.2, and this didn't happen with previous versions. > > I get the same behaviour in ALL columns: a beep, and nothing. > > Thanks in advance! Probably

Re: [GNC] Post invoice still wants to be paid

2018-07-30 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Open the A/P Register (since you’re dealing with a bill) and choose Actions > View Lots. In the window that comes up, your bills and payments will be in the right hand upper pane: Lots in this account. Sort them as desired, I tend to prefer by date descending. You’ll have a row for each bill,

Re: [GNC] Post invoice still wants to be paid

2018-07-30 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Rich, Don’t unpost anything yet. It might make more of a mess. *EVERY invoice will have at least one split in the View Lots window (‘splits in lot’ pane) - itself. To clarify: 1. When you go to: Actions > View Lots with the A/R account register open, those invoices show ‘open’ in the

Re: [GNC] I just looked at Debian Testing (buster)... and GC 3.2 is finally there.

2018-07-30 Thread Lincoln A Baxter
I was mistaken... this is just the docs... :-( The rest of the GC is only in SID, On Mon, 2018-07-30 at 21:43 -0400, Lincoln A Baxter wrote: > For those trying to install 3.2 on distros based on debian testing > (currently buster), it looks like gnucach has finally made it in.  > > Version: 3.2-1

Re: [GNC] Post invoice still wants to be paid

2018-07-30 Thread David Briggs
David,  Since this was one of the very first invoices i entered, and am sure I posted,  paid,  and unlisted several times,  I think that is exactly what happened.  I'm not particularly familiar with the data structures, and to be honest since it's all XML and I'm an old relational-database guy,

Re: [GNC] Payroll add-on, module, software.

2018-07-30 Thread Dr. Timothy B. Jones
So many user comments, questions, suggestions, like the payroll add-on, want GnuCash to be something it’s not, and not be what makes it unique in the marketplace, and why I use it. GnuCash is “accounting software.” It’s designed for people who understand accounting principles, the accounting

[GNC] Closing and reopening Gnucash

2018-07-30 Thread Richard Barmann
When I want to reopen Gnucash the next day I have to scroll through the files to try to pick out the latest file. T trid closing with the Quit at the bottom of the page and also tried to Save as but they always have to scroll through to open the latest file. Some of the files names are so long