Could not determine the account currency

[Derek Atkins]

What's your computer's locale setting?
What's the account type?
What's the account commodity?
What's the type/commodity of the other account in the transaction you entered?

I cannot reproduce this error on my system.

-derek

"Joel Thibault (Gnucash)" <ie37pjv02 at sneakemail.com> writes:

> OK, how do I get gnucash to determine my transaction currency properly?  It
> looks like it should be working to me.
>
> On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 11:11 PM, Derek Atkins warlord-at-MIT.EDU |Gnucash| <
> licijzv26z0t at sneakemail.com> wrote:
>
>     It was added recently as a warning against a bug determining your
>     transaction currency.
>    
>     -derek
>
>     Quoting "Joel Thibault (Gnucash)" <ie37pjv02 at sneakemail.com>:
>
>         Hello.  I keep seeing a message box (twice) every time I enter a
>         transaction
>         for certain accounts.  It's very annoying so I was hoping someone here
>         might
>         help me figure out how to get rid of it :)
>        
>         In my mutual fund accounts, I see the message "Could not determine the
>         account currency.  Using the default currency provided by your
>         system."
>         Ok.  Maybe I don't have the account's currency set.  So I go into Edit
>         Account to fix it.  But I see I already have a Security/Currency
>         listed.  In
>         one instance,  Type = FUND, Security = VISVX.  Makes sense to me.  Am
>         I
>         doing something wrong?
>        
>         I don't recall seeing this message until recently.  Perhaps a few
>         months.
>        
>         GnuCash 2.2.4
>         Built 2008-03-24 from r16997M
>         Installed via MacPorts
>         Mac OS X 10.4.11
>        
>         Thanks for your help,
>         Joel
>
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> Joel Thibault [AIM: Jole Tebo]
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>

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       Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory
       Member, MIT Student Information Processing Board  (SIPB)
       URL: http://web.mit.edu/warlord/    PP-ASEL-IA     N1NWH
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