[Kmymoney] Delete Loan Account

[Thomas Baumgart]

Hi,

on Monday 23 January 2012 11:38:46 Allan wrote:

> On 23/01/12 02:21, steve baker wrote:
> > I am unable to delete a loan account that I setup. It is a 0% interest
> > loan and during the wizard I entered 1% because 0 wasn't allowed. I
> > later read that I should just setup a liability account and create the
> > schedule which I have done. Now I am unable to delete the loan account
> > even though I have deleted the only transaction associated with it which
> > was to set the initial balance. Using KMyMoney v4.5.3. Let me know if
> > you need any more information.
> > 
> > Any advise would be appreciated, Thanks.
> 
> We saw this already and Jack replied about 30 mins. after your first
> email, suggesting to check your schedules for a reference to the account.

Mike might not have seen this because he's not subscribed to the list.

> Another possibility is that the account is referred to in a report you
> may have generated.

Nope, reports don't count ;)

> Also, try Tools.Consistency Check.

Good point.


> If all else fails, you may need to look at the xml file.  Save your file
> as .xml, via the file selection filter, then open it in an editor.
> Search for it by name, and find its Id.  Then search through the file
> for that Id.
> 
> You then have two choices.  Firstly, you can see if any references you
> uncover can be accessed via KMyMoney.  Failing that, and, taking great
> care not to upset the formatting, delete the transaction/s or entries
> from the file and re-save the file with a different name and open it in
> KMyMoney.  Either it will load successfully and your account may now be
> OK or the account is still there but may now be deleted successfully.
> Or, you've broken your file and will need to try again with your
> original xml file.  Once your xml file is OK, save it as .kmy.  Do
> ensure you have backup.

I suggest to mention the backup as the first thing to do ;)  Doing it last 
would certainly not help.


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Regards

Thomas Baumgart

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