I urgently need the ability to be able to turn off the security preference while having other windows open and to be able to keep this window open while I work on the other windows.
The reason...
sorry Bob but I would have to disagree with you on that.
At times I may not have had a bank statement up until the end of the quarter and I will just go with what I have to lodge the BAS.
The next time I am doing the bank rec if I had an owners drawing in the period then I know I can unlock the file, enter it, then relock the file so if I get called away and then come back to it I don't enter an expense (that was missed) in the locked period, I will get a warning and enter it under the 1st of the next quarter.
Or if my client is on an accruals basis and there was a payment of an account that had happened and not been entered, I would rather it be under the actual date of payment and will unlock the file, enter the transaction and then relock. This also goes vice versa if they are a cash basis and a missing invoice is not noticed till the statement from the supplier comes. I would much prefer the invoice to be recorded under the correct date and will unlock and relock.
Having the warning when closing down means there could have been quite a few hours of me entering in a locked off period because I had to unlock the file.