Setup: Ability to change preferences with closing windows

In V17 you could make changes to preferences with windows open, now you have to close all windows before opening the preferences window. Bummer.... Would be good if it was changed back to how it was.

Hello,

Yes I know this is a duplicate & yes I know there is a workaround (opening another session of the same file but it takes so long to do) but it doesn't seem to be making it to the top of any of the to-do lists and it really is an absolute pain so I felt compelled to just put it out there again.

Please, please, please - it may seem like a small change but it will help our (bookkeepers/accountants) efficiencies and efficiences are our bread & butter.

Thank you

Debra :)

This is something that needs an urgent fix done and which I brought to MYOB's attention a long time ago. 

It is something that is used continually by bookkeepers.

yes please - I totally agree

What about a visible warning (requiring re-entry of date or close of transaction) that the transaction date is in a locked period - that would stop the user entering 30 transaction lines before finding out...

It needs urgent change. What I find strange is that we had this in 19.5 and 18 years of previous versions and now has been altered by someone who knows better..?

It's not a question of someone knowing better. AR2013 is a different program, and what could be happening is that various information is provided to the invoice window (and any other window) when it opens, so in order to refresh that information, the window has to be closed and re-opened. Version 19.x and earlier versions stored preferences in memory so that a change to preferences was instantly available across the program.

Hi,

we have had a recent update, but the above preference topics was not addressed. Can you please let us know when this may be fixed. I can not use time billing as everytime I need to turn the preference for delete or reverse on, I have to shut down all the windows including time billing. This is so infuriating if you haven;t kept a record of when you started timewise. This is the must frustrating part of the new program for me now.

Thanks

Hi Janine_H 

Thanks for your feedback.  I can certainly understand having to close the windows each time is a time consuming process.  As soon as we have more information on this, we will update this idea.