Re: Making payments against an invoice

[david <..hidden..>]

On Mon, 2007-07-30 at 18:16 -0400, John Hobbs wrote:
> Iain Mac Donald wrote:
> > The answer to this question is probably blindingly obvious but I have
> > struggled with it for several hours now.
> >
> > I am using test data in LS 1.2.5 and I have not altered the account
> > structure after the initial install. 
> >
> > I simulate a customer payment against an invoice using the Payments
> > fields at the bottom of the screen. I then select "Update" and the
> > screen refreshes showing the payment. But this data does not get saved
> > anywhere. When I come back to this invoice the data entered is
> > missing.
> >
> > What should I do to submit a payment against this invoice?
> >   
> The 'Update' button should, perhaps, be relabeled to 'Refresh' because 
> all it does is refresh the screen, applying any changes you have made. 
> To get the changes stored in the database you need to 'Post' the 
> transaction to your accounts.
> 

Yes! please make this change! Although I had forgotten, I struggled with
this "problem" for days before giving up and asking advice. It's obvious
once you realise.