Re: Purchase orders and partially received shipments

[Charley Tiggs <..hidden..>]

Chris Travers wrote:
> Hi Charley
>
> You won't like my answer, I can pretty much guarantee.
>
> > So, is this a bug?
>
> No.  The software is behaving as it was designed to (before we got involved).
>
> >  If it's not a bug, can someone explain the logic
> > behind having purchase orders behave this way?
>
> Probably Dieter can.  Taking a guess, I would think that this was
> designed for audit control purposes.  However, you are right and this
> is incredibly sub-optimal.  We are looking at re-designing this for
> 1.4.  Now would be a good time to get feedback on how you would want
> it to work.

Well, asking Dieter doesn't seem to be a viable option here, no?  :)

I realize a fix is coming down the pipe in 1.4.  But I need a work 
around of some sort right now.

Is there any downside to, after hitting the "Vendor Invoice" button and 
posting the invoice, going back and deleting the new PO that's been 
created?  If so, what are they?

Charley