tag:infinitekind.tenderapp.com,2009-01-14:/discussions/problems/827-sorting-check-registerInfinite Kind: Discussion 2018-10-18T13:55:11Ztag:infinitekind.tenderapp.com,2009-01-14:Comment/10578502010-02-19T00:19:50Z2010-02-19T00:19:50ZSorting Check Register<div><p>Problems with column sorting have been discussed, including
<a href=
"http://help.infinitekind.com/discussions/questions/796-sort-sequence">
here</a>, but I'll add my bits. Keep in mind I'm using MD2010 build
741.</p>
<p>Column sort settings are stored in your Moneydance configuration
file, not in your data file. There is one setting for each type of
account: one for bank accounts, one for credit card accounts, one
for loans, one for "miscellaneous" which includes assets. There is
also one for investment accounts which does not yet work (possibly
related to <a href="http://moneydance.com/trac/ticket/2626">this
bug</a> but that is about scrolling.) This means that all bank
accounts will have the same column sort settings; all asset
accounts will be the same, and all credit card accounts will be the
same.</p>
<p>I've found that in order to get a column sort setting to stick,
I have to switch to the top-level account after changing it. I
haven't tested other things, like just switching to another
account, but I know that if I change settings and quit from that
account, the settings do not stick. I don't have to save the data
file (since the settings aren't stored in the data file anyway). So
if I open MD, go to a bank account, click on the column I want to
sort on (and set the direction), change to my home account, and
quit without saving, the next time I open MD all my bank accounts
are sorted that way.</p>
<p>(Is this the way it is supposed to work? Who knows...)</p></div>ljbtag:infinitekind.tenderapp.com,2009-01-14:Comment/10578502010-02-19T02:32:34Z2010-02-19T02:32:35ZSorting Check Register<div><p>thanks for your detailed response. I'll try what you suggested,
if I can follow it. Seems to me that sorting a column and having
that sort "stick" is the sort of problem resolved properly early on
in a software product's development.</p></div>harry krause