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Add investment transaction using InvestFields

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Jim

24 Aug, 2020 06:34 AM

Having a bit of trouble. I have this:

 invFlds = InvestFields()
    invFlds.txnType = InvestTxnType.BUY_XFER
    invFlds.date = date
    invFlds.taxDate = date
    invFlds.secCurr = sec
    invFlds.security = secAcct
    invFlds.hasXfrAcct = True
    invFlds.xfrAcct = root.getAccountByName('Investment:Initial Holdings')
    invFlds.hasShares = True
    invFlds.shares = shares
    invFlds.hasAmount = True
    invFlds.amount = amount
    invFlds.hasFee = True

#invFlds.fee = 999

txn = ParentTxn.makeParentTxn(book,date,date,entered,check,investmentAccount,desc,memo,-1,ParentTxn.STATUS_RECONCILING)
invFlds.storeFields(txn)
txn.syncItem()</code>

If I uncomment the invFlds.fee line I get this error:

File "D:\DataDrive\Documents\Jim\Documents\Moneydance\newTransactionSample.md.py", line 130, in test invFlds.storeFields(txn) at com.infinitekind.moneydance.model.AbstractTxn.setAccount(AbstractTxn.java:272) at com.infinitekind.moneydance.model.InvestFields.storeFields(InvestFields.java:413) at jdk.internal.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor63.invoke(Unknown Source) at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source) at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source) java.lang.NullPointerException: java.lang.NullPointerException

I'm not sure how I can add a fee?

1. Support Staff 1 Posted by Sean Reilly on 24 Aug, 2020 10:55 AM

   

   Hi Jim,

   If there is a non-zero fee then you'll need to set the category (or account) to which the fee should be assigned. If you set invFlds.feeAcct = yourFeeCategory then it should work.

   Thanks!
   Sean

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   Sean Reilly
   Developer, The Infinite Kind
   https://infinitekind.com

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2. 2 Posted by Jim on 24 Aug, 2020 02:47 PM

   

   Thanks Sean!

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3. System closed this discussion on 23 Nov, 2020 02:50 PM.