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Gandalf99

Jul 30, 2009 @ 07:59 PM

I was recently trying to delete a bunch of transactions (see this thread, today's entry if you want to know why: http://help.infinitekind.com/discussions/suggestions/147-text-file-...) so I did a search for a quotation mark. I then wanted to select them all & delete them, but I couldn't. It turns out, as best I can tell, that you can't actually do anything with the transactions you find other than print the list! Please let us manipulate the data we find!

1. 1 Posted by Ben Spencer on Jul 30, 2009 @ 08:41 PM

   

   Hi Gandalf

   You are correct the built in Find function is rather limited. Fortunately there exists a free 3rd party find and replace extension that is quite comprehensive. To download and install it go here:

   http://www.mennesoft.com/findandreplace/index.html

   We liked the extension so much that we recently hired the developer to be part of the Moneydance team.

   However I believe even with find and replace it is not possible to delete transactions with this extension.

   Sincerely

   Ben Spencer

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2. 2 Posted by Gandalf99 on Jul 30, 2009 @ 10:32 PM

   

   Ben-

   Thanks for the tip. This looks like an excellent extension. Why doesn't this extension appear when I click extensions/add/from the internet? Are there others that aren't in that list? Is there a list of them anywhere?

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3. 3 Posted by Raimund Buchhol... on Jul 31, 2009 @ 12:37 AM

   

   Hi Gandalf,

   you may take a look here:
   Knowledge Base article

   still missing some formatting, spell checking, etc. ...

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4. 4 Posted by Gandalf99 on Aug 01, 2009 @ 10:46 PM

   

   Thanks. Glad to know a more comprehensive list is available.

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