Purpose of Code in the Gen Jnl Line table

matttrax

Can anyone tell me what the purpose of the following code is when doing a payment journal:

OnValidate - Shortcut Dimension 1 Code
  TESTFIELD("Check Printed", FALSE);

I don't mean the literal purpose, as in what does TESTFIELD do. I mean why is it there. The check has been printed, but the journal is not posted. It doesn't look like any ledger entries have been created. I checked Bank, Vendor, and G/L.

Why can't I change a dimension after a check has been printed? Looking for a reason not to comment it out, or at the very least not execute for a payment journal. Thanks.

DenSter

Maybe to keep the dimension values consistent for the same transaction?

matttrax

Don't think that's it, otherwise it would have copied the dimensions from the payment line to the check line. In this case the check line has no dimensions on it for some reason.

Alex_Chow

When you print checks, it creates Check Ledger Entries. This is why updating the journal after the check is printed will cause potential havoc.

matttrax

True, check ledger entries are created. But there are no dimension fields in this table. There also is no information in the ledger entry dimension table for the Check Ledger Entry table.

I can understand limiting the majority of the fields, but this one seems wrong. Any other ideas?

Alex_Chow

matttrax wrote:

True, check ledger entries are created. But there are no dimension fields in this table. There also is no information in the ledger entry dimension table for the Check Ledger Entry table.

I can understand limiting the majority of the fields, but this one seems wrong. Any other ideas?

I agree with you if you're only going to be changing dimensions. But I wouldn't make ANY changes on the Gen. Journal Line table.

We use 2 options when we run into dimensions with Checks:
1. Modify the check report so the dimensions are checked before printing.
2. If no modification, then ask the client to simply void the check, update the dimension code, then reprint the check on blank paper (assuming they printed the checks on check paper).