Money: Error Message: You Must Enter Both the Price and Quantity (240468)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Money 99
  • Microsoft Money 2000
  • Microsoft Money 2001
  • Microsoft Money 2000 Business and Personal
This article was previously published under Q240468

SYMPTOMS

When you attempt to change a Vest transaction to an Exercise transaction in a Stock Option investment account in one of the programs listed at the beginning of this article, you may receive the following error message:
You must enter both the Price and Quantity.
You may receive this error message even if you entered values in both the Price and Quantity fields.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this issue, enter a New Exercise transaction. To do this, use the appropriate method for your version of Microsoft Money.

Microsoft Money 2000 and Microsoft Money 2001

  1. On the Money navigation bar, click Investing.

    In Money 2001, click Investing, and then click Investing Center.
  2. Under Manage your investments and savings, click Accounts.
  3. Click your Stock Option investment account.
  4. Click Investment Transactions.
  5. Click New.
  6. In the Investment box, click the appropriate investment.
  7. In the Activity box, click Exercise.
  8. Enter the appropriate values in the Price and Quantity boxes.
  9. Click Enter.

Microsoft Money 99

  1. On the Money navigation bar, click Accounts.
  2. Double-click your Stock Option account.
  3. In the Account Register, click New.
  4. In the Investment box, click the appropriate investment.
  5. In the Activity box, click Exercise.
  6. Enter the appropriate values in the Price and Quantity boxes.
  7. Click Enter.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.
Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:11/11/2004
Keywords:kbbug kberrmsg kbpending kbui KB240468
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