issue #19800: moved Preferences to gear menu
issue #19800: preferences not always showing
Merge pull request #661 from shackbarth/19800_140

issue #19800: moved Preferences to gear menu
fix currency conversion bug
Merge pull request #664 from shackbarth/currencyfix

fix currency conversion bug
Merge pull request #673 from xtuple/tags/R1_4_0

keep up with 1.4.0 changes