I found a workaround for recording a batch payment of bills in a foreign currency. Instead of selecting the Bills to Pay and then using Batch Payment from the Bills area, go to your Reconcile Account screen for the bank account, find the payment from your imported transactions, select match, unclick the 'Show *** items only', use the search field to find and select the various bills, then click OK.
Warning: If there is a difference between the total of the bills selected in local currency and the payment, the difference will get posted to realised currency differences. So you need to ensure that all the bills were correctly selected.
I found a workaround for recording a batch payment of bills in a foreign currency. Instead of selecting the Bills to Pay and then using Batch Payment from the Bills area, go to your Reconcile Account screen for the bank account, find the payment from your imported transactions, select match, unclick the 'Show *** items only', use the search field to find and select the various bills, then click OK.
Warning: If there is a difference between the total of the bills selected in local currency and the payment, the difference will get posted to realised currency differences. So you need to ensure that all the bills were correctly selected.