Op woensdag 12 september 2018 15:45:17 CEST schreef Fross, Michael: > Directly editing the XML files is really scary to me. Seems like it would > be simple, but scary. > > One idea for the future is to have a GNUCash configured Associated Files > directory. This would be the root of all associated files. In the > datafile, the filepath would originate from this directory. A user could > move these files to a new location with a simple UI directory update in > preferences. > > For example: > > GNUCash Associated Directory=C:\Gnucash\AssociatedFiles > > Files: > C:\Gnucash\AssociatedFiles\file1 > C:\Gnucash\AssociatedFiles\launderedmoney\file2 > C:\Gnucash\AssociatedFiles\fencedgoods\file3 > > Then in the XML files, the paths would be stored as: > > GNUCashAssociatedFiles/file1 > GNUCashAssociatedFiles/launderedmoney\file2 > GNUCashAssociatedFiles/fencedgoods\file3 > > Thoughts? > It's there already (though perhaps only in 3.x): Preferences->General->Path Head for Transaction Association Files
I have no idea if changing this would do anything with absolute path names already in the book. And I would doubt very much I would be able to do something with Windows paths on a linux system. But for future associations this should help. Geert _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.