Thanks Colin, I'm not having trouble viewing a path in Windows explorer, GnuCash is failing to display the correct path in its error dialog.
Kind regards, Greg Feneis (Galaxy S7) On Thu, Apr 11, 2019, 00:57 Colin Law <[email protected]> wrote: > Did you try the suggestion from Jack Lockard earlier in order that you > can see the real full path to that location? That might provide a > clue to what is going on. > > Colin > > On Thu, 11 Apr 2019 at 02:07, Greg Feneis <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Installed 2.6.21 over the 3.5.1, and it was able to save as in the usual > > location, that 3.5 and 3.5.1 have trouble > > > > Kind regards, Greg Feneis > > (Galaxy S7) > > > > > > On Wed, Apr 10, 2019, 09:04 Greg Feneis <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Well, I upgraded to "Rebuild of the GnuCash 3.5 Windows Bundle", but > > > GnuCash still gives me the strange error when I try to save to the > usual > > > location where I've saved in the past successfully with 2.6.x. > > > > > > Kind regards, > > > > > > Greg Feneis > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Apr 9, 2019 at 12:42 PM Greg Feneis <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > >> So far, nobody seems to be able to repeat this issue, so we haven't > ruled > > >> out that it's a failure of my computer that's causing this. So it's > > >> probably not worth adding to the bug tracker. > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> Kind regards, > > >> > > >> Greg Feneis <http://www.linkedin.com/in/electromechanical> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> On Mon, Apr 8, 2019 at 8:10 PM John Ralls <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> > > >>> Greg, > > >>> > > >>> 2.6.21 and 3.x are supposed to be fully file-compatible. Earlier > > >>> releases in the 2.6 series may not be depending on what 3.x features > you > > >>> use. > > >>> > > >>> If you'd prefer to continue the troubleshooting in the bug tracker, > file > > >>> a bug. > > >>> > > >>> Regards, > > >>> John Ralls > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > On Apr 8, 2019, at 5:40 PM, Greg Feneis <[email protected]> wrote: > > >>> > > > >>> > Just a coupe of questions, > > >>> > > > >>> > 1. Once the working file (xml) is saved by 3.5, does it remain > > >>> backward compatible with 2.6.21 in case I want to downgrade? > > >>> > > > >>> > 2. Should I log this bug in bugzilla? > > >>> > > > >>> > Kind regards, > > >>> > > > >>> > Greg Feneis > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > On Mon, Apr 8, 2019 at 7:27 AM Greg Feneis <[email protected]> > wrote: > > >>> > Hi John, > > >>> > > > >>> > Sorry I missed this yesterday. The language is English (United > > >>> States), The Location is United States. The current language for > > >>> non-Unicode programs is English (United States) > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > Kind regards, > > >>> > > > >>> > Greg Feneis > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > On Sun, Apr 7, 2019 at 4:33 PM John Ralls <[email protected]> > wrote: > > >>> > Indeed. I just tried C:\Dropbox\My Docs\Thorough C & > D\GnuCash\GnuCash > > >>> Docs\DeTradingWithExtraNoiseAdded.gnucash. No problem. > > >>> > > > >>> > What are your Language and Region settings? Have you set LANG and > > >>> LANGUAGES in C:\Program Files (x86)\gnucash\etc\gnucash\environment? > Is > > >>> your userid an Administrator? > > >>> > > > >>> > Regards, > > >>> > John Ralls > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > On Apr 7, 2019, at 4:04 PM, Greg Feneis <[email protected]> > wrote: > > >>> > > > > >>> > > John, > > >>> > > > > >>> > > I misread your instructions and only attempted to save outside of > > >>> the Dropbox folder, but not in my ...\Users\Greg\... folder, so I > tried > > >>> this path and file name: > > >>> > > C:\Xobpord\My Docs\Thorough C & D\GnuCash\GnuCash Files\Official > > >>> Working File After Testing Path Lengh Issues.gnucash (117 chars, > outside of > > >>> Dropbox, Failure!) > > >>> > > The error message reads: > > >>> > > "You attempted to save in > > >>> H[gibberish]\Users\Greg\AppData\Roaming\GnuCash or a subdirectory > thereof. > > >>> This is not allowed as GnuCash reserves that directory for internal > > >>> use....Please try again in a different directory. (close). > > >>> > > > > >>> > > Then I read your email again before starting a reply and realized > > >>> you spec'd the home directory, so I tried the following path and > file name: > > >>> > > C:\Users\Greg\Dropbox\My Docs\Thorough C & D\GnuCash\GnuCash > > >>> Files\Official Working File After Testing Path Lengh Issues.gnucash > (128 > > >>> chars, outside of Dropbox, inside user folder, success!) > > >>> > > > > >>> > > So, appears with 3.5 I can only have a generous path while saving > > >>> within the windows user folder? > > >>> > > > > >>> > > Things are getting curiouser > > >>> > > > > >>> > > > > >>> > > Kind regards,¯¯ > > >>> > > Greg > > >>> > > > > >>> > > On Sun, Apr 7, 2019 at 1:46 PM John Ralls <[email protected]> > > >>> wrote: > > >>> > > Just to completely rule out Dropbox being somehow involved, could > > >>> you create the same hierarchy in your home directory, i.e. > > >>> c:\Users\Greg\Dropbox\My Docs\Thorough C & D\GnuCash\Gnucash Files\ > > >>> > > > > >>> > > I was able to successfully save > > >>> > > C:\Users\John Ralls\Dropbox\My Docs\Thorough C & > D\GnuCash\GnuCash > > >>> Docs\DeTradingWithExtraNoiseAdded.gnucash > > >>> > > and its log file > > >>> > > C:\Users\John Ralls\Dropbox\My Docs\Thorough C & > D\GnuCash\GnuCash > > >>> Docs\DeTradingWithExtraNoiseAdded.gnucash.20190407134124.log > > >>> > > > > >>> > > Regards, > > >>> > > John Ralls > > >>> > > > > >>> > > > > >>> > > > On Apr 7, 2019, at 10:50 AM, Greg Feneis <[email protected]> > > >>> wrote: > > >>> > > > > > >>> > > > Some more testing on the issue where 3.5 seems to want a > shorter > > >>> path than 2.6.x did: > > >>> > > > > > >>> > > > Just now, I exited Dropbox to see if that had something to do > with > > >>> it, but pretty much the same error for all three path variations, > what > > >>> worked historically with 2.6.x, no ampersand but some folder names > used > > >>> spaces, and no ampersand + no spaces. It seemed purely to do with > length, > > >>> but it doesn't seem to be about total characters. > > >>> > > > > > >>> > > > With Dropbox back on, here are some more tests: > > >>> > > > > > >>> > > > C:\Dropbox\MyDocs\ThoroughCandD\GnuCash\test.gnucash (52 > chars) > > >>> Success! > > >>> > > > > > >>> > > > > C:\Dropbox\MyDocs\ThoroughCandD\GnuCash\GnuCashFiles\test.gnucash > > >>> (65 chars) Failure! > > >>> > > > > > >>> > > > So I shortened the name of the last folder from GnuCashFiles > down > > >>> to G and still got the same problem > > >>> > > > C:\Dropbox\MyDocs\ThoroughCandD\GnuCash\G\test.gnucash (54 > chars) > > >>> Failure! > > >>> > > > > > >>> > > > So I shortened the name of the previous folder from GnuCash > down > > >>> to GnuCa, and it also failed even though it was 52 chars, the > character > > >>> count that seemed to work previously. Also the error message for > this is > > >>> slightly different. > > >>> > > > "You attempted to save in > > >>> [gibberish]\Users\Greg\AppData\Roaming\GnuCash or a subdirectory > thereof. > > >>> This is not allowed as GnuCash reserves that directory for internal > > >>> use....Please try again in a different directory. (close)." See > screen > > >>> shot here > > >>> > https://www.dropbox.com/s/pa3gdy6c2w21x6u/2019-04-07_9-30-31.jpg?dl=0 > > >>> > > > This was the actual attempted path: > > >>> > > > C:\Dropbox\MyDocs\ThoroughCandD\GnuCa\G\test.gnucash (52 > chars) > > >>> Failure! although same char count > > >>> > > > > > >>> > > > More testing: > > >>> > > > C:\Dropbox\MyDocs\ThoroughCandD\G\G\test.gnucash (48 chars) > > >>> Failure! > > >>> > > > C:\Dropbox\MyDocs\ThoroughCand\G\G\test.gnucash (47 chars) > Failure! > > >>> > > > C:\Dropbox\MyDocs\ThoroughCan\G\G\test.gnucash (46 chars) > Success! > > >>> > > > > > >>> > > > If I reduce the number of folders in the path, does the max > > >>> character count go up? > > >>> > > > C:\Dropbox\MyDocs\ThoroughCandD\G\test.gnucash (46 chars) > > >>> Success! > > >>> > > > C:\Dropbox\MyDocs\ThoroughCandD\Gnu\test.gnucash (48 chars) > > >>> Success! > > >>> > > > C:\Dropbox\MyDocs\ThoroughCandD\GnuCash\test.gnucash (52 chars) > > >>> Success! (confirming results from beginning of this email) > > >>> > > > > C:\Dropbox\MyDocs\ThoroughCandD\GnuCashTestLongerPath\test.gnucash > > >>> (66 chars) Success! > > >>> > > > > > >>> > C:\Dropbox\MyDocs\ThoroughCandD\GnuCashTestLongerPathAndEvenLongerPath\test.gnucash > > >>> (83 chars) Success! > > >>> > > > > > >>> > C:\Dropbox\MyDocs\ThoroughCandD\GnuCashTestLongerPathAndEvenLongerPathAndEvenLongerPath\test.gnucash > > >>> (100 chars) Success! > > >>> > > > > > >>> > C:\Dropbox\MyDocs\ThoroughCandDTestEvenLongerPathEvenLongerPathSuperLongPath\GnuCashTestLongerPathAndEvenLongerPathAndEvenLongerPath\test.gnucash > > >>> (145 chars) Success! > > >>> > > > > > >>> > > > I'm not going to test to failure on this folder count, but it > sure > > >>> looks like something about GnuCash 3.5 limits the path based on > folder > > >>> count and path character count. If I use a 5 folder path, max path > > >>> character count is 46. If I used a 4 folder path, I've tested up to > 145 > > >>> characters. > > >>> > > > > > >>> > > > Hope this helps. > > >>> > > > > > >>> > > > Kind regards, > > >>> > > > > > >>> > > > Greg > > >>> > > > > > >>> > > > > > >>> > > > > > >>> > > > > > >>> > > > On Sun, Apr 7, 2019 at 8:32 AM Greg Feneis <[email protected]> > > >>> wrote: > > >>> > > > Hi John, > > >>> > > > > > >>> > > > The path length issue was with 3.5 on Win 7-64. Previously > used > > >>> 2.6.x to save to the same location without trouble. > > >>> > > > > > >>> > > > The path that 3.5 failed to write to is: > > >>> > > > > > >>> > > > C:\Dropbox\My Docs\Thorough C & D\GnuCash\GnuCash > > >>> Files\(VerboseFileNameProbably30chars.gnucash) > > >>> > > > > > >>> > > > The last successful saves to this directory was by GnuCash > 2.6.21, > > >>> and was: > > >>> > > > > > >>> > > > C:\Dropbox\My Docs\Thorough C & D\GnuCash\GnuCash > > >>> Files\AfterImporting2018ThroughQ4.gnucash.20190401075914.log > (4/1/2019 > > >>> 8:01AM) > > >>> > > > > > >>> > > > C:\Dropbox\My Docs\Thorough C & D\GnuCash\GnuCash > > >>> Files\AfterImporting2018ThroughQ4.gnucash (4/1/2019 7:59AM) > > >>> > > > > > >>> > > > Since I suspected it was a path length issue, I tried saving > the > > >>> file name test.gnucash in the same location, but got the same > error. So I > > >>> went one folder back and tried to save again and it failed the same > way. I > > >>> kept shortening the path folder by folder like this until it did > save, > > >>> which was as follows: > > >>> > > > > > >>> > > > C:\Dropbox\My Docs\Thorough C & D\test.gnucash > > >>> > > > > > >>> > > > Next, I copied the original folders so I could make a test path > > >>> exactly like the path that causes the error, but with no ampersand, > and I > > >>> still get the the same problem. > > >>> > > > > > >>> > > > C:\Dropbox\My Docs\Thorough C and D\GnuCash\GnuCash Files\ > > >>> fails just like C:\Dropbox\My Docs\Thorough C & D\GnuCash\GnuCash > Files\ > > >>> > > > > > >>> > > > A screen shot of the error > > >>> > > > > > >>> > https://www.dropbox.com/s/gd8rlgj1kvv0ysn/2019-04-05_18-37-52.png?dl=0 > > >>> > > > > > >>> > > > Next, I copied the original folder so I could make a test path > > >>> exactly like the path that causes the error, but with no spaces in > the > > >>> folder names and no ampersand, and I still get the same problem. > However, > > >>> this time, when gnucash tried to display the path in the error > message, it > > >>> got some of it right. > > >>> > > > > > >>> > > > A screen shot of that is here: > > >>> > > > > > >>> > https://www.dropbox.com/s/e3p0agpdlkmzia4/2019-04-05_18-52-26.png?dl=0 > > >>> > > > > > >>> > > > > > >>> > > > Kind regards, > > >>> > > > > > >>> > > > Greg > > >>> > > > > > >>> > > > > > >>> > > > > > >>> > > > > > >>> > > > On Sat, Apr 6, 2019 at 10:14 PM John Ralls <[email protected] > > > > >>> wrote: > > >>> > > > That's interesting. What is the path that's causing trouble > with > > >>> 3.5, and please remind me what OS you're using. > > >>> > > > > > >>> > > > Regards, > > >>> > > > John Ralls > > >>> > > > > > >>> > > > > > >>> > > > > On Apr 6, 2019, at 10:04 PM, Greg Feneis <[email protected]> > > >>> wrote: > > >>> > > > > > > >>> > > > > There's a problem with 3.5 where it won't save to the usual > > >>> location that I > > >>> > > > > have saved the file to when I was using 2.6.x For some > reason > > >>> 3.5 has a > > >>> > > > > problem with path length. I never had a problem with > 2.6.21, I > > >>> just > > >>> > > > > thought I should keep up to the latest in case I wanted to > ask > > >>> for help > > >>> > > > > with it. But since it's going to give me trouble, I'll just > go > > >>> back to > > >>> > > > > 2.6.21, so long as it will work with the file that was > > >>> previously saved by > > >>> > > > > 3.5. > > >>> > > > > > > >>> > > > > > > >>> > > > > > > >>> > > > > > > >>> > > > > Kind regards, > > >>> > > > > > > >>> > > > > Greg Feneis <http://www.linkedin.com/in/electromechanical> > > >>> > > > > > > >>> > > > > > > >>> > > > > > > >>> > > > > > > >>> > > > > On Sat, Apr 6, 2019 at 7:09 PM Fross, Michael < > [email protected]> > > >>> wrote: > > >>> > > > > > > >>> > > > >> If you don't mind my asking, why are you downgrading? What > > >>> have you found > > >>> > > > >> that you prefer in 2.6.21? > > >>> > > > >> > > >>> > > > >> Michael > > >>> > > > >> > > >>> > > > >> On Sat, Apr 6, 2019 at 1:26 PM Greg Feneis < > [email protected]> > > >>> wrote: > > >>> > > > >> > > >>> > > > >>> Hi, > > >>> > > > >>> > > >>> > > > >>> I've done some work in 3.5 and I'm considering downgrading > to > > >>> 2.6.21. > > >>> > > > >>> > > >>> > > > >>> Can 2.6.21 work with the xml .gnucash file once it was > changed > > >>> and saved > > >>> > > > >>> by > > >>> > > > >>> 3.5? > > >>> > > > >>> > > >>> > > > >>> Kind regards, > > >>> > > > >>> > > >>> > > > >>> Greg > > >>> > > > >>> _______________________________________________ > > >>> > > > >>> gnucash-user mailing list > > >>> > > > >>> [email protected] > > >>> > > > >>> 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. > > >>> > > > >>> > > >>> > > > >> > > >>> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > >>> > > > > gnucash-user mailing list > > >>> > > > > [email protected] > > >>> > > > > 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. > > >>> > > > > > >>> > > > > >>> > > > >>> > > >>> > > _______________________________________________ > > gnucash-user mailing list > > [email protected] > > 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. > _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list [email protected] 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. 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