On 2020-10-25 08:29, Fran_3 via gnucash-user wrote:
- I have always considered GnuCash as a program that must be installed on the
local machine.
- With the myBiz.gnucash file also on the local machine.
- This means that two users can not open GnuCash on their respective machines
and access the myBiz.gnucash data file at the same time...
1 - Right so far?
2 - Am I also correct in assuming that the gnucash.exe is essentially the data
base's front end while myBiz.gnucash is the back end containing all the data?
3 - If so is there anyway to keep the back end with the data (myBiz.gnuCash) in
the cloud and point the frond end on your local machine (gnucash.exe) to the
data stored in the cloud... like maybe stored on MyDrive at Google or where
ever?
Thanks for any help.
Fran:
There are Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) about "Multiple Computers,
Users, ..."
<https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/FAQ#Multiple_Computers.2C_Users.2C_...>.
You will find some answers there, especially to your questions 1 and 3.
Also, Stan Brown's Oct 12 answer
<https://lists.gnucash.org/pipermail/gnucash-user/2020-October/093577.html>
to your question, "Re: [GNC] Will the file myStuff.gnucash work on Linux
& Windows machines?" is relevant.
Regarding the terms "front end" and "back end", in software engineering
they have specific meanings which don't line up with your question #2.
In general, all of your bookkeeping information (transactions, balances,
chart of accounts) is stored in your book file, myBiz.gnucash, and none
is stored in the GnuCash.exe program. Some of the data you rely on when
using GnuCash, such as your preferences, custom reports, etc., are in
preferences files which are neither in your book file nor in the
GnuCash.exe program. The "multiple computers" FAQ linked to above talks
about this a little.
Best regards,
—Jim DeLaHunt, Vancouver, Canada
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