Thanks, John. I have heard all those terms many times. Two sets of books and cooking the books describe separate if not unique files to me. You put it in better words - a book is a single GnuCash file and it’s accounts. Therefore, if you have a GnuCash file saved as xml but you want it in another format you should be able to simply save it in the new format. That is simply done by “saving as” and choosing the new format from the pull down list.
Is there something I’m missing? Ex…You edit a word file and “save as” a pdf or other type before publishing. > On Aug 16, 2022, at 9:46 PM, john <[email protected]> wrote: > > Please remember to copy the list on all replies. Reply-all (often a double > arrow pointing left) does it. Some mail programs also have a reply-list > button or menu item. > > We generally mean "the book" to refer to a single GnuCash file and its > accounts. That comes from the name an internal data structure, but it's also > a bit of accounting jargon. You've no doubt heard phrases like "book value", > "booking an invoice", and of course the infamous "two sets of books" and > "cooking the books". > > Regards, > John Ralls > > > >> On Aug 16, 2022, at 5:35 PM, Phyllis Bruce <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I’m new to GnuCash and prolly don’t know what you are talking about when you >> say book? I might use that term book to describe a different file >> altogether, like my GnuCash file and my playgnucash file. When I created >> the play file I just saved my GnuCash file with a new name so I could test >> scenarios. >> >>>> On Aug 16, 2022, at 3:16 PM, John Ralls <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>> On Aug 16, 2022, at 11:56 AM, David T. via gnucash-user >>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hello, >>>> >>>> I was just testing something out with a new book, and when I went to save >>>> this new book, I was unable to select the storage format for the new book. >>>> I would have imagined that I would be able to tell GnuCash to use a >>>> specific format (like SQLite3) when I save a new book, but this option >>>> only appears on the Save As dialog. Should this be changed? >>> >>> Yeah. PR welcome. >>> >>> Regards, >>> John Ralls >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> gnucash-user mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: >>> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user >>> ----- >>> 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 ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
