Hi Adrien, I called the other person last night, on the phone, and we
played with Edit/Preferences/Windows/Width, changing the character
spacing. He was elated that it "worked", not entirely. He had to
shorten the name on the accounts. But it gives him some ideas to play
with. I'll have to have him try to put the tabs vertically.
How version 2.4.13 started acting flaky with Windows 10 on both our
machines, suddenly, all the reports, just disappeared. Well, now we're
using 5.3. At least with mine, everything seems to work fine.
I'm very elated with version 5.3 on my machine. There are many new
features that work GREAT! Now, to get 5.3 properly working on his machine.
On 8/29/2023 12:01 AM, Adrien Monteleone wrote:
See the wiki FAQ about upgrading.
The suggested path is to upgrade to the end of each major version,
running "Actions > Check & Repair > Check & Repair All" at each step.
So your path would have been:
2.4.13 -> 2.4.15 (final 2.4.x version, might be optional) -> 2.6.21
(last 2.6.x version) -> 3.11 (last 3.x version) -> 4.14 (last 4.x
version) -> 5.3 (or current release)
Cleanups and migrations are done along the way. Skipping right to 5.3
might not bring everything forward properly.
And of course the usual caveat of always keeping a backup copy of your
file at each stage applies.
Between 2.6.x & 3.x some other file locations were changed. These are
documented on the Wiki and in the release notes. If you find custom
saved reports and other things besides data didn't make it through an
upgrade, the migration might have not completed properly and you'll
have to do some things manually. (most systems upgrade fine. I don't
know if it was ever discovered what caused this issue)
Now that you're already on 5.3 and have opened the data file, I'm not
sure what you will encounter or what problems might result. This
particular issue I would find strange to be associated with the
migration.
There is a Tab Width preference you could maybe play with. Also
consider temporarily moving the tab bar to say the left or right so it
is vertical and see if more than 4 open. Also consider changing the
preference to open new tabs in new windows instead and see if the
limitation persists.
You mention this is on a laptop. Is there room in the tab bar for
another tab or is it full at 4 + Accounts? (5 tabs total)
If so, a bug report might be in order.
Regards,
Adrien
On 8/28/23 1:59 PM, Greg wrote:
Hi Adrien, I realize that 2.4.13, was extremely old, but it
completely worked for me. Whenever I upgraded, I always had a new
set of issues, I really didn't have time to deal with. 2.4.13
started acting a little flaky with Windows 10, so I thought it may be
time to install 5.3. When I installed 5.3 on my machine, I first
completely deleted 2.4.13 , including the configuration and report
files. I then snooped all over the computer and deleted anything
pertaining to GNUcash. I then ran CCleaner and Privazer and deleted
any residual registry entries. I then rebooted and did a fresh new
install of GNUcash 5.3. Everything worked great. I was first
impressed by the Account Reconciliation report, which 2.4.13 lacked.
I'm familiar with the style sheets and created custom ones for our
purposes. I'll have to check the fonts, as you stated.
I suppose I should have said, "Can only display 4 account register
tabs on the screen, besides the Accounts tab." Normally, the register
tabs "shrink" to allow more account registers to be displayed, but
his doesn't. Could that be in Edit/Preferences/Windows?
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