Hi David, Thanks for your response but please don’t flame me for trying to bring an issue to other people’s attention. I know how to copy and paste and have done the analysis I wanted to do through that route but the issue is the software is not working for me (and possibly others) which is why I am raising it.
I have no phantom monitors, I have a second monitor and I have searched all over my system and cannot ssee a dialog box. I have just updated to 5.17 and the problem is identical. Geoff Jankowski +44 20 7100 1092 +44 7770 58 48 38 +33 9 56 54 56 54 +33 6 22 93 00 53 > On 20 Oct 2026, at 19:16, David T. <[email protected]> wrote: > > You didn't say whether you had ever had a second monitor; I strongly suspect > that's your problem. The dialog is displaying on a phantom monitor. > > As for HTML going to other programs: does the HTML display properly in a > browser? If it does, then GnuCash has done its job. Whether or not OpenOffice > (or any other random application, for that matter) imports that HTML into a > spreadsheet is an issue to be raised with that application. > > Besides, if copy-paste works, what's your issue? Do what works. > > David T. > > > On October 20, 2026 10:17:28 PM GMT+05:30, Geoff Jankowski via gnucash-user > <[email protected]> wrote: >> The HTML file is fine but it does not come into open office well. Hence >> trying Numbers, which definitely does not accept it. >> >> I know I can copy and paste but I have raised the issue to see if it is a >> problem with the code. >> >> When you say it worked as expected, did it give you a dialog box to select >> options and filename etc. because this is what I did not get. >> >> It does not get as far as generating a file at all. It was not the pop up >> dialog box that I saw, just a flicker on the side of the register as if the >> box was hiding itself under the window but it was not there. As I said >> earlier, I looked everywhere for it! >> >> First off I will move to 5.17 and try again. No point worrying about 5.16 >> if it is working in 5.17. >> >> I will come back to say what happened. >> >> >> >> >> Geoff Jankowski >> +44 20 7100 1092 >> +44 7770 58 48 38 >> +33 9 56 54 56 54 >> +33 6 22 93 00 53 >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>> On 20 Oct 2026, at 18:06, Adrien Monteleone >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> I don't recall any issue opening an exported (HTML) report in >>> Libre/OpenOffice, but if the office version is really old, that could be a >>> thing. (I've used LibreOffice since it forked a decade or so ago) I'm not >>> at my Mac right now, but will test opening in Numbers later for >>> completeness. I don't recall if it does so properly or not. >>> >>> Try CTRL+A to Select All while viewing the report, then CTRL+V in a >>> spreadsheet tab to paste. >>> >>> As for the Export Active Register from a Search Results window, that worked >>> for me as expected. (though I'm already on 5.17) >>> >>> Does your resulting files have a zero size? If not, can you open them with >>> a text editor? If so, do they respectively look like proper HTML or CSV >>> formatted data? >>> >>> You first mentioned seeing the export pop-up, then not seeing it. Did it >>> only show up on the top of the window stack the first time? Have you tried >>> Expose to show all windows? Are you running a multi-monitor setup? >>> (sometimes, not having or disconnecting an additional display when you >>> previously had it on or connected with GnuCash running can cause issues >>> where GnuCash remembered your previous window placements *with* the extra >>> display, which isn't there now) Have you tried running GnuCash >>> non-maximized if you are so you can play with window arrangement to find it? >>> >>> Regards, >>> Adrien >>> >>> On 10/20/26 09:26, Geoff Jankowski via gnucash-user wrote: >>>> I am using Gnucash 5.16 on a Mac (iMac24 using the Apple M1 chip) running >>>> OSX Tahoe 26.4.1. >>>> I am trying to move my search results to my spreadsheet for analysis. >>>> I first generated the search as a report and I then exported the search >>>> report to an html file. I tried to open it in Open Office (the default >>>> offering) but Open Office does not do a good job (and I usually do not use >>>> it). I then tried Numbers and apparently I cannot open an html file in it. >>>> So I turned to csv format and this is where the problem started. When I >>>> select Export Active Register to csv, nothing happens. When I selected >>>> Export Transactions or Account Tree I get a window pop up to define the >>>> report and filename etc. >>>> I have restarted Gnucash but it exhibits the same behaviour. I have >>>> checked all desktops and sent all running apps to the dock but the pop up >>>> window cannot be seen. >>>> I noticed a flash or flicker on the account tab tree so I moved the tabs >>>> from the right (my default) to the top but it also made no difference. >>>> Anyone else had this behaviour? >>>> Any ideas on how to resolve it? >>> 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. _______________________________________________ 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. 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