Re: [GNC] Move working files

2024-08-13 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
On 2024-08-13 10:05, Steve Butler wrote: > The location of saved config values, saved reports, and other such items is > O/S specific. Those need to be moved separate from the main file(s) that > holds/hold you accounting book(s). > > I don't know the wiki location that references the various O/S

Re: [GNC] Move working files

2024-08-13 Thread R Losey
I wrote the OP, and it was NOT about moving to a new machine; it was about having the "working" files (the .log files and the backup files) stored in a different directory than the main file. The answer to your question has two parts: First, the financial data is all stored in one fil

Re: [GNC] Move working files

2024-08-13 Thread Steve Butler
asy way to > transfer working files to another location, or, as in my case, to > another PC, following an upgrade? > > Sorry again, I am not unaware of computing, but my knowledge is 'old' > and, from my experience of GNU support it would seem I am not nerdy > enough.

Re: [GNC] Move working files

2024-08-13 Thread Brook Milligan via gnucash-user
> On Aug 13, 2024, at 6:26 AM, David Warren wrote: > > I think they are arguing about some bespoke backup schema. It was trivially > easy for me, a reasonably new gnucash user, to move files to a new location > on 1 computer, and then when my machine was rebuilt for windows 11,

Re: [GNC] Move working files

2024-08-13 Thread David Warren
I think they are arguing about some bespoke backup schema. It was trivially easy for me, a reasonably new gnucash user, to move files to a new location on 1 computer, and then when my machine was rebuilt for windows 11, to copy files to a "new" computer too. The documentation for that is

Re: [GNC] Move working files

2024-08-13 Thread Mahon Finbar via gnucash-user
If nobody minds, could I butt in? This thread is sort of about the same problem I have but I have received no reply to my recent post about it. Am I to assume from the messages here that there is no easy way to transfer working files to another location, or, as in my case, to another PC

Re: [GNC] Move working files

2024-08-12 Thread R Losey
On Sun, Aug 11, 2024 at 7:59 AM Michael or Penny Novack < stepbystepf...@comcast.net> wrote: > On 8/10/2024 10:15 PM, R Losey wrote: > > > > > You misunderstood. I don't want a script to move the working files - I > > was wondering if there were some setting t

Re: [GNC] Move working files

2024-08-11 Thread Brook Milligan via gnucash-user
all of them. That requires a level of both code and multiple OS > familiarity that few of us posess and those that do generally have more > pressing problems to address. Perhaps more pressing problems, yes. But the code already has a path to open files on all OSes; the point is only to mak

Re: [GNC] Move working files

2024-08-11 Thread Michael or Penny Novack via gnucash-user
On 8/10/2024 10:15 PM, R Losey wrote: You misunderstood. I don't want a script to move the working files - I was wondering if there were some setting that would put the working files (the temporary .gnucash file and the logs) in a separate directory.  It turns out there isn't, so

Re: [GNC] Move working files

2024-08-11 Thread sunfish62--- via gnucash-user
David, I agree. Additionally, there are many different ways to remedy the situation-- as noted by others in the thread (omitting log files for backup, for example). Moreover, it doesn't take a huge effort to work out your own solution. I, for example, took a half hour and threw togethe

Re: [GNC] Move working files

2024-08-10 Thread David Cousens
few of us posess and those that do generally have more pressing problems to address. On Sat, 2024-08-10 at 11:45 -0500, R Losey wrote: > I haven't done a lot of customization with my GnuCash system. > > My data file - MyData.gnucash is in the same directory as what I call > the

Re: [GNC] Move working files

2024-08-10 Thread R Losey
On Sat, Aug 10, 2024 at 2:26 PM Michael or Penny Novack via gnucash-user < gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote: > >> My data file - MyData.gnucash is in the same directory as what I call > the > >> "working" files -- the MyData.gnucash..gnucash and the > &g

Re: [GNC] Move working files

2024-08-10 Thread R Losey
ectory as what I call the > > "working" files -- the MyData.gnucash..gnucash and the > > MyData.gnucash..log files. > > > > Is there some way that these working files can be created in a separate > > directory? > > No. It's been discussed many tim

Re: [GNC] Move working files

2024-08-10 Thread R Losey
On Sat, Aug 10, 2024 at 1:12 PM Brook Milligan wrote: > > > On Aug 10, 2024, at 12:04 PM, John Ralls wrote: > > > > That said, you could tune your backup program to exclude the backup and > log files or you could switch to the SQLite3 backend that modifies the dat

Re: [GNC] Move working files

2024-08-10 Thread R Losey
On Sat, Aug 10, 2024 at 1:04 PM John Ralls wrote: > > > > On Aug 10, 2024, at 09:45, R Losey wrote: > > > > I haven't done a lot of customization with my GnuCash system. > > > > My data file - MyData.gnucash is in the same directory as what I call the

Re: [GNC] Move working files

2024-08-10 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
On 2024-08-10 11:11, Stan Brown (using GC 4.14) wrote: On 2024-08-10 09:45, R Losey wrote: I haven't done a lot of customization with my GnuCash system. My data file - MyData.gnucash is in the same directory as what I call the "working" files -- the MyData.gnucash..

Re: [GNC] Move working files

2024-08-10 Thread Michael or Penny Novack via gnucash-user
My data file - MyData.gnucash is in the same directory as what I call the "working" files -- the MyData.gnucash..gnucash and the MyData.gnucash..log files. Is there some way that these working files can be created in a separate directory? I am backing up the GnuCash data directo

Re: [GNC] Move working files

2024-08-10 Thread Brook Milligan via gnucash-user
> On Aug 10, 2024, at 12:04 PM, John Ralls wrote: > > That said, you could tune your backup program to exclude the backup and log > files or you could switch to the SQLite3 backend that modifies the data file > in place and so doesn’t make backup files (which are really t

Re: [GNC] Move working files

2024-08-10 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
On 2024-08-10 09:45, R Losey wrote: > I haven't done a lot of customization with my GnuCash system. > > My data file - MyData.gnucash is in the same directory as what I call the > "working" files -- the MyData.gnucash..gnucash and the > MyData.gnucash..log file

Re: [GNC] Move working files

2024-08-10 Thread John Ralls
> On Aug 10, 2024, at 09:45, R Losey wrote: > > I haven't done a lot of customization with my GnuCash system. > > My data file - MyData.gnucash is in the same directory as what I call the > "working" files -- the MyData.gnucash..gnucash and the > MyData.gn

[GNC] Move working files

2024-08-10 Thread R Losey
I haven't done a lot of customization with my GnuCash system. My data file - MyData.gnucash is in the same directory as what I call the "working" files -- the MyData.gnucash..gnucash and the MyData.gnucash..log files. Is there some way that these working files can be create

Re: [GNC] More than 4 files

2024-07-07 Thread Fred Tydeman
The FAQ was helpful (look for MRU). For some reason, my Fedora Linux 37 with GnuCash 4.14 has both locations for maxfiles that are mentioned in the FAQ. Anyway, I got what I need. Thanks. On Sun, Jul 7, 2024 at 5:05 PM Adrien Monteleone < adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wrote: > And I see it i

Re: [GNC] More than 4 files

2024-07-07 Thread Michael or Penny Novack
On 7/7/2024 8:29 AM, Fred Tydeman wrote: Is there a way to have the list of files/books have more than 4? Let's make sure what you are asking. First -- that list is NOT how many files (sets of books) you can have. It is just a "most recently open" list. So it provides a shor

Re: [GNC] More than 4 files

2024-07-07 Thread Adrien Monteleone
And I see it is in the Wiki FAQ. Regards, Adrien On 7/7/24 9:57 AM, Adrien Monteleone wrote: Found it surprisingly fast: https://lists.gnucash.org/pipermail/gnucash-user/2021-January/094869.html ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.or

Re: [GNC] More than 4 files

2024-07-07 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Found it surprisingly fast: https://lists.gnucash.org/pipermail/gnucash-user/2021-January/094869.html (and not as old of a thread as I thought, or maybe there were others) Regards, Adrien On 7/7/24 9:54 AM, Adrien Monteleone wrote: I could be mistaken, but I thought this was a hidden preferenc

Re: [GNC] More than 4 files

2024-07-07 Thread Adrien Monteleone
n the topic, but many years ago. Regards, Adrien On 7/7/24 7:29 AM, Fred Tydeman wrote: Is there a way to have the list of files/books have more than 4? ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences

[GNC] More than 4 files

2024-07-07 Thread Fred Tydeman
Is there a way to have the list of files/books have more than 4? ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user - Please

Re: [GNC] Linux gnucash saves files to home directory.

2024-06-29 Thread Dale Alspach
> >> On Fri, Jun 28, 2024 at 05:01:12PM -0400, Victor Rotenberg wrote: > >>> I want files the gnucash files (v5.6 flatpak install) to save into > >>> /home/documents/gnudata.) . Instead it places the files .log, .lck > >>> ,gnucash, into the home direct

Re: [GNC] Linux gnucash saves files to home directory.

2024-06-29 Thread Dr. Gideon Fell
file was opened from. -derek On Sat, June 29, 2024 9:48 am, Chris Green wrote: On Fri, Jun 28, 2024 at 05:01:12PM -0400, Victor Rotenberg wrote: I want files the gnucash files (v5.6 flatpak install) to save into /home/documents/gnudata.) . Instead it places the files .log, .lck ,gnucash, into the

Re: [GNC] Linux gnucash saves files to home directory.

2024-06-29 Thread Derek Atkins
HI, This is a limitation of Flatpak. If you install GnuCash natively then it will save it back to the same directory where the file was opened from. -derek On Sat, June 29, 2024 9:48 am, Chris Green wrote: > On Fri, Jun 28, 2024 at 05:01:12PM -0400, Victor Rotenberg wrote: >> I want

Re: [GNC] Linux gnucash saves files to home directory.

2024-06-29 Thread Fross, Michael via gnucash-user
I don't use that distribution, but can't you File | Save As and save everything into another directory? I assume you tried this, but just in case Michael On Sat, Jun 29, 2024 at 8:50 AM Chris Green wrote: > On Fri, Jun 28, 2024 at 05:01:12PM -0400, Victor Rotenberg wrote: >

Re: [GNC] Linux gnucash saves files to home directory.

2024-06-29 Thread Chris Green
On Fri, Jun 28, 2024 at 05:01:12PM -0400, Victor Rotenberg wrote: > I want files the gnucash files (v5.6 flatpak install) to save into > /home/documents/gnudata.) . Instead it places the files .log, .lck > ,gnucash, into the home directory above all my other working folders. >

[GNC] Linux gnucash saves files to home directory.

2024-06-29 Thread Victor Rotenberg
I want files the gnucash files (v5.6 flatpak install) to save into /home/documents/gnudata.) . Instead it places the files .log, .lck ,gnucash, into the home directory above all my other working folders. Right now I found a workaround. Manually, I create the folder /home/documents/gnudata and

Re: [GNC] Error Importing Quicken Files Mac OSX

2024-06-20 Thread David Reiser via gnucash-user
ng to import my > old Quicken 2007 Mac OS X files. > > I used Quicken only as a check register, nothing else (no investments, > pie-charts, financial overviews, whatever), so it’s just one single big > checkbook register covering about 15 years. > > That and a few other (very s

Re: [GNC] Error Importing Quicken Files Mac OSX

2024-06-20 Thread Fred Bone
"Download GnuCash 5.6") the bottom link on the resulting page is "View all GnuCash downloads" giving https://sourceforge.net/projects/gnucash/files/ which should get you what you want ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.o

[GNC] Error Importing Quicken Files Mac OSX

2024-06-20 Thread Jim Johnson
Hi! I’m new to GnuCash (terrific experience so far!) and am trying to import my old Quicken 2007 Mac OS X files. I used Quicken only as a check register, nothing else (no investments, pie-charts, financial overviews, whatever), so it’s just one single big checkbook register covering about 15

Re: [GNC] can't open files

2024-04-21 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
in most of them, certainly in Windows, you can double-click the data file, once you find it (using David Cousens' suggestions), and GnuCash will open, placing a pointer to the file in position 1 in the history list for future reference. Do you by any chance have your GnuCash data files on an ex

Re: [GNC] can't open files

2024-04-21 Thread Michael or Penny Novack
t know how you have data files structured on your computer so what follows is just an example. Let's say several months ago you had gnucash data directory under documents  and you had another directory "financial stuff", You decided, hey gnucash data is financial data so I'

Re: [GNC] can't open files

2024-04-21 Thread David Cousens
Bob Your file will have the format ".gnucash".   It will also likely have a group of backup and log files in the same directory with formats .gnucash..gnucash and .gnucash..log depending on your preference settings. Do you know what Gnucash version you were running previously (a

[GNC] can't open files

2024-04-21 Thread Kenneth Maze via gnucash-user
I hadn’t used gnucash for several months due to illness. I tried to open and access my data but got a message the file 'could not be found. The file is in the history list, do you want to remove it?’ I selected ‘no’ and the app quit. I downloaded the latest version of the app and tried aga

Re: [GNC] Import QIF files

2024-04-08 Thread Geoff
/download.phtml (2) Upgrade to the latest nightly build that contains the fix https://code.gnucash.org/builds/ (3) Wait until GnuCash 5.7 is released. Regards Geoff = On 8/04/2024 6:41 am, Beryl Lymer wrote: I have been importing QIF files into GNUcash successfully for several years

Re: [GNC] Can't import .qif files from quicken since latest update

2024-04-08 Thread Geoff
lly imported both my Bank Statement and Credit Card QIF files on Windows 10 using this nightly build: gnucash-5.6-2024-04-06-git-5.6-9-gcab6173cd5+.setup.exe If anyone is interested, this is the layout of my QIF files. Only the first two transac

Re: [GNC] Import QIF files

2024-04-08 Thread fromvendor
+fromvendor=outtacyte@gnucash.org] On Behalf Of Jim Passmore Sent: Monday, April 08, 2024 6:01 PM To: gnucash-user@gnucash.org Subject: Re: [GNC] Import QIF files Beryl, I can't help on the specifics as I only occasionally do imports. I will give the request to supply your operating syste

Re: [GNC] Import QIF files

2024-04-08 Thread Jim Passmore
doing an import. The other user was using the recently released version 5.6. -- *Jim Passmore*j...@passmore4.com On Mon, Apr 8, 2024 at 6:38 PM Beryl Lymer wrote: > I have been importing QIF files into GNUcash successfully for several > years. However, for recent files, I am getting

[GNC] Import QIF files

2024-04-08 Thread Beryl Lymer
I have been importing QIF files into GNUcash successfully for several years. However, for recent files, I am getting an error of ‘MISSING QIF INVESTMENT ACTION FOR TRANSACTION DATED xx/xx/.  The erroneous transaction seems to be the last of those imported.  The import will not complete.  I

Re: [GNC] Can't import .qif files from quicken since latest update

2024-04-08 Thread Joseph Keithley
wrote: > >> Hi Christopher >> >> Thanks for resolving this so quickly. >> >> I have successfully imported both my Bank Statement and Credit Card QIF >> files on Windows 10 using this nightly build: >> >> gnucash-5.6-2024-04-06-git-5.6-9-gcab6173cd5+.setu

Re: [GNC] Can't import .qif files from quicken since latest update

2024-04-08 Thread Joseph Keithley
gt; > Thanks for resolving this so quickly. > > I have successfully imported both my Bank Statement and Credit Card QIF > files on Windows 10 using this nightly build: > > gnucash-5.6-2024-04-06-git-5.6-9-gcab6173cd5+.setup.exe > > If anyone is interested, this is the layou

Re: [GNC] Can't import .qif files from quicken since latest update

2024-04-07 Thread Geoff
Hi Christopher Thanks for resolving this so quickly. I have successfully imported both my Bank Statement and Credit Card QIF files on Windows 10 using this nightly build: gnucash-5.6-2024-04-06-git-5.6-9-gcab6173cd5+.setup.exe If anyone is interested, this is the layout of my QIF files

Re: [GNC] Can't import .qif files from quicken since latest update

2024-04-07 Thread Joseph Keithley
Apologize if this is a duplicate, sometimes I'm not sure if my post actually gets sent out. The QIF importer in Gnucash 5.6 gives me the same error for my credit card import even though the same file works in Quicken and in Gnucash 5.5. I had to reinstall Gnucash 5.5. As an aside, my experience

Re: [GNC] Can't import .qif files from quicken since latest update

2024-04-07 Thread Christopher Lam
Correct Geoff, and the latest nightlies will have the correct fix. https://code.gnucash.org/builds/win32/stable/ On Sun, 7 Apr 2024, 12:10 pm Geoff, wrote: > I suspect this bug fix in the 5.6 release notes is the cause: > > Bug 799225 - QIF Importer Crashes Silently after "Start Import" Button

Re: [GNC] Can't import .qif files from quicken since latest update

2024-04-06 Thread sunfish62--- via gnucash-user
That's not always the case. Some brokerages (Schwab, for example) pull the money into an account directly, from which shares are purchased at some later date. It's essentially a cash based asset account, but it doesn't appear separately to the user. One way to handle this is to place these tran

Re: [GNC] Can't import .qif files from quicken since latest update

2024-04-06 Thread Joseph Keithley
QIF importer in Gnucash 5.6 gives me the same error for my credit card import even though the same file works in Quicken and in Gnucash 5.5. I reinstalled Gnucash 5.5. If I understand your comment corrrectly, the format of the qif file, with and with the first lines of the sample qif file below,

Re: [GNC] Can't import .qif files from quicken since latest update

2024-04-06 Thread Geoff
I suspect this bug fix in the 5.6 release notes is the cause: Bug 799225 - QIF Importer Crashes Silently after "Start Import" Button: Don't allow a QIF investment transaction without an action (buy/sell/etc) I *think* it was intended to block *investment* transactions but it appears to have b

Re: [GNC] Can't import .qif files from quicken since latest update

2024-04-06 Thread Ian Cuthbertson
Bryan This problem seems to be caused by the latest update (5.6) .I import direct from a bank and got the same error message but when I used an earlier version (5.4) transactions imported OK. Problem has been reported in another thread. Ian ___ gnucash-us

Re: [GNC] Can't import .qif files from quicken since latest update

2024-04-06 Thread Fross, Michael via gnucash-user
Bryan, I believe "something" is purchased when you move money into an IRA. For me, it's a money market fund with the share price a constant $1. Michael On Sat, Apr 6, 2024 at 5:28 PM Bryan B. wrote: > I've tried several different methods to export a .qif file from quicken and > import it into G

[GNC] Can't import .qif files from quicken since latest update

2024-04-06 Thread Bryan B.
I've tried several different methods to export a .qif file from quicken and import it into GnuCash. The process of importing the file goes fine until I reach the part where the actual import occurs. Then I get this type of message: "Missing QIF investment action for transaction dated 08/31/2023."

[GNC] understanding how log files report transactions entered into GnuCash

2024-01-06 Thread Eric via gnucash-user
Hi, My GnuCash data file somehow got corrupted and I cannot open it. I have found earlier data file from a certain date that I can open  I am trying to use the log files to discover which entries were made into GnuCash after the date of the data file that I can use.  Most of the log fiel I have

Re: [GNC] Where are GC log files located on Mac with remote database server?

2023-09-11 Thread john
tion logs to a different directory and back them up as part of regular > backup process. I'd also want to remove the old log files automatically. > Thanks! > > On 9/11/23 4:25 PM, John Ralls wrote: >> Yes, log.conf is a user-created file, there is no default. Note that that

Re: [GNC] Where are GC log files located on Mac with remote database server?

2023-09-11 Thread Jediator
I am glad you pointed out the difference btw trace and transaction logs.  Is there anyway to configure the transaction logging?  I'd like to dump the transaction logs to a different directory and back them up as part of regular backup process.  I'd also want to remove the old

Re: [GNC] Where are GC log files located on Mac with remote database server?

2023-09-11 Thread John Ralls
.3 on Mac, the data directory and config > directory of GC is the same on Mac at /Users/username/Library/Application > Support/GnuCash, and the log files are in the translog directory underneath. > However, the log.conf file is nowhere to find (supposed to be located at >

Re: [GNC] Where are GC log files located on Mac with remote database server?

2023-09-11 Thread Jediator
Thanks John!  Apparently in version 5.3 on Mac, the data directory and config directory of GC is the same on Mac at /Users/username/Library/Application Support/GnuCash, and the log files are in the translog directory underneath.  However, the log.conf file is nowhere to find (supposed to be

Re: [GNC] Where are GC log files located on Mac with remote database server?

2023-09-11 Thread Michael or Penny Novack
On 9/11/2023 12:30 PM, john wrote: The MySQL and PostgresQL backends write the transaction logs to GNC_CONFIG_DIR/translog. See https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Configuration_Locations to see where GNC_CONFIG_DIR is on your OS. Regards, John Ralls Or . use the search tools of your OS (to f

Re: [GNC] Where are GC log files located on Mac with remote database server?

2023-09-11 Thread john
m using sqlite on Mac and I have log files. Though I don't see them > generated often. I'm not sure if that is because I rarely close the app > except for updates. > > Regards, > Adrien > > On 9/11/23 4:15 AM, sunfish62--- via gnucash-user wrote: >> Others

Re: [GNC] Where are GC log files located on Mac with remote database server?

2023-09-11 Thread Adrien Monteleone
I'm using sqlite on Mac and I have log files. Though I don't see them generated often. I'm not sure if that is because I rarely close the app except for updates. Regards, Adrien On 9/11/23 4:15 AM, sunfish62--- via gnucash-user wrote: Others will correct me, but my understand

Re: [GNC] Where are GC log files located on Mac with remote database server?

2023-09-11 Thread sunfish62--- via gnucash-user
Others will correct me, but my understanding is that the log files are not used with the database backend, since the changes are committed immediately. ⁣David T.​ On Sep 11, 2023, 9:03 AM, at 9:03 AM, Jediator wrote: >Hi GC users, I am using GC (version 5.3) on Mac.  I noticed that the &

[GNC] Where are GC log files located on Mac with remote database server?

2023-09-10 Thread Jediator
Hi GC users, I am using GC (version 5.3) on Mac.  I noticed that the log files are generated in the same directory of the GC data file (sqlite3).  But I couldn't find the log files after switching to a remote database server.  The info on the GC wiki on logging seems to be outdated, as I

Re: [GNC] Issues with gnucash files

2023-08-31 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
On 2023-08-31 08:38, David Carlson wrote: > Back in the day when I used Windows fairly regularly and before Windows 7 > (i.e. Windows XP or Vista or even earlier days) when it may have been > installed into a 32 bit computer, it was fairly common to see Windows using > special foreshortened name

Re: [GNC] Issues with gnucash files

2023-08-31 Thread David Carlson
hat used to have 32 bit computers who did not structure our file systems with clearly defined user folders and some of us even thought it was ok to put user files in Windows folders or even just in the 'C' drive where they were 'easy to find'. We do

Re: [GNC] Issues with gnucash files

2023-08-31 Thread R Losey
On Mon, Aug 28, 2023 at 5:15 AM Maf. King wrote: > I also note, and it may be a typo by Barry, but the user often being > called > the "Administrator" account by some people on the list has been listed in > a > file path by Barry more than once as "administrato" > > What I'm saying is that there

Re: [GNC] Issues with gnucash files

2023-08-28 Thread David Carlson
ns to this PC when I first got it, a while > back, several names were applied, barry mahon, finbar mahon, > administration, and administrato, The latter one if 'good' > > As to attach, maybe it my misunderstanding. I have a screen in a file > in 'This PC' with a list

Re: [GNC] Issues with gnucash files

2023-08-28 Thread David Cousens
mahon, finbar mahon, > administration, and administrato, The latter one if 'good' > > As to  attach, maybe it my misunderstanding. I have a screen in a file > in 'This PC' with a list of files from gnu. If I do 'attach' (top RHS) > it appears, but if

Re: [GNC] Issues with gnucash files

2023-08-28 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
On 2023-08-28 08:05, David T. via gnucash-user wrote: > With regards to Nigel's comment, over the past month and a half, > there have been well over a hundred messages sprinkled across > eight different threads that seek to address the situation. At > some point, it would seem that the problems can

Re: [GNC] Issues with gnucash files

2023-08-28 Thread Mahon Finbar via gnucash-user
mahon, administration, and administrato, The latter one if 'good' As to  attach, maybe it my misunderstanding. I have a screen in a file in 'This PC' with a list of files from gnu. If I do 'attach' (top RHS) it appears, but if I then click Add Attachment the files s

Re: [GNC] Issues with gnucash files

2023-08-28 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
gt;save >issue. then Barry will have to clean up the inevitable missing txns >that >were made in backup files only. > >@Nigel Stapley. ISTR the user Mahon Finbar has been on the list for >years, >only occasionally having problems which I think have been solved in the &

Re: [GNC] Issues with gnucash files

2023-08-28 Thread Maf. King
nd into a folder in the "Barry" tree. find the most recently changed file(s) and go from there (in a new folder) with the save issue. then Barry will have to clean up the inevitable missing txns that were made in backup files only. @Nigel Stapley. ISTR the user Mahon Finbar has b

Re: [GNC] Issues with gnucash files

2023-08-28 Thread Adrien Monteleone
That's mostly my fault on the 'administrato' vs. 'administator' issue. But I only kept typing that because Barry reported a file path at one point with that spelling, and I wasn't certain of a possible different language in use, so I didn't correct it. If Barry transcribed the file path instea

Re: [GNC] Issues with gnucash files

2023-08-28 Thread Maf. King
On Monday, 28 August 2023 00:14:09 BST Adrien Monteleone wrote: > > > > No one ever requested this, I even said in a prior post to Barry specifically *never* to send his "production" GC file(s) to the list. I also note, and it may be a typo by Barry, but the user often being called t

Re: [GNC] Issues with gnucash files

2023-08-27 Thread Adrien Monteleone
are compatible with this list. -- Here goes with an attachment - recent files in tax accounts and returns, as I said, not used as gnucash data from loading, recently, but seem to have recently saved files. Further mystery. Not a mystery. You clearly are not paying attention to where you are

Re: [GNC] Issues with gnucash files

2023-08-27 Thread David Carlson
d CaptureWiz but it doesn't save as gps > > Here goes with an attachment - recent files in tax accounts and returns, > as I said, not used as gnucash data from loading, recently, but seem to > have recently saved files. Further mystery. > > My question now is can I and how do I

Re: [GNC] Issues with gnucash files

2023-08-27 Thread Adrien Monteleone
You do not need to do anything with the gnucash files to send a screenshot. We DO NOT need you to send the actual gnucash files. You can't copy/paste images here. They are removed. You have to ATTACH the screenshots. What mail application are you using to access this list? Regards, A

Re: [GNC] Issues with gnucash files

2023-08-27 Thread Mahon Finbar via gnucash-user
Yes, I am aware of that, but, for reasons I don't know, I have been unable to a) select a list of GNU files and then rename them and b) copy and paste as an alternative. Thanks for the info, Barry On 26/08/2023 23:26, Carsten Hütter wrote: Hi Barry! In this newsgroup, screenshots need

Re: [GNC] Issues with gnucash files

2023-08-26 Thread Carsten Hütter
ues before this saga, so should I assume I have had 'rights' to save documents under administrato?? When you say 'truncated' does that mean you cannot see the CaptureWiz images?? I have had issues all along with Gnucash needing specific file types to display files for messag

Re: [GNC] Issues with gnucash files

2023-08-25 Thread Maf. King
On Friday, 25 August 2023 16:31:47 BST Mahon Finbar wrote: > As I said, I have had unresolved issues with creating .jpg files from MS. did you? sorry, must have missed that bit. is it easier to send a PNG? that should get through as an attached image well enough. > > I'

[GNC] Fwd: Re: Issues with gnucash files

2023-08-25 Thread Maf. King
CCing to the list. -- Forwarded Message -- Subject: Re: [GNC] Issues with gnucash files Date: Friday, 25 August 2023, 13:52:20 BST From: Maf. King To: Mahon Finbar On Friday, 25 August 2023 09:58:22 BST you wrote: > Thanks to all. > > On the issue of rights, I h

Re: [GNC] Issues with gnucash files

2023-08-25 Thread Mahon Finbar via gnucash-user
with Gnucash needing specific file types to display files for messages, does that apply to gnucash-user?? For reasons I don't understand I have never been able to copy files from Gnu in my MS Windows10 to the 'required' format, for queries about Gnucash!! Quite frustrating.

Re: [GNC] Issues with gnucash files

2023-08-24 Thread David Carlson
Your last message was truncated before the salient part, but I suspect that you do not have rights for GnuCash to save files in administrato user space. You need to unscramble which username is your 'standard' username and put all your user files including other types from other applica

Re: [GNC] Issues with gnucash files

2023-08-24 Thread Mahon Finbar via gnucash-user
Thanks for the details, OK, here goes. I opened this file in Gnu - No 'log' It had a 'save' icon and when I try to save it I get this - That is the problem. There is plenty of space. Finbar On 24/08/2023 18:28, Maf. King wrote: Barry, thanks for the update. The *.log

Re: [GNC] Issues with gnucash files

2023-08-24 Thread R Losey
On Thu, Aug 24, 2023 at 10:15 AM Mahon Finbar via gnucash-user < gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote: > This is an update of sorts of a long series of messages here since I had > an issue with saving my transactions at the end of July. > > I was unable to copy and send GNU files

Re: [GNC] Issues with gnucash files

2023-08-24 Thread Mahon Finbar via gnucash-user
al 'good' file I was working on and continue. I would be quite happy to try on the dates in the last few days of July, but where to start? Can anyone identify a likely candidate? For example in the screengrab there are a series of files with 496kb on the same time and date on 30 July, but I

[GNC] Issues with gnucash files

2023-08-24 Thread Mahon Finbar via gnucash-user
This is an update of sorts of a long series of messages here since I had an issue with saving my transactions at the end of July. I was unable to copy and send GNU files to the kind people who tried to help me. I have no idea why, copy and paste after changing to the file type required just

Re: [GNC] Placement of autosaves and log files

2023-08-06 Thread Adrien Monteleone
I agree an option would be best with sub-folders as what I'd call a 'sane default'. As for the OPs files, I suspect the search wasn't required, but maybe seemed to be useful for a directory with *lots* of files. (It also might be a case of familiarity with search and limi

[GNC] Placement of autosaves and log files (was: Today's search....for .lck)

2023-08-06 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
On 2023-08-06 08:58, Adrien Monteleone wrote: > I can see the benefit to having logs and backup files together with the > data, but I'd prefer if they were in their own sub-directories > automatically. If I had a binary choice to put autosaves and logfiles "in same folder&q

Re: [GNC] Files in adminisitrato/documents

2023-08-06 Thread Adrien Monteleone
I'm guessing there was supposed to be an attachment, but it didn't come through. Regards, Adrien On 8/6/23 8:38 AM, Mahon Finbar via gnucash-user wrote: Is this what you need?? ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your s

[GNC] Files in adminisitrato/documents

2023-08-06 Thread Mahon Finbar via gnucash-user
Is this what you need?? Barry ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org 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 rep

Re: [GNC] Two Instances as opposed to two separate files

2023-07-18 Thread R Losey
On Sat, Jul 15, 2023 at 5:33 PM Stan Brown wrote: > > On 2023-07-15 14:42, R Losey wrote: > > And, if an email is long, or if there is much back-and-forth, one must > > scroll to see replies, even if they are simple. Having them at the top > > is easier to see... and being "out of order" is not

Re: [GNC] Two Instances as opposed to two separate files

2023-07-17 Thread Paul Feakins
On 17/07/2023 10:48, David T. wrote: That would be *OpenStacks* convention. Most mailing lists follow those conventions. Paul. ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://

Re: [GNC] Two Instances as opposed to two separate files

2023-07-17 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
That would be *OpenStacks* convention. By all means, impose their rules here! ⁣ David T.​ P.S. The amount of energy expended on this topic is amazing to me--and I note that NONE of you Authorities On Email Etiquette bothered to change the subject of this thread to reflect the completely new (an

Re: [GNC] Two Instances as opposed to two separate files

2023-07-17 Thread Paul Feakins
On 15/07/2023 01:56, R Losey wrote: Is there really a convention for replies? Indeed there is: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/MailingListEtiquette#Replies Paul Feakins. ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscri

Re: [GNC] Two Instances as opposed to two separate files

2023-07-16 Thread Adrien Monteleone
And then there is the problem that sometimes, quoted material gets unquoted, or quote levels are removed and the sender didn't notice that some of it effectively became unquoted and now appears as their own writing. Will, Your recent post below is a top post with a reference quote from Stan w

Re: [GNC] Two Instances as opposed to two separate files

2023-07-16 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Yes, I am a top poster, but not always. I don't view most of these topics as 'conversations'. My post is usually its own thing on a shared subject. I only include a relevant quote for reference or context. If someone wants that reference or context, they can scroll and read. Those that don't

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