Re: [GNC] Simultaneous Users? Cloud Access? Split FE & BE?

2020-10-25 Thread w...@theprescotts.com
Just to chime in on the terminology... In my current job I do back-end development for an NGO. We have another developer who works on the front end and a couple people working on a mobile app. The back end is an application that runs on an Amazon Web Service instance. The front end is a web

Re: [GNC] Simultaneous Users? Cloud Access? Split FE & BE?

2020-10-25 Thread Fran_3 via gnucash-user
Thanks Jim. Regarding Front End and Back End... When I used to develop Microsoft Access databases I would split it such that...- All the data was stored on a local peer-to-peer server. We called that the "Back End" - The "Front End" would have the user interface with the queries, data entry

Re: [GNC] Simultaneous Users? Cloud Access? Split FE & BE?

2020-10-25 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
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

Re: [GNC] 4.2 on Windows 10 keeps randomly crashing

2020-10-25 Thread John Ralls
> On Oct 24, 2020, at 8:18 PM, randix wrote: > > I'm running GnuCash 4.2 (Build ID: 4.2+(2020-09-26)) on Windows Pro 10, Dell > XPS 13, and have also experienced repeated crashes which do not involve > thousands separators. As in the case of the other poster, it has only > occurred after

[GNC] Simultaneous Users? Cloud Access? Split FE & BE?

2020-10-25 Thread Fran_3 via gnucash-user
- 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

Re: [GNC] update on piecash, unofficial python bindings for GnuCash

2020-10-25 Thread Derek Atkins
Hi, On Sun, October 25, 2020 8:58 am, Sébastien de Menten wrote: > I just discovered on https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Python_Bindings that > piecash is referenced (thank you Henrik). Could you update the comment now > that piecash supports 4.2 ? and also adapt the link to the documentation > of

[GNC] update on piecash, unofficial python bindings for GnuCash

2020-10-25 Thread Sébastien de Menten
hello everyone, I bring you some news regarding *piecash *(https://piecash.readthedocs.io/), the pure python binding for GnuCash that is easy to install and use, well documented and run seamlessly even on windows. piecash has been updated to support 4.2 GnuCash books (in one of their SQL

Re: [GNC] Customising "Action" in Register

2020-10-25 Thread Frank H. Ellenberger
Hi Liz, Am 25.10.20 um 10:30 schrieb Liz: > This is not the Action menu, this is the "Action" seen in the column > with the number, when Double Line view is selected. > > In a bank account, there is a drop down list which goes from "ATM > Deposit" to "Withdraw". > > I can override and put in

[GNC] Customising "Action" in Register

2020-10-25 Thread Liz
This is not the Action menu, this is the "Action" seen in the column with the number, when Double Line view is selected. In a bank account, there is a drop down list which goes from "ATM Deposit" to "Withdraw". I can override and put in Australianised categories, but how can I influence the drop

Re: [GNC] 4.2 on Windows 10 keeps randomly crashing

2020-10-25 Thread simongarrett
I can't remember exactly what I typed to make it crash. Irritatingly, I can't reproduce this. I've taken a copy of the gnucash file and tried similar actions but it won't crash. I definitely wasn't imagining the crash (I mean, you don't imagine things like that!) but I can't reproduce it. --

Re: [GNC] 4.2 on Windows 10 keeps randomly crashing

2020-10-25 Thread randix
I'm running GnuCash 4.2 (Build ID: 4.2+(2020-09-26)) on Windows Pro 10, Dell XPS 13, and have also experienced repeated crashes which do not involve thousands separators. As in the case of the other poster, it has only occurred after upgrading to 4.2. Most of the following may be irrelevant, but