Re: [GNC] How to run GNUcash in portable fashion?

2018-10-26 Thread aeneas
Very nice reply! It looks like knowing about GNC_DATA_HOME goes a long way toward solving my problem. From what I can see I'm not using AQBANKING. Also, I'd speculate that my scheme may not be be completely fool-proof. I did search the registry for "gnucash" and found some KEYS. This causes

[GNC] How to run GNUcash in portable fashion?

2018-10-26 Thread aeneas
One of the nice things about software designed to run on multiple platforms is that it tends to avoid the use of platform specific features. I've had very good success setting up various open source packages to run on Windows in a portable fashion. While the Portable Apps

[GNC] Can NOT edit scheduled transaction

2018-10-11 Thread aeneas
When I try to edit (revise) a scheduled transaction a dialogue box gets displayed which says that the transaction is being edited in another register. This happens when I say "OK" after making changes. This is happening on GNUcash V3.2 for Windows running on Win 7. I just opened GNUcash and

Re: [GNC] When changing to different version of GNUcash what should be done with data base or files?

2018-08-03 Thread aeneas
Thanks! Especially good to get the alert about issues with GnuCashPortable. Based on information provided by the PortableApps website regarding GnuCash there are some known issues. This includes some unintended consequences when running

Re: [GNC] When changing to different version of GNUcash what should be done with data base or files?

2018-08-03 Thread aeneas
Well now, I'm glad I asked. The referenced links do provide useful details that I didn't know and that does look useful. I probably should have included a few more facts which follow: - OS: Windows 7 - GNUcash Version: 2.6.15 (I believe for more than a year) - Data format: File (SQLite) It

[GNC] When changing to different version of GNUcash what should be done with data base or files?

2018-08-01 Thread aeneas
It seems that there always exists a possibility that data base/file structures can change from one version to another of GNUcash. Generally speaking developers try to consider this and may make accommodation for some older versions in newer versions of their software which means there is a chance