Re: [GNC] Best practice to change name of GnuCash file ("book")?

2022-12-20 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Those are backup files. (explained in the Help you said you were reading...) If you need to restore it, open GnuCash, then File > Open and choose that backup. Then File > Save As, and give it the original or desired name. You can then delete the backup and mangled 'original' file if desired.

Re: [GNC] Best practice to change name of GnuCash file ("book")?

2022-12-20 Thread Stan Brown
On 2022-12-20 08:48, Michael Novack wrote: > On 12/20/2022 10:22 AM, Eric Chapman wrote: >> I named my file incorrectly. I guess in GnuCash the data file is >> called a "book". I'm using .xml. >> >> Should I export and import with a new name (as discussed here in issue >> tracker:

Re: [GNC] Best practice to change name of GnuCash file ("book")?

2022-12-20 Thread Michael or Penny Novack
On 12/20/2022 10:22 AM, Eric Chapman wrote: Hi, I named my file incorrectly. I guess in GnuCash the data file is called a "book". I'm using .xml. Should I export and import with a new name (as discussed here in issue tracker: https://github.com/codinguser/gnucash-android/issues/634)? 1)

Re: [GNC] Best practice to change name of GnuCash file ("book")?

2022-12-20 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
Which is why it's a good idea to inform the list your operating system and the version of GnuCash you are using. On 12/20/2022 6:51 PM, Maf. King wrote: On Tuesday, 20 December 2022 15:48:11 GMT Eric Chapman wrote: I do have a bunch of files named something like

Re: [GNC] Best practice to change name of GnuCash file ("book")?

2022-12-20 Thread Derek Atkins
File —> Save As And choose a different name. -derek Sent using my mobile device. Please excuse any typos. On December 20, 2022 10:24:46 Eric Chapman wrote: Hi, I named my file incorrectly. I guess in GnuCash the data file is called a "book". I'm using .xml. Should I export and import with a

Re: [GNC] Best practice to change name of GnuCash file ("book")?

2022-12-20 Thread Maf. King
On Tuesday, 20 December 2022 15:48:11 GMT Eric Chapman wrote: > I do have a bunch of files named something like > > xxx.gnucash.20221219140714.gnucash > > and they are bigger than the xxx.gnucash file. The last one is dated > yesterday. So maybe that is a backup? > > But I clicked on it, and it

Re: [GNC] Best practice to change name of GnuCash file ("book")?

2022-12-20 Thread Maf. King
On Tuesday, 20 December 2022 15:22:42 GMT Eric Chapman wrote: > Hi, > > I named my file incorrectly. I guess in GnuCash the data file is called > a "book". I'm using .xml. > > Should I export and import with a new name (as discussed here in issue > tracker:

Re: [GNC] Best practice to change name of GnuCash file ("book")?

2022-12-20 Thread Eric Chapman
I do have a bunch of files named something like xxx.gnucash.20221219140714.gnucash and they are bigger than the xxx.gnucash file. The last one is dated yesterday. So maybe that is a backup? But I clicked on it, and it also opens as if it's a completely new file. Eric On 12/20/22 10:45,

Re: [GNC] Best practice to change name of GnuCash file ("book")?

2022-12-20 Thread Eric Chapman
Murugan, That did not work. Now it looks as if I lost everything. I closed down GnuCash, changed the name from xxx.gnucash to yyy.gnucash, and clicked on yyy.gnucash. A splash screen came up and asked if I wanted to delete something, and I said "Yes" (dumb move, I guess!). Now it opens

[GNC] Best practice to change name of GnuCash file ("book")?

2022-12-20 Thread Eric Chapman
Hi, I named my file incorrectly. I guess in GnuCash the data file is called a "book". I'm using .xml. Should I export and import with a new name (as discussed here in issue tracker: https://github.com/codinguser/gnucash-android/issues/634)? I'm attaching what I see as the types of files I