Re: [GNC] No suitable backend was found

2024-01-26 Thread pwenter
Wenter 954-554-7034 pwen...@gmail.com -Original Message- From: gnucash-user On Behalf Of David T. via gnucash-user Sent: Friday, January 26, 2024 5:00 AM To: Adrien Monteleone Cc: gnucash-u...@lists.gnucash.org Subject: Re: [GNC] No suitable backend was found I'll echo Adrien's comment

Re: [GNC] No suitable backend was found

2024-01-26 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
I'll echo Adrien's comments regarding your use of a backup. On the reported problem, I'll note that your book file appears to be on a cloud drive ("OneDrive") and perhaps your connection to the cloud has been interrupted? You could test this by copying the data file to a known local folder on

Re: [GNC] No suitable backend was found

2024-01-25 Thread Adrien Monteleone
That message is usually indicating you have the file saved in a database format rather than the default XML, and you don't have the proper database drivers installed. If you recently tried to save your file in one of those formats, this could be the cause. If not, then someone else might have

[GNC] No suitable backend was found

2024-01-25 Thread pwenter
Received message "No suitable backend was found for {file path\filename.gnucash}. Have been using Gnucash and this file for years. Suddenly, I get the no suitable backend message, and I am not able to open the file. Would really appreciate any guidance to restore this file! Thx! Paul

Re: [GNC] No Suitable backend was found

2019-08-27 Thread Geert Janssens
Op dinsdag 27 augustus 2019 15:08:49 CEST schreef Human: > I had a backup and got back to that which opened fine in v3.6. I am not sure > why that file got corrupted. > > Thanks for all the help. I got upgraded as a result. I'm glad to hear that :) Geert

Re: [GNC] No Suitable backend was found

2019-08-27 Thread Human
I had a backup and got back to that which opened fine in v3.6. I am not sure why that file got corrupted. Thanks for all the help. I got upgraded as a result. On 27 Aug 2019, 4:13 PM, at 4:13 PM, Geert Janssens wrote: >Hmm, if you kept backup files, you could go back through previous

Re: [GNC] No Suitable backend was found

2019-08-27 Thread Geert Janssens
Op maandag 26 augustus 2019 14:37:58 CEST schreef Human: > Please see attached. Unfortunately there isn't much data in the trace file. The first line is common when you haven't installed Finance::Quote for online price retrieval. You can ignore that. The two subsequent lines on the other hand

Re: [GNC] No Suitable backend was found

2019-08-27 Thread Human
Hi I am using GnuCash 2.6.7 and file format is xml. I need to recover this file, is there anyway to do so? Thanks! On Tue, Aug 27, 2019 at 1:47 PM Geert Janssens wrote: > Op maandag 26 augustus 2019 14:37:58 CEST schreef Human: > > Please see attached. > > Unfortunately there isn't much data

Re: [GNC] No Suitable backend was found

2019-08-27 Thread Geert Janssens
Hmm, if you kept backup files, you could go back through previous versions to determine where it went wrong. And then compare the good backup with your bad file. It may also be useful to doublecheck the file you try to open really is an xml file (though probably compressed). To do so, first

Re: [GNC] No Suitable backend was found

2019-08-26 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Ah, sorry for the noise then. Regards, Adrien > On Aug 26, 2019 w35d238, at 10:58 AM, Human wrote: > > Sorry for the confusion. I said windows path to file which is > C:\users\personal\ ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To

Re: [GNC] No Suitable backend was found

2019-08-26 Thread Human
Sorry for the confusion. I said windows path to file which is C:\users\personal\ On 26 Aug 2019, 9:25 PM, at 9:25 PM, Adrien Monteleone wrote: >You are storing your GnuCash data file in your C:\Windows directory? >(or sub thereof) That is a system directory. I don’t think the practice >of

Re: [GNC] No Suitable backend was found

2019-08-26 Thread Adrien Monteleone
You are storing your GnuCash data file in your C:\Windows directory? (or sub thereof) That is a system directory. I don’t think the practice of storing personal data there is recommended by Microsoft regardless of any other issues or concerns with GnuCash in particular. (you have a C:\Users

Re: [GNC] No Suitable backend was found

2019-08-26 Thread Human
Please see attached. On Mon, Aug 26, 2019 at 4:55 PM Geert Janssens wrote: > Op maandag 26 augustus 2019 12:46:23 CEST schreef Human: > > Hi, > > > > Please see my answers inline below. > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > On Mon, 26 Aug, 2019, 4:07 PM Geert Janssens, < > geert.gnuc...@kobaltwit.be> >

Re: [GNC] No Suitable backend was found

2019-08-26 Thread Geert Janssens
Op maandag 26 augustus 2019 12:46:23 CEST schreef Human: > Hi, > > Please see my answers inline below. > > Thanks! > > > On Mon, 26 Aug, 2019, 4:07 PM Geert Janssens, > > wrote: > > Op maandag 26 augustus 2019 08:18:31 CEST schreef Human: > > > Hello, > > > > > > I am trying to open a

Re: [GNC] No Suitable backend was found

2019-08-26 Thread Human
Hi, Please see my answers inline below. Thanks! On Mon, 26 Aug, 2019, 4:07 PM Geert Janssens, wrote: > Op maandag 26 augustus 2019 08:18:31 CEST schreef Human: > > Hello, > > > > I am trying to open a .gnucash file which I have been using fine for > years. > > But today when I tried to open

[GNC] No Suitable backend was found

2019-08-26 Thread Human
Hello, I am trying to open a .gnucash file which I have been using fine for years. But today when I tried to open it, I get the error message "No suitable backend was found". How do I resolve this? thanks for the help. regards, HM ___ gnucash-user

Re: [GNC] "No suitable backend was found" when trying to open file in 3.0

2018-04-12 Thread John Ralls
> On Apr 12, 2018, at 3:29 PM, Jeremy Doran wrote: > > Hello, > > I just upgraded my version of GnuCash to 3.0 on my Mac, and now I am unable > to open my account file - I get the error "No suitable backend was found for > " > > The filetype, according to the output of the

Re: [GNC] "No suitable backend was found" when trying to open file in 3.0

2018-04-12 Thread Jeremy Doran
Ah, yes! Thank you - that did the trick! I found the email that pointed towards https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=794933 Adrien Monteleone April 12, 2018 at 7:14 PM Check the archives of this list this month. There are several posts about

Re: [GNC] "No suitable backend was found" when trying to open file in 3.0

2018-04-12 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Check the archives of this list this month. There are several posts about this and at least 2 of them have a very likely solution. You probably just need to edit the environment file. Regards, Adrien > On Apr 12, 2018, at 5:29 PM, Jeremy Doran wrote: > > Hello, > > I just

[GNC] "No suitable backend was found" when trying to open file in 3.0

2018-04-12 Thread Jeremy Doran
Hello, I just upgraded my version of GnuCash to 3.0 on my Mac, and now I am unable to open my account file - I get the error "No suitable backend was found for " The filetype, according to the output of the 'file' command is: SQLite 3.x database, last written using SQLite version 3007014