Re: [GNC] Saved Reports Location Question
Yes, sorry. Geert set me straight. (and offered pointers for you to get it to work) Regards, Adrien On 9/6/22 8:11 AM, butterands...@gmail.com wrote: Well, obviously it is NOT "hard coded" cause I've been using my dropbox box location on my Windows desktop for saved reports for years on both of my laptops, and it still works on 1 laptop, the issue I'm having is the other laptop where I had to reinstall Windows. And anyway, there's the whole section in the help manual re changing the default location. I'm just not getting it to work on the 1 laptop in question, assuming I'm doing it right (as I stated earlier, this is really above my "paygrade", I'm just trying to get my gnucash install the way it was before...)... ___ 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 replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] Saved Reports Location Question
On 9/6/22 7:37 AM, Geert Janssens wrote: Op dinsdag 6 september 2022 06:13:45 CEST schreef Adrien Monteleone: I'm pretty sure those locations are hard coded. They are not :) Awesome, good to know, thanks! Regards, Adrien ___ 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 replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] Saved Reports Location Question
"Subject: Re: [GNC] Saved Reports Location Question I'm pretty sure those locations are hard coded." Well, obviously it is NOT "hard coded" cause I've been using my dropbox box location on my Windows desktop for saved reports for years on both of my laptops, and it still works on 1 laptop, the issue I'm having is the other laptop where I had to reinstall Windows. And anyway, there's the whole section in the help manual re changing the default location. I'm just not getting it to work on the 1 laptop in question, assuming I'm doing it right (as I stated earlier, this is really above my "paygrade", I'm just trying to get my gnucash install the way it was before...)... On Mon, Sep 5, 2022 at 6:22 PM wrote: > In the C:\Program Files (x86)\gnucash\etc directory, in the gnucash > subdirectory, where there is an "enviroment" file, I added an > "environment.local" file with the following content: > > GNC_DATA_HOME=c:\users\butte\dropbox\gnucash > > I then opened up gnucash, but the saved reports are still not pointing to > that location. > > On Mon, Sep 5, 2022 at 5:42 PM Glenn Fowler wrote: > >> Hi Stan, >> >> I'm not where I can look into it but here is the info for configuring >> your file location: >> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Configuration_Locations#System-wide >> >> On Mon, Sep 5, 2022 at 7:26 PM Stan Brown >> wrote: >> >>> >>> On 2022-09-05 15:26, butterands...@gmail.com wrote: >>> > On the "new" laptop it is looking for the saved reports in >>> > c:\users\butte\Appdata\Roaming\Gnucash. I want it to look in >>> > c:\users\butte\Dropbox\Gnucash where the current Gnucash data file >>> > resides. Can someone give me a clue how I redirect it? >>> >>> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Configuration_Locations >>> >>> Stan Brown >>> Tehachapi, CA, USA >>> https://BrownMath.com >>> ___ >>> 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 replies. >>> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. >>> >> ___ 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 replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] Saved Reports Location Question
Op dinsdag 6 september 2022 06:13:45 CEST schreef Adrien Monteleone: > I'm pretty sure those locations are hard coded. > They are not :) > It might be worth investigating the Windows equivalent of a symbolic link. > > Regards, > Adrien > > On 9/5/22 8:22 PM, butterands...@gmail.com wrote: > > In the C:\Program Files (x86)\gnucash\etc directory, in the gnucash > > subdirectory, where there is an "enviroment" file, I added an > > "environment.local" file with the following content: > > > > GNC_DATA_HOME=c:\users\butte\dropbox\gnucash > > > > I then opened up gnucash, but the saved reports are still not pointing to > > that location. The contents of that file should be [Variables] GNC_DATA_HOME=c:\users\butte\dropbox\gnucash You were probably only missing the "Variables" group header. A few suggestions however: 1. I presume your data file is also in c:\users\butte\dropbox\gnucash ? In that case it would be better to make a subdirectory for the gnucash meta data (it can simply be c:\users\butte\dropbox\gnucash\data) and point GNC_DATA_HOME to that. So the line in environment.local would become GNC_DATA_HOME=c:\users\butte\dropbox\gnucash\data 2. Besides GNC_DATA_HOME there is also directory GNC_CONFIG_HOME. On Windows this special variable typically points to the same location. So if you want to relocate the former, you probably also want to relocate the latter. For that add a second line in environment.local with the following GNC_CONFIG_HOME=c:\users\butte\dropbox\gnucash\data Regards, Geert > > ___ > 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 replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. ___ 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 replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] Saved Reports Location Question
I'm pretty sure those locations are hard coded. It might be worth investigating the Windows equivalent of a symbolic link. Regards, Adrien On 9/5/22 8:22 PM, butterands...@gmail.com wrote: In the C:\Program Files (x86)\gnucash\etc directory, in the gnucash subdirectory, where there is an "enviroment" file, I added an "environment.local" file with the following content: GNC_DATA_HOME=c:\users\butte\dropbox\gnucash I then opened up gnucash, but the saved reports are still not pointing to that location. ___ 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 replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] Saved Reports Location Question
In the C:\Program Files (x86)\gnucash\etc directory, in the gnucash subdirectory, where there is an "enviroment" file, I added an "environment.local" file with the following content: GNC_DATA_HOME=c:\users\butte\dropbox\gnucash I then opened up gnucash, but the saved reports are still not pointing to that location. On Mon, Sep 5, 2022 at 5:42 PM Glenn Fowler wrote: > Hi Stan, > > I'm not where I can look into it but here is the info for configuring your > file location: > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Configuration_Locations#System-wide > > On Mon, Sep 5, 2022 at 7:26 PM Stan Brown > wrote: > >> >> On 2022-09-05 15:26, butterands...@gmail.com wrote: >> > On the "new" laptop it is looking for the saved reports in >> > c:\users\butte\Appdata\Roaming\Gnucash. I want it to look in >> > c:\users\butte\Dropbox\Gnucash where the current Gnucash data file >> > resides. Can someone give me a clue how I redirect it? >> >> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Configuration_Locations >> >> Stan Brown >> Tehachapi, CA, USA >> https://BrownMath.com >> ___ >> 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 replies. >> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. >> > ___ 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 replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] Saved Reports Location Question
Hi Stan, I'm not where I can look into it but here is the info for configuring your file location: https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Configuration_Locations#System-wide On Mon, Sep 5, 2022 at 7:26 PM Stan Brown wrote: > > On 2022-09-05 15:26, butterands...@gmail.com wrote: > > On the "new" laptop it is looking for the saved reports in > > c:\users\butte\Appdata\Roaming\Gnucash. I want it to look in > > c:\users\butte\Dropbox\Gnucash where the current Gnucash data file > > resides. Can someone give me a clue how I redirect it? > > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Configuration_Locations > > Stan Brown > Tehachapi, CA, USA > https://BrownMath.com > ___ > 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 replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > ___ 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 replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] Saved Reports Location Question
Thanks, but that section is a bit above my "pay-grade". As I posted, I already know where the saved reports are being stored on the 1 Windows laptop in question, my issue is how to *relocate* that location. I take it I'm suppose to create GNC_DATA_HOME and/or GNC_CONFIG_HOME somewhere with the desired path. I did a search for those terms on my other laptop that has the saved reports in the desired dropbox location (I was going to copy whatever I found to the laptop that I'm having the issue with), but it found *none *of those terms, directories, so I'm scratching my head how it's using that location--I didn't make any modifications. On Mon, Sep 5, 2022 at 4:26 PM Stan Brown wrote: > > On 2022-09-05 15:26, butterands...@gmail.com wrote: > > On the "new" laptop it is looking for the saved reports in > > c:\users\butte\Appdata\Roaming\Gnucash. I want it to look in > > c:\users\butte\Dropbox\Gnucash where the current Gnucash data file > > resides. Can someone give me a clue how I redirect it? > > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Configuration_Locations > > Stan Brown > Tehachapi, CA, USA > https://BrownMath.com > ___ 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 replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] Saved Reports Location Question
On 2022-09-05 15:26, butterands...@gmail.com wrote: > On the "new" laptop it is looking for the saved reports in > c:\users\butte\Appdata\Roaming\Gnucash. I want it to look in > c:\users\butte\Dropbox\Gnucash where the current Gnucash data file > resides. Can someone give me a clue how I redirect it? https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Configuration_Locations Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com ___ 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 replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
[GNC] Saved Reports Location Question
I had everything set up perfectly between 2 laptops, working great, used dropbox to sync my GnuCash data file and saved reports; but unfortunately, had to reinstall Windows on 1 of the laptops. I have everything back working fine, including syncing of the Gnucash data file, except for the location of the saved reports. On the "new" laptop it is looking for the saved reports in c:\users\butte\Appdata\Roaming\Gnucash. I want it to look in c:\users\butte\Dropbox\Gnucash where the current Gnucash data file resides. Can someone give me a clue how I redirect it? Thanks! ___ 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 replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
