Re: [GNC] How to save Gnucash and Lock file issues

Hi Lorrie, Are you sure you are using an XML file for your GC data? IIRC, using the SQLite format stops the creation of the timestamp backup files. I'm not entirely sure how to check what format the file is in, but if you do a file-> Save As and look at the options in that dialog box it *may*

Re: [GNC] Import qif does not remember account allocation.

Hi, John Ralls writes: >> On Dec 3, 2018, at 6:06 AM, David wasserman wrote: >> >> Running Ubuntu 18.04. GNC version 2.6.19. >> >> Whereas GNC remembers previous account allocation on my Mastercard. >> Importing from my recently new AMEX credit card, the system doesn't >> remember the

Re: [GNC] How to save Gnucash and Lock file issues

Lorrie, That looks OK apart from not creating the backup file which should have been created when you opened the file to to make the change , saved it and then closed the file. (I noticed in an earlier post you mentioned adding an .xml file extension. There is no need to do that as the .gnucash

Re: [GNC] How to save Gnucash and Lock file issues

Hi David, I think I found it. The autosave time interval is set to 5 mins. I tested it. I made a change. Wait 5 mins and it mostly works. A log file was created at 5 mins and the finance.gnucash file was updated at 5 mins. However, the finance.gnucash file did not append the date,time,min and

Re: [GNC] How to automate $ value on the contra account when editing a transaction

Hi, David wasserman writes: > Okay John, I will try to be clearer. > > I am talking about inputting a new entry into an account. Say, my bank > account. So, in the register I could enter Date; Notes: Account to Debit; > Account to credit and their respective $ amounts. However, if this is

Re: [GNC] How to save Gnucash and Lock file issues

Hi David, Here are my responses. 1. Retain log file set to 15 days. 2. No * before the filename in the title bar. What is this "the amount of time set in that preference section has passed." that you are referring to? I am not finding this in the preferences section. David C > > On

Re: [GNC] Gnucash Backup

Ian, I think you need to ask your cloud about that. Gnucash doesn't do backups. David C On Mon, Dec 3, 2018, 5:50 PM IanCarol - PC I am using cloud backup service to back up my Gnu data. > I wish to be able to restore to a different PC. How can I do that? > > Ian Waterfield >

[GNC] Donations credited to donor(customer) w/o Invoicing?

I saw the exact post from 2013 but hoping I missed something. If a nonprofit receives a check for a donation, do we have to issue an invoice against the donor (customer) recond and then clear it in order to apply it to the donor's record? I saw the suggestion of creating sub GL Accounts for

Re: [GNC] 3.3 unstable on macOS Mojave

Some of us have also discovered that GTK is very particular about the name you use for the font. Search the recent list archives, but I *think* you need to use the ‘family name’ found using FontBook.app. Regards, Adrien > On Dec 3, 2018, at 7:49 PM, Dan Smith via gnucash-user > wrote: > >>

Re: [GNC] Gnucash Backup

Download your GnuCash data file from the cloud to your new PC where you want to restore it and open it with two clicks (with GnuCash installed, of course)! Done. Em seg, 3 de dez de 2018 às 20:49, IanCarol - PC escreveu: > I am using cloud backup service to back up my Gnu data. > I wish to be

Re: [GNC] 3.3 unstable on macOS Mojave

> On Dec 3, 2018, at 5:53 PM, John Ralls wrote: >> >>> There is no GnuCash 2.6.23. Perhaps you mean 2.6.21? Regardless, fonts are >>> a styling issue that you can change fairly easily. Search the web for Gtk 2 >>> theming. >> >> Yes, sorry, 2.6.21. >> >> Looks complicated, given that I have

Re: [GNC] 3.3 unstable on macOS Mojave

> On Dec 4, 2018, at 9:13 AM, Dan Smith wrote: > >> On Dec 1, 2018, at 4:35 PM, John Ralls wrote: >> >>> On Dec 2, 2018, at 4:31 AM, Dan Smith via gnucash-user >>> wrote: >>> >>> I recently migrated from macOS High Sierra to a new system with Mojave, and >>> replaced Gnucash 2.6.* with

Re: [GNC] How to save Gnucash and Lock file issues

Lorrie, I am away from my computer right now so I cannot confirm the exact wording, but it s something like how often to make backups. I dont remember the default. It may be only 5 minutes, I have it set to 30 minutes but I religiously do manual saves before certain activities such as imports.

Re: [GNC] 3.3 unstable on macOS Mojave

> On Dec 4, 2018, at 10:49 AM, Dan Smith wrote: > >> On Dec 3, 2018, at 5:53 PM, John Ralls wrote: >>> There is no GnuCash 2.6.23. Perhaps you mean 2.6.21? Regardless, fonts are a styling issue that you can change fairly easily. Search the web for Gtk 2 theming. >>> >>>

Re: [GNC] How to automate $ value on the contra account when editing a transaction

Beyond inconvenience questions, I think error questions are more weighty.  If the engine creates a balancing split, you see it and react.  And if, for some reason, you don't see it, you'll catch it later by noticing that the imbalance account has non-zero balance. On the other hand, if gnucash

Re: [GNC] Learning relate Gnucash to bank in 3-letter anagram world

Johnathon, What facilities exist with your bank for automated transaction download will to some extent depend upon your bank and what standards they have adopted for communication with their customers. Most banks should at least use the Open Financial Exchange (OFX) protocol either as a file

Re: [GNC] How to save Gnucash and Lock file issues

Lorrie, If, at some time in the past you modified that data file with that (short) filename by going into Edit >Preferences > General and selecting 'Retain log/backup files: Never, then no log or backup files will be generated. You did not do that because you do see .log files being generated.

Re: [GNC] 3.3 unstable on macOS Mojave

> On Dec 1, 2018, at 4:35 PM, John Ralls wrote: > >> On Dec 2, 2018, at 4:31 AM, Dan Smith via gnucash-user >> wrote: >> >> I recently migrated from macOS High Sierra to a new system with Mojave, and >> replaced Gnucash 2.6.* with 3.3. I found 3.3 to be unusable, and reverted >> back to

Re: [GNC] Text Files

So, what are the files called? On December 4, 2018, at 1:07 AM, Gareth Davies wrote: Thanks for the reply D, but under the file type is says Text Document which can be opened in Notepad.   I might be missing it but I can’t find that reference in the link you sent   From: D

Re: [GNC] How to save Gnucash and Lock file issues

Hi David, Here's what I did. - I did a "save as" and renamed the file to "finances.gnucash" then closed the file. - Reopened Gnucash which opened the very same file. - Made a change and saved it which created a log file. - Closed the same file and repeated these steps. - No

Re: [GNC] How to save Gnucash and Lock file issues

Lorrie, The setting David Carlson is talking about is immediately under the Files heading on the General tab of the Preferences dialog. You can optionally display an autosave confirmation before the autosave and set the autosave interval in the box. I use 5 minutes. The autosave only occurs at

Re: [GNC] Working with compound interest on varying amounts

Hal, Hal Vaughan writes: > So GnuCash doesn’t do this kind of thing? > > If it’s off by a cent or two, I can deal with it, but the problem is I > use one credit line for multiple projects at a time, so I have to be > able to easily work out the interest for each individual project. I'm afraid

Re: [GNC] Installation on a Mac

Gerry, I'm curious what installation instructions were confusing? David T On Mon, Dec 3, 2018 at 8:12, Gerry Starnes wrote: Actually I’m a MacHead. =)  The GnuCash installation is not clear and different programs install differently. It doesn’t do the usual “Drag this to Applications”

Re: [GNC] Working with compound interest on varying amounts

Hal, Most such calculations are devilishly difficult to represent with 100% accuracy, which is why I have always opted to base my transactions on the statement, rather than try to anticipate what the finance company is going to come up with.  David T  On Mon, Dec 3, 2018 at 12:10, Hal

Re: [GNC] How to automate $ value on the contra account when editing a transaction

Okay John, I will try to be clearer. I am talking about inputting a new entry into an account. Say, my bank account. So, in the register I could enter Date; Notes: Account to Debit; Account to credit and their respective $ amounts. However, if this is an entry I make frequently I will scroll

Re: [GNC] Fw: Installation of Gnu Cash 3.3

Op maandag 3 december 2018 09:53:46 CET schreef David Smith: > This happens when I try to install GNUCash on to my computer using Windows > 10. Please see image of screenshot. > > Please can anyone help? > > Regards, > > David You can disregard my previous mail. I hadn't seen this one yet.

Re: [GNC] Can no longer print checks

Thanks Ron for the idea. I had 5 drivers (old) that work with my printer. None worked. Went online to Dell and found an update to 3 of them. I tried these, 2 had the printer print blank pages and one did not work at all. So I guess that is progress? Thanks, HB On 12/2/2018 1:52 PM, Ronal B

Re: [GNC] Working with compound interest on varying amounts

So GnuCash doesn’t do this kind of thing? If it’s off by a cent or two, I can deal with it, but the problem is I use one credit line for multiple projects at a time, so I have to be able to easily work out the interest for each individual project. Hal > On Dec 3, 2018, at 7:03 AM, David T.

Re: [GNC] GNUCash 'Credit Notes

I know this is an old post but it's taken me a long time to find it! It's very helpful info however it seems that doing this does not relate the credit to a particular invoice and so in the receivable ageing report the customer now shows as being there but with zero outstanding. Is there any

Re: [GNC] GNUCash 'Credit Notes

Op maandag 3 december 2018 16:16:07 CET schreef Trentham: > I know this is an old post but it's taken me a long time to find it! > > It's very helpful info however it seems that doing this does not relate the > credit to a particular invoice and so in the receivable ageing report the > customer

Re: [GNC] Learning relate Gnucash to bank in 3-letter anagram world

responses below. PLEASE copy the list with any replies On Sun, Dec 2, 2018 at 8:54 PM Jonathan Ames wrote: > Obviously I'm new to Gnucash, though I've had it four years and decided > after a few attempts that I had insufficient IQ, and was perhaps myself an > evolutionary side-track. > This

Re: [GNC] Installation on a Mac

Friends, I am pleased to report that, acting upon the suggestions, instructions, and advice that many of you offered in response to the note I sent to the list yesterday (Sunday, 2 December 2018), my wife has successfully installed GnuCash on her Mac. To her it seemed that she had done all of

Re: [GNC] Installation on a Mac

Actually, it was the lack of instruction that was confusing. When I double-clicked on the Volume, it opened a window with the program and other support files. And that was it. Most usually, there is either an instruction to drag the file into the Applications folder or an installer runs. Since

Re: [GNC] How to automate $ value on the contra account when editing a transaction

Interesting idea... I would like to see it implemented as a pop-up dialog asking the user if (s)he would like to update the 'other side' to the same value if it is a simple two line transaction. If the user closes the transaction without responding yes the imbalance amount is entered. David C

Re: [GNC] Budget Help

Peter, Do you have any accounts with transactions in them yet or is this your first steps with GnuCash? Are those accounts in the same currency as the default currency for your book? I’ve seen issues in the past that the budget will not show empty accounts, or accounts with different

Re: [GNC] How to automate $ value on the contra account when editing a transaction

On Monday, December 3, 2018 at 23:02, David wasserman said: > Okay John, I will try to be clearer. > > I am talking about inputting a new entry into an account. Say, my bank > account. So, in the register I could enter Date; Notes: Account to Debit; > Account to credit and their respective $

Re: [GNC] Installation on a Mac

The installation for Gnucash is like many other Mac apps that I've loaded that had a dmg file that opened up, and the user was expected to drag the app into the Applications folder. Someone must have felt this was a common enough practice to obviate the need for explanation. Unfortunately,

Re: [GNC] Text Files

https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/FAQ#Q:_What_are_all_these_.gnucash_and_.log_files_filling_up_my_directory.3F On December 3, 2018, at 11:15 PM, Gareth Davies via gnucash-user wrote: Hi, Can anyone tell me why there are a load of text files in the folder I save Gnucash to, and can they be safely

Re: [GNC] Installation of Gnu Cash 3.3

Geert, You might not be seeing his screenshot (it is rather small and low-res however) which as we know doesn’t always come through It looks like Windows 10, with an error pop-up: "gnucash.exe - Entry Point Not Found The procedure entry point inflate/validate could not be located in the

Re: [GNC] Installation on a Mac

That “Drag to Applications” thingy you see on some apps is a sort of visual ’trick’ - nothing fancy. You can set a background to any finder window. You can have a link to a location (shortcut). If you drag an item onto a link, Finder will copy the item to the link’s ultimate real location.

[GNC] Text Files

Hi, Can anyone tell me why there are a load of text files in the folder I save Gnucash to, and can they be safely deleted. Thanks Gareth Sent from Mail for Windows 10 ___ gnucash-user mailing list

Re: [GNC] Installation of Gnu Cash 3.3

Sorry, disregard. I see the OP posted this twice. Regards, Adrien > On Dec 3, 2018, at 12:34 PM, Adrien Monteleone > wrote: > > Geert, > > You might not be seeing his screenshot (it is rather small and low-res > however) which as we know doesn’t always come through > > It looks like

Re: [GNC] Working with compound interest on varying amounts

On 12/3/18 6:02 AM, Hal Vaughan wrote: So GnuCash doesn’t do this kind of thing? If it’s off by a cent or two, I can deal with it, but the problem is I use one credit line for multiple projects at a time, so I have to be able to easily work out the interest for each individual project. Hal

Re: [GNC] How to automate $ value on the contra account when editing a transaction

On 12/3/18 9:16 AM, David Carlson wrote: Interesting idea... I would like to see it implemented as a pop-up dialog asking the user if (s)he would like to update the 'other side' to the same value if it is a simple two line transaction. If the user closes the transaction without responding yes

Re: [GNC] GNUCash 'Credit Notes

Many thanks. Makes perfect sense. -- Sent from: http://gnucash.1415818.n4.nabble.com/GnuCash-User-f1415819.html ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe:

Re: [GNC] Text Files

Gareth, If you chose XML format to save your data, all the data files are actually text files. The main data file and its backups files are formatted internally with XML tags. The log files have their own syntax for each transaction record. You can open any of them with any text editor.

Re: [GNC] Working with compound interest on varying amounts

I am assuming that the credit line is actually using daily compounding. In that case the calculations in the response from Steve are not correct. An alternate approach is to consider is the following. Warning: I tried this with a toy example. It seems to work but there may be some downsides that

Re: [GNC] Text Files

I think that Windows calls them text files if once you opened one with Notepad. They are constructed with text characters, but they are not exactly human readable. David C On Mon, Dec 3, 2018, 1:39 PM Gareth Davies via gnucash-user < gnucash-user@gnucash.org wrote: > Thanks for the reply D,

Re: [GNC] Text Files

Thanks for the reply D, but under the file type is says Text Document which can be opened in Notepad. I might be missing it but I can’t find that reference in the link you sent From: D [mailto:sunfis...@yahoo.com] Sent: 03 December 2018 17:48 To: Gareth Davies ; Gnucash Users Subject:

Re: [GNC] Text Files

At Mon, 3 Dec 2018 17:43:38 + Gareth Davies wrote: > > Hi, > > Can anyone tell me why there are a load of text files in the folder I save > Gnucash to, and can they be safely deleted. If you mean the .log files, these are transaction logs. You can delete them if you are sure your

[GNC] Gnucash Backup

I am using cloud backup service to back up my Gnu data. I wish to be able to restore to a different PC. How can I do that? Ian Waterfield ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe:

Re: [GNC] How to automate $ value on the contra account when editing a transaction

Dave, The problem for GnuCash is that when you have duplicated a previous transaction and then edit it, GnuCash has no way of knowing what your intentions are. The engine is currently setup to maintain a transaction in balance as it is edited. When you change the value of one split of the

Re: [GNC] Installation of Gnu Cash 3.3

Op zondag 2 december 2018 16:59:47 CET schreef David Smith: > Please can you tell me why I cannot install the latest version? Just a second while I look into my crystal ball ;) More seriously, it's very hard to help you when you give this little information. To start, what OS are you on ? What