Re: [GNC] How to move my Windows 10 2.6.17 to a new Windows, 10 machine?
Stan, thanks. With my small account it wasn't much of a problem to do it all manually (once I knew where and what needed to be done!), but I'm sure your batch file is a great tool for higher volume situations. I do agree with everyone that help for 'just-a user' folks like me is important. I know enough to be dangerous, but fortunately (at least I think) I know it. For me, instructions that clearly explain how *and why* give me the most confidence to go DIY. I think before I would be comfortable using somebody's (black-box to me) tool I'd want to have an imprimatur from, like, GNUcash and more documentation. Adrien's answer of using an established tool like Windows BU sounds easy and reliable, but you have to tell me exactly what *are* the "relevant file(s)"? -- I didn't think one 218kb file could possibly be big enough to hold 7 years of transactions, customers, vendors, etc. and I was sure I *had* to regedit the Preferences (I *knew* that was dangerous for me) -- that is until Dave explained it plain and simple and gave me the confidence. Thanks again everybody. Dick On Thu, Jul 12, 2018 at 6:29 PM Stan Brown wrote: > Dick, here is a batch file I use to save and restore my GnuCash settings > and reports, for transferring them between machines. You'd need to > change my file names and paths to yours, but still it could save you > some time. > > If you don't want to be elaborate as I am -- my batch files tend to be a > bit over-engineered -- just look for the "reg" lines. Those are the ones > that save or restore the settings and reports. > > > @set MYECHO=echo off > > @%MYECHO > > set RZIPNAME=_stanReports.zip > > set GFILNAME=_stanSettings.reg > > setlocal > > set MYNAME=%@name[%0] > > if "%1" ne "/?" .and. "%1" ne "-?" .and. "%1" ne "" goto 000_Start > > echo off > > echo. > > echo %MYNAME: Save or restore GnuCash settings > > echo. > > echo options: > > echo /q Quiet > > echo /v Verbose > > echo /purge Delete saved log files (used with "save" or "apply") > > echo save Save settings > > echo apply Apply saved settings > > echo purge Delete saved log files. > > echo Just one of 'save', 'apply', 'purge' is required. > > echo. > > echo Settings are saved in %GFILNAME and %RZIPNAME, in the same > > echo folder as the GnuCash accounting file. > > quit > > > > > 2018-02-25 new program > > 2018-03-21 Add the purge option. > > 2018-03-31 With 'purge', suppress error message if there are no files > ... > > 2018-04-01 ... and also delete GnuCash files in %TEMP%. > > 2018-04-18 Add /purge as an option, used with "save" or "apply". > > 2018-05-05 Program didn't abort after an an unknown option. > > > > Copyright 2018 Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems > http://oakroadsystems.com/ > > > > > :000_Start > > > > :: Scan the options. > > set ACTION=none > > set PURGING=0 > > set VERBOSE=1 > > do while "%1" ne "" > > iff %1 == save .or. %1 == apply .or. %1 == purge then > > iff %ACTION ne none then > > echo %MYNAME: Only one of 'save', 'apply', purge is allowed. > > cancel > > endiff > > set ACTION=%@lower[%1] > > elseiff %1 == /q then > > set VERBOSE=0 > > elseiff %1 == /v then > > set VERBOSE=2 > > elseiff %1 == /purge then > > set PURGING=1 > > else > > echo %MYNAME: Unknown option '%1'. > > cancel 2 > > endiff > > shift > > enddo > > iff %ACTION == none then > > echo %MYNAME: You need one of 'save', 'apply', or 'purge'. > > cancel > > elseiff %VERBOSE == 2 then > > echo %MYNAME: Plaanning to %ACTION the %@if[%ACTION == > purge,files,settings]. > > echo. > > endiff > > > > :: Check existence of files and folders. > > set GDIR=e:\sb\$\GnuCash > > iff not isdir "%GDIR" then > > echo %MYNAME: Financials folder '%GDIR' not found. > > cancel > > elseiff not exist "%GDIR\Stan.gnucash" then > > echo %MYNAME: File Stan.gnucash not found in '%GDIR'. > > cancel > > endiff > > set RDIR=%USERPROFILE\.gnucash > > set RZIP=%GDIR\%RZIPNAME > > set GKEY=HKCU\Software\GSettings\org\gnucash > > set GFIL=%GDIR\%GFILNAME > > iff %VERBOSE == 2 then > > echo %MYNAME: Financial database is in folder '%GDIR'. > > echo %MYNAME: GnuCash reports are in folder '%RDIR'. > > echo %MYNAME: GnuCash reports are zipped in file '%RZIP'. > > echo %MYNAME: GnuCash settings are in '%GKEY'. > > echo %MYNAME: GnuCash settings are exported to file '%GFIL'. > > echo. > > endiff > > > > iff %ACTION == save then > > if %PURGING == 1 gosub PurgeAction > > iff not isdir "%RDIR" then > > echo %MYNAME: Reports folder '%RDIR' not found. > > cancel > > endiff > > pushd "%RDIR" > > set ZIPOPT= > > set OPTS=-r -T -o > > if %VERBOSE lt 2 set
Re: [GNC] How to move my Windows 10 2.6.17 to a new Windows, 10 machine?
I agree with Michael here. I can’t imagine the nightmare of trying to restore an entire system or migrate it to another physical machine and have to contend with dozens of different restore procedures, one for each application based on what those developers thought best. I’d much rather handle this with a single method for the entire system. Backup, restoration and migration is not a proper function to handle on a per-app basis. This is always something that should be done by the user according to their own needs and preferences. There are many applications dedicated to this very task, some come with operating systems as ’sane defaults’ and others are available if a user finds those ’sane defaults’ to not meet their needs. In a worst case, one can always just copy/move files manually. (again, there are multiple methods available here, depending on need and preference) Such a request (to have the particular app handle this) strikes me as coming from the perspective that the user thinks the data and settings are contained within the app itself somehow. I’m not sure where this idea originates, but I’ve come across it so many times. (My parents used to think their documents were actually, literally, stored IN ‘MS Word’. It took me many months to get them to comprehend otherwise.) The short answer to the original post is simply - make a backup (using the backup procedure included in Win10) of the original system, then restore that backup on the new system. If you just want to move GnuCash, that backup/restore tool allows you to choose what you want to include so only include the GnuCash relevant files. Windows has had a backup and migration assistant included for at least a decade now. The desired tool already exists. (I used it a few months ago to copy a user profile to 5 different machines - data, preferences and all) Regards, Adrien > On Jul 13, 2018, at 7:46 AM, Mike or Penny Novack > wrote: > > On 7/13/2018 8:20 AM, Stan Brown wrote: >> I think there's a mechanism for entering that as a request for the product, >> and I think it would be a great idea. Programs in general ought to make it >> easier not just to move their settings but to back them up. >> >> P.S. I'm not really a programmer any more, but I still keep my hand in with >> various forms of scripting, mainly AWK and batch files. One day I'll learn >> Windows PowerShell, maybe. >> > Absolutely not. Not on a program by program, application by application basis. > > Look, if on computer there is a data area ... users/user-name/. and if > THIS (entire directory) is copied to back-up then ALL of that user's data has > been backed up in one operation. > > SPACE (cheap these days) is the only good reason to do incremental back-ups. > But if this method is used, should be neither the responsibility of programs > nor manual actions by the user, but an automated back-up system designed for > the purpose << say runs every night and makes a (new) back-up of every file > that has changed since the day before >> > > Michael D Novack > ___ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. > - > 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 If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] How to move my Windows 10 2.6.17 to a new Windows, 10 machine?
On 7/13/2018 8:20 AM, Stan Brown wrote: I think there's a mechanism for entering that as a request for the product, and I think it would be a great idea. Programs in general ought to make it easier not just to move their settings but to back them up. P.S. I'm not really a programmer any more, but I still keep my hand in with various forms of scripting, mainly AWK and batch files. One day I'll learn Windows PowerShell, maybe. Absolutely not. Not on a program by program, application by application basis. Look, if on computer there is a data area ... users/user-name/. and if THIS (entire directory) is copied to back-up then ALL of that user's data has been backed up in one operation. SPACE (cheap these days) is the only good reason to do incremental back-ups. But if this method is used, should be neither the responsibility of programs nor manual actions by the user, but an automated back-up system designed for the purpose << say runs every night and makes a (new) back-up of every file that has changed since the day before >> Michael D Novack ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] How to move my Windows 10 2.6.17 to a new Windows, 10 machine?
On Fri, Jul 13, 2018, at 4:59 AM, Norbert Klein wrote: > Thanks, Stan, for sharing your work with all. ... > I still hope there will be - some time in the not too distant future - a > program which can be used also by a non-programmer to move a well > working GnuCash system from one Widows 10 computer to a new Windows 10 > computer. I think there's a mechanism for entering that as a request for the product, and I think it would be a great idea. Programs in general ought to make it easier not just to move their settings but to back them up. P.S. I'm not really a programmer any more, but I still keep my hand in with various forms of scripting, mainly AWK and batch files. One day I'll learn Windows PowerShell, maybe. -- Stan Brown the_stan_br...@fastmail.fm http://BrownMath.com http://OakRoadSystems.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 If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] How to move my Windows 10 2.6.17 to a new Windows, 10 machine?
On 7/13/2018 4:59 AM, Norbert Klein wrote: Thanks, Stan, for sharing your work with all. But it only makes me feel sorry - I am a non-programmer user of GnuCash :-( I still hope there will be - some time in the not too distant future - a program which can be used also by a non-programmer to move a well working GnuCash system from one Widows 10 computer to a new Windows 10 computer. Still not giving up hope. Norbert This is not really a "program which can be used by a non-programmer" issue. It is more a issue about "computer used by a non-programmer" issue (a special case of a more general problem). Computer users who do not have a "support person" have to learn how to do SOME basic tasks for themselves. How do you move ANY data between devices, between computers or from computer to backup device and how to restore from backup? Do you see why your question "how do I move gnucash data?" is just a special case of this more general problem << how do I move data from my old computer to a back-up device, USB stick or external drive or network place, and how do I "restore" this data to my computer, in this case the new one. If you don't know how to make backups of your data and restore from backup and you don't have a "support person" to do tasks like this for you, then you as a computer user have to learn how to do this basic (absolutely necessary) thing for yourself. If you do not have back-ups, it is not a question of whether you will lose your data but when you will lose your data. Not just your gnucash data but ALL of your data. Michael D Novack ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] How to move my Windows 10 2.6.17 to a new Windows, 10 machine?
Norbert. Don't over think this. Which word processor do you use? How did you move all your wordprocessor documents, template & settings from old to new? GC really isn't very different. you have one or more accounts data files (ie.documents) saved somewhere (there are also some auto-backup copies of these in the same folders, but it is not required to copy these backups - GC will make more in due course) and possibly some customised reports in another folder - which you have been told about. you need to move the data file(s) and ~/.gnucash folder as outlined in the FAQ links you have been given. Some display settings/preferences may not make it over because they are stored in the windows registry - but a quick once- through of the preferences dialog box should let you put things back as you like. No programming needed. HTH, Maf. On Friday, 13 July 2018 09:59:04 BST Norbert Klein wrote: > Thanks, Stan, > > for sharing your work with all. > > But it only makes me feel sorry - I am a non-programmer user of GnuCash :-( > > I still hope there will be - some time in the not too distant future - a > program which can be used also by a non-programmer to move a well > working GnuCash system from one Widows 10 computer to a new Windows 10 > computer. > > Still not giving up hope. > > Norbert > > On 13.7.2018 5:29, Stan Brown wrote: > > Dick, here is a batch file I use to save and restore my GnuCash settings > > and reports, for transferring them between machines. You'd need to > > change my file names and paths to yours, but still it could save you > > some time. > > > > If you don't want to be elaborate as I am -- my batch files tend to be a > > bit over-engineered -- just look for the "reg" lines. Those are the ones > > that save or restore the settings and reports. > > > >> @set MYECHO=echo off > >> @%MYECHO > >> set RZIPNAME=_stanReports.zip > >> set GFILNAME=_stanSettings.reg > >> setlocal > >> set MYNAME=%@name[%0] > >> if "%1" ne "/?" .and. "%1" ne "-?" .and. "%1" ne "" goto 000_Start > >> echo off > >> echo. > >> echo %MYNAME: Save or restore GnuCash settings > >> echo. > >> echo options: > >> echo /q Quiet > >> echo /v Verbose > >> echo /purge Delete saved log files (used with "save" or "apply") > >> echo save Save settings > >> echo apply Apply saved settings > >> echo purge Delete saved log files. > >> echo Just one of 'save', 'apply', 'purge' is required. > >> echo. > >> echo Settings are saved in %GFILNAME and %RZIPNAME, in the same > >> echo folder as the GnuCash accounting file. > >> quit > >> * > >> *** 2018-02-25 new program > >> 2018-03-21 Add the purge option. > >> 2018-03-31 With 'purge', suppress error message if there are no files > >> ... > >> 2018-04-01 ... and also delete GnuCash files in %TEMP%. > >> 2018-04-18 Add /purge as an option, used with "save" or "apply". > >> 2018-05-05 Program didn't abort after an an unknown option. > >> > >> Copyright 2018 Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems > >> http://oakroadsystems.com/ > >> > >> * > >> ***>> > >> :000_Start > >> : > >> :: Scan the options. > >> > >> set ACTION=none > >> set PURGING=0 > >> set VERBOSE=1 > >> do while "%1" ne "" > >> > >> iff %1 == save .or. %1 == apply .or. %1 == purge then > >> > >> iff %ACTION ne none then > >> > >> echo %MYNAME: Only one of 'save', 'apply', purge is allowed. > >> cancel > >> > >> endiff > >> set ACTION=%@lower[%1] > >> > >> elseiff %1 == /q then > >> > >> set VERBOSE=0 > >> > >> elseiff %1 == /v then > >> > >> set VERBOSE=2 > >> > >> elseiff %1 == /purge then > >> > >> set PURGING=1 > >> > >> else > >> > >> echo %MYNAME: Unknown option '%1'. > >> cancel 2 > >> > >> endiff > >> shift > >> > >> enddo > >> iff %ACTION == none then > >> > >> echo %MYNAME: You need one of 'save', 'apply', or 'purge'. > >> cancel > >> > >> elseiff %VERBOSE == 2 then > >> > >> echo %MYNAME: Plaanning to %ACTION the %@if[%ACTION == > >> purge,files,settings]. echo. > >> > >> endiff > >> > >> :: Check existence of files and folders. > >> :: > >> set GDIR=e:\sb\$\GnuCash > >> > >> iff not isdir "%GDIR" then > >> > >> echo %MYNAME: Financials folder '%GDIR' not found. > >> cancel > >> > >> elseiff not exist "%GDIR\Stan.gnucash" then > >> > >> echo %MYNAME: File Stan.gnucash not found in '%GDIR'. > >> cancel > >> > >> endiff > >> set RDIR=%USERPROFILE\.gnucash > >> set RZIP=%GDIR\%RZIPNAME > >> set GKEY=HKCU\Software\GSettings\org\gnucash > >> set GFIL=%GDIR\%GFILNAME > >> iff %VERBOSE == 2 then > >> > >> echo %MYNAME: Financial
Re: [GNC] How to move my Windows 10 2.6.17 to a new Windows, 10 machine?
Thanks, Stan, for sharing your work with all. But it only makes me feel sorry - I am a non-programmer user of GnuCash :-( I still hope there will be - some time in the not too distant future - a program which can be used also by a non-programmer to move a well working GnuCash system from one Widows 10 computer to a new Windows 10 computer. Still not giving up hope. Norbert On 13.7.2018 5:29, Stan Brown wrote: Dick, here is a batch file I use to save and restore my GnuCash settings and reports, for transferring them between machines. You'd need to change my file names and paths to yours, but still it could save you some time. If you don't want to be elaborate as I am -- my batch files tend to be a bit over-engineered -- just look for the "reg" lines. Those are the ones that save or restore the settings and reports. @set MYECHO=echo off @%MYECHO set RZIPNAME=_stanReports.zip set GFILNAME=_stanSettings.reg setlocal set MYNAME=%@name[%0] if "%1" ne "/?" .and. "%1" ne "-?" .and. "%1" ne "" goto 000_Start echo off echo. echo %MYNAME: Save or restore GnuCash settings echo. echo options: echo /q Quiet echo /v Verbose echo /purge Delete saved log files (used with "save" or "apply") echo save Save settings echo apply Apply saved settings echo purge Delete saved log files. echo Just one of 'save', 'apply', 'purge' is required. echo. echo Settings are saved in %GFILNAME and %RZIPNAME, in the same echo folder as the GnuCash accounting file. quit 2018-02-25 new program 2018-03-21 Add the purge option. 2018-03-31 With 'purge', suppress error message if there are no files ... 2018-04-01 ... and also delete GnuCash files in %TEMP%. 2018-04-18 Add /purge as an option, used with "save" or "apply". 2018-05-05 Program didn't abort after an an unknown option. Copyright 2018 Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems http://oakroadsystems.com/ :000_Start :: Scan the options. set ACTION=none set PURGING=0 set VERBOSE=1 do while "%1" ne "" iff %1 == save .or. %1 == apply .or. %1 == purge then iff %ACTION ne none then echo %MYNAME: Only one of 'save', 'apply', purge is allowed. cancel endiff set ACTION=%@lower[%1] elseiff %1 == /q then set VERBOSE=0 elseiff %1 == /v then set VERBOSE=2 elseiff %1 == /purge then set PURGING=1 else echo %MYNAME: Unknown option '%1'. cancel 2 endiff shift enddo iff %ACTION == none then echo %MYNAME: You need one of 'save', 'apply', or 'purge'. cancel elseiff %VERBOSE == 2 then echo %MYNAME: Plaanning to %ACTION the %@if[%ACTION == purge,files,settings]. echo. endiff :: Check existence of files and folders. set GDIR=e:\sb\$\GnuCash iff not isdir "%GDIR" then echo %MYNAME: Financials folder '%GDIR' not found. cancel elseiff not exist "%GDIR\Stan.gnucash" then echo %MYNAME: File Stan.gnucash not found in '%GDIR'. cancel endiff set RDIR=%USERPROFILE\.gnucash set RZIP=%GDIR\%RZIPNAME set GKEY=HKCU\Software\GSettings\org\gnucash set GFIL=%GDIR\%GFILNAME iff %VERBOSE == 2 then echo %MYNAME: Financial database is in folder '%GDIR'. echo %MYNAME: GnuCash reports are in folder '%RDIR'. echo %MYNAME: GnuCash reports are zipped in file '%RZIP'. echo %MYNAME: GnuCash settings are in '%GKEY'. echo %MYNAME: GnuCash settings are exported to file '%GFIL'. echo. endiff iff %ACTION == save then if %PURGING == 1 gosub PurgeAction iff not isdir "%RDIR" then echo %MYNAME: Reports folder '%RDIR' not found. cancel endiff pushd "%RDIR" set ZIPOPT= set OPTS=-r -T -o if %VERBOSE lt 2 set OPTS=%OPTS -q @if %VERBOSE ge 1 echo on zip %OPTS "%RZIP" * @%MYECHO @echo. popd @if %VERBOSE ge 1 echo on reg export %GKEY "%GFIL" /y @%MYECHO elseiff %ACTION == apply then if %PURGING == 1 gosub PurgeAction iff not exist "%GFIL" then echo %MYNAME: Registy export file '%GFIL' not found. cancel endiff iff not exist "%RZIP" then echo %MYNAME: Reports ZIP file '%RZIP' not found. cancel endiff iff not isdir "%RDIR" then echo %MYNAME: Reports folder '%RDIR' not found. input /c /k"yYnN" /l1 Create it?^ %%X echo. if %X == N cancel md "%RDIR" endiff set OPTS=-uo if %VERBOSE == 0 set OPTS=%OPTS -q @if %VERBOSE ge 1 echo on unzip %OPTS "%RZIP" -d "%RDIR" @%MYECHO @echo. @if %VERBOSE ge 1 echo on reg delete %GKEY /f @echo. reg import "%GFIL" @%MYECHO elseiff %ACTION == purge then gosub PurgeAction else echo %MYNAME: Internal error: %%ACTION = '%ACTION' cancel
Re: [GNC] How to move my Windows 10 2.6.17 to a new Windows, 10 machine?
Dick, here is a batch file I use to save and restore my GnuCash settings and reports, for transferring them between machines. You'd need to change my file names and paths to yours, but still it could save you some time. If you don't want to be elaborate as I am -- my batch files tend to be a bit over-engineered -- just look for the "reg" lines. Those are the ones that save or restore the settings and reports. > @set MYECHO=echo off > @%MYECHO > set RZIPNAME=_stanReports.zip > set GFILNAME=_stanSettings.reg > setlocal > set MYNAME=%@name[%0] > if "%1" ne "/?" .and. "%1" ne "-?" .and. "%1" ne "" goto 000_Start > echo off > echo. > echo %MYNAME: Save or restore GnuCash settings > echo. > echo options: > echo /q Quiet > echo /v Verbose > echo /purge Delete saved log files (used with "save" or "apply") > echo save Save settings > echo apply Apply saved settings > echo purge Delete saved log files. > echo Just one of 'save', 'apply', 'purge' is required. > echo. > echo Settings are saved in %GFILNAME and %RZIPNAME, in the same > echo folder as the GnuCash accounting file. > quit > > 2018-02-25 new program > 2018-03-21 Add the purge option. > 2018-03-31 With 'purge', suppress error message if there are no files ... > 2018-04-01 ... and also delete GnuCash files in %TEMP%. > 2018-04-18 Add /purge as an option, used with "save" or "apply". > 2018-05-05 Program didn't abort after an an unknown option. > > Copyright 2018 Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems http://oakroadsystems.com/ > > :000_Start > > :: Scan the options. > set ACTION=none > set PURGING=0 > set VERBOSE=1 > do while "%1" ne "" > iff %1 == save .or. %1 == apply .or. %1 == purge then > iff %ACTION ne none then > echo %MYNAME: Only one of 'save', 'apply', purge is allowed. > cancel > endiff > set ACTION=%@lower[%1] > elseiff %1 == /q then > set VERBOSE=0 > elseiff %1 == /v then > set VERBOSE=2 > elseiff %1 == /purge then > set PURGING=1 > else > echo %MYNAME: Unknown option '%1'. > cancel 2 > endiff > shift > enddo > iff %ACTION == none then > echo %MYNAME: You need one of 'save', 'apply', or 'purge'. > cancel > elseiff %VERBOSE == 2 then > echo %MYNAME: Plaanning to %ACTION the %@if[%ACTION == > purge,files,settings]. > echo. > endiff > > :: Check existence of files and folders. > set GDIR=e:\sb\$\GnuCash > iff not isdir "%GDIR" then > echo %MYNAME: Financials folder '%GDIR' not found. > cancel > elseiff not exist "%GDIR\Stan.gnucash" then > echo %MYNAME: File Stan.gnucash not found in '%GDIR'. > cancel > endiff > set RDIR=%USERPROFILE\.gnucash > set RZIP=%GDIR\%RZIPNAME > set GKEY=HKCU\Software\GSettings\org\gnucash > set GFIL=%GDIR\%GFILNAME > iff %VERBOSE == 2 then > echo %MYNAME: Financial database is in folder '%GDIR'. > echo %MYNAME: GnuCash reports are in folder '%RDIR'. > echo %MYNAME: GnuCash reports are zipped in file '%RZIP'. > echo %MYNAME: GnuCash settings are in '%GKEY'. > echo %MYNAME: GnuCash settings are exported to file '%GFIL'. > echo. > endiff > > iff %ACTION == save then > if %PURGING == 1 gosub PurgeAction > iff not isdir "%RDIR" then > echo %MYNAME: Reports folder '%RDIR' not found. > cancel > endiff > pushd "%RDIR" > set ZIPOPT= > set OPTS=-r -T -o > if %VERBOSE lt 2 set OPTS=%OPTS -q > @if %VERBOSE ge 1 echo on > zip %OPTS "%RZIP" * > @%MYECHO > @echo. > popd > @if %VERBOSE ge 1 echo on > reg export %GKEY "%GFIL" /y > @%MYECHO > > elseiff %ACTION == apply then > if %PURGING == 1 gosub PurgeAction > iff not exist "%GFIL" then > echo %MYNAME: Registy export file '%GFIL' not found. > cancel > endiff > iff not exist "%RZIP" then > echo %MYNAME: Reports ZIP file '%RZIP' not found. > cancel > endiff > iff not isdir "%RDIR" then > echo %MYNAME: Reports folder '%RDIR' not found. > input /c /k"yYnN" /l1 Create it?^ %%X > echo. > if %X == N cancel > md "%RDIR" > endiff > set OPTS=-uo > if %VERBOSE == 0 set OPTS=%OPTS -q > @if %VERBOSE ge 1 echo on > unzip %OPTS "%RZIP" -d "%RDIR" > @%MYECHO > @echo. > @if %VERBOSE ge 1 echo on > reg delete %GKEY /f > @echo. > reg import "%GFIL" > @%MYECHO > > elseiff %ACTION == purge then > gosub PurgeAction > > else > echo %MYNAME: Internal error: %%ACTION = '%ACTION' > cancel > endiff > quit > > :PurgeAction > set OPTS=/R /E > if %VERBOSE lt 2 set OPTS=/T %OPTS > echos %MYNAME: purging ... `` > del %OPTS %GC\*.gnucash.20* %TEMP\gnc-report*html;gnucash*log > return --
Re: [GNC] How to move my Windows 10 2.6.17 to a new Windows 10 machine?
Thanks Liz, I didn't think of the preferences. David - David Cousens -- 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: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] How to move my Windows 10 2.6.17 to a new Windows 10 machine?
David, thanks, that works slick as you said. I've been known to over-think at times. Once again. . . Liz, RE:Preferences, to amateur-me it looks like the registry differences between the old and new installs are minor. I've read the FAQ but I don't know how to actually move the old keys over I'm going to live with it as-is for now rather than mess it up. I haven't saved any custom reports. I appreciate all the help. Dick Gardner On Wed, Jul 11, 2018 at 5:35 AM Liz wrote: > On Tue, 10 Jul 2018 19:27:21 -0700 (MST) > DaveC49 wrote: > > > Dick, > > All that is necessary is to copy the .gnucash file from that > > directory to the new computer (usb stick is probably easiest) where > > is the name you originally gave your Gnucash file. This is > > the only file that it is necessary to copy to transfer to your new > > machine > > > > You will find a lot of files of the form > > .gnucash..gnucash and > > .gnucash..log > > in the directory. > > > > These are backup and log files and are created each time you open > > GnuCash. They are useful if the primary file above becomes corrupted > > as you can restore from a backup file by applying the subsequent > > logfiles. You can copy these over as well if you wish. It is > > probably a good idea to keep a few of the most recent of each file > > type. > > > > Once you have copied the file into an appropriate directory in the > > \Users on the new machine , if you start GnuCash and then File->Open > > from the menu and then direct it to and open the .gnucash > > file you copied you will be up and running. Next time it should open > > that file by default. > > > > David Cousens > > > > > > This is incomplete. Copying only this file will not copy the > preferences and the saved reports (if any). > Check the FAQ, above and below this one > > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/FAQ#Q:_I_moved.2Frenamed_my_data_file_and_my_reports_disappeared._How_do_I_get_them_back.3F > > Liz > ___ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. > - > 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 If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] How to move my Windows 10 2.6.17 to a new Windows 10 machine?
On Tue, 10 Jul 2018 19:27:21 -0700 (MST) DaveC49 wrote: > Dick, > All that is necessary is to copy the .gnucash file from that > directory to the new computer (usb stick is probably easiest) where > is the name you originally gave your Gnucash file. This is > the only file that it is necessary to copy to transfer to your new > machine > > You will find a lot of files of the form > .gnucash..gnucash and > .gnucash..log > in the directory. > > These are backup and log files and are created each time you open > GnuCash. They are useful if the primary file above becomes corrupted > as you can restore from a backup file by applying the subsequent > logfiles. You can copy these over as well if you wish. It is > probably a good idea to keep a few of the most recent of each file > type. > > Once you have copied the file into an appropriate directory in the > \Users on the new machine , if you start GnuCash and then File->Open > from the menu and then direct it to and open the .gnucash > file you copied you will be up and running. Next time it should open > that file by default. > > David Cousens > > This is incomplete. Copying only this file will not copy the preferences and the saved reports (if any). Check the FAQ, above and below this one https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/FAQ#Q:_I_moved.2Frenamed_my_data_file_and_my_reports_disappeared._How_do_I_get_them_back.3F Liz ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] How to move my Windows 10 2.6.17 to a new Windows 10 machine?
Dick, All that is necessary is to copy the .gnucash file from that directory to the new computer (usb stick is probably easiest) where is the name you originally gave your Gnucash file. This is the only file that it is necessary to copy to transfer to your new machine You will find a lot of files of the form .gnucash..gnucash and .gnucash..log in the directory. These are backup and log files and are created each time you open GnuCash. They are useful if the primary file above becomes corrupted as you can restore from a backup file by applying the subsequent logfiles. You can copy these over as well if you wish. It is probably a good idea to keep a few of the most recent of each file type. Once you have copied the file into an appropriate directory in the \Users on the new machine , if you start GnuCash and then File->Open from the menu and then direct it to and open the .gnucash file you copied you will be up and running. Next time it should open that file by default. David Cousens - David Cousens -- 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: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
