On Sat, May 11, 2024 at 03:49:04PM -0500, Adrien Monteleone wrote: > On 5/11/24 3:08 PM, Chris Green wrote: > > So, given that I'm going up just one major release I shouls be OK, but > > running "Check & Repair" before doing anything else is a good idea.
> Correct. The Check & Repair should run silently automatically upon first > opening your file with 5.5, but it doesn't hurt to do it intentionally. > > The biggest change I recall between 4 & 5 is the new type-ahead search > method for the Description field. I personally prefer the change, but > some folks didn't like it by how they use that field and their unique > list of existing Descriptions. > > There is also an issue for some, but not others with respect to > registers not auto-filling memos from previous session transactions. > (I'm one so affected) Mileage may vary on that one. > > As always - keep a backup. > > And since you are not on the last 4.x release on the old machine, I > wouldn't go back and forth with the same file. Once you migrate, stick > to 5.5 or drop back to 4.8 and stay there until you decide to finally > make the upgrade should you notice any problems. > Thanks Adrien, that's just the sort of information/confirmation I wanted. :-) -- Chris Green _______________________________________________ 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.
