Thanks David, you are always a great help. I have created a backup
copy of the data file and have no scheduled transactions or business
features to worry about. I’ll (ahem) assume the check and repair has
run. And will proceed with my upgrade.
However, this old brain would like to complain that running reports is
NOT intuitive, and the manual does not have a reasonable search
function for instructions.
The volunteers are deserving of kudos for creating this program, I
generally have few problems and I will continue to use it. It is as
close to Microsoft Money as any I have found (I amend not a business
owner.) And so are you user volunteers who give so much if your time
to help other users like me.
Po
On May 13, 2024, at 2:56 PM, David Carlson
<david.carlson....@gmail.com> wrote:
Phyllis,
I have noticed that it is important to select the best starting point
for your purpose. I would also save the file before starting.
If you start from an account rrgister and select check all, it only
checks all the transactions in that register. To check the entire
file, start from the Account tree register or the General Ledger.
Then it is sometimes easy to miss the prigress bar in the lower right
corner of the window. For a large file it could take several minutes,
but if it has already run, I think it will silently fail to run a
second time. I don't know if there is a way to force it to try again.
Finally, it does not check scheduled transactions or other
non-transactional data such as business features.
From a fellow user, I hope that helps.
On Mon, May 13, 2024, 9:41 AM Phyllis Bruce <[1]pobruc...@gmail.com>
wrote:
Just when you thought you were done with this…..
I’m running 4.13 on a windows 10 computer. I have a big problem
getting any reports to run properly but today it is the check and
repair function. No option that I choose gives me a “working”
indication. I’m trying to be proactive before upgrading. Couldn’t
find anything in the manual.
> On May 12, 2024, at 3:30 AM, Chris Green <[2]c...@isbd.net> wrote:
>
> 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. :-)
>
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