Re: [GNC] Current windows iteration

[Adrien Monteleone]

3.1, but there is also the last of the 2.6 series, 2.6.21, if you prefer.

Just visit gnucash.org and you’ll see download links to both on the right side 
of the page.

Regards,
Adrien

> On May 14, 2018, at 11:23 PM, James fuller  wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> I’m still using version 26. Gnucash with Win 7.  Some users report problems 
> with a new
> Version that usually get sorted out in a short time.  What is the current 
> stable version of 3. Gnucash?
> Thanks,
> James Fuller
> 
> 
> 
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[GNC] Current windows iteration

[James fuller]

Hi,
I’m still using version 26. Gnucash with Win 7.  Some users report problems 
with a new
Version that usually get sorted out in a short time.  What is the current 
stable version of 3. Gnucash?
Thanks,
James Fuller



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Re: [GNC] Data format compatibility between recent versions

[Adrien Monteleone]

For backwards compatibility, my understanding is you’ll need version 2.6.21 on 
the Ubuntu box. (but why not just use 3.1 there as well?)

Regards,
Adrien

> On May 14, 2018, at 2:45 PM, John Pastore  wrote:
> 
> I reviewed FAQ section 3.3, but it does not cover more recent versions of
> Gnucash.
> 
> I use Gnucash 3.1 on Windows (7) and Gnucash 2.6.12 on Linux (Ubuntu 16.04
> LTS), soon to transition to 2.6.19 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.
> 
> Data file portability appears to be fine in both directions, but I just
> want to make sure there are no specific cases that might result in data
> file corruption.
> 
> Any advice much appreciated!
> 
> John
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Re: [GNC] how do I get different dates for balancing transactions when transferring amounts between two accounts

[Adrien Monteleone]

Rufus,

I don’t see why a check number on a deposit line doesn’t seem proper if in 
fact, you are depositing a check. In this case, it happens to be a check you 
wrote, but it IS from another account, so from the perspective of the receiving 
account, it’s no different than the case where someone else wrote you a check 
and you deposited it. And if you have multiple such checks to deposit for some 
reason (say you’re transferring funds from more than one account) then you can 
put the check numbers in the action field for each split.

Regards,
Adrien

> On May 14, 2018, at 5:19 PM, RL  wrote:
> 
> I have two bank accounts on which I regularly write checks to transfer
> amounts between them. Downloading the ofx files from each bank, I have,
> for those checks, transactions with different (correct) dates in each GC
> account which represent the left and right side of the same accounting
> transaction. For purposes of reconciling against the bank statements,
> these dates must remain different in their separate GC accounts, even
> though they are opposite ends of the same accounting transaction.
> 
> GC wants to make the balancing transactions in each GC account one
> single identical transaction (except for the proper credit/debit column,
> depending on which account I'm looking at). I don't see how to work this
> and maintain both accounts true to their source, the bank transactions.
> The date is also important because at times it matters when a check was
> cashed and when it was payed by the originating bank; there needs to be
> an accurate record of this. An additional, maybe lesser, problem is that
> GC's methodology makes the transaction number the same in each GC
> account. Since the trans number is one of the most easily noted text
> fields, I have been using it to quickly/easily identify "deposits" - but
> this won't work if I want to retain the check number in that field (very
> important). Also, a check number on a deposit line doesn't seem
> particularly proper.
> 
> How is this handled in GC?
> 
> 
> Thanks
> Rufus
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Re: [GNC] Data format compatibility between recent versions

[John Ralls]

Dave,

Yes, there are some features in 3.1 that will block using earlier versions of 
2.6. You can see the list and the earliest version for each at 
https://github.com/Gnucash/gnucash/blob/maint/libgnucash/engine/gnc-features.c#L42
 
.

Regards,
John Ralls


> On May 14, 2018, at 6:25 PM, David Carlson  
> wrote:
> 
> John,
> 
> I was not clear.  I really wanted clarification from the developers.  I
> suspect that you may not be using features that are not compatible between
> the versions as I know that there are some features that are not backward
> compatible.
> 
> David C
> 
> On Mon, May 14, 2018, 7:59 PM John Pastore  wrote:
> 
>> Not sure if you meant you need clarification from ME or ...?
>> 
>> Anyway, here's my history:
>> 
>> 1) Created original data file using GNC 2.6.12 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
>> 
>> 2) Months later installed GNC 2.6.19 on Win 7 and copied datafile from #1
>> with no issues.
>> - this datafile included (1) monthly scheduled transaction and about (20)
>> securities each with about (5) manual price history updates
>> 
>> 3) Weeks later installed GNC 3.1 on Win 7 and used same datafile from #2
>> with no issues.
>> 
>> 4) Weeks later got Finance::Quote automatic price updates working via
>> AlphaVantage on #3.
>> 
>> 5) Days later copied datafile from #4 back to GNC 2.6.12 on Ubuntu.
>> Everything looked fine including:
>> - scheduled transaction notice for monthly transaction whose date had
>> since passed by
>> - price history for all securities including more recent entries from
>> Finance::Quote
>> - security details including (to my surprise) updated source for online
>> updates to "Unknown:AlphaVantage" from "Single:Vanguard" (which had never
>> worked) for all (20) securities.
>> 
>> 6) Days later (just now) copied most recent datafile from #4 back to GNC
>> 2.6.12 on Ubuntu just to see if prior success had been a fluke.  Everything
>> still looks fine.
>> 
>> Hope this history is helpful.
>> 
>> John
>> 
>> On Mon, May 14, 2018 at 6:22 PM, David Carlson <
>> david.carlson@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> We need clarification on this because I recall seeing that files touched
>>> by testing releases in the 2.7 group and 3.0 and 3.1 were changed so they
>>> were no longer readable by releases prior to 2.6.21.
>>> 
>>> David C
>>> 
>>> On Mon, May 14, 2018 at 2:45 PM, John Pastore 
>>> wrote:
>>> 
 I reviewed FAQ section 3.3, but it does not cover more recent versions of
 Gnucash.
 
 I use Gnucash 3.1 on Windows (7) and Gnucash 2.6.12 on Linux (Ubuntu
 16.04
 LTS), soon to transition to 2.6.19 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.
 
 Data file portability appears to be fine in both directions, but I just
 want to make sure there are no specific cases that might result in data
 file corruption.
 
 Any advice much appreciated!
 
 John
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Re: [GNC] how do I get different dates for balancing transactions when transferring amounts between two accounts

[Kate Kelly]

Hi Rufus,

I am a bookkeeper and former CPA.

An account that is often used for checks not yet sent to the bank is
"undeposited funds." This is similar to a suspense account in that there is
a timing difference between the receipt of a check and the time you
actually deposit it.  You could debit the undeposited funds account for the
amount of the payment. When the check clears the receiving bank, credit
Undeposited Funds and debit your Checking account.  You could add the check
number to the memo line or record the deposit as DEP ( being the
check number.

1.  Write check # 1718 for $100:
   Undeposited Funds  $100
   Checking Account A $100

2. Check clears the receiving bank:
   Checking Account B $100
   Undeposited Funds.  $100

I hope this helps.

Kate


On Mon, May 14, 2018, 3:21 PM RL  wrote:

> I have two bank accounts on which I regularly write checks to transfer
> amounts between them. Downloading the ofx files from each bank, I have,
> for those checks, transactions with different (correct) dates in each GC
> account which represent the left and right side of the same accounting
> transaction. For purposes of reconciling against the bank statements,
> these dates must remain different in their separate GC accounts, even
> though they are opposite ends of the same accounting transaction.
>
> GC wants to make the balancing transactions in each GC account one
> single identical transaction (except for the proper credit/debit column,
> depending on which account I'm looking at). I don't see how to work this
> and maintain both accounts true to their source, the bank transactions.
> The date is also important because at times it matters when a check was
> cashed and when it was payed by the originating bank; there needs to be
> an accurate record of this. An additional, maybe lesser, problem is that
> GC's methodology makes the transaction number the same in each GC
> account. Since the trans number is one of the most easily noted text
> fields, I have been using it to quickly/easily identify "deposits" - but
> this won't work if I want to retain the check number in that field (very
> important). Also, a check number on a deposit line doesn't seem
> particularly proper.
>
> How is this handled in GC?
>
>
> Thanks
> Rufus
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[GNC] Binding F11 to Copy and F12 to Paste in GnuCash 3.0 (GTK3)

[Chris Good]

Hi,

 

If you wish to map (bind) function keys to Copy and Paste in GnuCash 3.0 it
is different to GnuCash 2.6 and lower because GnuCash 2.6 and lower use GTK2
and GnuCash (2.7 I think and 3.0+) use GTK3.

 

Here is how I did it in Windows 10:

 

Close GnuCash if already running.

Create (or modify if already exists) %APPDATA%\GnuCash\gtk-3.0.css

E.g. C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\GnuCash\gtk-3.0.css

 

Add the following lines:

 

/* Bind F11 to Copy, F12 to Paste */

@binding-set F11CopyF12Paste

{

  bind "F11" { "copy-clipboard" () };

  bind "F12" { "paste-clipboard" () };

}

 

entry

{

  -gtk-key-bindings: F11CopyF12Paste;

}

 

Control-C and Control-V also still work as that binding still exists.

 

I seem to remember it is not possible to change the Accounts tab to have
alternating colours for each line in GTK3.

Is that correct or does anyone have information on how to do that?

 

Regards, Chris Good

 

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Re: [GNC] how do I get different dates for balancing transactions when transferring amounts between two accounts

[RL]

Dave

Thanks for the insight. I had initially thought about the concept of a
"float" account but then figured there might be a more straightforward
way. I mean, this can't be all that uncommon... I'll have to think about
this a little, but now I know others have addressed this with a float
(or maybe call it a "link"?) account, I can be a more confident spending
time pursuing the concept. By chance I will be meeting with a real
accountant tomorrow and if circumstance favors I'll ask him about this
little issue. I would think the pro's would favor rigorous accuracy; I
wonder if their software does special tricks automatically or what?

Regards,
Rufus




On 05/14/2018 06:40 PM, David Carlson wrote:
> We all have our own definition of the the best way to handle these
> 'float' issues.  While most of us simply choose to let the date be
> technically incorrect in some accounts, others create what I believe are
> called 'suspense' accounts to serve as containers for the 'float'.
> 
> Those accounts could be asset type or liability type and they usually
> are given a name that strongly suggests their purpose as a temporary
> holding account.
> 
> David C
> 
> On Mon, May 14, 2018 at 5:19 PM, RL  > wrote:
> 
> I have two bank accounts on which I regularly write checks to transfer
> amounts between them. Downloading the ofx files from each bank, I have,
> for those checks, transactions with different (correct) dates in each GC
> account which represent the left and right side of the same accounting
> transaction. For purposes of reconciling against the bank statements,
> these dates must remain different in their separate GC accounts, even
> though they are opposite ends of the same accounting transaction.
> 
> GC wants to make the balancing transactions in each GC account one
> single identical transaction (except for the proper credit/debit column,
> depending on which account I'm looking at). I don't see how to work this
> and maintain both accounts true to their source, the bank transactions.
> The date is also important because at times it matters when a check was
> cashed and when it was payed by the originating bank; there needs to be
> an accurate record of this. An additional, maybe lesser, problem is that
> GC's methodology makes the transaction number the same in each GC
> account. Since the trans number is one of the most easily noted text
> fields, I have been using it to quickly/easily identify "deposits" - but
> this won't work if I want to retain the check number in that field (very
> important). Also, a check number on a deposit line doesn't seem
> particularly proper.
> 
> How is this handled in GC?
> 
> 
> Thanks
> Rufus
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Re: [GNC] Data format compatibility between recent versions

[David Carlson]

John,

I was not clear.  I really wanted clarification from the developers.  I
suspect that you may not be using features that are not compatible between
the versions as I know that there are some features that are not backward
compatible.

David C

On Mon, May 14, 2018, 7:59 PM John Pastore  wrote:

> Not sure if you meant you need clarification from ME or ...?
>
> Anyway, here's my history:
>
> 1) Created original data file using GNC 2.6.12 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
>
> 2) Months later installed GNC 2.6.19 on Win 7 and copied datafile from #1
> with no issues.
> - this datafile included (1) monthly scheduled transaction and about (20)
> securities each with about (5) manual price history updates
>
> 3) Weeks later installed GNC 3.1 on Win 7 and used same datafile from #2
> with no issues.
>
> 4) Weeks later got Finance::Quote automatic price updates working via
> AlphaVantage on #3.
>
> 5) Days later copied datafile from #4 back to GNC 2.6.12 on Ubuntu.
> Everything looked fine including:
> - scheduled transaction notice for monthly transaction whose date had
> since passed by
> - price history for all securities including more recent entries from
> Finance::Quote
> - security details including (to my surprise) updated source for online
> updates to "Unknown:AlphaVantage" from "Single:Vanguard" (which had never
> worked) for all (20) securities.
>
> 6) Days later (just now) copied most recent datafile from #4 back to GNC
> 2.6.12 on Ubuntu just to see if prior success had been a fluke.  Everything
> still looks fine.
>
> Hope this history is helpful.
>
> John
>
> On Mon, May 14, 2018 at 6:22 PM, David Carlson <
> david.carlson@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> We need clarification on this because I recall seeing that files touched
>> by testing releases in the 2.7 group and 3.0 and 3.1 were changed so they
>> were no longer readable by releases prior to 2.6.21.
>>
>> David C
>>
>> On Mon, May 14, 2018 at 2:45 PM, John Pastore 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I reviewed FAQ section 3.3, but it does not cover more recent versions of
>>> Gnucash.
>>>
>>> I use Gnucash 3.1 on Windows (7) and Gnucash 2.6.12 on Linux (Ubuntu
>>> 16.04
>>> LTS), soon to transition to 2.6.19 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.
>>>
>>> Data file portability appears to be fine in both directions, but I just
>>> want to make sure there are no specific cases that might result in data
>>> file corruption.
>>>
>>> Any advice much appreciated!
>>>
>>> John
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Re: [GNC] Data format compatibility between recent versions

[John Pastore]

Not sure if you meant you need clarification from ME or ...?

Anyway, here's my history:

1) Created original data file using GNC 2.6.12 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

2) Months later installed GNC 2.6.19 on Win 7 and copied datafile from #1
with no issues.
- this datafile included (1) monthly scheduled transaction and about (20)
securities each with about (5) manual price history updates

3) Weeks later installed GNC 3.1 on Win 7 and used same datafile from #2
with no issues.

4) Weeks later got Finance::Quote automatic price updates working via
AlphaVantage on #3.

5) Days later copied datafile from #4 back to GNC 2.6.12 on Ubuntu.
Everything looked fine including:
- scheduled transaction notice for monthly transaction whose date had since
passed by
- price history for all securities including more recent entries from
Finance::Quote
- security details including (to my surprise) updated source for online
updates to "Unknown:AlphaVantage" from "Single:Vanguard" (which had never
worked) for all (20) securities.

6) Days later (just now) copied most recent datafile from #4 back to GNC
2.6.12 on Ubuntu just to see if prior success had been a fluke.  Everything
still looks fine.

Hope this history is helpful.

John

On Mon, May 14, 2018 at 6:22 PM, David Carlson 
wrote:

> We need clarification on this because I recall seeing that files touched
> by testing releases in the 2.7 group and 3.0 and 3.1 were changed so they
> were no longer readable by releases prior to 2.6.21.
>
> David C
>
> On Mon, May 14, 2018 at 2:45 PM, John Pastore  wrote:
>
>> I reviewed FAQ section 3.3, but it does not cover more recent versions of
>> Gnucash.
>>
>> I use Gnucash 3.1 on Windows (7) and Gnucash 2.6.12 on Linux (Ubuntu 16.04
>> LTS), soon to transition to 2.6.19 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.
>>
>> Data file portability appears to be fine in both directions, but I just
>> want to make sure there are no specific cases that might result in data
>> file corruption.
>>
>> Any advice much appreciated!
>>
>> John
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Re: [GNC] how do I get different dates for balancing transactions when transferring amounts between two accounts

[David Carlson]

We all have our own definition of the the best way to handle these 'float'
issues.  While most of us simply choose to let the date be technically
incorrect in some accounts, others create what I believe are called
'suspense' accounts to serve as containers for the 'float'.

Those accounts could be asset type or liability type and they usually are
given a name that strongly suggests their purpose as a temporary holding
account.

David C

On Mon, May 14, 2018 at 5:19 PM, RL  wrote:

> I have two bank accounts on which I regularly write checks to transfer
> amounts between them. Downloading the ofx files from each bank, I have,
> for those checks, transactions with different (correct) dates in each GC
> account which represent the left and right side of the same accounting
> transaction. For purposes of reconciling against the bank statements,
> these dates must remain different in their separate GC accounts, even
> though they are opposite ends of the same accounting transaction.
>
> GC wants to make the balancing transactions in each GC account one
> single identical transaction (except for the proper credit/debit column,
> depending on which account I'm looking at). I don't see how to work this
> and maintain both accounts true to their source, the bank transactions.
> The date is also important because at times it matters when a check was
> cashed and when it was payed by the originating bank; there needs to be
> an accurate record of this. An additional, maybe lesser, problem is that
> GC's methodology makes the transaction number the same in each GC
> account. Since the trans number is one of the most easily noted text
> fields, I have been using it to quickly/easily identify "deposits" - but
> this won't work if I want to retain the check number in that field (very
> important). Also, a check number on a deposit line doesn't seem
> particularly proper.
>
> How is this handled in GC?
>
>
> Thanks
> Rufus
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Re: [GNC] Advice needed, how to handle a medical reimbursement account...

[DaveC49]

I think you are overcomplicating the issue by recording the appllication for
the refund from the MRA account. No money chnages hands at this point so you
could record paying  the Doctors bill as

Asset:Check  Credit $100
Expense:Medical   Debit $100

When you receive the refund

Asset:Cheque  Debit $100
Asset:MRA   Credit $100

If you really want to record applying for the refund, then the easiest way
to do it is to use the accounts payable structure.  The transactions then
become:

Asset:Check  Credit $100
Expense:Medical   Debit $100

On claiming the refund:
Asset:Accounts Payable   Debit $100
Asset: MRA   Credit $100

On receiving the refund
Asset: Check   Debit $100
Asset: Accounts Payable  Credit $100

Since Accounts Payable is usually associated with the business features, you
may want to give it another name e.g. Asset:MedicalRefundsClaimed  or
something similar, particularly if you use the business features for normal
invoices from suppliers. It is the accounts payable type structure that you
need to complete the cycle of transactions so you record having made and
received the claim.

Cheers

David Cousens




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Re: [GNC] Data format compatibility between recent versions

[David Carlson]

We need clarification on this because I recall seeing that files touched by
testing releases in the 2.7 group and 3.0 and 3.1 were changed so they were
no longer readable by releases prior to 2.6.21.

David C

On Mon, May 14, 2018 at 2:45 PM, John Pastore  wrote:

> I reviewed FAQ section 3.3, but it does not cover more recent versions of
> Gnucash.
>
> I use Gnucash 3.1 on Windows (7) and Gnucash 2.6.12 on Linux (Ubuntu 16.04
> LTS), soon to transition to 2.6.19 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.
>
> Data file portability appears to be fine in both directions, but I just
> want to make sure there are no specific cases that might result in data
> file corruption.
>
> Any advice much appreciated!
>
> John
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[GNC] how do I get different dates for balancing transactions when transferring amounts between two accounts

[RL]

I have two bank accounts on which I regularly write checks to transfer
amounts between them. Downloading the ofx files from each bank, I have,
for those checks, transactions with different (correct) dates in each GC
account which represent the left and right side of the same accounting
transaction. For purposes of reconciling against the bank statements,
these dates must remain different in their separate GC accounts, even
though they are opposite ends of the same accounting transaction.

GC wants to make the balancing transactions in each GC account one
single identical transaction (except for the proper credit/debit column,
depending on which account I'm looking at). I don't see how to work this
and maintain both accounts true to their source, the bank transactions.
The date is also important because at times it matters when a check was
cashed and when it was payed by the originating bank; there needs to be
an accurate record of this. An additional, maybe lesser, problem is that
GC's methodology makes the transaction number the same in each GC
account. Since the trans number is one of the most easily noted text
fields, I have been using it to quickly/easily identify "deposits" - but
this won't work if I want to retain the check number in that field (very
important). Also, a check number on a deposit line doesn't seem
particularly proper.

How is this handled in GC?


Thanks
Rufus
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Re: [GNC] 3.1 + Win10, TIME it takes to SAVE

[randix]

Immediately after the upgrade to 3.1 (I skipped 3.0), the backup was slow. 
Went from virtually instantaneous to the 2-3+ minutes-- has not changed in
the 2 weeks since I upgraded.  And I have an extensive backup system in
place.



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[GNC] Data format compatibility between recent versions

[John Pastore]

I reviewed FAQ section 3.3, but it does not cover more recent versions of
Gnucash.

I use Gnucash 3.1 on Windows (7) and Gnucash 2.6.12 on Linux (Ubuntu 16.04
LTS), soon to transition to 2.6.19 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.

Data file portability appears to be fine in both directions, but I just
want to make sure there are no specific cases that might result in data
file corruption.

Any advice much appreciated!

John
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Re: [GNC] 3.1 + Win10, TIME it takes to SAVE

[Adrien Monteleone]

Did you make a backup of your file before the upgrade and do you still have it 
available?

I’d test with opening and saving it with 3.1.

If it saves in a reasonable time, then there might be an issue with the data 
entered since the upgrade. If it’s still slow, then for sure, your copy of 3.1 
has some issue. (or did you already notice this long save time from immediately 
after the upgrade?)

Regards,
Adrien

> On May 14, 2018, at 2:04 PM, randix  wrote:
> 
> Yea, well, it's a 6 month old Dell XPS 13 laptop, very fast. Before I
> upgraded to 3.1, the saves were instantaneous, eg took a few seconds. After
> upgrading, 2-3+ minutes for a simple save. No change in my hardware. Same
> laptop.  But thanks for the reply.
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Re: [GNC] 3.1 + Win10, TIME it takes to SAVE

[randix]

Yea, well, it's a 6 month old Dell XPS 13 laptop, very fast. Before I
upgraded to 3.1, the saves were instantaneous, eg took a few seconds. After
upgrading, 2-3+ minutes for a simple save. No change in my hardware. Same
laptop.  But thanks for the reply.



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Re: [GNC] There was an error parsing the file

[Anthony Marrian]

Coolio. TVM. Will report back.

From: John Ralls 
Sent: 14 May 2018 15:52
To: Anthony Marrian 
Cc: gnucash-user@gnucash.org
Subject: Re: [GNC] There was an error parsing the file




On May 14, 2018, at 4:41 AM, Anthony Marrian 
> wrote:

GnuCash 3.1, Windows 10 Pro 64bit. Please advise how to proceed?

Look in the trace file [1] for an error. That may provide a clue about where 
the problem is. It’s most likely a date outside of the years 1400-; 208 or 
218 instead of 2018 seems to be a popular typo. If there’s no error or not 
enough context to understand what was getting loaded when the error occurred, 
start GnuCash 3.1 from the command line with the debug option enabled:
   “C:\Program Files (x86)\gnucash\bin\gnucash” --debug

That will insert a lot more detail about what GnuCash is doing and should help 
you figure out where to look for the problem in the file.

Now reinstall the 2.6.x of your choice and open the file. Look for the error 
based on your analysis of the trace file.

Regards,
John Ralls

[1] https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Tracefile
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Re: [GNC] 3.1 + Win10, TIME it takes to SAVE

[Peter Jackson]

Mine takes 20 seconds for a 17MB file, and it seems slow to me.
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On 14 May 2018 at 14:29, randix  wrote:

> So am I being punished for not helping that little old lady across the
> street, last month?
>
> Why would 2 users, both using the same version of the software, on the same
> operating system, experience totally different experiences re saving a
> "simple" file to their drive?
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Re: [GNC] new v3.0 install Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

[Maf. King]

On Monday, 14 May 2018 15:14:13 BST Dennis Powless wrote:
> 
> PREFIX=/home/dennis/.local
> 
> is this the same as:
> 
> PREFIX=$HOME/.local

yes, almost certainly, if your username is "dennis"
> 
> 
> And this:
> 
> /home/dennis/Applications/gnucash-3.1
> 
> the same as
> 
> ../gnucash-3.1
> 
> 

only if you are in the directory /home/dennis/Applications/SomeOtherFolder

(the ../ means "parent of this folder")

HTH,
Maf.




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Re: [GNC] There was an error parsing the file

[John Ralls]

> On May 14, 2018, at 4:41 AM, Anthony Marrian  
> wrote:
> 
> GnuCash 3.1, Windows 10 Pro 64bit. Please advise how to proceed?


Look in the trace file [1] for an error. That may provide a clue about where 
the problem is. It’s most likely a date outside of the years 1400-; 208 or 
218 instead of 2018 seems to be a popular typo. If there’s no error or not 
enough context to understand what was getting loaded when the error occurred, 
start GnuCash 3.1 from the command line with the debug option enabled:
   “C:\Program Files (x86)\gnucash\bin\gnucash” --debug

That will insert a lot more detail about what GnuCash is doing and should help 
you figure out where to look for the problem in the file.

Now reinstall the 2.6.x of your choice and open the file. Look for the error 
based on your analysis of the trace file.

Regards,
John Ralls

[1] https://wiki.gnucash .org/wiki/Tracefile
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Re: [GNC] new v3.0 install Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

[Dennis Powless]

Question.
I used this.

cmake -DWITH_AQBANKING=OFF -D CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/home/dennis/.local
 /home/dennis/Applications/gnucash-3.1


The portion:

PREFIX=/home/dennis/.local

is this the same as:

PREFIX=$HOME/.local


And this:

/home/dennis/Applications/gnucash-3.1

the same as

../gnucash-3.1



I'm assuming the later one is the same, just checking.


BTW, was able to successfully build on Ubuntu 16.04LTS


Thanks,


D





On Sat, May 12, 2018 at 6:39 PM, David Cousens 
wrote:

> Thanks Geert,
> I'll put a note on the page to that effect.
>
> Cheers
> David
> On Sat, 2018-05-12 at 15:40 +0200, Geert Janssens wrote:
> > Op zaterdag 12 mei 2018 15:28:56 CEST schreef David Cousens:
> > >
> > > Hi Dennis,
> > >
> > > It would appear that swig2.0 has not been released for Ubuntu 18.04
> > > but
> > > swig3.0 has. Generally you can often use updated versions of the
> > > libraries with GnuCash. It may not always work, particularly across
> > > major versions, but always worth a try. If it works let me know and
> > > I'll add a note.
> > > Cheers
> > > David
> > It should in this case. I have been using swig 3.0 for years (though
> > on
> > Fedora, not Ubuntu).
> >
> > Geert
> >
> >
> >
>
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Re: [GNC] 3.1 + Win10, TIME it takes to SAVE

[randix]

So am I being punished for not helping that little old lady across the
street, last month?

Why would 2 users, both using the same version of the software, on the same
operating system, experience totally different experiences re saving a
"simple" file to their drive?



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[GNC] There was an error parsing the file

[Anthony Marrian]

GnuCash 3.1, Windows 10 Pro 64bit. Please advise how to proceed?

Many thanks - Anthony
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Re: [GNC] 3.1 + Win10, TIME it takes to SAVE

[keithwjones]

randix wrote
> Using 3.1 + Windows 10, why does it now take 2-3 minutes (literally) just
> to
> do a simple save?  It's not the end of my world, but...

I am using Win 10 and save is not an issue, does it straight away.

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