Re: [GNC] multiple accounts

2019-07-17 Thread David Cousens
Bob, If you are only using one or two sets of books you can create two entries in the Linux Mint menu for gnucash and edit the command to specifically open one or other of the data file by supplying a full path to the command. if you open a terminal and type gnucash --help you will get the help

Re: [GNC] multiple accounts

2019-07-17 Thread Colin Law
On Wed, 17 Jul 2019 at 21:56, Robert Sisk wrote: > > I am running Linux Mint, latest version 19.1 Cinnamon. So how were you trying to open the accounts file that it says it would not allow? Accounts files (or books) are just files in exactly the same way way that, for example, MS Word documents

Re: [GNC] multiple accounts

2019-07-17 Thread Robert Sisk
I am running Linux Mint, latest version 19.1 Cinnamon. */Robert L Sisk sisk@gmail.com (210 716-6400/* On 7/17/19 3:44 PM, Derek Atkins wrote: Hi, On Wed, July 17, 2019 3:42 pm, Bob Sisk wrote: I tried setting up another set of books, then when I tried to open my original set it would not

Re: [GNC] multiple accounts

2019-07-17 Thread Mike or Penny Novack
On 7/17/2019 3:42 PM, Bob Sisk wrote: I tried setting up another set of books, then when I tried to open my original set it would not allow me to open it, it kept opening the second set. I had to uninstall Gnucash then open my backup date to open the original set of books. ?

Re: [GNC] multiple accounts

2019-07-17 Thread Derek Atkins
Hi, On Wed, July 17, 2019 3:42 pm, Bob Sisk wrote: > I tried setting up another set of books, then when I tried to open my > original set it would not allow me to open it, it kept opening the > second set. I had to uninstall Gnucash then open my backup date to open > the original set of books.

Re: [GNC] multiple accounts

2019-07-17 Thread Stan Brown
On 2019-07-17 15:42, Bob Sisk wrote: > I tried setting up another set of books, then when I tried to open my > original set it would not allow me to open it, it kept opening the > second set. I had to uninstall Gnucash then open my backup date to > open the original set of books. ? I'm not

Re: [GNC] multiple accounts

2019-07-17 Thread Bob Sisk
I tried setting up another set of books, then when I tried to open my original set it would not allow me to open it, it kept opening the second set. I had to uninstall Gnucash then open my backup date to open the original set of books. ? On 7/17/19 2:02 PM, Derek Atkins wrote: Yes. We

Re: [GNC] multiple accounts

2019-07-17 Thread Steve Cohen
Coo CvvcoCh me On Wed, Jul 17, 2019 at 2:55 PM Bob Sisk wrote: > Can I set up Gnucash for separate accounts, as an example, more than one > business account and a separate personal account with a totally separate > set of data files for each to keep up with finances? > > -- > /Robert Sisk >

Re: [GNC] multiple accounts

2019-07-17 Thread Derek Atkins
Yes. We call that a "set of books". And GnuCash will let you have as many different sets of books as you like. However, GnuCash will only keep one set of books open at a time, so you will have to close and open them to switch between them. (Or have multiple copies of GnuCash open

[GNC] multiple accounts

2019-07-17 Thread Bob Sisk
Can I set up Gnucash for separate accounts, as an example, more than one business account and a separate personal account with a totally separate set of data files for each to keep up with finances? -- /Robert Sisk sisk@gmail.com (210)716-6400/