Geert, what I'm hearing you say is that someone actually built a time machine and went back in time and implemented my idea. I didn't think it was all that great of an idea, but what you are suggesting makes a lot of sense. 😊
Thanks, I never noticed that! Michael On Wed, Sep 12, 2018 at 9:08 AM, Geert Janssens <geert.gnuc...@kobaltwit.be> wrote: > Op woensdag 12 september 2018 15:45:17 CEST schreef Fross, Michael: > > Directly editing the XML files is really scary to me. Seems like it > would > > be simple, but scary. > > > > One idea for the future is to have a GNUCash configured Associated Files > > directory. This would be the root of all associated files. In the > > datafile, the filepath would originate from this directory. A user could > > move these files to a new location with a simple UI directory update in > > preferences. > > > > For example: > > > > GNUCash Associated Directory=C:\Gnucash\AssociatedFiles > > > > Files: > > C:\Gnucash\AssociatedFiles\file1 > > C:\Gnucash\AssociatedFiles\launderedmoney\file2 > > C:\Gnucash\AssociatedFiles\fencedgoods\file3 > > > > Then in the XML files, the paths would be stored as: > > > > GNUCashAssociatedFiles/file1 > > GNUCashAssociatedFiles/launderedmoney\file2 > > GNUCashAssociatedFiles/fencedgoods\file3 > > > > Thoughts? > > > It's there already (though perhaps only in 3.x): > Preferences->General->Path Head for Transaction Association Files > > I have no idea if changing this would do anything with absolute path names > already in the book. And I would doubt very much I would be able to do > something with Windows paths on a linux system. But for future > associations > this should help. > > Geert > > > _______________________________________________ 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.