Paul, A warning, once your data file has been touched by a version 3 Gnucash it cannot be opened by versions before 2.6.21.
Use a test file for practice. David C On Sun, Nov 25, 2018, 11:31 AM Geert Janssens <geert.gnuc...@kobaltwit.be wrote: > Paul, > > No, but it's easy to up-or downgrade the installed version. You can just > run > the installer of the version you want and it will replace the one > currently > installed. > > The ability to install two versions side by side is something I am > interested > in setting up though. > > Regards, > > Geert > > Op zondag 25 november 2018 17:54:29 CET schreef Paul Schwartz: > > Geert: > > Is it possible to install two versions, side-by-side, in Windows? > > > > Thanks > > Paul > > > > On Sun, Nov 25, 2018 at 7:56 AM Geert Janssens < > geert.gnuc...@kobaltwit.be> > > > > wrote: > > > David, > > > > > > You keep saying this. While I respect your choice to stay on the safe > > > side, > > > the only way to know if gnucash 3.x works for you is to test it. That's > > > pretty > > > easy in Windows. > > > > > > So I encourage you to run a few tests on a backup of your data file and > > > evaluate how good or bad that works out. I'd love to hear your > personal, > > > first-hand experience instead of how you're currently expressing > concerns > > > based on what you've read. > > > > > > There are issues, but it's not like gnucash 3.x has suddenly become > > > completely > > > unusable. > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > Geert > > > > > > Op zondag 25 november 2018 04:07:52 CET schreef David Carlson: > > > > Paul, > > > > > > > > You are not the only one that concerned about whether the new > releases > > > > > > meet > > > > > > > your needs any better than what you used before. A bird in hand is > > > > better... > > > > > > > > I am staying with my favorite 2.6.15 or 2.6.17 until I am satisfied > that > > > > 3.4 or whatever is sufficiently well debugged to not present any > serious > > > > regressions for my needs. > > > > > > > > David C > > > > > > > > On Sat, Nov 24, 2018 at 4:33 PM Paul Schwartz <pmjs1...@gmail.com> > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > I have files that contain many years of transactions [<2 MB]. Last > > > > > year > > > > > was > > > > > done with 2.6.12 which I think provides accurate numbers. Starting > a > > > > > > new > > > > > > > > computer on Windows 10, I would like to transition to 3.3 and stay > > > > > current. > > > > > > > > > > When I open an old file and run a balance sheet I get some very > > > > > strange > > > > > results in my stock accounts. Some stocks are very simple: a > purchase > > > > > > for > > > > > > > > cash, one transaction. Sometimes the report left justifies the > amount > > > > > > of > > > > > > > > the stock and correctly reports the value of the purchase. > Sometimes > > > > > it > > > > > right justifies the amount of the stock and reports zero for the > > > > > > value. I > > > > > > > > have looked at how the accounts are setup, and they look identical. > > > > > > > > > > I have other stocks that are more complex: there are simple > purchases > > > > > > and > > > > > > > > then debits or credits for $ amounts with zero shares. Those are > > > > > always > > > > > reported with zero value. > > > > > > > > > > I would like to solve the simple cases first. Any help is greatly > > > > > appreciated as I don't want to be frozen to using the old gnucash > > > > > > version. > > > > > > > > Paul > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > 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. > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > 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. > > > > > _______________________________________________ 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.
