On 3/28/2020 11:21 PM, Adrian Yong wrote:
I can't change the file type...
Neither can I access Excel by choosing Open With...
Finally got to add file type extension .csv to filename. That worked... I
think gnucash should either addd anothe filetype dialog box or advise users
to add filetype extension to the filename.
Thanks
This isn't about gnucash but general computer basics.
1) Whether a particular app can (usefully) open a file depends on the
(actual) type of the file. As opposed to the file NAME. The extension
that may be on the end of the name is just an IDENTIFIER that might or
might not correctly identify the type. SOME few apps can of course open
anything (a hex editor, for example).
2) The only thing the file extension on the end of an "object" does is
help the system choose an app when you tell the computer "open object"
(say by double clicking o it). If your computer does not "know" what to
do with an object of that type it will ask you to select an application.
In many cases it will not ask because you have chosen an app to always
use with objects of that type or using the default app your OS uses if
you don't choose one.
3) You can instead start the application and then tell IT to open the
object. That doesn't require a file extension but does mean you have to
know that the object is of a suitable type << some apps can open many
types and I gave you an example of one that could open ANYTHING >> You
of course have to know the name of the file you want opened.
4) You intended to open with Excel? Then although the data format is
"comma separated variable" you could have made the file extension more
specific to Excel like .xlsx An .xlsx file will be in .csv format but
the converse is not necessarily true
5) But no, gnucash should not DO this for you (offering you a reminder
of extensions you might want to choose between another matter). Why
should the gnucash team favor some particular commercial product? On MY
computer, the associated app would be LibreOffice Calc and not MS Excel.
Michael D Novack
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