Geoff:
On 2022-09-01 20:04, Geoff Storer wrote:
Ok, thanks.
This is my first post!!
On Fri, Sep 2, 2022 at 8:16 AM Jim DeLaHunt <list+gnuc...@jdlh.com> wrote:
Geoff:
One tenet of GnuCash-user email list etiquette is to cc the gnucash-user
email list on all replies. We want this discussion to take place on the
list.
Thus I am replying to you, and cc'ing the list, so that the thread stays
on the list. I will reply to this message from the email that reaches me
via the list.
—Jim DeLaHunt
Thank you for replying to the list. I will carry on the conversation via
a reply to the list.
Back in your initial message, you said,
...My problem now is that [GnuCash] looks for the attached document in
the windows document folder on the C Drive. ...
Let's dig into that a little bit.
Q: what exactly do you see that is not working for you? What do you see
that makes you say, "[GnuCash] looks for the attached document in the
windows document folder"?
Q: When you open your GnuCash accounts book, and find a transaction with
an attached document, what GnuCash operations do you do, in order to
open or find that document?
Q: In that transaction, what does GnuCash display as the location of the
document? (This is important, because the exact spelling will show us if
the document path is relative or absolute.)
I have tried editing the preferences in [GnuCash] to point to the correct
location of the
documents on the alternate partition but this doesn't automatically link to the
document.
...I did try a feature as per the attached screenshot [of the Change Linked
Document path head dialogue] without any success.
Q: What specifically did you try in GnuCash to point to the correct
location of the documents? What do you mean by "editing the preferences"?
Q: What did the preferences say before you made this change?
Q: What do the preferences say now?
And, because I forgot the first time:
Q: What version of GnuCash are you using? (I suspect it is not 4.9,
because I have 4.9 and I do not see a UI like you posted in the
screenshot of your earlier message.)
On 2022-09-01 03:57, Geoff Storer wrote:
Hi Jim
Thanks for coming back to me. Sorry I have taken so long to respond.
In answer to your questions:
Q: Are you familiar with the difference in behaviour between relative file
paths and absolute file paths?
Ans; No this is not one of my strong points
Q: Are you familiar with the difference in spelling (C:\ prefixes and
backslashes etc.) between relative file paths and absolute file paths?
Ans: No
Q: In your GnuCash Book (bookkeeping file), have you associated files to
transactions using relative path File Associations, absolute path File
Associations, or Location Associations?
Ans: I think the answer here is relative path. What I actually did in GNU
was:
Edit / preferences / General / Linked Files and with the drop down arrow
selected the folder location of my invoices
The reason I say "relative path" is because GNU program details on the
referenced edit field the comment
"Path head for Linked Files Relative Paths"
The location I selected is - D:\PDF\GNU Invoices
Q: Were all your attached documents within a single directory on your old
computer? Do you know the absolute path to that directory?
Ans: Yes all invoices are in the one folder "D:\PDF\GNU Invoices" (the
output here I copied directly from my explorer view so I should have that
correct)
Q: Are all your attached documents within a single directory on your new
computer? Do you know the absolute path to that directory?
Ans: The invoices are in the exact location as on the initial install of
GNU.
I only re-installed windows on the C:\ partition. The other
partitions remain exactly as they were
The invoices are in "D:\PDF\GNU Invoices"
I hope I have answered all your queries. Let me know if you need any
further clarification.
Thanks again
Regards
John Murdoch
On Tue, Aug 30, 2022 at 3:46 PM Jim DeLaHunt <list+gnuc...@jdlh.com>
wrote:
Hello, John:
Your question rings a bell! I did an overhaul on the file associations
on my transactions a couple of years ago.
On 2022-08-29 04:10, john murdoch wrote:
...My problem now is that [GnuCash] looks for the attached document in
the
windows document folder on the C Drive. I have tried editing the
preferences in [GnuCash] to point to the correct location of the
documents
on the alternate partition but this doesn't automatically link to the
document.
I can then manually link each document by using the "manage document
link" function on the right click menu in the account field of GNU
cash. That of course will be quite tedious and I was enquiring if
there is a "global fix" so that all files could be re-linked in one
procedure? Perhaps editing settings or the system registry?
I did try a feature as per the attached screenshot [of the Change
Linked Document path head dialogue] without any success.
Well, the Change Linked Document path head dialogue, which your
screenshot showed, is the best tool in GnuCash for this job. However,
you have to know a few things to use it well. I'll bet the UI does not
do a complete job of walking a person through it.
To set some groundwork, some questions:
Are you familiar with the difference in behaviour between relative file
paths and absolute file paths?
Are you familiar with the difference in spelling (C:\ prefixes and
backslashes etc.) between relative file paths and absolute file paths?
In your GnuCash Book (bookkeeping file), have you associated files to
transactions using relative path File Associations, absolute path File
Associations, or Location Associations?
Were all your attached documents within a single directory on your old
computer? Do you know the absolute path to that directory?
Are all your attached documents within a single directory on your new
computer? Do you know the absolute path to that directory?
Based on answers to those questions — and once I run GnuCash to refresh
my memory about how the Change Linked Document path head dialogue works,
and once I translate from macOS to Windows in my head — I can try to
help you further.
Best regards,
—Jim DeLaHunt
Are all your attached documents within a single directory on your new
computer?
Best regards,
—Jim DeLaHunt
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