I'm not sure I understand your concern, but the code I changed for 5.1 removes the feature flag from your file.
Regards, John Ralls > On May 5, 2023, at 2:50 PM, figures...@outlook.com wrote: > > Thank you very much. The 5.1 release worked perfectly. > It seems that few users implemented this "book currency" feature. Question: > Is it possible for me to reverse it, so that in the event future releases > finally disable this feature, users like me can still apply the updates > without problems? > Best regards > Douglas > > > -----Original Message----- > From: John Ralls <jra...@ceridwen.us> > Sent: Friday, 28 April 2023 5:29 pm > To: figures...@outlook.com > Cc: gnucash-user@gnucash.org > Subject: Re: [GNC] Error message when opening file in 5.0 > > > >> On Mar 27, 2023, at 2:14 PM, figures...@outlook.com wrote: >> >> I have been using Gnucash for many years now, latest version 4.14 I >> successfully installed version 5.0 but when I attempt to open my main >> account file I get the error message “User specified a ‘book currency’; cost >> of other currencies/commodities tracked in terms of book-currency (requires >> at least Gnucash 2.7.0)” >> As I said, I am currently using version 4.14 with no issues. I admit the >> account file I am using dates back many years, but I have been updating >> Gnucash regularly over the years. >> Is there a way to isolate and eliminate this error message? >> Thanks very much for an excellent program. >> >> Sent from Mail<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for >> Windows > > The book-currency feature was created 6 years ago as part of an ambitious > project that never got finished. It added several hundred unused lines to the > options code so I removed it as part of rewriting that options code in C++. I > thought that it wouldn't have gotten set in any books. > > I've restored the feature to 5.1 so you and anyone else with the feature set > will be able to upgrade. > > Regards, > John Ralls > _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
