Gnucash backends
I have been using GnuCash on Linux Mint for several years. As they were getting full, I decided to start a new file and this has been running successfully for three weeks. When I try to run the old data, the relevant files are there but when I click on them, I get 'No suitable back-end found ...' I can't find out on Google what a backend is and I don't know how to load a file. Can you help, please? Jonathan ___ 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.
Re: Gnucash backends
You must have made some other change in addition to using a new filename when you started your new file. No suitable back end error usually means that the data file is not in the expected format. Gnucash expects an xml-like format or certain database formats. Database formats need corresponding database programs to read them. Read the FAQ about files for more info. If this doesn't help come back with more details about the file format you thought you were using, whether you are storing files in a different folder and anything else that may seem significant. David C On Tue, Mar 20, 2018, 2:08 PM Jonathan Silvey wrote: > I have been using GnuCash on Linux Mint for several years. As they were > getting full, I decided to start a new file and this has been running > successfully for three weeks. When I try to run the old data, the relevant > files are there but when I click on them, I get 'No suitable back-end found > ...' > > I can't find out on Google what a backend is and I don't know how to load > a > file. Can you help, please? > > Jonathan > ___ > 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.
Re: Gnucash backends
On 20 March 2018 at 19:05, Jonathan Silvey wrote: > I have been using GnuCash on Linux Mint for several years. As they were > getting full, I decided to start a new file and this has been running > successfully for three weeks. When I try to run the old data, the relevant > files are there but when I click on them, I get 'No suitable back-end found That error may mean you are trying to open a file that is not a gnucash accounts file. What is the name of the file you are trying to open? It will normally be something.gnucash Colin ___ 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.
Re: Gnucash backends
On 3/20/2018 3:05 PM, Jonathan Silvey wrote: I have been using GnuCash on Linux Mint for several years. As they were getting full, I decided to start a new file and this has been running successfully for three weeks. When I try to run the old data, the relevant files are there but when I click on them, I get 'No suitable back-end found ...' Define a little more what you are doing (that didn't work). Did you? 1) Click on the object (and got that message) or 2) Having started gnucash, used file=>open to try to open the file by name (and got that message) The former might just be no association (what did you rename the old file to? what "file extension" is part of the name?) The latter would imply something wrong with the file (it should work even without an association) Michael D Novack ___ 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.
