Re: Upgrade, 2.4 to 2.6 creates problems

[Eric Rempel]

I think I've now got it.

When I opened 2.6.5 it automatically opened with a data-set I could not
use. When I clicked on File, and picked one of the suggested files, this
also brought up an outdated data-set. However when I clicked on open and
picked "yesterday's" file, everything worked just fine. All is good. Thank
you.

On Tue, Feb 6, 2018 at 9:31 AM, David Carlson 
wrote:

> Eric
>
> It is really taxing my brain to remember the early days of release 2 .6
> but it is a good guess that 2.6.1 was not a good release.
>
> Try going to 2.6.5 as John suggested.
>
> David C
>
>
>
> On Feb 6, 2018 9:13 AM, "Eric Rempel"  wrote:
>
> I am using 2.4.15. I loaded 2.6.1 and it will not open an up-to-date or
> complete file of my data. Fortunately when I go back to 2.4 everything is
> fine.
>
> On Mon, Feb 5, 2018 at 11:20 AM, Fred Bone 
> wrote:
>
> > On 5 February 2018 at 7:50, John Ralls said:
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > > On Feb 5, 2018, at 7:31 AM, Eric Rempel  wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I have been using Gnucash 2.4 for some 5 years on my Windows 7
> system.
> > > > I'm very happy with it. Over the weekend I upgraded to 2.6.19. 2.6
> > would
> > > > not open an up-to-date data file, and when I tried to print a report,
> > > > the application froze. I have been able to re-install 2.4 and now and
> > > > everything is working as before. I'm happy. I would like to upgrade
> to
> > > > 2.6 but am now afraid. What did I do wrong?
> > >
> > > While we try to maintain file compatibility through a series we don’t
> do
> > > much in the way of back-testing and some things may drift over the
> years.
> > > I suggest that you upgrade in steps, perhaps 2.6.5-> 2.6.10->
> > > 2.6.15->2.6.19. All of the installers are available on Sourceforge:
> > > https://sourceforge.net/projects/gnucash/files/gnucash%20%28stable%29/
> > > 
> >
> > I am currently using 2.4.12. I have a PortableApps copy of 2.6.17 which
> > opened my (2.4.12) file just fine last time I tried it.
> >
> >
>
>
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Re: Upgrade, 2.4 to 2.6 creates problems

[John Ralls]

Indeed, 2.6.1 had several problems. But it sounds possible that there’s 
something amiss with your file that 2.4 lets slide while 2.6 chokes. If 2.6.5 
won’t load it, open a bug and attach the trace file [1] to it.

Regards,
John Ralls

[1] https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Tracefile 



> On Feb 6, 2018, at 7:31 AM, David Carlson  wrote:
> 
> Eric
> 
> It is really taxing my brain to remember the early days of release 2 .6 but
> it is a good guess that 2.6.1 was not a good release.
> 
> Try going to 2.6.5 as John suggested.
> 
> David C
> 
> 
> 
> On Feb 6, 2018 9:13 AM, "Eric Rempel"  wrote:
> 
> I am using 2.4.15. I loaded 2.6.1 and it will not open an up-to-date or
> complete file of my data. Fortunately when I go back to 2.4 everything is
> fine.
> 
> On Mon, Feb 5, 2018 at 11:20 AM, Fred Bone  wrote:
> 
>> On 5 February 2018 at 7:50, John Ralls said:
>> 
>>> 
>>> 
 On Feb 5, 2018, at 7:31 AM, Eric Rempel  wrote:
 
 I have been using Gnucash 2.4 for some 5 years on my Windows 7 system.
 I'm very happy with it. Over the weekend I upgraded to 2.6.19. 2.6
>> would
 not open an up-to-date data file, and when I tried to print a report,
 the application froze. I have been able to re-install 2.4 and now and
 everything is working as before. I'm happy. I would like to upgrade to
 2.6 but am now afraid. What did I do wrong?
>>> 
>>> While we try to maintain file compatibility through a series we don’t do
>>> much in the way of back-testing and some things may drift over the
> years.
>>> I suggest that you upgrade in steps, perhaps 2.6.5-> 2.6.10->
>>> 2.6.15->2.6.19. All of the installers are available on Sourceforge:
>>> https://sourceforge.net/projects/gnucash/files/gnucash%20%28stable%29/
>>> 
>> 
>> I am currently using 2.4.12. I have a PortableApps copy of 2.6.17 which
>> opened my (2.4.12) file just fine last time I tried it.
>> 
>> 
> 
> 
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Re: Upgrade, 2.4 to 2.6 creates problems

[David Carlson]

Eric

It is really taxing my brain to remember the early days of release 2 .6 but
it is a good guess that 2.6.1 was not a good release.

Try going to 2.6.5 as John suggested.

David C



On Feb 6, 2018 9:13 AM, "Eric Rempel"  wrote:

I am using 2.4.15. I loaded 2.6.1 and it will not open an up-to-date or
complete file of my data. Fortunately when I go back to 2.4 everything is
fine.

On Mon, Feb 5, 2018 at 11:20 AM, Fred Bone  wrote:

> On 5 February 2018 at 7:50, John Ralls said:
>
> >
> >
> > > On Feb 5, 2018, at 7:31 AM, Eric Rempel  wrote:
> > >
> > > I have been using Gnucash 2.4 for some 5 years on my Windows 7 system.
> > > I'm very happy with it. Over the weekend I upgraded to 2.6.19. 2.6
> would
> > > not open an up-to-date data file, and when I tried to print a report,
> > > the application froze. I have been able to re-install 2.4 and now and
> > > everything is working as before. I'm happy. I would like to upgrade to
> > > 2.6 but am now afraid. What did I do wrong?
> >
> > While we try to maintain file compatibility through a series we don’t do
> > much in the way of back-testing and some things may drift over the
years.
> > I suggest that you upgrade in steps, perhaps 2.6.5-> 2.6.10->
> > 2.6.15->2.6.19. All of the installers are available on Sourceforge:
> > https://sourceforge.net/projects/gnucash/files/gnucash%20%28stable%29/
> > 
>
> I am currently using 2.4.12. I have a PortableApps copy of 2.6.17 which
> opened my (2.4.12) file just fine last time I tried it.
>
>


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Re: Upgrade, 2.4 to 2.6 creates problems

[Eric Rempel]

I am using 2.4.15. I loaded 2.6.1 and it will not open an up-to-date or
complete file of my data. Fortunately when I go back to 2.4 everything is
fine.

On Mon, Feb 5, 2018 at 11:20 AM, Fred Bone  wrote:

> On 5 February 2018 at 7:50, John Ralls said:
>
> >
> >
> > > On Feb 5, 2018, at 7:31 AM, Eric Rempel  wrote:
> > >
> > > I have been using Gnucash 2.4 for some 5 years on my Windows 7 system.
> > > I'm very happy with it. Over the weekend I upgraded to 2.6.19. 2.6
> would
> > > not open an up-to-date data file, and when I tried to print a report,
> > > the application froze. I have been able to re-install 2.4 and now and
> > > everything is working as before. I'm happy. I would like to upgrade to
> > > 2.6 but am now afraid. What did I do wrong?
> >
> > While we try to maintain file compatibility through a series we don’t do
> > much in the way of back-testing and some things may drift over the years.
> > I suggest that you upgrade in steps, perhaps 2.6.5-> 2.6.10->
> > 2.6.15->2.6.19. All of the installers are available on Sourceforge:
> > https://sourceforge.net/projects/gnucash/files/gnucash%20%28stable%29/
> > 
>
> I am currently using 2.4.12. I have a PortableApps copy of 2.6.17 which
> opened my (2.4.12) file just fine last time I tried it.
>
>


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Re: Upgrade, 2.4 to 2.6 creates problems

[Fred Bone]

On 5 February 2018 at 7:50, John Ralls said:

> 
> 
> > On Feb 5, 2018, at 7:31 AM, Eric Rempel  wrote:
> > 
> > I have been using Gnucash 2.4 for some 5 years on my Windows 7 system.
> > I'm very happy with it. Over the weekend I upgraded to 2.6.19. 2.6 would
> > not open an up-to-date data file, and when I tried to print a report,
> > the application froze. I have been able to re-install 2.4 and now and
> > everything is working as before. I'm happy. I would like to upgrade to
> > 2.6 but am now afraid. What did I do wrong?
> 
> While we try to maintain file compatibility through a series we don’t do
> much in the way of back-testing and some things may drift over the years.
> I suggest that you upgrade in steps, perhaps 2.6.5-> 2.6.10->
> 2.6.15->2.6.19. All of the installers are available on Sourceforge:
> https://sourceforge.net/projects/gnucash/files/gnucash%20%28stable%29/
> 

I am currently using 2.4.12. I have a PortableApps copy of 2.6.17 which 
opened my (2.4.12) file just fine last time I tried it.

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Re: Upgrade, 2.4 to 2.6 creates problems

[John Ralls]

> On Feb 5, 2018, at 7:31 AM, Eric Rempel  wrote:
> 
> I have been using Gnucash 2.4 for some 5 years on my Windows 7 system. I'm
> very happy with it. Over the weekend I upgraded to 2.6.19. 2.6 would not
> open an up-to-date data file, and when I tried to print a report, the
> application froze. I have been able to re-install 2.4 and now and
> everything is working as before. I'm happy. I would like to upgrade to 2.6
> but am now afraid. What did I do wrong?

While we try to maintain file compatibility through a series we don’t do much 
in the way of back-testing and some things may drift over the years. I suggest 
that you upgrade in steps, perhaps 2.6.5-> 2.6.10-> 2.6.15->2.6.19. All of the 
installers are available on Sourceforge:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/gnucash/files/gnucash%20%28stable%29/ 


Regards,
John Ralls



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Upgrade, 2.4 to 2.6 creates problems

[Eric Rempel]

I have been using Gnucash 2.4 for some 5 years on my Windows 7 system. I'm
very happy with it. Over the weekend I upgraded to 2.6.19. 2.6 would not
open an up-to-date data file, and when I tried to print a report, the
application froze. I have been able to re-install 2.4 and now and
everything is working as before. I'm happy. I would like to upgrade to 2.6
but am now afraid. What did I do wrong?

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