Re: [GNC] How to upgrade from 3.8 to 4.1 on Win10?

2020-09-20 Thread Adrien Monteleone
On 9/17/20 4:36 PM, Fran_3 via gnucash-user wrote: Just now getting around to upgrading 3.4 to 4.1 on Win10. 1 - I've downloaded 4.1. Do I just run it or first uninstall 3.8? This has been answered, but for completeness, Windows will offer to uninstall 3.8 before installing 4.1. 2 - Also I

Re: [GNC] Need to - Mark Split as Un-reconciled - in GC 3.8

2020-09-20 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Check the Wiki, there is a section on upgrading. I'm not certain, but I seem to recall reading from Windows users that Windows will prompt to remove it. But I see no harm in removing 3.8 manually first. Your data and preferences exist outside of where the application does. Always make sure

Re: [GNC] Can't "Save As" to sqlite, is it a compile option?

2020-09-20 Thread Adrien Monteleone
See my other reply about versions and database support. I've been using SQlite3 since the 2.6.x days. The build instructions on the wiki are very good. The most time will be spent reading and making sure you have the build environment and dependencies. If you get that right, the actual build

Re: [GNC] Can't "Save As" to sqlite, is it a compile option?

2020-09-20 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Version 2.4, not 4.2, which is not out yet. Regards, Adrien On 9/13/20 9:57 AM, Chris Green wrote: On Sun, Sep 13, 2020 at 10:40:59AM -0400, Derek Atkins wrote: The SQL backend uses libdbi and that is a compile-time option. However you need runtime libraries to enable the various SQL

Re: [GNC] SQLite File crashes Gnucash on opening after upgrade to 4.1 on Macos

2020-09-20 Thread coolnodje
Hi, I was finally able to get back to a backup of this SQLlite file. Unfortunately trying to open a version older than the last update of Gnucash I got (19 August 2020, v4.1-4), which was working fine, Gnucash still crashes. I'll then open a bug for this. Regards, -nodje On 17/09/2020 17:58,

Re: [GNC] New user - anyone else using GnuCash for PCC (church) accounts? Advice?

2020-09-20 Thread Michael or Penny Novack
If one has a lot of separate restricted and/or designated funds it must be very difficult to keep track of them all. And don't forget GRANTS. Those are very much like restricted funds if the money is received ahead of use AND are almost, if not quite as much work, even when in the form of

Re: [GNC] New user - anyone else using GnuCash for PCC (church) accounts? Advice?

2020-09-20 Thread w...@theprescotts.com
The group I keep books for has a policy of only accepting restricted or directed donations in the case where the donation is very large. Large in our case is over $10,000 or $20,000 Mexican pesos, $500 or $1000 US dollars. So far we have not had to deal with any. We have had a couple of

Re: [GNC] Error with Advanced portfolio report

2020-09-20 Thread D. via gnucash-user
Thanks. Original Message From: John Ralls Sent: Sat Sep 19 16:46:42 EDT 2020 To: mike823 Cc: gnucash-user@gnucash.org Subject: Re: [GNC] Error with Advanced portfolio report > On Sep 19, 2020, at 1:15 PM, mike823 wrote: > > It is a bug and it was reported at least 5

Re: [GNC] New user - anyone else using GnuCash for PCC (church) accounts? Advice?

2020-09-20 Thread Chris Green
On Sat, Sep 19, 2020 at 03:10:51PM -0400, Michael or Penny Novack wrote: > > > > The "restricted account" you are referring to is probably a "fund". Monies > > collected for a specific purpose and meant to be used for that specific > > purpose only. These are accounts that need to be kept in