Re: [GNC] Change Linked Document Path

2022-09-04 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
Geoff: On 2022-09-03 04:47, Geoff Storer wrote: Hi Jim Answers to your questions ...[some answers elided]... Many thanks for these answers. I now have a clearer idea of what is going on. It looks to me like this is an area where GnuCash does not help us out much with clear information.

Re: [GNC] Change Linked Document Path

2022-09-03 Thread Geoff Storer
Hi Jim Answers to your questions 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"? Ans: Error box pops up with following message GnuCash could not find the linked document.:

Re: [GNC] Change Linked Document Path

2022-09-02 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
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 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

Re: [GNC] Change Linked Document Path

2022-09-02 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
Norbert, John is discussing a technical aspect of a migration of an existing data file, whereas you are asking about a brand new installation not presenting you with apparent next steps. In other words, not the same at all. Your question received two answers: one terse but highly accurate;

Re: [GNC] Change Linked Document Path

2022-09-02 Thread David H
Already answered by both Derek and David yesterday- see the posting from the archive for details - https://lists.gnucash.org/pipermail/gnucash-user/2022-August/102652.html Basically this is the default behaviour for a new install. Either use the file menu to create a new file or use File >> Open

Re: [GNC] Change Linked Document Path

2022-09-02 Thread Norbert Klein
Similar to what I wrote yesterday (but no reaction yet) - I had a new disk - no data files on a separate partition - but as my screen-print showed, after installation there was no program visible on the screen, but only the small note: "Unsaved Book - GnuCash" Any idea what went wrong? Thanks

Re: [GNC] Change Linked Document Path

2022-09-01 Thread Geoff Storer
Ok, thanks. This is my first post!! On Fri, Sep 2, 2022 at 8:16 AM Jim DeLaHunt 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

Re: [GNC] Change Linked Document Path

2022-09-01 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
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

Re: [GNC] Change Linked Document Path

2022-08-29 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
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

[GNC] Change Linked Document Path

2022-08-29 Thread john murdoch
Hello I did a clean reinstall on windows on my PC and then reinstalled GNU Cash. My GNUCash data file was located on a separate partition so following reinstallation I just opened the data file with GNU and that all worked fine. However I also had linked documents located on the separate