Phyllis,
I was referring to a particular corner case, in which a user is creating a new
file but wants to store it in a format other than the default xml. The Save
dialog doesn't provide the user with that option.
The workaround is to save the file (as xml) and then perform a Save As in the
pr
Hi,
On Wed, August 17, 2022 8:08 am, Phyllis Bruce wrote:
> Thanks, John. I have heard all those terms many times. Two sets of books
> and cooking the books describe separate if not unique files to me. You
> put it in better words - a book is a single GnuCash file and it’s
> accounts. Therefor
Thanks, John. I have heard all those terms many times. Two sets of books and
cooking the books describe separate if not unique files to me. You put it in
better words - a book is a single GnuCash file and it’s accounts. Therefore,
if you have a GnuCash file saved as xml but you want it in an
Please remember to copy the list on all replies. Reply-all (often a double
arrow pointing left) does it. Some mail programs also have a reply-list button
or menu item.
We generally mean "the book" to refer to a single GnuCash file and its
accounts. That comes from the name an internal data stru
> On Aug 16, 2022, at 11:56 AM, David T. via gnucash-user
> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I was just testing something out with a new book, and when I went to save
> this new book, I was unable to select the storage format for the new book. I
> would have imagined that I would be able to tell GnuC
Hello,
I was just testing something out with a new book, and when I went to
save this new book, I was unable to select the storage format for the
new book. I would have imagined that I would be able to tell GnuCash to
use a specific format (like SQLite3) when I save a new book, but this
optio
