https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Tracefile
Regards, John Ralls > On May 15, 2018, at 8:18 AM, Anthony Marrian <anth...@gardensmontessori.com> > wrote: > > Sorry, John, I’m floundering a bit here. Opening with the debug switch > doesn’t provide anything different visually so I’m assuming I need to check > the trace file. What’s that file called and where does it live? The only > files with trace in the name I can find are trace.go and trace.scm, but they > are both old. > > From: John Ralls <jra...@ceridwen.us> > Sent: 14 May 2018 15:52 > To: Anthony Marrian <anth...@gardensmontessori.com> > Cc: gnucash-user@gnucash.org > Subject: Re: [GNC] There was an error parsing the file > > > > > On May 14, 2018, at 4:41 AM, Anthony Marrian <anth...@gardensmontessori.com> > wrote: > > GnuCash 3.1, Windows 10 Pro 64bit. Please advise how to proceed? > > Look in the trace file [1] for an error. That may provide a clue about where > the problem is. It’s most likely a date outside of the years 1400-9999; 208 > or 218 instead of 2018 seems to be a popular typo. If there’s no error or not > enough context to understand what was getting loaded when the error occurred, > start GnuCash 3.1 from the command line with the debug option enabled: > “C:\Program Files (x86)\gnucash\bin\gnucash” --debug > > That will insert a lot more detail about what GnuCash is doing and should > help you figure out where to look for the problem in the file. > > Now reinstall the 2.6.x of your choice and open the file. Look for the error > based on your analysis of the trace file. > > Regards, > John Ralls > > [1] https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Tracefile _______________________________________________ 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.
