Hi Colin, The "save" option did get focus once I made a change and saved the file.
However, the file name doesn't look right. See below. It is using the name that I created when I used "save as" though I used "save" but the log file name looks right. What is happening? Is this a problem? - finances.gnucash.20181202.gnucash - finances.gnucash.20181202.gnucash.20181202095503 Thanks, On Sun, Dec 2, 2018 at 9:15 AM Colin Law <clan...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sun, 2 Dec 2018 at 17:11, Lorrie Laskey <lrlas...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > So I need to use "save" instead of "save as"? My "save" option is grayed > out. > > It will be greyed out until you change something. Once you change > something then it should be enabled. If not then that probably means > you did a Save As and selected sqlite as the file type. If that is > the case then do Save As, select XML, browse to the folder where you > want the file and click the OK, or Save button or whatever it is. > Then close and re-open gnucash, it should re-open the xml file (you > can see the file name in the top bar) and then the Save button should > be back to normal. > > Colin > > > > > Thanks, > > > > On Sun, Dec 2, 2018 at 8:53 AM Colin Law <clan...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> On Sun, 2 Dec 2018 at 16:40, Lorrie Laskey <lrlas...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > > >> > Hi all, > >> > > >> > This message is for two topics. If you respond, please either select > one > >> > topic or divide the message by topic to make it easier for me to > follow the > >> > messages. > >> > > >> > #1 Saving > >> > I don't understand how to save Gnucash or properly close it, it > seems. I > >> > have used Gnucash for years and used the "save" option. > >> > > >> > In the past, I selected "save" but recently ran into "lock file" > issue. > >> > >> Save is the right way to do it. That will save back into whichever > >> file you have open. Just the same as MS Word or other applications. > >> If you use Save As then it will create a new file with the name you > >> give it (or overwrite any existing file with that name. When you next > >> open GC it will open *that* file not the original. If you want to > >> open a file other than the last one used then use File Open and browse > >> to it. While on this subject, I hope you are making a regular backup > >> of your accounts file in case of computer failure. > >> > >> > Next I tried "save as" but then a pop up window appeared asking me to > save > >> > it as an xml file. > >> > >> For most users just using the default xml is the right way. Don't > >> worry about the other options. If you needed them you would know what > >> they mean. > >> > >> > > >> > #2 > >> > Recent "lock file" issues forced me to troubleshoot and find other > methods > >> > to open and save. Note that I am the only person using Gnucash, on one > >> > computer. So I don't understand how this file is being generated. > >> > >> If you get the Lock file warning when you open GC that means that GC > >> probably did not close down properly the last time you used it. > >> Either GC or Windows crashed for example, or you did a forced > >> powerdown of the PC rather than a normal shutdown. It is only a > >> warning, you can just say Open Anyway, provided you have not already > >> got the file open in another GnuCash instance or on another computer. > >> If it happens regularly there is something wrong though. > >> > >> Colin > _______________________________________________ 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.
