The path that 3.5 failed to write to is: C:\Dropbox\My Docs\Thorough C & D\GnuCash\GnuCash Files\(VerboseFileNameProbably30chars.gnucash)
The last successful saves to this directory was by GnuCash 2.6.21, and was: C:\Dropbox\My Docs\Thorough C & D\GnuCash\GnuCash Files\AfterImporting2018ThroughQ4.gnucash.20190401075914.log (4/1/2019 8:01AM) C:\Dropbox\My Docs\Thorough C & D\GnuCash\GnuCash Files\AfterImporting2018ThroughQ4.gnucash (4/1/2019 7:59AM) Since I suspected it was a path length issue, I tried saving the file name test.gnucash in the same location, but got the same error. So I went one folder back and tried to save again and it failed the same way. I kept shortening the path like this until it did save, which was as follows: C:\Dropbox\My Docs\Thorough C & D\test.gnucash Kind regards, Greg Feneis On Thu, Apr 4, 2019 at 12:28 PM Colin Law <clan...@gmail.com> wrote: > What is the path above the section you have shown? > > Colin > > On Wed, 3 Apr 2019 at 01:46, Greg Feneis <mfen...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > I just upgraded to 3.5 from 2.6.21. > > > > I've been using 2.6.x for a few years, and never had trouble saving to > this > > directory, but after upgrading to 3.5, I tried to save and it gives me an > > error message. > > > > "You attempted to save in "can't be displayed" or a subdirectory thereof. > > This is not allowed as GnuCash reserves that director for internal use. > > > > Please try again in a different directory." (close) > > > > > > Here's a link to a screen shot of the error message: > > https://www.dropbox.com/s/1opqys3wxuyw4rv/2019-04-02_17-05-34.png?dl=0 > > > > Note that where I wrote "can't be displayed" is actually a strange > graphic > > like when an emoji can't be displayed. See the screen shot. > > > > It appears when the error message was generated, the file path couldn't > be > > parsed. This makes me think GnuCash isn't capable of parsing the save to > > path. I suspect it's a path length issue. I tried shorter paths and it > > worked. FSR, the new GnuCash seem like it can't save to the same length > > path that the old series was capable of. > > > > Sorry if this is already a known issue > > > > Kind regards, > > > > Greg Feneis <http://www.linkedin.com/in/electromechanical> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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. > _______________________________________________ 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.
