Too many details are missing. I know that in Ubuntu 16.04 or 18.04 it is necessary to use a file manager to mount and sign in to my NAS before I can open or save a GnuCash data file.
On other OS's details vary. Any incorrect words were substituted by the spell checker. David Carlson On Mon, May 27, 2019, 8:06 AM Geert Janssens <geert.gnuc...@kobaltwit.be> wrote: > John, > > Nothing has changed on the gnucash side in this respect between version > 3.3 or > 3.5 that I'm aware of. > > You didn't state what OS you are on. Is that on Windows as well ? > > Regards, > > Geert > > On zaterdag 18 mei 2019 19:08:57 CEST John Underwood wrote: > > I came accross this problem today after several years of using GNUCash > with > > files housed on Network drives (Not usually NAS but drives on other > network > > computers). In fact, I suspect but cannot be completely certain, that I > have > > never stored a GNUCash file on, or retreieved one from, a local drive.I > > found a workaround for the problem, using two very simple procedures: > > Uninstall and Install. In uninstalled GNUCash 3.5 and installed GGNU Cash > > 3.3 (From which I had "upgraded" earlier - 3.4 showed the same > > problem).Now I am back to where I have been for several years. The > > impossible today appears to have been the normal in the very recent > past. I > > can now open a network GNUCash file and GNUCash opens and displaye > it.This > > is not a solution! I am reliant on a version of GNUCash which is no > longer > > supported. Apart from other problems which will not be solved for me, > there > > is the security problem. My tolerance of errors in security is very low. > > Unless this problem can be dealt with in the near future, I will have to > > consider tha possibility of an alternative accounting package (with the > > effort involved in coversion to it) simply because GNUCash, in spit of > its > > excellent qualities, does not meet my essential operational requirements. > > And that, in spite of the additional costs of a non-open source > > product.This is not a uestion of a conflict between Windows and Unix. The > > issue is concerned with the standards for file (and path) naming which > have > > long included a hostname. It is my contention that GNUCash was compliant > in > > version 3.3 but is not in 3.4 or 3.5. > > John Ralls-2 wrote > > > > > On Jul 24, 2013, at 7:53 PM, Robert Kesterson < > > > > > > robertk@ > > > > > > > wrote:> John Ralls wrote:>> Gtk isn't going to change the file > > > chooser in Gtk 2-24. Somebody did just that last year and we got a lot > of > > > grief from the distros about making major changes to a maintenance > branch. > > > There's also no Windows maintainer at this point, so an enhancement > > > request for a Windows-only feature isn't likely to go anywhere even for > > > Gtk 3.9 (the current development version). > How tightly coupled is the > > > Gnucash engine to the GTK GUI? If the engine is loosely coupled, maybe > > > some enterprising soul could write a native Windows (or Mac) GUI and > hook > > > it to the engine?It's doable. One of us, Christian Stimming, has > written a > > > basic GUI using Qt. It's called "Cutecash" and it's buildable from an > SVN > > > checkout if you're interested in playing with it. The Gnucash engine is > > > pretty unix-y and heavily dependent upon GLib, so getting it to build > in > > > MSVS would take a bit of work before one could even start on the GUI. > > > That's less of an obstacle on Mac because of the Unix underneath the > > > pretty GUI.Regards,John > > > Ralls_______________________________________________gnucash-user > mailing > > > list > > > > > > gnucash-user@ > > > > > > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user-----Please > > > remember to CC this list on all your replies.You can do this by using > > > Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > > > > -- > > Sent from: > http://gnucash.1415818.n4.nabble.com/GnuCash-User-f1415819.html > > _______________________________________________ > > 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. > _______________________________________________ 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. 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