David, Don't forget there's also a Gnucash : General : Linked Files preference that allows you to set the "Path head for Linked Files Relative Paths" which I believe is used to point to the folder you want to keep your associated files in.
Cheers David H. On Sun, 16 May 2021 at 02:41, David Carlson <david.carlson....@gmail.com> wrote: > I would like help with the above subject. This is an action in the > transaction menu which seems to have no description of what it does or how > to use it. I tried to use it and it produced a letter in the top bar of > the transaction display. Now when I right-click on the transaction there > is an action Open Associated File/Location. > > When I try that, I get an error message "GnuCash could not open the > associated Url:" then it shows a URL that should be pointing to a file or a > location. However, there is no information on how to fix the problem. It > seems like the solution might depend on the OS and certain characteristics > of the URL. I would like a general answer for Windows, Linux, MAC, and > local vs network locations and, perhaps, relative vs absolute addressing if > that matters. > > -- > David Carlson > _______________________________________________ > 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.
