Hello, John:
Your question rings a bell! I did an overhaul on the file associations
on my transactions a couple of years ago.
On 2022-08-29 04:10, john murdoch wrote:
...My problem now is that [GnuCash] looks for the attached document in the
windows document folder on the C Drive. I have tried editing the
preferences in [GnuCash] to point to the correct location of the documents
on the alternate partition but this doesn't automatically link to the
document.
I can then manually link each document by using the "manage document
link" function on the right click menu in the account field of GNU
cash. That of course will be quite tedious and I was enquiring if
there is a "global fix" so that all files could be re-linked in one
procedure? Perhaps editing settings or the system registry?
I did try a feature as per the attached screenshot [of the Change Linked
Document path head dialogue] without any success.
Well, the Change Linked Document path head dialogue, which your
screenshot showed, is the best tool in GnuCash for this job. However,
you have to know a few things to use it well. I'll bet the UI does not
do a complete job of walking a person through it.
To set some groundwork, some questions:
Are you familiar with the difference in behaviour between relative file
paths and absolute file paths?
Are you familiar with the difference in spelling (C:\ prefixes and
backslashes etc.) between relative file paths and absolute file paths?
In your GnuCash Book (bookkeeping file), have you associated files to
transactions using relative path File Associations, absolute path File
Associations, or Location Associations?
Were all your attached documents within a single directory on your old
computer? Do you know the absolute path to that directory?
Are all your attached documents within a single directory on your new
computer? Do you know the absolute path to that directory?
Based on answers to those questions — and once I run GnuCash to refresh
my memory about how the Change Linked Document path head dialogue works,
and once I translate from macOS to Windows in my head — I can try to
help you further.
Best regards,
—Jim DeLaHunt
Are all your attached documents within a single directory on your new
computer?
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