Myron The same strategy can be used to create additional icons which open GnuCash with a specific datafile. Copy the icons as Michael suggested (one for each datafile) and edit them put in a URI to the specific datafile instead of the --nofile option. Give it a name reflecting that it opens that specific datafile.
This is also similarly easy to do in most Linux OS. David Cousens On Sun, 2024-01-21 at 16:36 -0500, Michael or Penny Novack wrote: > On 1/21/2024 11:05 AM, Myron A Schroeder wrote: > > Where do I find the " --nofile runtime parameter." > > > > Looks like an interesting way to have more than one set of books on my > > computer. > > > What operating system are you using? Perhaps as much to the point, if > you are getting to gnucash by a "shortcut" (an icon that you click) do > you know how to look at what that is actually doing? How to edit that? > > For example, if you are running under Windows and have an icon for > gnucash, and you RIGHT CLICK on that icon you get a drop down list of > things you can do with that shortcut. At (or near) the bottom of that > list is "properties" (let me look at the properties of this object). If > you click on that choice (and the shortcut was to the application > gnucash) you'll see those properties. That it is an application (the > type of the target), where located (in a binary library) and exactly > what the target is (what clicking on the object sends to the command > line to execute, since that's what is done for an application. > > WELL -- you can edit that line to add a runtime parameter, in this case, > append --nofile (space in between) > > Michael D Novack > > PS --- STRONG SUGGESTION --- Do not simply do this. First make a copy of > that object (the same dropdown list where "properties" was) and rename > it. THAT is how you can back out a failed attempt. Now try to do the > edit of the target (add the --nofile) Back out and see what happens > when you click the icon now. If it works (brings up gnucash without > opening any file you are done (delete the backup copy). Otherwise you > can use "copy" again to retry. > > > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > 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. _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: 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.