The Check & Repair used to be slow (minutes); somewhere along the way, there was a major improvement; it is so fast (less than a second) on my network file with 6+ years of data that I can barely see the progress bar. So, it may be running; just very, very quickly.
On Mon, May 13, 2024 at 9:41 AM Phyllis Bruce <pobruc...@gmail.com> wrote: > Just when you thought you were done with this….. > > I’m running 4.13 on a windows 10 computer. I have a big problem getting > any reports to run properly but today it is the check and repair function. > No option that I choose gives me a “working” indication. I’m trying to be > proactive before upgrading. Couldn’t find anything in the manual. > > > On May 12, 2024, at 3:30 AM, Chris Green <c...@isbd.net> wrote: > > > > On Sat, May 11, 2024 at 03:49:04PM -0500, Adrien Monteleone wrote: > >>> On 5/11/24 3:08 PM, Chris Green wrote: > >>> So, given that I'm going up just one major release I shouls be OK, but > >>> running "Check & Repair" before doing anything else is a good idea. > > > >> Correct. The Check & Repair should run silently automatically upon first > >> opening your file with 5.5, but it doesn't hurt to do it intentionally. > >> > >> The biggest change I recall between 4 & 5 is the new type-ahead search > >> method for the Description field. I personally prefer the change, but > >> some folks didn't like it by how they use that field and their unique > >> list of existing Descriptions. > >> > >> There is also an issue for some, but not others with respect to > >> registers not auto-filling memos from previous session transactions. > >> (I'm one so affected) Mileage may vary on that one. > >> > >> As always - keep a backup. > >> > >> And since you are not on the last 4.x release on the old machine, I > >> wouldn't go back and forth with the same file. Once you migrate, stick > >> to 5.5 or drop back to 4.8 and stay there until you decide to finally > >> make the upgrade should you notice any problems. > >> > > Thanks Adrien, that's just the sort of information/confirmation I > > wanted. :-) > > > _______________________________________________ > 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. > -- _________________________________ Richard Losey rlo...@gmail.com Micah 6:8 _______________________________________________ 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.
