The HTML file is fine but it does not come into open office well. Hence trying Numbers, which definitely does not accept it.
I know I can copy and paste but I have raised the issue to see if it is a problem with the code. When you say it worked as expected, did it give you a dialog box to select options and filename etc. because this is what I did not get. It does not get as far as generating a file at all. It was not the pop up dialog box that I saw, just a flicker on the side of the register as if the box was hiding itself under the window but it was not there. As I said earlier, I looked everywhere for it! First off I will move to 5.17 and try again. No point worrying about 5.16 if it is working in 5.17. I will come back to say what happened. Geoff Jankowski +44 20 7100 1092 +44 7770 58 48 38 +33 9 56 54 56 54 +33 6 22 93 00 53 > On 20 Oct 2026, at 18:06, Adrien Monteleone <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I don't recall any issue opening an exported (HTML) report in > Libre/OpenOffice, but if the office version is really old, that could be a > thing. (I've used LibreOffice since it forked a decade or so ago) I'm not at > my Mac right now, but will test opening in Numbers later for completeness. I > don't recall if it does so properly or not. > > Try CTRL+A to Select All while viewing the report, then CTRL+V in a > spreadsheet tab to paste. > > As for the Export Active Register from a Search Results window, that worked > for me as expected. (though I'm already on 5.17) > > Does your resulting files have a zero size? If not, can you open them with a > text editor? If so, do they respectively look like proper HTML or CSV > formatted data? > > You first mentioned seeing the export pop-up, then not seeing it. Did it only > show up on the top of the window stack the first time? Have you tried Expose > to show all windows? Are you running a multi-monitor setup? (sometimes, not > having or disconnecting an additional display when you previously had it on > or connected with GnuCash running can cause issues where GnuCash remembered > your previous window placements *with* the extra display, which isn't there > now) Have you tried running GnuCash non-maximized if you are so you can play > with window arrangement to find it? > > Regards, > Adrien > > On 10/20/26 09:26, Geoff Jankowski via gnucash-user wrote: >> I am using Gnucash 5.16 on a Mac (iMac24 using the Apple M1 chip) running >> OSX Tahoe 26.4.1. >> I am trying to move my search results to my spreadsheet for analysis. >> I first generated the search as a report and I then exported the search >> report to an html file. I tried to open it in Open Office (the default >> offering) but Open Office does not do a good job (and I usually do not use >> it). I then tried Numbers and apparently I cannot open an html file in it. >> So I turned to csv format and this is where the problem started. When I >> select Export Active Register to csv, nothing happens. When I selected >> Export Transactions or Account Tree I get a window pop up to define the >> report and filename etc. >> I have restarted Gnucash but it exhibits the same behaviour. I have checked >> all desktops and sent all running apps to the dock but the pop up window >> cannot be seen. >> I noticed a flash or flicker on the account tab tree so I moved the tabs >> from the right (my default) to the top but it also made no difference. >> Anyone else had this behaviour? >> Any ideas on how to resolve it? > > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > [email protected] > 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 [email protected] 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.
