Re: [GNC] how to migrate data to new computer

2019-12-08 Thread Colin Law
The easiest way to get the right file may be to open gnucash on the old machine and use File > Save As to save it to a USB stick or similar. Then you can copy it to a suitable folder on the new machine and use File Open in gnucash to open it. On Sun, 8 Dec 2019, 21:45 The Frankses, wrote: > I'm

Re: [GNC] how to migrate data to new computer

2019-12-08 Thread David Cousens
It will help a lot if you can provide the information Stephen Butler requested, i.e OS and version GnuCash and version and how you installed it. The datafile for GnuCash is not generally in a hidden directory which is what a directory .gnucash would be.The .gnucash hidden directory contains user

Re: [GNC] how to migrate data to new computer

2019-12-08 Thread D via gnucash-user
The short answer is: "No." Gnucash data files end with ".gnucash" Gnucash *settings* files use gcm. Go back to the first machine and locate the file named {MYACCOUNTS}.gnucash (usually in your home directory) and copy that. Note that you should not look for MYACCOUNTS, but rather the file name

Re: [GNC] how to migrate data to new computer

2019-12-08 Thread The Frankses
I'm not sure I've got the correct file. I just found a folder named .gnucash. Within it I found a folder called books. Within books I found a file that appeared to have the right file name followed by .gnucash.gcm. On Sun, Dec 8, 2019 at 4:48 PM Colin Law wrote: > Are you sure you have got the c

Re: [GNC] how to migrate data to new computer

2019-12-08 Thread Stephen M. Butler
On 12/8/19 1:42 PM, The Frankses wrote: > I'm trying to migrate my GnuCash data to a new computer. When I try to open > the file from within GnuCash, I get this message: "No suitable backend was > found for (the path to the file)." Any suggestions? Which O/S?  Which version of GnC?  What type of d

Re: [GNC] Reconciliation Report Additions

2019-12-08 Thread Stephen M. Butler
Chris was working on it early in the summer (or late spring).  Other items got in the way and I'm not sure where it is at now (I was doing some testing for him). On 12/8/19 12:00 PM, Mike stagl wrote: > I know this has been mentioned more than once in the past... > > Has anyone yet created a cust

Re: [GNC] how to migrate data to new computer

2019-12-08 Thread Colin Law
Are you sure you have got the correct file? What is it called and how did you get it? Colin On Sun, 8 Dec 2019 at 21:45, The Frankses wrote: > > I'm trying to migrate my GnuCash data to a new computer. When I try to open > the file from within GnuCash, I get this message: "No suitable backend w

[GNC] how to migrate data to new computer

2019-12-08 Thread The Frankses
I'm trying to migrate my GnuCash data to a new computer. When I try to open the file from within GnuCash, I get this message: "No suitable backend was found for (the path to the file)." Any suggestions? ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.o

[GNC] Reconciliation Report Additions

2019-12-08 Thread Mike stagl
I know this has been mentioned more than once in the past... Has anyone yet created a custom reconciliation report that adds to the report the current account balance? Perhaps even the current reconciled balance and the current available balance? My non-profit requires non-executives to audit my