[GNC] Save button never seems to activate anymore

2023-04-11 Thread G R Hewitt
Greetings all, MacPro 2010, High Sierra Gnucash 5.0 I have noted that the 'Save' button never seems to come on anymore. Recently, after doing a few things to the accounts, it showed active and I'd click it, when the little watch appeared and then the 'Save' button would be deactivated, until I mad

[GNC] Save button never seems to activate anymore

2023-04-11 Thread G R Hewitt
Greetings all, MacPro 2010, High Sierra Gnucash 5.0 I have noted that the 'Save' button never seems to come on anymore. Recently, after doing a few things to the accounts, it showed active and I'd click it, when the little watch appeared and then the 'Save' button would be deactivated, until I mad

Re: [GNC] Save button never seems to activate anymore

2023-04-11 Thread Geert Janssens
That sounds as if you changed the file format from xml to sqlite. Normally, the save button is only active for data files in xml format and should not be active for data files in sqlite format. The way to change between formats is by using the File->Save As... menu item. Regards, Geert Op di

[GNC] Fwd: Re: Save button never seems to activate anymore

2023-04-11 Thread Geert Janssens
Forwarding to list so others following the thread can keep up... Regards, Geert -- Doorgestuurd bericht -- Onderwerp: Re: [GNC] Save button never seems to activate anymore Datum: dinsdag 11 april 2023, 12:13:59 CEST Van: G R Hewitt Aan: Geert Janssens Thanks Geert, You coul

[GNC] Locking the side bar items

2023-04-11 Thread G R Hewitt
Greetings all, I was just wondering if there was anyway to prevent (lock) opened tabs from being closed. I have all the things I use - P&L, BS etc., on the right, and just can't seem to break the habit of clicking 'Close' to close the program, which closes the open tab instead. If not, could this

Re: [GNC] Fwd: Re: Save button never seems to activate anymore

2023-04-11 Thread G R Hewitt
Oop's, sorry all :) On Tue, 11 Apr 2023 at 11:27, Geert Janssens wrote: > Forwarding to list so others following the thread can keep up... > > Regards, > > Geert > > -- Doorgestuurd bericht -- > > Onderwerp: Re: [GNC] Save button never seems to activate anymore > Datum: dinsdag

Re: [GNC] How to run Year End Procedures for the Tax Year (UK end 5 April 2023), and start new Data set for the New Tax Year starting 6 April 2023

2023-04-11 Thread Kevin Buckley
On Sat, 8 Apr 2023 at 07:09, Stan Brown wrote: > > > On 2023-04-07 14:09, Michael or Penny Novack wrote: > > > > The point is, if you ever want to look at the books in their state prior > > to the 2023 close you don't undo anything. Instead you retrieve the > > back-up and open a copy of that. > >

[GNC] libboost problem compiling gnucash 5.0

2023-04-11 Thread John Griessen
any ideas how to fix this on ubuntu 22.04.2? dpkg -l '*boost*' ii libboost-filesystem1.74-dev:amd64 1.74.0-14ubuntu3 amd64filesystem operations (portable paths, iteration over directories, etc) in C++ ii libboost-filesystem1.74.0:amd641.74.0-14ubuntu3 amd64files

[GNC] Registering Off Balance Sheet in GNUCash

2023-04-11 Thread Murugan Muruganandam
I wanted to input off balance sheet items in gnucash , contingent asset and contingent liabilities. any of you have done this with existing account structure? Saludos Cordiales Murugan ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To upd

Re: [GNC] How to import PayPal transactions in to GC

2023-04-11 Thread Michael or Penny Novack
As others have mentioned, you should read up on the rules of double entry bookkeeping. If GnuCash cannot identify the proper account, it puts it in the account call "Unbalanced" - this account should BTW always be ZERO Anything in "unbalanced" is a mistake somewhere. A little closer to re

Re: [GNC] How to run Year End Procedures for the Tax Year (UK end 5 April 2023), and start new Data set for the New Tax Year starting 6 April 2023

2023-04-11 Thread Michael or Penny Novack
/path/to/gnucash --nofile That will invoke GnuCash without any Book/Ledger open, but you will have the four most recentl entries in GnuCash's File menu, so you can choose to open whichever one of the four you want to, rather than having to hard-code any particular file at every startup time, or

Re: [GNC] Registering Off Balance Sheet in GNUCash

2023-04-11 Thread Michael or Penny Novack
On 4/11/2023 10:25 AM, Murugan Muruganandam wrote: I wanted to input off balance sheet items in gnucash , contingent asset and contingent liabilities. any of you have done this with existing account structure? Yes, some of us might have very significant amounts of what is in effect our inco

Re: [GNC] Registering Off Balance Sheet in GNUCash

2023-04-11 Thread Stan Brown
On 2023-04-11 07:25, Murugan Muruganandam wrote: > I wanted to input off balance sheet items in gnucash , contingent asset and > contingent liabilities. any of you have done this with existing account > structure? The easy way is to enter a "transaction" with the amount of the contingent liabil

[GNC] Reports will not display on screen, print to file works

2023-04-11 Thread Jeff
Running: Version: 5.0 Build ID: Flathub 5.0-1 Finance::Quote: 1.5301 on Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS I do not know when my system upgraded GNC from the prior stable version 4, it was running version 4 a few days ago.  None of the reports will display on screen in version 5.0-1.  In order to see any rep

Re: [GNC] Locking the side bar items

2023-04-11 Thread Adrien Monteleone
I've never seen a case where the open tabs *don't* re-open when I next open the file. That's already a feature. Maybe there is a reason it isn't working properly on your system. Regards, Adrien On 4/11/23 5:30 AM, G R Hewitt wrote: Greetings all, I was just wondering if there was anyway to

Re: [GNC] Reports will not display on screen, print to file works

2023-04-11 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Jeff, Report display has to do with webkit. Perhaps check to see if it needs updating as well, or if for some reason you've pinned an old version to prevent updating. (but then you'd need to recall why you pinned it so as not to break something else.) That might not be the culprit, but it wo

Re: [GNC] Locking the side bar items

2023-04-11 Thread Stan Brown
I read the OP's question a little differently. I think the OP wants some way to tell GnuCash, "When I click the "Close" button, I don't want the currently open tab to close." In other words, I don't think it's about what happens when GC reopens, it's about having GC ignore a button click that the

Re: [GNC] Reports will not display on screen, print to file works

2023-04-11 Thread Jeff
On 4/11/23 1:53 PM, Adrien Monteleone wrote: Jeff, Report display has to do with webkit. Perhaps check to see if it needs updating as well, or if for some reason you've pinned an old version to prevent updating. (but then you'd need to recall why you pinned it so as not to break something el

Re: [GNC] Reports will not display on screen, print to file works

2023-04-11 Thread Murugan Muruganandam
i have the same version and build and i am able to view reports can you try apt get update and also re install the application Saludos Cordiales Murugan From: gnucash-user on behalf of Jeff Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2023 2:13 PM To: Gnucash userlist Subj

Re: [GNC] Locking the side bar items

2023-04-11 Thread Gyle McCollam
The button in the toolbar should say "Close Tab", that would make it clearer. In windows, the OP should get used to closing Gnucash with the "X" in the upper right corner. As for the tabs, under Edit/Preferences/Windows and then the heading Tabs you can select to put a "Close Button" actually

Re: [GNC] Locking the side bar items

2023-04-11 Thread Adrien Monteleone
I agree, the button could be more precise in its label. The tool tip in the status bar on hovering that button says, "close the currently active page". The functionality of that button and the entire toolbar (the UI really) is also covered in the Manual. I'd say this is a, "read the manual"

Re: [GNC] Locking the side bar items

2023-04-11 Thread Paul Kroitor
Perhaps the OP's issue is variation of a slightly different issue that I've asked about in the past. I have Gnucash set so the tabs are across the top, and reports open as additional tabs in the main window. I can open and configure many reports during a session, and these reports survive a close

Re: [GNC] Reports will not display on screen, print to file works == Solved

2023-04-11 Thread Jeff
On 4/11/23 3:53 PM, Murugan Muruganandam wrote: i have the same version and build and i am able to view reports can you try apt get update and also re install the application Saludos Cordiales Murugan *From:* gnucash-

Re: [GNC] How to import PayPal transactions in to GC

2023-04-11 Thread Greg McCarthy
Thanks for all the tips. I've been looking through tutorials and reading up on double system accounting and have a better understanding on how it all works. On 11/04/2023 15:30, Michael or Penny Novack wrote: As others have mentioned, you should read up on the rules of double entry bookkeep

[GNC] New GnuCash file and importing Chart of Accounts

2023-04-11 Thread Jay Bouxsein
At the outset, I must confess that I am a senior who increasingly has difficulties using complicated software products, especially accounting products because I do not have detailed accounting knowledge but I do know the basics. I have worked with my accountant to use GnuCash to assist him in prepa

Re: [GNC] New GnuCash file and importing Chart of Accounts

2023-04-11 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 2.6.19)
On 2023-04-11 15:50, Jay Bouxsein wrote: > I am running version 2.6.7. Wow! That's older even than my version, 2.6.19. > I have worked with my accountant to use GnuCash to assist him in > preparing end of year tax returns and he has suggested that I open > new books at the beginning of each ne

Re: [GNC] New GnuCash file and importing Chart of Accounts

2023-04-11 Thread Michael or Penny Novack
5. Enter a transaction to make all the starting balances in the new file match the ending balances from the old file, referring to the report you saved in step 1. Yes, you could use a single, massive transaction split on both the debit and credit side. Or you could use two massive transacti

Re: [GNC] libboost problem compiling gnucash 5.0

2023-04-11 Thread john
> On Apr 11, 2023, at 6:52 AM, John Griessen wrote: > > any ideas how to fix this on ubuntu 22.04.2? > > dpkg -l '*boost*' > > ii libboost-filesystem1.74-dev:amd64 1.74.0-14ubuntu3 amd64 > filesystem operations (portable paths, iteration over directories, etc) in C++ > ii li

Re: [GNC] Command line quotes still not fixed

2023-04-11 Thread David G. Pickett via gnucash-user
Maybe patch the code to load a junk string in there "Enter_your_key_here" and suppress the warning? -Original Message- From: Bruce Schuck To: gnucash-user@gnucash.org Cc: rlo...@gmail.com; geert.gnuc...@kobaltwit.be; m.muruganan...@hotmail.com; hell...@gmail.com; dgpick...@aol.com Sent

Re: [GNC] Locking the side bar items

2023-04-11 Thread Adrien Monteleone
I'm curious how separate windows for registers is advantageous over separate tabs. I routinely keep several registers open as well as reports - all in tabs, and can easily switch between them. I've never found a point where I'd like, or need, to see two tabs (and thus windows) simultaneously.

Re: [GNC] Command line quotes still not fixed

2023-04-11 Thread Bruce Schuck
On 4/11/23 6:51 PM, David G. Pickett wrote: Maybe patch the code to load a junk string in there "Enter_your_key_here" and suppress the warning? I have been thinking about that. I haven't tested if bogus API keys are subject to the same limitations as the free keys, but I think it would lead

Re: [GNC] Locking the side bar items

2023-04-11 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
Honestly, the button could be removed altogether in my opinion. The close "X" on tabs is pretty standard in other apps, and has the benefit of being a direct action that most users understand intuitively. ⁣David T. ​ On Apr 12, 2023, 1:07 AM, at 1:07 AM, Adrien Monteleone wrote: >I agree, th

Re: [GNC] Locking the side bar items

2023-04-11 Thread G R Hewitt
Thank you all for your considered comments and suggestions, from which I can see that I failed to explain myself adequately, so apologies there. What I want to be able to do is to ‘lock’ the tabs I open so that they cannot be closed with out first being ‘unlocked’. Perhaps a little padlock icon t