Re: [GNC] Postponing reconciliation-ending balance

On Sun, 27 Jan 2019 at 06:44, Adrien Monteleone wrote: > > You can also right-click a transaction in the reconciliation window and get > those same functions. Also double click the transaction in the reconcile window takes you to it in the register (or at least it does on Ubuntu). Colin ___

Re: [GNC] Printer Problems

And me, someone who doesn't understand how support mailing lists are supposed to work I think. Coin On Sun, 27 Jan 2019 at 06:58, Adrien Monteleone wrote: > > Hmm... > > A nearly identical message was posted by that address an hour later to the > list, then about an hour after that, I get one s

Re: [GNC] Reconciliation is not adding up correctly - what to do??

of zero. Then the Opening Balance in the account should match the Starting Balance on your bank statement so you can reconcile that one. Colin > Finbar > On 26/01/2019 18:12, Colin Law wrote: > > Do the starting and ending balances shown there match the ones on the bank > stateme

Re: [GNC] Reconciliation is not adding up correctly - what to do??

On Sun, 27 Jan 2019 at 10:01, Fred Bone wrote: > > On Saturday, January 26, 2019 at 21:50, Colin Law said: > > > In the original message, in the html section, the image is > > > > > height="00145" border="0"> > > >

Re: [GNC] Switching between 2 bank accounts

If you mean you have lost the Accounts tab that shows all the accounts then do View > New Accounts Page Colin On Mon, 28 Jan 2019 at 06:20, Joanne Paradise wrote: > > I just finished my 2018 year end reports for my personal bank account. I > needed to add a 2nd bank account. After creating the

Re: [GNC] Reconciliation is not adding up correctly - what to do??

On Mon, 28 Jan 2019 at 10:23, Finbar Mahon wrote: > ... > > Aha, maybe there is another issue. When I do, as you suggested, View > > Filter By > Status > Reconciled I get nothing!! even when I just chose > 'reconcile' or 'select all' > On the Date tab (of View > Filter By) have you got Show All

Re: [GNC] Reconciliation is not adding up correctly - what to do??

There is also the issue that at one point he seemed to suggest this was the first reconcile, then he said he didn't do any reconciles till December. The only way we will understand what is going on is if he is clearer on exactly what he has done. Colin On Mon, 28 Jan 2019 at 14:45, David T. via

Re: [GNC] Reconciliation is not adding up correctly - what to do??

On Tue, 29 Jan 2019 at 11:24, Finbar Mahon wrote: > > OK, let's go again. > > 1. I started using GNUCash with effect from 1.1.2018 > > 2. For this particular a/c the figure €3986.22 is the balance in the a/c, > taken from the bank statement on 28.12.2017, after the last transaction on > that dat

Re: [GNC] v 3.2.1 reconcile window

On Tue, 29 Jan 2019 at 18:53, Jamestk wrote: > > > > Thanks, with you now. > > Just downloaded v3.4, it's probably nothing but maybe worth flagging up- > Virus Total flags the exe file as - suspicious.low.ml.score - by Trapmine > engine. > > Also, has anyone noticed the second page which pops up a

Re: [GNC] Reconciliation is not adding up correctly - what t

y seemed 'ok' just a few > >> centimes 'off' probably due to finger problems, as I had also > >> experienced with Quicken and sorted them at year end. > >> > >> The Opening Balance in the latest iteration of reconcile was

Re: [GNC] undo needed, was Re: Reconciliation is not adding up correctly

On Thu, 31 Jan 2019 at 09:08, Elmar wrote: > > Open simultaneously - that sounds dangerous to my galloping senility :) > Normally I run into this when I have been working on the file for an > hour or so, having done some 20 or 30 operations e.g. end of month > multiple bank statement reconciles, t

Re: [GNC] undo needed, was Re: Reconciliation is not adding up correctly

On Fri, 1 Feb 2019 at 10:25, Finbar Mahon wrote: > > Often the justification for not having undo in accounting software is > security. Maybe an option to edit the starting balance? > > I know that it is there to manage the reconciliation process, but errors > in transaction entries can modify the

Re: [GNC] postpone reconciliation broken: ignores my changes

On Sun, 3 Feb 2019 at 15:01, Jamestk wrote: > > Ira me again, this seems to be happening on v3.4 > > Changes made by ticking entries are no longer saved after opting to > postpone, anyone else noticed this? It's ok for me with v3.4 on Ubuntu. Are you remembering to save after postponing (if you

Re: [GNC] postpone reconciliation broken: ignores my changes

You might find the postpone button is off the right hand side. Make the window a bit bigger to see it. For me it works as it should (remembering reconciled items) as does the menu selection. I can't explain why it is not functioning correctly for you. Perhaps it is a Windows thing. Are you sure

Re: [GNC] postpone reconciliation broken: ignores my changes

On Mon, 4 Feb 2019 at 06:53, Jamestk wrote: > Yup, I can see the button - next time i will try the menu selection for > postpone, it's no biggie as I rarely use it, only when getting tired and > start making mistakes. > It is easy to test if it is still working, even if it is not time for a reco

Re: [GNC] How to change size of register in Gnucash 3.4

On Tue, 5 Feb 2019 at 05:54, Liz wrote: > On Tue, 5 Feb 2019 16:17:16 +1100 > Liz wrote: > > > Debian Linux > > Build ID: 3.4+ (2018-12-30) > > > > I had the registers set so that I could open 4 without overlapping on > > my screen. > > With Gnucash 3.4 they all got wider and now take up more sc

Re: [GNC] "Non-sticky" scroll bars in gnucash registers

I am not seeing any problems on Ubuntu 18.10 running GC 3.4. Confused by the fact you say you are running 3.900 as I think 3.4 is the latest. Are you running the standard (Gnome) version of Ubuntu? Are you using X or Wayland? That should be selectable from logon screen. I am running X. Colin

Re: [GNC] "Non-sticky" scroll bars in gnucash registers

On Tue, 5 Feb 2019 at 17:22, Bucky Carr wrote: > > > I've noticed that exact behavior in many other Windows programs as > well. Definitely annoying. > We are not talking about Windows programs are we? Colin > > > On 2/5/2019 9:53 AM, Steve Cohen wrote: > > For two years something seemed not q

Re: [GNC] "Non-sticky" scroll bars in gnucash registers

On Tue, 5 Feb 2019 at 20:17, Steve Cohen wrote: > On 2/5/19 2:04 PM, David Carlson wrote: > > GTK3 as default rather than GTK2. I think those scroll bars first > > appeared there but they seem to be becoming as fashionable as useless > > 'antique' bathroom sinks. > > > > While I appreciate and t

Re: [GNC] "Non-sticky" scroll bars in gnucash registers

On Tue, 5 Feb 2019 at 21:20, Steve Cohen wrote: > ... > Getting rid of this file ~/.config/gtk-3.0.gtk.css which I had created > and restarting the system got me back the awful scroll bar behavior I > had instantly hated as soon as I installed 18.04. > The bars are much improved on Ubuntu 18.10,

Re: [GNC] How to change size of register in Gnucash 3.4

On Wed, 6 Feb 2019 at 07:57, aeg via gnucash-user wrote: > ... > If I'm understanding this problem correctly, you are referring to the > space taken up by the register title tabs across the top of the screen. If > that is the problem, my solution has been to move them to the right where I > can h

Re: [GNC] postpone reconciliation broken: ignores my changes

On Wed, 6 Feb 2019 at 21:16, Jamestk wrote: > Thanks, checked both options (menu and button), neither saves your > selection. > > Not a problem at all, only highlighting for devs/next release, perhaps > someone with a Bugzilla count can log this - many thanks, > Perhaps it is a Windows issue. A

Re: [GNC] postpone reconciliation broken: ignores my changes

On Thu, 7 Feb 2019 at 07:37, Michael Hendry wrote: > > On 3 Feb 2019, at 14:59, Jamestk wrote: > > > > Ira me again, this seems to be happening on v3.4 > > > > Changes made by ticking entries are no longer saved after opting to > > postpone, anyone else noticed this? > > > A slightly different (

Re: [GNC] Debian Files for GnuCash 3.4-x

On Thu, 7 Feb 2019 at 21:15, David Carlson wrote: > On Thu, Feb 7, 2019 at 11:09 AM Steve Cohen wrote: > > > Thank you for this! > > On 1/28/19 1:55 PM, Stephen M. Butler wrote: > > > Here are the three debian files for 3.4 (as released): > > > https://drive.google.com/open?id=1fV_fURy6c77e7gf6S

Re: [GNC] Debian Files for GnuCash 3.4-x

Further to my previous post they are actually zip files containing the deb files, but hopefully that is self evident. Colin On Thu, 7 Feb 2019 at 21:18, Colin Law wrote: > > On Thu, 7 Feb 2019 at 21:15, David Carlson > wrote: > >> On Thu, Feb 7, 2019 at 11:09 AM

Re: [GNC] postpone reconciliation broken: ignores my changes

ormally" > is what the OS thinks is normal, not necessarily what the rest of us do. > > Regards, > John Ralls > > > > On Feb 7, 2019, at 4:40 PM, Michael Hendry wrote: > > > >> On 7 Feb 2019, at 17:22, John Ralls wrote: > >> > >> >

Re: [GNC] Updating From V 2.6.11

To know the answer it would be helpful to know which operating system you are using and how you installed it in the first place. Colin On Fri, 8 Feb 2019 at 08:08, Rick & Janelle Halvorson wrote: > > I am currently using version 2.6.11. I want to update to the most recent > version to take adva

Re: [GNC] Debian Files for GnuCash 3.4-x

On Thu, 7 Feb 2019 at 22:18, Stephen M. Butler wrote: > ... > Should work on any distro that will accept a *.deb package file. Note > the operative word here is "should". That's interesting, I assumed it would have to have built in dependencies on particular packages. Has anyone tried them on Ub

Re: [GNC] postpone reconciliation broken: ignores my changes

be possible to shutdown after clicking Save but before it has finished saving. If that is possible then that suggests a bug. That possibility would appear to fit many of the facts the however. Colin > > David T. > > > On Fri, Feb 8, 2019 at 14:23, Michael Hendry > wrote: >

Re: [GNC] postpone reconciliation broken: ignores my changes

On Fri, 8 Feb 2019 at 15:31, Michael Hendry wrote:> ... > | => ls -lt > total 84324 > -rw-r--r-- 1 michaelhendry staff 221184 8 Feb 00:04 > MDH.gnucash.tmp-ea6yhc > -rw-r--r-- 1 michaelhendry staff95629 8 Feb 00:04 > MDH.gnucash.20190208000345.log > -rw--- 2 michaelhendry staff

Re: [GNC] postpone reconciliation broken: ignores my changes

On Fri, 8 Feb 2019 at 21:12, Jamestk wrote: > > Michael, just a thought - individual transactions should save after each > entry, tapping the return key will move onto the next one auto saving the > previous - the reconciliation process is likely to be somewhat different, > GNC marks the entries b

Re: [GNC] postpone reconciliation broken: ignores my changes

1970-01-01 01:00:00 +0100 = END Should those be there? Colin On Fri, 8 Feb 2019 at 22:02, Michael Hendry wrote: > > > On 8 Feb 2019, at 17:26, John Ralls wrote: > > > > > > > >> On Feb 8, 2019, at 8:28 AM, Colin Law wrote: > >> > >> O

Re: [GNC] postpone reconciliation broken: ignores my changes

On Sat, 9 Feb 2019 at 11:18, Jamestk wrote: > > Perhaps users are ticking entries then using green reconcile button thinking > this will complete the process, only by selecting finish will it write back > to file. I am not with you again I am afraid. On 3.4 there isn't a green reconcile button a

Re: [GNC] postpone reconciliation broken: ignores my changes

On Sat, 9 Feb 2019 at 11:23, Michael Hendry wrote: > .. > My guess is that GC is setting up all of my Scheduled transactions (“B” > lines) and then rolling them back (“R” lines) without committing them. > > There follows a series of four empty START-END pairs at line 643. > > This is then followi

Re: [GNC] postpone reconciliation broken: ignores my changes

On Sat, 9 Feb 2019 at 13:32, Jamestk wrote: > > > > Colin, this one - both this and postpone button non functional. Oh, I had never noticed that button (reconcile selection). For me it does work. If you select one or more items (

Re: [GNC] postpone reconciliation broken: ignores my changes

On Sat, 9 Feb 2019 at 13:43, Jamestk wrote: > > I just tried closing the reconcile window with entries ticked but not > finished, it closed but did ask to save before exiting - this doesn't seem > to have the same effect as finish. For me, if I try to close the reconcile after ticking something i

Re: [GNC] postpone reconciliation broken: ignores my changes

On Sat, 9 Feb 2019 at 13:54, Jamestk wrote: > > Colin, please comments above re postpone button, it no longer saves your > ticked selections for completion later on - it's not a problem tho; OK, so you mean clicking Postpone exits the reconcile dialog, but if you start the reconcile again then it

Re: [GNC] Using 4.3 on Mac - contradictory notification message on startup

On Sun, 10 Feb 2019 at 08:56, Michael Hendry wrote: > > On starting GC this morning, I got this message: > > https://www.dropbox.com/s/k0pw5bs11od7cpm/Screenshot%202019-02-10%2008.49.03.png?dl=0 > > It seems to say that there are no Scheduled Transactions to deal with today, > then that two have

Re: [GNC] Using 4.3 on Mac - contradictory notification message on startup

On Sun, 10 Feb 2019 at 11:18, Michael Hendry wrote: > > Thanks for that clarification, Colin. I have all my Scheduled Transactions > processed automatically, and had been unaware of the manual option. > > I wonder why I haven’t seen this notification before? I see it all very regularly (on Ubunt

Re: [GNC] GC 3.4 quit aborts file save process (was Re: postpone reconciliation broken: ignores my changes)

I have tried Save and immediately shutdown in Ubuntu 18.10 (Gnucash 3.4) and I can't make it fail. It is not possible to select File > Quit while it is saving as the menus are disabled and if I click the cross to shut the window down then nothing happens till the save has completed and it then shu

Re: [GNC] Using 4.3 on Mac - contradictory notification message on startup

ks John, hopefully that will get rid of the messages. Colin > > Best, > John > > > On Feb 10, 2019, at 6:24 AM, Colin Law wrote: > > > > On Sun, 10 Feb 2019 at 11:18, Michael Hendry > > wrote: > >> > >> Thanks for that clarification, Colin. I h

Re: [GNC] Backup recovery

I can't see the images you presumable posted for some reason, but I suspect what happened was that some time ago you, for some reason, opened one of the backup files (so whatever.gnucash.longdatestring.gnucash) and didn't then re-open or save as the original file name. Ever since then you have bee

Re: [GNC] Strange keyboard behaviour with new version

On Wed, 13 Feb 2019 at 13:02, Geert Janssens wrote: > ... > There have been additional keyboard fixes in gnucash 3.4 which I believe may > fix your problem. So my suggestion: find a way to install gnucash 3.4. Just confirming that those issues were fixed for me (on Ubuntu) be version 3.4 This lin

Re: [GNC] Strange keyboard behaviour with new version

On Wed, 13 Feb 2019 at 14:34, Adam Funk wrote: > > On 2019-02-13, Geert Janssens wrote: > > > Op woensdag 13 februari 2019 12:49:46 CET schreef Adam Funk: > >> Hi, > >> > >> I upgraded my laptop from Ubuntu 18.04 to 18.10 a little over a month > >> ago. I think the gnucash version changed from 2.

Re: [GNC] Strange keyboard behaviour with new version

On Wed, 13 Feb 2019 at 18:08, Stephen M. Butler wrote: > .. > Get the three *.deb files from this folder: > https://drive.google.com/open?id=1fV_fURy6c77e7gf6S41lTacM7dFyy7VD > > Then issue these commands: > > sudo apt remove gnucash-common python3-gnucash gnucash I think one should remove gnucas

Re: [GNC] Strange keyboard behaviour with new version

On Wed, 13 Feb 2019 at 20:55, Stephen M. Butler wrote: > > On 2/13/19 12:51 PM, Colin Law wrote: > > On Wed, 13 Feb 2019 at 18:08, Stephen M. Butler wrote: > >> .. > >> Get the three *.deb files from this folder: > >> https://drive.google.com/op

Re: [GNC] Updating From V 2.6.11

On Fri, 15 Feb 2019 at 23:05, Rick & Janelle Halvorson wrote: > > Thank you for helping me. I'm not particularly knowledgeable. The Windows > platform is Window 7 Home Premium. I don't use Windows but I believe you should just be able to download the installer from http://www.gnucash.org/downl

Re: [GNC] Delete and Backspace keys not working in Flatpak GnuCash

Pretty sure this was a bug in 3.2 Colin On Wed, 20 Feb 2019 at 06:16, LeonM wrote: > > Hello, > > I have been a long time users of GnuCash in Mint and I have just set up a > Mint 18.3 (64bits) in a VMWare VM hosted on Win8.1 to test the Flatpak > version of GnuCash (ver 3.2). > > Missing OFX imp

Re: [GNC] Connect MySQL to GnuCash

On Sun, 24 Feb 2019 at 19:18, Steve Isenberg via gnucash-user < gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote: > That partially works. There is a non-specific error given after > converting to MySQL: > > ** Tables are created but no data is brought forward ** > ERROR Converting to MySQL > I don't unde

Re: [GNC] Connect MySQL to GnuCash

On Mon, 25 Feb 2019 at 02:40, Steve Isenberg wrote: > > That error shows in GnuCash v2.6.16 > > File->Save As > Data Format: mysql > > The error consistently occurs and always an empty database is created within > MySql. I am forwarding this to the list as you sent it just to me instead of the l

Re: [GNC] Connect MySQL to GnuCash

Also, 2.6.16 is pretty ancient, is there a reason you don't upgrade to at least the last 2.6 version if not to 3.4? Colin On Mon, 25 Feb 2019 at 08:28, Colin Law wrote: > > On Mon, 25 Feb 2019 at 02:40, Steve Isenberg wrote: > > > > That error shows in GnuCash v2.6.1

Re: [GNC] Help! Decimal point won't enter; description freezes

Have a look in the gnucash trace file to see if there is anything of note there. Colin On Wed, 27 Feb 2019 at 11:53, Finbar Mahon wrote: > > Hello, > > Using - Version: 3.4 > Build ID: 3.4+ (2018-12-30) > > On Windows 10 Home, version 1803, on a Lenovo PC > > Entering data in a bank account, exi

Re: [GNC] Help! Decimal point won't enter; description freezes

On Thu, 28 Feb 2019 at 09:58, Finbar Mahon wrote: > > OK, thanks, will do that. Meanwhile a save>quit and restart seems to > have sorted the issues. That will have overwritten the trace file I think. Colin ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gn

Re: [GNC] Adjusting column width

On Tue, 5 Mar 2019 at 10:35, Terence Wong wrote: > > I am using 3.4-1. For some accounts that have a long numeric figures in the > column, I tried to adjust the width to show the full figures but to no > avail. This also applies to 2.6.21-2. If you double click the column heading it should expan

Re: [GNC] MySQL

On Wed, 6 Mar 2019 at 15:36, Keith Bellairs wrote: > > Yes, the Save As selection is not grayed out. So I assumed the drivers were > in the Mac package. > > My MySQL instance is up and running. > > But I get a gnc error when I try to do the Save As. > Have a look in the gnucash trace file to see

Re: [GNC] MySQL

On Wed, 6 Mar 2019 at 19:09, Keith Bellairs wrote: > > gnucash.trace is empty. > > Of some interest, I did a Save As to sqlite and it worked. So the xml data is > acceptable to that DB. > > XML -> sqlite OK > XML -> mysql NG > sqlite -> mysql NG > > I tried to do a Save As from the sqlite db to

Re: [GNC] MySQL

On Wed, 6 Mar 2019 at 21:44, Keith Bellairs wrote: > > Yes I can connect using the mysql command line tool. No, the gnucash db has > not been created. > > But I cannot use the mysqlworkbench shell. It complains about a missing > connector (python?) > > Also, gnc get the "bad data" error even if

Re: [GNC] Checking for dependencies

As far as I know gnucash 3.4 iis not available from the Ubuntu repository for 18.04 (it is for 18.10). However packages have been built for 18.04 by Stephen Butler, an extract from is post is: Here are the three debian files for 3.4 (as released): https://drive.google.com/open?id=1fV_fURy6c77e7gf

Re: [GNC] Problems Accessing GnuCash Files on my D:\

On Fri, 8 Mar 2019 at 08:41, brob2684 wrote: > > I've been saving my gnucash files to > D:\Documents\\Data\GnuCash\Balsheet.gnucash for a very long time, and > never had any issues. > > Unfortunately, sometime in the past fortnight (not sure when, but that's the > last time I used GnuCash) somethi

Re: [GNC] Problem reconciling after canceling

Is the starting balance correct when you restart the reconciliation? Colin On Sun, 10 Mar 2019, 01:53 Keith N. McKenna, wrote: > At the time gnucash was the only application open and no other window > was there. > Keith > > On 3/9/2019 7:28 PM, Adrien Monteleone wrote: > > Double check you don’

Re: [GNC] no printer to select in print dialog

On Sun, 10 Mar 2019 at 08:07, Chris Roy-Smith wrote: > > Hi David, > thanks for the explanation. I have set-up the ppa, and all works fine now. Which ppa is that? I didn't know there is a gnucash ppa. Colin > > > > On 10/3/19 6:10 pm, David Cousens wrote: > > Chris, > > > > You possibly have i

Re: [GNC] no printer to select in print dialog

packagers profile, however, there does not seem to be anything that would lead one to worry about his/her integrity. Colin On Sun, 10 Mar 2019 at 08:30, Chris Roy-Smith wrote: > > On 10/3/19 7:17 pm, Colin Law wrote: > > On Sun, 10 Mar 2019 at 08:07, Chris Roy-Smith > > wr

Re: [GNC] no printer to select in print dialog

David I agree it is not generally a problem, but I think it is worth pointing out in case there are those here who did not realise the potential risk. I also have never had an issue with a ppa, but if it is built by a name I do not recognise then I would always have a look at his/her profile in o

Re: [GNC] Using a mysql database?

On Tue, 12 Mar 2019 at 22:42, Jacob Larsen wrote: > > Hi > > How reliable is my data if I move from an XML file to a mysql database? Do you have a specific reason for wanting to do that? Colin ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To u

Re: [GNC] Sorting accounts

Click on the the Account Name column heading in the Accounts tab and they will be sorted alphabetically (within the tree structure). Colin On Fri, 29 Mar 2019 at 14:42, Matthew Andrews wrote: > > Hello everyone, > > GnuCash has been working well for me, but it's beginning to get > cumbersome to

Re: [GNC] Sorting accounts

displayed. > > For example, under expenses, I may want the two or three largest and > most active accounts at the top of the list, and the other small or > inactive expense accounts below in alphabetical order. > > > ~Matthew > > > > On 3/29/19 12:19 PM, C

Re: [GNC] Hidden account

>From the Accounts tab select View > Filter By > Other and make sure Show Hidden Accounts is selected. Colin On Sat, 30 Mar 2019 at 15:07, Matthew Andrews wrote: > > I had an "Opening Balance" sub-account under Equity. I haven't touched > it, but I recently noticed the account has disappeared f

Re: [GNC] Upgrading to the latest version

That would be great Steve, thanks. Colin On Sun, 31 Mar 2019 at 11:02, stephen.m.butler51 wrote: > > I am currently in Pagudpud,, Illocos Norte, Philippines. Will take a 12 hr > bus ride to Manilla in about 4 hrs. Will fly to the states tomorrow evening > and be home the day after. There a

Re: [GNC] Upgrading to the latest version

On Sun, 31 Mar 2019 at 13:13, vladimir pugachev wrote: > > If it ain't broke, don't fix it. It is broke, see the bugfixes in the release notes. Colin > > On Sat, Mar 30, 2019 at 4:32 PM John Ralls wrote: > > > I didn't and I don't. > > A user named Steven Butler made one for GnuCash 3.4, I thi

Re: [GNC] Query

The obvious question is *why* do you want to do this? Colin On Sun, 31 Mar 2019 at 15:56, Thomas Rohde wrote: > > Hi > > I want to remove a portion from my books. > > I have loaded my books fom 2015 to know but still have entries from before > going to 2010 which I want to “delete” > > How can I

Re: [GNC] Transaction won't reconcile

If you go into reconcile again does the starting balance match the ending balance from the just-completed reconcile. Are you certain that there are not two similar transactions, one of which you have reconciled and one not? Check very carefully the date on the one that is not reconciled and re-che

Re: [GNC] Keeping two sets of books

If, as an experiment, you start a new accounts file and save it as xml, then shutdown and restart gnucash, which should then open the xml file, do you get the popup? Colin On Tue, 2 Apr 2019 at 18:21, Stuart McGraw wrote: > > No auto-login here and I think the app that needs an option to ignore

Re: [GNC] Keeping two sets of books

sed something. > > On 4/2/19 3:09 PM, Colin Law wrote: > > If, as an experiment, you start a new accounts file and save it as > > xml, then shutdown and restart gnucash, which should then open the xml > > file, do you get the popup? > > > > Colin > > > > O

Re: [GNC] Error While Saving in GnuCash 3.5 on Win7-64

What is the path above the section you have shown? Colin On Wed, 3 Apr 2019 at 01:46, Greg Feneis wrote: > > Hi, > > I just upgraded to 3.5 from 2.6.21. > > I've been using 2.6.x for a few years, and never had trouble saving to this > directory, but after upgrading to 3.5, I tried to save and it

Re: [GNC] is there a way to undo last months reconciliation

How did you successfully reconcile without selecting that transaction? The ending balance should not have matched. Colin On Fri, 5 Apr 2019 at 23:10, Harold via gnucash-user wrote: > > I have a transaction that was not reconciled in the previous month but should > have. Can I undo last months

Re: [GNC] Data Entry Loss

Almost certainly you have set a filter on the view. Go into the account with the missing transactions and select View > Filter By and make sure that on the Date tab you have selected Show All and on the Status tab all the boxes are selected. Colin On Sat, 6 Apr 2019 at 23:44, Dennis Marshall wr

Re: [GNC] Transaction won't reconcile

the next statement, reconcile it and see what happens. > > David > > -Original Message- > From: Colin Law [mailto:clan...@gmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, April 2, 2019 10:47 AM > To: dlbonl...@att.net > Cc: gnucash-user > Subject: Re: [GNC] Transaction won't re

Re: [GNC] v3.5

On Sun, 7 Apr 2019 at 10:11, Graham wrote: > > Thanks, Gnus, for a successfully completed first year of use, after > migrating from Quicken. > > The prospect of upgrading to 3.5 scares me witless! Is there an idiot's > guide, or is it the same as installing in the first place? Presumably I > just

Re: [GNC] Data Entry Loss

The reason for me suggesting it is the filter specifically is the the OP said that the parent account totals are correct, so the transactions are in there somewhere. Colin On Sun, 7 Apr 2019 at 09:19, Colin Law wrote: > > Almost certainly you have set a filter on the view. Go in

Re: [GNC] Cannot run v3 on Windows 7 since a year

Have a look in the gnucash trace file after you try to start it. https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Tracefile Colin On Tue, 9 Apr 2019 at 10:25, ohei2 via gnucash-user wrote: > > Hi, > > I just tried to install v3.5 on my Win7 64bit. It installed and on the the > first attempt to start it I get > > /

Re: [GNC] help lost data file

If you have found the log files then the accounts file will almost certainly be in the same folder. Sort all the files by date and it should be there with the log files generated when you last edited it. Colin On Mon, 8 Apr 2019 at 22:46, Eric Rathhaus office wrote: > > Hi John - sorry to be so

Re: [GNC] Downgrading to 2.6.21

Did you try the suggestion from Jack Lockard earlier in order that you can see the real full path to that location? That might provide a clue to what is going on. Colin On Thu, 11 Apr 2019 at 02:07, Greg Feneis wrote: > > Installed 2.6.21 over the 3.5.1, and it was able to save as in the usual

Re: [GNC] Upgrade 2.6.18 to 3.5

On Wed, 10 Apr 2019 at 23:03, Stephen M. Butler wrote: > ... > Or, if your distro is Ubuntu based, you can download the *.deb files > from: > https://drive.google.com/open?id=11gjnSIw9E8B8kOJ01DHQuEA83xidbw8E for > the 3.5 version. I think whether that works might depend on which version of Debi

Re: [GNC] n and c?

On Thu, 11 Apr 2019 at 07:25, ToddAndMargo via gnucash-user wrote: > .. > I will be reconciling by hand from my bank's statements. > When I find an entry, do I manually change it to "c"? Just to re-enforce what Adrien said, you don't need do this by hand (I don't think I have ever done that). Th

Re: [GNC] Downgrading to 2.6.21

3.5.1 fails to save where 2.6.21 does. > > Kind regards, Greg Feneis > (Galaxy S7) > > > On Thu, Apr 11, 2019, 04:41 Greg Feneis wrote: >> >> Thanks Colin, I'm not having trouble viewing a path in Windows explorer, >> GnuCash is failing to display the corr

Re: [GNC] Downgrading to 2.6.21

don't have trouble getting Windows explorer to display the full > path to me. That works well in text in the address bar. I have experimented > with Jack's suggested setting in the past, and found it annoying. > > Kind regards, Greg Feneis > (Galaxy S7) > > > On T

Re: [GNC] Downgrading to 2.6.21

id that just fine. I fails to save within Dropbox folders, it fails to save > outside of Dropbox folders. If I reduce the number of folders in the path, > then the max path length before failure goes up. But that means I don't get > to save where I want. > > > Kind regard

Re: [GNC] Downgrading to 2.6.21

And, to continue, I hit reply too soon. It is the actual path that gnucash sees not the mirage, so potentially something in the actual path is confusing GC. Colin On Thu, 11 Apr 2019 at 16:55, Colin Law wrote: > > In that case I misunderstood. I thought the point was that Dropbox >

Re: [GNC] Downgrading to 2.6.21

hink you are > > accessing isn’t really that short, it is MUCH longer. > > > > Of course, this might not resolve the problem, but eliminating > > possibilities is part of chasing bugs. If you do have the desktop client > > installed, then you still have another pr

Re: [GNC] File operations open non-existant drive

The linked post does have suggestions for suppressing the error. Colin On Mon, 15 Apr 2019, 04:43 wendiallen via gnucash-user, < gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote: > Thank you both for your replies, and I guess I'll have to live with it > until > someone fixes it. But just for the record, I've be

Re: [GNC] upgrade from 2.6.12 to 3.5-1 via deb

On Mon, 15 Apr 2019 at 13:42, Elmar wrote: > > Downloaded gnucash_3.5_amd64.deb, and tried to install via the gdebi > installer and got an red error bar saying "Error:Dependency is not > satisfiable: gnucash-common (=1:3.5)" I'm running Mint 18.3 with the > Mate desktop, btw. Where did you downlo

Re: [GNC] upgrade from 2.6.12 to 3.5-1 via deb

An alternative is to build it from source. Colin On Mon, 15 Apr 2019 at 15:29, Elmar wrote: > > I just saw the reply that it was built for Mint 19.x, not 18.x.. *sigh* > I guess I have to upgrade my Mint. > > On 4/15/19 8:45 AM, Colin Law wrote: > > On Mon, 15 Apr 2019 a

Re: [GNC] upgrade from 2.6.12 to 3.5-1 via deb

All in one command, if you put them in a folder by themselves then use sudo dpkg -i *.deb On Mon, 15 Apr 2019, 17:38 Elmar, wrote: > Got them, thanks. But "all at once"? In which order? - Elmar > > On 4/15/19 12:18 PM, Stephen M. Butler wrote: > > On 4/15/19 5:39 AM, Elmar wrote: > >> Downloa

Re: [GNC] Credits and Debits

When entering transactions I just remember that money moves from right to left. Colin On Tue, 16 Apr 2019 at 07:19, AEG via gnucash-user wrote: > > The concept of Credits and Debits confuses most newcomers to GnuCash (it did > me), so I devised a way to remember which goes where. > Given that tr

Re: [GNC] Need help with a Savings account

On Tue, 16 Apr 2019 at 01:14, John Clark via gnucash-user wrote: > > Because these terms ‘never make sense’, as seen by this example. It is far > more simpler to just say, money coming in, on the left, money going out on > the right… or is the other way around... Money moves from right to left,

Re: [GNC] Credits and Debits

On Tue, 16 Apr 2019 at 23:47, John Clark via gnucash-user wrote: > ... > The labels at the top of my GNC transaction pages are labeled ‘Deposit’ and > “Withdrawal”. Money comes into the ‘deposit’ column, money ‘disappears’ in > the ‘withdrawal’ column. > > When I go to the bank I ‘deposit’ money

Re: [GNC] Linux build from source

On Wed, 17 Apr 2019 at 15:16, J R via gnucash-user wrote: > > Hi, Is there a simple step by step to build from source for ubuntu / Linux > mint ?I'm suprised there is not a version ready to install for ubuntu like > with other programs I use like, Zoneminder & ChromisPOS There is a version on U

Re: [GNC] Linux build from source

. Support for Ubuntu is a lot better than Mint in my experience. Colin > On Wednesday, April 17, 2019, 10:28:06 AM EDT, Colin Law > wrote: > > On Wed, 17 Apr 2019 at 15:16, J R via gnucash-user > wrote: > > > > Hi, Is there a simple step by step to build from

Re: [GNC] Installing 3.5 deb packages on Ubuntu 19.04 Disco Dingo

I can confirm that Stephen's deb files don't work with Ubuntu 19.04. To remove the half installed packages you can run sudo apt remove gnucash-common gnucash python3-gnucash sudo apt autoremove Colin Colin On Thu, 18 Apr 2019 at 07:21, Adrien Monteleone wrote: > > So, I’m jumping a day ahead a

Re: [GNC] GnuCash V3.5 Not Used By My GnuCash Database

To remove the version that you installed using apt install then do sudo apt remove gnucash Do that first and see what state you are in then. Before doing anything make sure your backup of your accounts file is up to date, just in case, though installing/removing should not affect it. Colin On Th

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