Printing Account Hierarchy

[Ken Heard]

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> Derek Atkins wrote:
>> Quoting Ken Heard <ken at heard.name>:
> 
>>>>> How do I set up my complete account hierarchy for printing (html file?)
>>>>> and then print it?
>>>> Run an Account Summary Report?
>>>>
>>> The problem with that report is that it does not descend to the bottom
>>> of the tree.
>> Did you edit the report options to increase the account tree depth
> setting?
> 
> I did not know I could do so.  After some experimentation with the edit
> options, I removed all amounts, leaving just the account codes and
> names, and set the report to show all accounts in the tree.  I then
> saved it as a pdf file, or thought I had.
> 
> Before sending the file to the printer with the intention of seeing what
> the file when printed would look like I selected print preview .  At
> that point gnucash crashed.
> 
> I then looked for the pdf file which I thought I had created; it was
> nowhere to be found.  Then, when I tried to reload gnucash a window
> appeared with the following message:
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> GnuCash could not obtain the lock for /home/ken/accts/ken09/ken09.gnc.
> 
> That database may be in use by another user, in which case you should
> not open the database.  What would you like to do?
> 
> Open anyway            Create new file                   Quit
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> I decided that the safest thing to do was to quit, and so I did so.
> 
> What does this message mean?  If my data are not irretrievably lost,
> what can I do to recover them intact and then reopen my account?
> 
> Ken Heard, Toronto, Canada
> 
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In response Michael McKay wrote, off list:

> Your data should be fine.  That message is created when GNU Cash is
> terminated before it releases the lock on the file.  It is a useful
> behaviour if the data file is on a network accessed by more than one
person.
> In your case, simply open the file again and select "Open Anyway".  At
most,
> you will have lost that last few transactions you entered following
the last
> save.

Important information which I did not know.  I got this message once
before when gnucash crashed on me.  On that occasion I recreated by
account without loss of data by using the latest backup.  Now I know
that if I am the only user I can open the file after a crash anyway
without any worries.  Thank you.
>
> For printing reports, I'm on windows machines and I have to always export
> the report as an html file and then convert the html to a pdf.  Its
painful
> but it works.  On the developer's list, there has been much discussion of
> possible fixes and I'm hopeful we'll see a better approach in the next few
> releases.

Agreed.

Ken Heard, Toronto, Canada
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