How to keep windows in two GnuCash files open at the same time

porus pavri pdpavri at gmail.com
Sun Jan 12 12:14:34 EST 2014


Sorry, forgot to enter a subject line for my query....



On 12 January 2014 21:13, porus pavri <pdpavri at gmail.com> wrote:


> Hello,
>
> I have two GnuCash files or account books if you will - one for my home
> accounts and another for my small business.  I have an account in each of
> these two books, which is a "control" account that contains transactions
> relating to the other account book.  For instance, if I paid an expense
> from my home bank a/c relating to my business, I record the cash payment in
> my Home Account book, with the corresponding debit going to the Business
> book "control" a/c sitting in my Home Account book.  Then in my Business
> Account book, I record the expense, and the corresponding credit goes to
> the Home book "control" a/c.
>
> My question is: I want to compare the transactions posted in these two
> control accounts, so I need to view these two "control" accounts (which are
> lying in two separate files or account books) in the form of two windows
> which I can view using Alt-tab, just like we toggle between two files in
> Windows.  Can I do that here, if so how ?
>
> [There is a workaround no doubt - print one of the GLs as a report in
> excel, then open the other account in GnuCash, and toggle between Excel and
> GnuCash, but I wanted to know if there is a way to keep windows open in two
> different GnuCash files at the same time.]
>
> Porus
>


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