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OK - problem solved. I'm not sure what caused the problem in the first place but I am now able to open up the correct file and everything is nice and safe.<BR>
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Thanks for your help.<BR>
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Dave<BR>
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On Sun, 2005-02-27 at 21:37 -0500, Derek Atkins wrote:
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">Quoting Dave Smith <<A HREF="mailto:dave.smith@tstt.net.tt">dave.smith@tstt.net.tt</A>>:</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > Are you sure it's in the same place? Are you sure you have the same</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > UID?</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> Well, I didn't change anything so nothing should have moved. </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Are you sure the UID is the same?</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > > So I then try and open them by going into the programme and opening</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > > Account Summary. I get another error message saying: "This file/URL</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > > appears to be from a newer version of GnuCash. You must upgrade ..."</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > What file did you open? Are you sure you opened your gnucash data file</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > and not something else?</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> I just opened the programme and it tried to look for the last account</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> that it used. That is what gave me the original error messages. After</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> that I tried to open this file: Account Summary.20050122173006.xac </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">First, that's a backup file, not your data file.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Second, if it's not loading that file, something is really wrong. What do you</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">get from:</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"> head Account\ Summary.20050122173006.xac</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Did you actually name your data file "Account Summary"? That seems like a</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">strange name, IMHO.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > > Now the problem is that is not so. I have the most recent version of</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > > GnuCash (8.1.11) and, just as important, I have the same version (as far</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > > as I know) that I had when I created the accounts int he first place.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > ></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > > Does anyone know what is going on here and what to do about it?</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > Generally that error means you pointed gnucash at an unknown file. I</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > dont think anything changed in the file-open code path since 1.8.9</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > that could cause this, so my first guess is that you're trying to open</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > a non-gnucash file, and gnucash is complaining at you about it.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> What extension should I be looking for? I'll do a search. </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">generally... none. Gnucash does not impose any specific filename extension, so</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">it'll use whatever you gave it for the primary data file.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> Dave</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">-derek</FONT>
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