FAQs

[Jon Lapham]

I just went through the last 3 months worth of the user mailing list, 
and put together a few FAQs.  Ths is to go into "Appendix B: FAQs".  Any 
obvious additions?

I think the philosophy here is to only include things that are not 
obvious where to find the answer in the documentation.  So, for example, 
even though the answer to the question "how do I find everything in a 
search?" exists in the documentation, it is not obvious how to find it. 
  Whereas a question like "How do I change the preference..." is obvious 
where to find in the docs and need not go into the FAQ.  Sound good?

Oh, one other thing.  The last three questions were laying around in the 
appendix .xml file from before my time.  Are they FAQs?  Anyone know the 
answers?

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Q: How can I combine the transaction from 2 accounts into 1?
A: There is no easy way to do this, you will need to copy each 
transaction one at a time.


Q: How can I save a template of my account structure?
A: This is available from the menu: File -> Export -> Accounts


Q: When I search for customers (or anything else for that matter), how 
can I return a list of everything?
A: Enter a search criteria of matches regex, and place a single dot "." 
in the text field area. Then, click Find. The regular expression "." 
means to match anthing.


Q: Can I run GnuCash on Windows?
A: No, GnuCash is not developed on (or for) Windows.

If you must run GnuCash from a Windows machine, your best bet is to use 
VNC to run GnuCash remotely from a UNIX server. Another possibility 
would be to install VMWare (www.vmware.com) on your windows machine and 
run a copy of Linux within VMWare. We don't have many (any?) windows 
developers, so nobody is really working hard on a port to windows....


Q: Is there a batch mode (non-interactive) available for GnuCash, for 
building reports, etc?
A: No, for now GnuCash must be run interactively.


Q: Can multiple people access the same datafile in GnuCash?
A: No, only 1 person may "work on" a GnuCash datafile at any given time. 
In fact, when the second person tries to open the file, they will see a 
worning message that the file is already being accessed.


Q: How to treat taxes? As payable or expense?
A: Unanswered


Q: How to record a txn on different dates (actual date and bank date)?
A: Unanswered


Q: How to provide security for GC data using CFS, etc.)
A: Unanswered


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  Jon Lapham  <lapham at extracta.com.br>          Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  Work: Extracta Moléculas Naturais SA     http://www.extracta.com.br/
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