[GNC-dev] Preferences for Accounting Period start-date and end-date lost on 4.9 Install

[john]

> On Jan 2, 2022, at 4:25 PM, Chris Good <goodchris96 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi All,
> 
> 
> 
> I installed Gnucash 4.9 on my Windows 10 machine (was 4.4) and the
> Preferences for Accounting Period start-date and end-date were lost.
> 
> They have gone back to the default 1/1/1970.
> 
> 
> 
> Looking in the registry I can see they have been migrated (moved) from
> 
> 
> HKCU\Software\GSettings\org\gnucash\window\pages\account-tree\summary\[start
> -date etc]
> 
>  To
> 
> 
> HKCU\Software\GSettings\org\gnucash\GnuCash\window\pages\account-tree\summar
> y
> 
> 
> 
> but the Preference dialog and the Accounts page still seem to be looking at
> the old keys.
> 
> 
> 
> I set them again using the preferences dialog and now they are in both the
> old and new locations.
> 
> After View, Refresh the Accounts page is showing the correct Total(Period)
> figures again.
> 
> 
> 
> If it makes any difference, the first time I opened 4.9 it was with the
> --nofile arg.
> 
> 
> 
> Should the old or new schema location be used?
> 
> 
> 
> HKCU\Software\GSettings\org\gnucash\general\prefs-version         = 404
> 
> HKCU\Software\GSettings\org\gnucash\GnuCash\general\prefs-version = 4009

The new schema is correct for GnuCash 4.7 and later.

Regards,
John Ralls