Upgrading to 2.0: "A custom report with this name already exists."

[Derek Atkins]

Adam Funk <a24061 at yahoo.com> writes:

> On 2006-11-28, Derek Atkins <warlord at MIT.EDU> wrote:
>
>>> Since I upgraded from 1.8 to 2.0, every time I launch gnucash, I get a
>>> series of "A custom report with this name already exists. ..." error
>>> dialogues --- two for each custom report I have.
> ...
>> Yep, you saved a report without changing the name.  
>
> I was going to say "No I didn't!" but see below.  Anyway, this never
> happened when I was running 1.8, and it started happening the first
> time I ran 2.0.

yes, because these warnings were added to 2.0; in 1.8 it was more
likely to actually crash the application!

>> You should do what it tells you and edit the file.
>
> I messed with that a bit, made gnucash crash on startup, and decided
> to delete it and make new reports (I didn't have that many and it
> seemed easier!).
>
>
> As far as "re-saving" reports is concerned: in 1.8 I'd sometimes run a
> custom report, change the options, and re-save it without changing the
> name --- is that what you mean, and is that wrong?  (I wasn't creating
> a new report and saving it over the old name.)
>
> In 2.0, what is the safe way to modify a custom report and keep the
> newer options?

Rename it before you save it a second time.

-derek

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