File Format Issue

[Ed P]

Hi Ron

> Not necessary to hand edit the data file....
This worked perfectly - thank you very much.

I appreciate everyone's feedback and suggestions.

Best


On 8/13/07, Ron Morse <rbmorse at comcast.net> wrote:
> On Mon, 2007-08-13 at 09:41 -0400, Ed P wrote:
> > Hi Josh
> >
> > > I think if you hand-edit your data-file to remove this Root account (and all
> > > references to it's GUID, specifically the <act:parent> refs in the other
> > > top-level accounts) it should work.  If you feel this adventurous, be sure to
> >
> > Thanks for the feedback.  I wondered if that would work, but was
> > concerned that as annoying "Root Account:" is to enter each time I
> > make a transaction (even with auto-complete), that it was a
> > requirement of the system and would break if I removed it.
> >
> > I can give it a try on a copy of my data file...
>
>
> Not necessary to hand edit the data file. At least on Linux.
>
> Go to the main account tab. For each account in the tree under the "root
> account" go to "edit account" and in the "parent account" scroll box
> change whatever it is to "new top level account" (at the top of the
> scroll). This will move the account and all of it's sub-accounts to top
> level. Do this only for accounts you want to be new top-level accounts
> (which they used to be).
>
> This will fix both auto-complete and the registry enteries without
> having to hand tool each line.
>
> If you do that for all of the accounts under "root account" you can,
> once it is completely empty, delete the account "root account" without
> ill effect.
>
> As always, try it on a backup, first.
>
> Ron Morse
>
>


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Ed P.
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