File Format Issue

[Ed P]

Hi David

> I wonder whether it would be possible to delete the root account
> *first* and tell GC to move the contents to the top level
I tried this on a previous copy of data and found that while the
"Delete Account" dialog box appears to provide for the moving of all
sub-accounts, it doesn't provide for promotion of sub accounts to
roots.

The "Move to:" option is populated with "Root Account" only.

Regards

-- 
Ed P.
paq237 at gmail.com

On 8/14/07, David T. <sunfish62 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Just a quick question, Derek. Both you and another poster suggested reparenting
> each account. I wonder whether it would be possible to delete the root account
> *first* and tell GC to move the contents to the top level (like one can do when
> one deletes an account that has transactions in it)?
>
> Just thinking aloud here; I'm not on 2.2 and I haven't got this problem...
>
> David
>
> --- Derek Atkins <warlord at MIT.EDU> wrote:
>
> > Josh Sled <jsled at asynchronous.org> writes:
> >
> > > I'm not 100% familiar with the way (the feature relating to) the Root
> > Account
> > > was implemented.
> >
> > It's the replacement for the AccountGroup.
> >
> > > 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
> > > test the change on a throw-away copy of your data file first.
> >
> > No need to do that; in 2.0.x just reparent the accounts back to the
> > top level and then delete the Root Account.  But this is an
> > "incompatibility" between 2.2.x and 2.0.x.  2.2.x will always reparent
> > your accounts.
> >
> > -derek
> > --
> >        Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory
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