test XML file after manual modification

Derek Atkins warlord at MIT.EDU
Tue Dec 30 09:38:22 EST 2008


Hi,

"Ian Smith-Heisters" <i at idiosyncra.tc> writes:

> Hi all,
>
> Say I *need* to manually modify the XML accounts file. Is there a set
> of tests/actions I can perform in GnuCash that will ensure that some
> weird problem won't appear as a result of my modifications a year from
> now? Is the XML file's functioning an all or nothing thing? Is there
> some way to validate it?

Unfortunately no, there's no way to validate it, which is why we
don't support manual modification of the data file.

Why do you need to manually modify it?

> Thanks,
> Ian

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-derek

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