gnucash crashes on open due to missing custom report

[Jeff Hinrichs - DM&T]

On Jan 6, 2008 10:21 AM, Derek Atkins <warlord at mit.edu> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Quoting Jeff Hinrichs - DM&T <jeffh at dundeemt.com>:
>
> > This isn't documented any where that I could find and gnucash just
> > "dies" with no indication of why.  It wasn't until I restored a backup
> > and it wouldn't open either yet other gnucash data files would, that I
> > found the state files and then looking at one that listed more than
> > just the Accounts window open did I begin to suspect what was
> > happening.  I am a developer and I suspect that the average end user
> > would not be able to correct this on their own.   As for manually
> > editing the saved-reports file, it would be better if users didn't
> > have to manually edit them but since they are required to do just
> > that, the saved-reports file should be treated more cautiously than it
> > is.
> >
> > I'm not trying to be combative here -- I'm trying to help out by
> > giving feedback from a new user perspective -- something that quickly
> > vanishes.   A new user will most likely try a number of things with
> > custom reports as a part of their learning process.  I had made a
> > number of throw away reports while documenting
> > http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=507671 , it was these
> > reports that I was trying to clean out.   I suspect most new users
> > would create more than a couple useless custom reports as they learn
> > gnucash.  The custom reports UI is no where close to the level of the
> > rest of gnucash.
>
> Sure, it would be better if there were a way to remove a Custom Report
> from the UI, and an RFE for THAT (or better yet, a patch that implements
> it!) would be fine.
>
> But any user that goes and modifies state files, regardless of their
> development knowledge, is at risk of corrupting their data or the
> system as a whole.
>
Derek,

This problem did not arise from me modifying my state file, it came
from me modifying my saved-reports file -- which I was told by josh,
is the approved way of removing unwanted custom reports.
https://lists.gnucash.org/pipermail/gnucash-user/2008-January/023149.html
 I agree with your statement about manually editing a state file this
is why I consider it a UI bug that a user is forced to manually edit
the saved reports file to remove an unwanted custom report not an
enhancement.

respectfully,
Jeff