gnucash financial accounting software

[John Ralls]

On Feb 11, 2010, at 4:21 AM, Annette wrote:

> I downloaded version2.3.3 recently from cnet.com.au. I am using it for
> personal budgeting, income and expenses etc. It appears to be working fine
> except for a known bug at startup.
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> I've since discovered that this an unstable version. If I continue to use
> this version will I have problems in future?
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> If I wish to download version 2.2.9 do I need to start from scratch with my
> chart of accounts and income, expense and other data entry?
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> Thank you for the work you are doing with gnucash. It is much appreciated.
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So long as you've saved in XML format rather than SQL, you should have no trouble opening your accounts files with 2.2.9. (If you have saved in SQL format, you can easily use File->Save As to copy your data into XML for 2.2.9.) 2.3.3 is a fairly old development snapshot and there are many improvements in the latest development versions, but we don't recommend that you use any development snapshot for production work. We don't know what bugs might cause you trouble, and while it might be working well for you now, you might encounter problems as you expand your use of the program into features which you aren't presently using, so it's a good idea to switch to 2.2.9.

Regards,
John Ralls