Suggested improvement to documentation: Migration to 2.4
Barry Bird
barry at ornithade.co.uk
Sun Aug 28 17:36:29 EDT 2011
Hello,
I'm sure this information is there somewhere in your documentation, but
it isn't easy to find, but I think the issue is one many users will have
when migrating from gnucash 2.2.9 to 2.4.*. Gnucash 2.4.* gives the
option of using a database, but when you install in Windows, no option
is given, so you end up still using XML - even that isn't very clear.
So how do you convert to, say sqlite3? I found the answer in the forum,
it's under Save As - or at least it should be! I'm sorry, but even when
you've updated the File menu documentation, I and I'm sure many others,
will not find migration under that heading intuitive. I suggest you
have a section on installation in your help guide where you can address
migration.
Finally, if a uses wants to choose MySQL, this still will not work - it
seems you have to install MySQL first. Fair enough, the download's big
enough already, but please say so! A link to the right version to
download would help even more.
That said I find your documentation on the whole very helpful. Well
done for a brilliant product!
Best Wishes,
Barry Bird
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