Data portability?

[DonM]

> Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2011 13:01:39 +0200
> From: Geert Janssens<janssens-geert at telenet.be>
> Subject: Re: Data portability?
>
> On dinsdag 21 juni 2011, Henry L. Voss wrote:
>>  Can a GnuCash datafile created on one platform be subsequently used on
>>  another platform?
>>  i.e., can a Linux business user send a data file to his Windows 7
>>  accountant and each access the data with their platform specific version
>>  of GnuCash?
>>
> That should be possible indeed.
>
> There are a few caveats though:
> 1. If the two computers use different number formats, that will cause
> troubles. For example if one PC uses the European format (1.500,00) and the
> other uses an American format (1,500.00). GnuCash will not be able to read the
> same file on two PC's. This should only rarely be an issue though.
> Other than that, the data file should be completely platform neutral.
>

Really? So if I change my regional settings, I can no longer open my gnucash file?

When I open the data file with a text editor, the transaction amounts look like "645/100" (to represent $6.45), which would be independent of what regional settings the computer is set to.

Don