Data portability?

[Derek Atkins]

On Wed, June 22, 2011 1:38 pm, DonM wrote:
>> 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.

This issue is only true for Scheduled Transactions where it stores numbers
in a locale-specific format.  Regular transactions are fine and you can
change locale at will.

> Don

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-derek

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