three different business accounts

[John Ralls]

On Apr 28, 2012, at 2:29 AM, prl wrote:

> On 28/04/12 18:52, David Carlson wrote:
> 
>> 
>> Just create three different files.  Then create three shortcuts on your
>> desktop, one pointing to each file.
> That won't work as intended with GnuCash on OS X (the OP didn't say what system they were using). If you double-click on a .gnucash file (or on an alias to one) in OS X, Gnucash starts, but opens the last file used, not the file (alias) double-clicked on.
> 
> Similarly for other mechanisms that want to communicate a file name to an application, like AppleMenu>Recent Items>File.gnucash.
> 
> I haven't found a way to have GnuCash start up on OS X using any accounts file other than the last one used (which is OK for my use, because I only really use one account file).
> 
> I've mentioned this on the forum before in reply to a similar suggestion (in Subject: Back up copies, 26/10/11). The only response I got then was "that may be a bug in OS X".
> 
> OS X 10.7.3, Gnucash 2.4.10.

It's not really a bug, and it's certainly not in OSX. Gnucash simply doesn't handle the "file open" apple event from Finder.

Gnucash will open an arbitrary file if it's passed on the command line.

Regards,
John Ralls