Importing accounts via CSV file (new setup)

Reuben Cummings reubano at gmail.com
Thu Feb 23 10:08:55 EST 2012


On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 5:59 PM, Derek Atkins <warlord at mit.edu> wrote:
> reubano <reubano at gmail.com> writes:
>
>>>> I see that it is in C:\Program Files\gnucash\share\guncash\accounts, but
>>>> I
>>>> don't know how to use it.  When doing "new file", I only get the
>>>> English-language CoAs.  Do I have to actually build from source to make
>>>> this available?  Or do I have to install in German?  (I'd prefer to keep
>>>> the UI in English, but work with the Swiss account definitions.)
>>>
>>> Did you try copying it to the \en_GB\ subdirectory?
>>>
>>
>> I created an xea file (modeled off of the default files) and copied it to
>> /Applications/Math/Gnucash.app/Contents/Resources/share/gnucash/accounts/en_GB/
>> but it doesn't show up in the Account Druid. What else do I need to do?
>
> Are you sure you're in the en_GB locale and not the 'C' locale or en_US
> locale?

Ah, that explains it. I'm in C locale. There is no en_US directory and
I would have never thought to look at the C directory. Thanks!

> -derek



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