Can you send gnucash file to accountant?

[Robert Heller]

At Wed, 29 May 2013 15:59:08 -0500 David Carlson <david.carlson.417 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 
> On 5/29/2013 3:25 PM, Robert Heller wrote:
> > At Wed, 29 May 2013 13:14:49 -0700 (PDT) vitaeterna <russelljones365 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> I have gnucash for Windows.  I tried sending the file to myself, as a test,
> >> and when I tried to open it I got the message:  "No suitable backend was
> >> found for file://C:\Users\myname\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary
> >> Internet Files\Content.IE5\U8BQ5YXJ\myname.gnucash.gcm."
> >>
> >> It saved as filename.gnucash.gcm
> >>
> >> Is there a way to do this?
> > You might do better to generate one (or more) reports as HTML files (or
> > printed to PDF files) and send these to your accountant.
> >
> > If your accountant uses Gnucash, it should be possible to send the gnucash 
> > file to him/her and he/she should be open it with gnucash.  Whether it would 
> > be necessary to save the file and then open it via the File=>Open menu is a 
> > separate issue.
> >
> >
> Whether sending GnuCash Files or reports, there almost certainly would
> be sensitive information vulnerable to man-in-the-middle snooping.  I
> suggest using a method that is sufficiently secure for your comfort, be
> it snail mail, sneakernet, fax or whatever.

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