Shared data file on Google Drive - change in behavior

[Bob Fuller]

Got it!  Thank you.  It is working now. There were over 100 files to sync.

On Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 3:53 PM, AC <gnucash at acarver.net> wrote:

> If you are opening Google Drive using Chrome then you are using the
> Chrome web app and not the actual Windows client (hence your message
> about sync offline).  You need to use the actual Windows client which
> will have access to your file system for ensuring the files stay synced.
>  The Chrome app does not have this ability, it can only offer the files
> for upload/download.  The "offline sync" is simply the ability of the
> Chrome web app to perform a bulk download to the local machine so you
> can work with the files without a network connection.
>
>
> The client is available here:
> https://tools.google.com/dlpage/drive/index.html
>
>
> On 2014-12-08 13:35, Bob Fuller wrote:
> > Hi John,
> >
> > I believe I am using Google Drive. It shows in Control Panel as a loaded
> > program on my PC. I select "Google Drive" from the Google Chrome Icon in
> > the Task Bar. Opening the Google Task Manager from that icon menu shows
> > "App - My Drive - Google Drive" operating.  When I look at Settings from
> My
> > Drive I see the following, which say's it is syncing Offline. This all
> > seems OK.
> > [image: Inline image 1]
> > I was able to download the .gnucash file from Google Drive to my PC
> > desktop. I can open this with GnuCash by double-clicking the file and it
> > works fine.  When I close it the .log files are created in the desktop
> > folder I put the file in.  Of course, I cannot open with double-click on
> > Google Drive. It wants a Google application to be used.
> >
> > So, the problem is still my inability to find the shared My Drive file
> > using the GnuCash program Open File menu. In trying again I noticed that
> > even though I and my son had saved the files as XML, that does not show
> as
> > a possible Data Format when I try to find and open the latest .gnucash
> > file.  I it defaults to "file" data format.  The only other options in
> the
> > drop-down are "mysql" and "postgres".  But, the same is true for the
> file I
> > can open successfully from the Desktop folder.
> >
> > I'm uploading the files I'm successful with to my Cox Cloud Drive.  Maybe
> > that is a simpler place to share.
> >
> > Thanks, again,
> >
> > Bob
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 2:04 PM, John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>> On Dec 8, 2014, at 11:13 AM, Bob Fuller <bobfuller.pilgrim at gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> No, I see the same files I see from Open File in GnuCash.  All the .log
> >> files are there but none of the updated .gnucash files.  I can Open With
> >> Gnucash from the most recent .gnucash file showing and I see the same
> thing
> >> as before... nothing updated since the 5th.
> >>>
> >>> How did I get the PC Windows Explorer out of sync with Google Drive? I
> >> had tested to ensure I was signed in on Google and I am.  I'm guessing
> you
> >> are on the right track.
> >>
> >> Google Drive maintains a directory on your PC and has a program that
> >> manages synchronization. You need to run that program in order to sync
> with
> >> the Google Drive service. Simply signing in with your browser isn’t
> >> sufficient. When the program is running it will try to maintain sync;
> if it
> >> can’t you can view errors by clicking on the Google Drive icon in the
> >> system tray.
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >> John Ralls
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> >
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