2.6.1 Question

[Geert Janssens]

On Sunday 16 February 2014 22:21:30 Gregory Forster wrote:
> Question:  Until I'm sure of the stability and correctness of 2.6.1, I
> still have 2.4.13 on my laptop.  I now have GnuCash 2.6.1 on my
> desktop (Win 7 Pro 64) and GnuCash 2.4.13 on my laptop (Win 7 Home
> Prem 64). Can I still share data, report, custom formatted check, and
> configuration files between the two computers as before when both had
> 2.4.13?

If you don't use new features in 2.6.1 such as credit notes you should 
be able to use your data file on both systems. If you are using the 
business features it may be safer to enter all business payments on the 
2.4 machine only. You can safely enter bills and invoices on both but 
the payment logic changed rather much. So 2.4 may interpret your 2.6 
payments incorrectly (it shouldn't but just to be safe).

The check code hasn't changed so your custom check formats should work 
on both systems.

For reports there may be issues depending on the report. In particular 
if a report in 2.6 defines new options not in 2.4 and you have changed 
one of these options your saved reports (or still-open) reports will 
cause 2.4 to bail out.

Lastly the configuration file on 2.6 now stores window and table states 
(size, visible columns, column widths,...). 2.4 will ignore these 
sections when starting up so that's not too bad. But unfortunately it 
will not keep these sections upon closing. So when you copy the config 
file from 2.4 to 2.6 that's like resetting all your gui state data.

Regards,

Geert