How to keep windows in two GnuCash files open at the same time

[Henning Jacobs]

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Hi Porus,

I had the same problem when I wanted to compare my "old" GnuCash
accounts file with the new one.
In Linux I just started two completely independent GnuCash instances
(executing "gnucash" on command line twice) to be able to open two files
at the same time.

- - Henning

Am 12.01.2014 18:14, schrieb porus pavri:
> Sorry, forgot to enter a subject line for my query....
>
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> On 12 January 2014 21:13, porus pavri <pdpavri at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Hello,
>>
>> I have two GnuCash files or account books if you will - one for my home
>> accounts and another for my small business.  I have an account in each of
>> these two books, which is a "control" account that contains transactions
>> relating to the other account book.  For instance, if I paid an expense
>> from my home bank a/c relating to my business, I record the cash
payment in
>> my Home Account book, with the corresponding debit going to the Business
>> book "control" a/c sitting in my Home Account book.  Then in my Business
>> Account book, I record the expense, and the corresponding credit goes to
>> the Home book "control" a/c.
>>
>> My question is: I want to compare the transactions posted in these two
>> control accounts, so I need to view these two "control" accounts
(which are
>> lying in two separate files or account books) in the form of two windows
>> which I can view using Alt-tab, just like we toggle between two files in
>> Windows.  Can I do that here, if so how ?
>>
>> [There is a workaround no doubt - print one of the GLs as a report in
>> excel, then open the other account in GnuCash, and toggle between
Excel and
>> GnuCash, but I wanted to know if there is a way to keep windows open
in two
>> different GnuCash files at the same time.]
>>
>> Porus
>>
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