copying accounts and transactions from one book to another

[gnucash.133518b at telus.net]

No one knows of a method, however roundabout, to import transactions 
from another book?

Carl

On 2014-05-08 1:14 AM, gnucash.133518b at telus.net wrote:
> Having duly noted the section B.3.2 Q&A in the guide that says it isn't
> possible to merge two GnuCash files, I have to pose my question anyway.
> I'm experimenting with investment accounts and do not want to do this in
> our working book. Only if the result of my experiments is satisfactory
> would I like to import the investments book accounts and their
> transactions into our working book. There will be no duplicate entries
> between the two books. Is there any way to achieve this without
> reentering the myriad investment transactions a second time? It's hard
> to understand why such functionality is missing from GnuCash, but I
> don't mind having to use indirect steps to meet the goal.
>
> I've seen references to the GnuCashToQIF project, but a read of its web
> page seems to indicate a very incomplete effort that doesn't work for
> investments:
>
>    http://gnucashtoqif.sourceforge.net/
>
> Carl