bespoke reports and compiling

[Alex]

I seem to have solved the problem by hacking out some more use-modules 
statements that were only relevant to 2.4.11 and introducing a 
use-module statement that seemed to be applicable to the 2.6 series of 
gnucash.

Alex

On 19/08/15 13:36, Alex wrote:
> Hi All
>
> I'm a Linux user.
>
> I've just moved from 2.4.11 to 2.6.6. Now having to address problems 
> with my bespoke reports no longer working. I've now got to the stage 
> where the reports work with a bit of prompting and starting from the 
> command line.
>
>> touch /home/alex/.gnucash/acompany-balsheet-eg.scm
>> gnucash
>
> I see these messages on the command line -
>
>> ;;; note: source file /home/alex/.gnucash/acompany-balsheet-eg.scm
>> ;;;       newer than compiled 
>> /home/alex/.cache/guile/ccache/2.0-LE-4-2.0/home/alex/.gnucash/acompany-balsheet-eg.scm.go
>> ;;; note: auto-compilation is enabled, set GUILE_AUTO_COMPILE=0
>> ;;;       or pass the --no-auto-compile argument to disable.
>> ;;; compiling /home/alex/.gnucash/acompany-balsheet-eg.scm
>> ;;; compiled 
>> /home/alex/.cache/guile/ccache/2.0-LE-4-2.0/home/alex/.gnucash/acompany-balsheet-eg.scm.go
>
>
> gnucash starts successfully and I can find the report in the Reports 
> menu and use it. If I then close gnucash and restart from the command 
> line
>
>> gnucash
>
> I get no messages on the command line.
> I get a message box pop up with
>
> "Report Failed! One of your previously opened reports has failed to 
> open. The template on which it was based: acompany Balance Sheet 
> (eguile), was not found."
>
> gnucash starts successfully but the report cannot be found in the 
> Reports menu.
>
>
> If I then close gnucash and restart doing
>
>> touch /home/alex/.gnucash/acompany-balsheet-eg.scm
>> gnucash
> I can see and then use the report again.
>
> It would appear to use the report successfully I have to touch the 
> report's source file each time so that it gets recompiled.
>
> I've searched the web for a solution without success. Do I need to 
> export a variable containing  path or flag?
>
> Has anyone got any suggestions?
>
> Alex
>
>
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