GnuCash Not Happy With External File Renaming

[Ron Westfall]

On 2016-05-01 2:51 PM, Don Ireland wrote:
> What you're describing could easily be handled via SAVE AS.
>
> 1) Open Stable (or if you already have it open save it so you don't 
> lose any info you've entered since it was last saved).
>
> 2)Save As Experimental
>
> 3) Do your tests.
>
> 4) Once you are satisfied with your new method(s), go back to Stable 
> and make any desired changes resulting from your new method(s).
>
> 5) Save Stable.
>
> 6) Delete Experimental if you like - Stable was your most recent file 
> opened.
>
> But do these opens via the gnuCash Open dialog.
>
Yup, that should do the trick.  I just have to remember to be consistent 
about what I do when <smile>.

Ron