A cruicial GNUCash feature that is missing, but easy to implement for budgets

[lejohnston]

Geert,



1. There is a '.' before gnucash So no issue there.




2. I think I have windows configured to show extensions, it now shows .dll extensions. There is no .txt extension showing after 'config.user'.


3. The actual path is: "c:\users\lejoh\.gnucash" does that mean that the new file should be 'config.users instead of 'config.user'?


4. When I try to open ngucash I now get this message: 'GnuCash could not obtain the lock for file://C:\Users\lejoh\Documents\larry17test.gnucash.' Is this related to what I have been trying to do? There is no other user on this computer and gnucash was not open when I tried to launch it. GNUCash did open the first time I tried to open it after making the changes, now I get the above message. I do get a dialog box that says I can open the file anyway but have not done so yet.


Thanks,


Larry

On 02/16/17 05:01 AM, Geert Janssens  <geert.gnucash at kobaltwit.be> wrote:






> 
> He
> 
> Two things spring to mind:
> 
> 1. It's not "c:\users\lejoh\gnucash" but "c:\users\lejoh\.gnucash"
> There's a dot in the name of the directory which is important. Perhaps that's 
> what you did and you just forgot it in your e-mail.
> 
> 2. You write that you created a text file named "config.user". It's indeed the 
> proper name. However perhaps windows added a hidden .txt extension to this 
> file. Please double-check this is not the case (by configuring windows to 
> explicitly show known extensions).
> 
> If none of this helps, you can also post the contents of your trace file [1]. 
> To avoid confusion, quit gnucash, remove all pre-existing trace files, then 
> start gnucash again. At this point you should only have one trace file left to 
> look at.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Geert
> 
> 
> [1] http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Tracefile
> Op donderdag 16 februari 2017 02:12:07 CET schreef lejohnston:
> > Geert,I saved the report the Peter emailed me, copied it into
> > c:\users\lejoh\gnucash then in c:\users\lejoh\gnucash I created a text file
> > named: config.userthen I opened it and copied: (load
> > (gnc-build-dotgnucash-path "ytd-budget.scm"))then I saved it, rebooted the
> > computer and opened gnucashHowever the report is not there. Did I do
> > something wrong?The text file looks different than the other files in the
> > directory but I did not see another way to create a file.LarryOn 02/16/17
> > 01:13 AM, Geert Janssens <geert.gnucash at kobaltwit.be> wrote:> > > > p, li
> > { white-space: pre-wrap; } > > > > > > Op donderdag 16 februari 2017
> > 00:41:41 CET schreef Larry:> > > Peter,> > > Thanks for replying.> > > I
> > am still unclear about what to drop into 'standard reports'. I found my> >
> > > way to the end of that path, but don't know what to do when I get there.>
> > > > Do I just make a new folder called 'ytd-budget.scm'?> > > Do I cut
> > and paste the whole document that Phil sent the link for?>
> > > > Do I
> 
> 
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