I have a 2.4 database and 2.6 software. Help

[Jamie Tyrrell]

Yes, I did note that I have the last backup before the final copy.

I went in this morning after your e-mail and opened the last stored file
from yesterday, and it opened from the button like a charm.

Can you tell me, if I used the last backup instead of the final copy, do I
have all my transactions? In other words, the is the final copy identical
in content to the last back up?

On Fri, Mar 10, 2017 at 3:25 AM, Colin Law <clanlaw at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 9 March 2017 at 23:34, Jamie Tyrrell <jtyrrell43 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I double clicked the file name rather than use the Open Button and bingo,
> > I'm in.
>
> In that case you had almost certainly not browsed to the correct file.
> Did you also take note of the email pointing out that you have copied
> one of the backup versions of your file not the latest?
>
> Colin
>
> >
> > On Thu, Mar 9, 2017 at 6:14 PM, Dave H <hellvee at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Jamie,
> >>
> >> Did you scroll down to the bottom of the http://www.gnucash.org/
> >> download.phtml downloads page - all the previous versions are available
> >> for download there including the 2.4.xxxx series if you really want to
> >> reinstall the version you had previously.  Personally I always go with
> the
> >> latest version as I expect it to have more bug fixes/new bits and
> pieces :-)
> >>
> >> I think 2.6.15 should be able to open a gnucash file created by version
> >> 2.4 so your problem may be more fundamental.
> >>
> >> Looking at your other post I would expect your latest file to be named
> >> "Jamie Data since 2014.gnucash"  NOT something like "Jamie Data since
> >> 2014.gnucash.20170310080945.gnucash"  ?
> >>
> >> Cheers Dave H.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On 10 March 2017 at 08:41, Jamie Tyrrell <jtyrrell43 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> I have used Gnucash since 2014. My computer crashed and I now have a
> new
> >>> one. I downloaded 2.6. It seems that 2.4 is not available any more.
> >>>
> >>> OK, so 2.6 does not recognize the database. It says is is not a url and
> >>> GnuCash cannot parse the xml. Well, no surprise there.
> >>>
> >>> So, is there a way to ask 2.6 to use the non-web based language of 2.4
> or
> >>> some reliable way to convert the 2.4 info to xml. I bet there is.
> >>>
> >>> Thanks in advance.
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