Location, language and formats

[Derek Atkins]

Hi,

"Alain Dormoy" <cageda at bbox.fr> writes:

> What OS/Distro are you using?
> What older version of GnuCash did you have before?
> What version did you just install?
>
> Windows 7.
> Old version was 2.4.11
> New is 2.6.15.
>
> Derek,
> I eventually found in Wiki the file to modify.
> It's "Environment" in Gnucash\etc\Gnucash.
> BUT:
> 1. By default LANG is set to nl_BE but when I use the software all the
> mention are in english not Belgian Flemmish.

The "default" is commented out.

> 2. If I change LANG from nl_BE to fr_FR, I can't save the change,
> apparently because I don't have administatror rights. Do you know can
> I get those rights?

You need to "Open as Administrator".  You SHOULD have admin rights from
your account, but you may need to open the file as an admin.

> BTW what does " 'uncomment' the following parameters" mean?

It means remove the comment character at the front of the line.

> 3. There is a mention in "Environment" that Gnucash was "not installed
> in the default location". In fact it is in "Program Files (x86)"
> rather than "Program Files" (Wiki says it should be in the latter).

I think you can ignore that.

> TIA for your help.
> Alain
>
>
> Have you explored the Wiki: https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Locale_Settings
>
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> -derek

-derek
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