importing

Sun Oct 15 01:03:47 EDT 2017

There should be no need to delete the Trading Accounts. It only exists if
you have set File>Properties>Use Trading Accounts to true, and you have
transactions that involve a currency/stock conversion. The transactions in
the Trading Accounts are harmless, and are even useful when performing some
capital gains calculations. If you delete them, they will be created again
if you have "Use Trading Accounts" ticked, and you run Actions > Check &
Repair.

The Imbalance transactions also contain splits which indicate an error in
data entry... Best to go through them and find another account for each
split. The Imbalance account can be deleted if it's empty, or, set View >
Filter By > Other > Show zero total accounts to True to hide it when it's
empty.

On 15 October 2017 at 02:52, frank raney <frankraney130 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I tried to delete the trading account and my program crashed.  I tried
> again and sometimes it crashes and sometimes nothing happens........How do
> we delete that trading account....I do not need it, but it has
> transactions, I cannot delete the transactions either.  There is also am
> imbalance account it has transactions that are from other accounts that I
> manually updated the balances. can it be deleted also.
>
>
> Frankie Raney
> 12454 Auberry Rd.
> Clovis, Ca.
> 559.297.8577 H
> 559.304.1751 C
> On 10/12/2017 3:33:34 PM, frank raney <frankraney130 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks David.....I'm almost afraid to try to delete that one
> account.....I'll try later....i'm backing up manually and the auto
> also....so I will not loose anything.   The thing I am trying to do now is
> set up online banking.......I don't see much in the help files......looks
> pretty complicated without the help file....I'm surprised it didn't import
> it all.....I don't think the recurring auto reminders got imported either,
> but that is easy to create..the memorized transactions got imported fine.
>
>
> Frankie Raney
> 12454 Auberry Rd.
> Clovis, Ca.
> 559.297.8577 H
> 559.304.1751 C
> On 10/12/2017 8:21:16 AM, David Carlson <david.carlson.417 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> Frank,
>
>
> You certainly had way too many issues with installing and starting to use
> GnuCash.  Hopefully, you have seen them all and will enjoy the benefits now.
>
>
> If GnuCash ever crashes again please report that here.
>
>
> David C
>
>
> On Thu, Oct 12, 2017 at 10:09 AM, frank raney <frankraney130 at gmail.com
> [mailto:frankraney130 at gmail.com]> wrote:
>
> I re-downloaded and re-installed........works now..
>
>
> Frankie Raney
> 12454 Auberry Rd. [https://maps.google.com/?q=
> 12454+Auberry+Rd._Clovis,+Ca_&entry=gmail&source=g]
> Clovis, Ca [https://maps.google.com/?q=12454+Auberry+Rd._Clovis,+Ca_&
> amp;entry=gmail&source=g].
> 559.297.8577 [tel:(559)%20297-8577] H
> 559.304.1751 [tel:(559)%20304-1751] C
> On 10/12/2017 7:52:06 AM, frank raney <frankraney130 at gmail.com [mailto:
> frankraney130 at gmail.com]> wrote:
> I am using win 10 and installed GC 2.6.18.
>
> I have even tried putting the help pdf file manually, no luck......looks
> like the install file is only the program, no help file...got it from the
> GC web site  https://www.gnucash.org/download.phtml [
> https://www.gnucash.org/download.phtml]
>
>
> Frankie Raney
> 12454 Auberry Rd. [https://maps.google.com/?q=
> 12454+Auberry+Rd._Clovis,+Ca_&entry=gmail&source=g]
> Clovis, Ca [https://maps.google.com/?q=12454+Auberry+Rd._Clovis,+Ca_&
> amp;entry=gmail&source=g].
> 559.297.8577 [tel:(559)%20297-8577] H
> 559.304.1751 [tel:(559)%20304-1751] C
> On 10/11/2017 10:00:32 PM, David Carlson <david.carlson.417 at gmail.com
> [mailto:david.carlson.417 at gmail.com]> wrote:
> What O S are you installing into and what version are you installing?
> The help files come along automatically in Windows and most Linux packages.
>
> David C
>
>
> On Oct 11, 2017 11:18 PM, "frank raney" <frankraney130 at gmail.com [mailto:
> frankraney130 at gmail.com]> wrote:
>
> I can't find the documentation to tell me where to put the help files.  I
> put them in the same dir as the program but when I click on help, I am told
> it can not be found.
>
>
> Frankie Raney
> 12454 Auberry Rd. [https://maps.google.com/?q=
> 12454+Auberry+Rd._Clovis,+Ca_&entry=gmail&source=g]
> Clovis, Ca [https://maps.google.com/?q=12454+Auberry+Rd._Clovis,+Ca_&
> amp;entry=gmail&source=g].
> 559.297.8577 [tel:(559)%20297-8577] H
> 559.304.1751 [tel:(559)%20304-1751] C
> On 10/11/2017 2:14:08 PM, David Carlson <david.carlson.417 at gmail.com
> [mailto:david.carlson.417 at gmail.com]> wrote:
> I forgot to mention that there is a setting somewhere called "Use Trading
> Accounts" that turns that feature on or off.  I think it is mentioned
> somewhere in the documentation.
>
>
> David C
>
>
> On Wed, Oct 11, 2017 at 4:07 PM, David Carlson <
> david.carlson.417 at gmail.com [mailto:david.carlson.417 at gmail.com]> wrote:
>
> Frank,
>
>
> There is still a problem with Gnucash on your computer because it should
> not be crashing.
>
>
> It may be somehow related to the account named Trading that GnuCash
> created.  Normally, GnuCash will only create that account for users that
> know that they want to use a special feature that is there for investors to
> use to help with capital gains calculations, and it normally isn't used by
> most people.
>
>
> Actually, I am not sure how to safely delete that account (and prevent it
> from coming back) if you do not want it, because it contains transfers to
> and from your security accounts.  Perhaps a developer or another user can
> advise us about that.   That is still not the cause of the crash, the
> developers may need more details about that.
>
>
> Good luck.
>
>
> David C
>
>
>
> On Wed, Oct 11, 2017 at 3:06 PM, Aaron Laws <dartme18 at gmail.com [mailto:
> dartme18 at gmail.com]> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Oct 11, 2017 at 3:31 PM, frank raney <frankraney130 at gmail.com
> [mailto:frankraney130 at gmail.com]>
> wrote:
>
> > I just answered my own question..........The lck file is a temporary file
> > when the main file is opened.  I opened my file read only, resaved it.
> > closed it and the lck file went away.  I opened the file in a smaller
> > window so I coiuld see my directory and the lck file appeared
> again......it
> > went away when I closed the file......so.........what was happening was,
> > when the program crashed, it did not close the lck file, and when I tried
> > to reopen it, it thought it was in use........wala......Im back in
> > business...
> >
> >
> > Frankie Raney
> > 12454 Auberry Rd. [https://maps.google.com/?q=12454+Auberry+Rd.+%0D+%3E+
> Clovis,+Ca&entry=gmail&source=g]
> [https://maps.google.com/?q=12454+Auberry+Rd.+%3E+Clovis,+
> Ca+%3Chttps://maps.google.com/?q%3D12454%2BAuberry%2BRd.%2B%
> 250D%2B%253E%2BClovis,%2BCa%26entry%3Dgmail%26source%3Dg%
> 3E&entry=gmail&source=g]> Clovis, Ca [https://maps.google.com/?q=
> 12454+Auberry+Rd.+%0D+%3E+Clovis,+Ca&entry=gmail&source=g].
> > 559.297.8577 [tel:559.297.8577] H
> > 559.304.1751 [tel:559.304.1751] C
>
>
> That lck file is the mechanism by which gnucash ensures that each file is
> only opened once at a time. If that file is there, that means gnucash is
> using the corresponding ".gnucash" file. Of course, if gnucash crashes and
> is unable to delete that .lck file, it will superexist the gnucash process.
> In this case, the correct choice is "open anyway", and copying everything
> first is an excellent idea, too.
>
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