[GNC] Gnucash opens previous account used

[Derek Atkins]

Hi,

On Thu, November 8, 2018 8:40 pm, Patricia Mitchell wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I have ben using Gnucash successfully for several years now. I manage a
> couple of not-for-profit group with this terrific software, but I now have
> a problem. I attempted to open an account belonging to one group but
> Gnucash only brings up the accounts for the second group. This hasn't
> happened before, so now I'm wondering what has gone wrong and why can't I
> open the account I want. These accounts are kept in completely separate
> locations online, so I simply don't understand what is going on. I have
> installed the most recent Mac version (3.3). The file for the current year
> is showing as 2018 but will not open correctly. I have an A.G.M in another
> week and I really don't want to have to import all the transactions since
> the end of 2016, which is the last file that opens properly. I create a
> new
> file for each financial year.
>
> Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

GnuCash on MAC does not honor the open intent -- which means GnuCash will
ALWAYS open the last file, regardless of which file you click on.  In
other words, on a Mac, you must ALWAYS use File -> Open to change files. 
Clicking on a file will NOT open the file you clicked on.

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-derek

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