[GNC] Can't get v3.8 to work, Nor generate Expense Over Time Report on v2.6.21

[Geert Janssens]

Op woensdag 26 februari 2020 10:01:52 CET schreef Colin Law:
> On Wed, 26 Feb 2020 at 00:59, David Cousens <davidcousens at bigpond.com> 
wrote:
> > Leo,
> > 
> > There were changes in the storage locations of configuration files between
> > 2.6 and 3.x described on this page on the wiki
> 
> If the OP ran 3.8 and then went back to an older version could this
> have messed things up?
> 
> Colin

It depends. The old configuration files are left in place and untouched. So 
after a conversion there are two copies of the configuration data: one for 
2.6.x and older (which are completely unchanged) and one for 3.x.

On the other hand there are a few changes to the data file format of the 
gnucash book itself. So if the user successfully ran gnucash 3.8 and made 
changes to the book itself, there is a chance gnucash 2.6.19 or older won't be 
able to open it anymore. This depends on which data the user has exactly. 
However gnucash 2.6.21 should still be able to work with this book. 

Regards,

Geert