[GNC] Cut/paste between databases

[Paul Kinzelman]

In that case, it'd be good to clear the transaction paste buffer
when reading in a new file so that people won't make the
mistake of thinking they can cut/paste between databases.


On 5/7/2021 10:00 AM, gnucash-user-request at gnucash.org wrote:
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> Date: Thu, 6 May 2021 09:02:26 -0700
> From: John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us>
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> Subject: Re: [GNC] Cut/paste between databases
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> It can't work, the account GUIDs from the one book won't be valid in the other book.
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>> On May 6, 2021, at 3:31 AM, Liz <edodd at billiau.net> wrote:
>>
>> On Wed, 5 May 2021 13:40:13 -0600
>> Paul Kinzelman <paul at kinzelman.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I'm running gnucash 4.5
>>>
>>> I've got two gnucash databases (personal and business) and I
>>> accidentally entered a charge into one instead of the other. So I
>>> tried cut from one and paste into the other and it didn't work.
>>>
>>> When I pasted, I got only the Description got pasted, and I filled in
>>> the rest
>>> of the transaction manually, but I couldn't get it to enter. The
>>> 'Enter' key did nothing and the transaction still stayed open.
>>>
>>> I had to cancel the transaction and enter the whole thing by hand and
>>> it worked.
>>>
>>> It'd not a big deal to get it fixed, or maybe copy/paste isn't
>>> supposed to work between
>>> databases?
>>>
>> I agree, it doesn't work, and I haven't tried to do it for a long time.
>>
>> Liz
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> Date: Thu, 6 May 2021 09:02:26 -0700
> From: John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us>
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> Subject: Re: [GNC] Cut/paste between databases
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> It can't work, the account GUIDs from the one book won't be valid in the other book.
>
> Regards,
> John Ralls
>
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>> On May 6, 2021, at 3:31 AM, Liz <edodd at billiau.net> wrote:
>>
>> On Wed, 5 May 2021 13:40:13 -0600
>> Paul Kinzelman <paul at kinzelman.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I'm running gnucash 4.5
>>>
>>> I've got two gnucash databases (personal and business) and I
>>> accidentally entered a charge into one instead of the other. So I
>>> tried cut from one and paste into the other and it didn't work.
>>>
>>> When I pasted, I got only the Description got pasted, and I filled in
>>> the rest
>>> of the transaction manually, but I couldn't get it to enter. The
>>> 'Enter' key did nothing and the transaction still stayed open.
>>>
>>> I had to cancel the transaction and enter the whole thing by hand and
>>> it worked.
>>>
>>> It'd not a big deal to get it fixed, or maybe copy/paste isn't
>>> supposed to work between
>>> databases?
>>>
>> I agree, it doesn't work, and I haven't tried to do it for a long time.
>>
>> Liz
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