[GNC] Saving a New Book doesn't allow format selection

[Derek Atkins]

Hi,

On Wed, August 17, 2022 8:08 am, Phyllis Bruce wrote:
> Thanks, John.  I have heard all those terms many times.  Two sets of books
> and cooking the books describe separate if not unique files to me.  You
> put it in better words - a book is a single GnuCash file and it’s
> accounts.  Therefore, if you have a GnuCash file saved as xml but you want
> it in another format you should be able to simply save it in the new
> format.  That is simply done by “saving as” and choosing the new format
> from the pull down list.
>
> Is there something I’m missing?  Ex…You edit a word file and “save as” a
> pdf or other type before publishing.

And this is exactly how you do it in GnuCash.  File -> Save As
and there is a pull-down for available backend formats.
If there is nothing in the pull-down, that implies you don't have the
correct backend support on your system.  On Linux, for example, you need
to install the correct DBD Drivers.

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-derek

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