[GNC] Fwd: Re: Saved Report Configurations Missing After Upgrade to v3

[Geert Janssens]

Oops, sorry David!

Op zondag 28 augustus 2022 23:06:46 CEST schreef David T. via gnucash-user:
> Forwarding to the list...
> 
> 
> -------- Original Message --------
> From: Geert Janssens <geert.gnucash at kobaltwit.be>
> Sent: August 28, 2022 11:44:00 PM GMT+03:00
> To: "David T." <sunfish62 at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [GNC] Saved Report Configurations Missing After Upgrade to v3
> 
> Hi Neville,
> 
> You have successfully replied to the mailing list so all users will be able
> to see your message now.
> 
> I do remember that old conversation, which was about an upgrade helper
> script that should run the first time you execute gnucash 3.x. For some
> reason this did not always happen on Windows. To this date I still don't
> know why that is.
> 
> As a workaround you could also perform these upgrade steps manually by
> moving some state files and the saved report configurations file to their
> respective new locations. You seem to refer to the saved report
> configurations file and I assume you copied it to its new location based on
> the conversation that happened there. That should indeed get you back your
> saved reports in 3.x.
> 
> There are/were more files in the .gnucash directory that saved state for all
> open windows and tabs that should have been migrated/upgraded. Bus as you
> are reading this older conversation I presume they were not copied either.
> They are less important though. And certainly not now any more that you
> have been using gnucash 3.x already. No doubt you have already reopened
> registers and reports to you likings.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Geert
> 
> Op dinsdag 23 augustus 2022 13:02:51 CEST schreef David T. via gnucash-user:
> > Neville,
> > 
> > You've responded to a thread from four years ago, referencing a problem
> > with upgrading from version 2.4 to version 3.0 (on Windows, I believe).
> > Gnucash is now up to version 4.11, so whatever problem you've been having
> > is far in most users' rear view mirrors. Geert probably remembers the
> > issue to which you refer, but that's because Geert is Geert.
> > 
> > You might choose to follow an upgrade process and see whether your problem
> > continues to exist in 4.11.
> > 
> > David T.
> > 
> > On August 23, 2022 12:07:25 PM GMT+03:00, Neville Young <nevyoung at gmail.com> 
wrote:
> > >Hi Geert
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >I want to respond to the latest message Thu Jun 7 11:01:45 EDT 2018 to
> > >confirm that using the 2.4 transaction report does work.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >How do I respond to the thread for all users to see. I have read the
> > >'more
> > >information' but am none the wiser.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >Cheers - Neville