[GNC] couple questions

[davidcousens49 at gmail.com]

Heide

As William Precott suggested you will have to upgrade in steps, first to V 3
then 4. There are sometimes changes in format of the data file, configuration
and user preference files at those major version boundaries. The next version
usually includes a run once procedure which will rearrange the files as
necessary.  

Pay attention to make sure any saved or custom reports you have created and use
are transferred when you upgrade at the major version boundaries and are
available within GnuCash.

I also concur with the strategy of grading GnuCash before upgrading the
computer. You will be dealing with any difficulties on a system you are more
familiar with.

Around the times the major version changes occurred you will also find posts in
the user mailing list archives dealing with any difficulties which occurred. The
Wiki has the following recommendation for upgrading between major versions.

"Backwards compatibility issues
Gnucash maintains the ability to read older data files between major releases,
as long as major releases are not skipped.[16] If a user wishes to access
historical data saved in old GnuCash files, they must install intermediate
versions of GnuCash. For example, upgrading from 2.2 to 4.1 may not be possible;
the user should upgrade from 2.2.9 to 2.4.15, then to 2.6.21, then 3.11, then
4.1. The other alternative is for users to export transactions files to a CSV
format[17] prior to upgrading GnuCash. Exporting of the account tree must be
done as a separate step."

The recommendation to go to 3.1 and 4.1 rather than 3.0 and 4.0 is because the
first minor release usually includes any major bugs (particularly show stoppers)
encountered in the initial release of the major version, which will sort out
many issues which you would find looking back through the mail archives. The run
once procedure is included in the minor versions.

If you have any problems come back to the mailing list.

David Cousens


On Mon, 2022-01-17 at 10:10 -0800, Heide Wang wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I have couple questions. I started using Gnucash in 2015 to keep basic
> financial record of a trust account. I am using Gnucash 2.6.18 (I know it is
> old version), and my mac operation system is 10.14.6. My computer is about 9
> years old. Although everything is working fine now, but I know I need to
> upgrade my computer soon. When I up grade my computer, I will download the
> newest version of Gnucash. How can I transfer all the data to the newer
> version of Gnucash?? I would like to get a step by step instruction so I
> wouldn’t loss my old data.
> 
> My second question is there anyway to print the detail page of certain account
> ? For example, when I open my bank account page, it shows the list date of
> deposit or withdraw, description, amount and balance line by line,  Can I
> print it for my paper record? 
> 
> Thanks for the help.
> 
> Heide
> 
> 
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