[GNC] Accounting Period Change issue

[Michael or Penny Novack]

On 12/19/2023 10:40 AM, Kalpesh Patel wrote:
> Thank you, for being flameless. My ears are all yours to listen to the explanation...
>
> I actually didn’t tell the whole story ... I did software development for good chuck of my early career in the computer field (worked with through MIL-STD-2167/A when it was de-facto).
>
> I am concurring that DATA is in a file of "program data" that gets read in when the "program" starts and that the "change accounting period" function changes this data. I am not sure I concur that to get it to take effect the program has to be shut down and start again manually. During the input phase of the change, upon confirmation "click" a call to start again just that portion of the program is doable, IMHO. It may require implementing a different sub-routine or sub-function if the existing one is not sufficient to do so.

Quite so, could (without closing and reopening) change the value the 
program would use for any NEW reports, etc. that were run (mew = post 
change). But remember, gnucash saves what reports were open (in other 
words, if I had an "Income Statement" and "Balance Sheet" on the bar, 
they are still there when I reopen. Some of which could have been 
dependent on "current accounting period"

BTW -- this calls for a test, because I think we don't necessarily know 
WHAT got saved for those pre-existing reports. I am always using 
absolute dates in reports, and I know THAT gets saved. But has gnucash 
converted things like "current accounting period" to actual dates when 
it runs the report. In other words, the details of how "open" reports 
are saved. In other words, depending on what saved, even save, 
close,open might not work.

Michael D Novack