[GNC] GUID Register Codes

[Stephen]

Thanks everyone! Just what I needed to get over the hump. As David 
Cousens wrote there is usually no need to know what these codes are or 
to access them. In my case I was mostly and merely curious how things 
work but I did have the idea to adjust column sizes to be uniform across 
all or most accounts by editing the .gcm file. Having the GUID 
associated with a particular account that was either the model or 
perhaps the exception (because of the specifics of the transfers length 
maybe?)  could have GUIDed me perhaps. I really appreciate y'alls help.

On 12/29/2023 11:38 PM, David Cousens wrote:
> Stephen,
> The GUUIDs are used internally within the GnuCash code to identify an
> account/register.Each GUUID is associated with a specific account name and
> position in the account tree heirarchy. There is usually no need for a user to
> know what they are or to access them except in advanced debugging of the code.
>
> If you save your data file in uncompressed XML format ( not in the same location
> your data file is usually stored in, e.g. use the Downloads directory to store
> the uncmpressed data file) with the compress files checkbox unchecked in the
> General Tab of the Edit Preferences menu to a location on your hard disk you,
> you can open the xml format file with a text editor.  Then do file save as and
> save the file in the format you normally use so GnuCash is again pointing at
> your normal data file and not the uncompressed xml vesion you have just created.
>
> If you open both the corresponding .gcm file and the uncompressed data file in
> the text editor you can copy the guid from the .gcm file and then search for it
> in the uncompressed xml version of the datafile.
>
> The account tree data is located within tags of the form
>   
> <gnc:account version="2.0.0"> </gnc:account>
>
>   and will contain a records of the form
>
> <act:name>Cash in Wallet</act:name>
> <act:id type="guid">8ad4a8287286721a15ca3df0e1d1325a</act:id>
>
> among others.
>
> If you copy the guuid of the register you want to identify from the .gcm file
> and search for a record with
>   
> <act:id type="guid">copied guuid</act:id>
>
> in the uncompressed xml data file you will be able to identify the account name
> and the other account data associated with the register.
>
> Only ever do this on a copy of your datafile not the original as the risk of
> making the datafile unusable if you accidentally change anything and then save
> the changes to the file is quite high.Preferrably always keep an unedited backup
> copy of the data file as well jut to be sure.
>
> David Cousens
>
>
> On Fri, 2023-12-29 at 17:30 -0600, Stephen wrote:
>> The previous postings about "Balance Column Lost" have led me to ask
>> about GUID register codes as I repaired some column width problems. By
>> trial and error I was able to modify the .GCM file to repair the width
>> of a couple of columns that I had narrowed (not to 0 or 1 but 5). Adrien
>> Monteleone's guidance worked very well although scrolling looking for a
>> small width was faster than a search after 0 and 1 produced no results.
>> So Thanks!  I am still stumped by the registries GUID codes. How can I
>> find out which register is referenced by each of the GUID codes, please?
>> I have a feeling that it may have something to do with SQL but that too
>> has eluded me in past efforts open SQL files and make any sense of it.
>> Appreciate any guidance...the more simple the better! Thank you.
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