[GNC] Error message when opening file in 5.0

[figures.dc at outlook.com]

Thank you very much. The 5.1 release worked perfectly.
It seems that few users implemented this "book currency" feature. Question: Is it possible for me to reverse it, so that in the event future releases finally disable this feature, users like me can still apply the updates without problems?
Best regards
Douglas 


-----Original Message-----
From: John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us> 
Sent: Friday, 28 April 2023 5:29 pm
To: figures.dc at outlook.com
Cc: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
Subject: Re: [GNC] Error message when opening file in 5.0



> On Mar 27, 2023, at 2:14 PM, figures.dc at outlook.com wrote:
> 
> I have been using Gnucash for many years now, latest version 4.14 I 
> successfully installed version 5.0 but when I attempt to open my main account file I get the error message “User specified a ‘book currency’; cost of other currencies/commodities tracked in terms of book-currency (requires at least Gnucash 2.7.0)”
> As I said, I am currently using version 4.14 with no issues. I admit the account file I am using dates back many years, but I have been updating Gnucash regularly over the years.
> Is there a way to isolate and eliminate this error message?
> Thanks very much for an excellent program.
> 
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> Windows

The book-currency feature was created 6 years ago as part of an ambitious project that never got finished. It added several hundred unused lines to the options code so I removed it as part of rewriting that options code in C++. I thought that it wouldn't have gotten set in any books.

I've restored the feature to 5.1 so you and anyone else with the feature set will be able to upgrade.

Regards,
John Ralls