[GNC] Error message when opening file in 5.0

[john]

I'm not sure I understand your concern, but the code I changed for 5.1 removes the feature flag from your file.

Regards,
John Ralls


> On May 5, 2023, at 2:50 PM, figures.dc at outlook.com wrote:
> 
> 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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> 
> 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
>