[GNC] two instances on different books

[Ken Pyzik]

Just out of curiosity, what is the difference between what you are wanting to do and just doing a FILE - OPEN - BOOK2 from a single instance?

Seems to me that the only real difference is that when GnuCash opens, it automatically opens the last book it was working from.  So, that being the case, what you are suggesting is to make sure then when you open any specific instance of GnuCash - that it is opening the specific book you want (e.g., instance 1 opens Book 1 and Instance 2 opens Book 2).  Other than that, I cannot see what purpose having two instances does.

Ken

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From: gnucash-user <gnucash-user-bounces+pyz01=outlook.com at gnucash.org> on behalf of Brook Milligan via gnucash-user <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2024 8:10 AM
To: stepbystepfarm at comcast.net <stepbystepfarm at comcast.net>
Cc: gnucash-user at gnucash.org <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
Subject: Re: [GNC] two instances on different books


> On Aug 14, 2024, at 7:58 AM, Michael or Penny Novack via gnucash-user <gnucash-user at gnucash.org> wrote:
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> On 8/14/2024 8:46 AM, Brook Milligan via gnucash-user wrote:
>> Is it safe for a single user to run simultaneously two different instances of GC on two different books?
>>
> There is also a work flow/error consideration. I  think working with two
> sets of books open would be a very bad idea because of the possible
> error of entering a transaction into the wrong set of books.

Yes, I agree.  However, there are always potential human mistakes that can occur, even with a single book.  Many of those can be mitigated in various ways.

For the moment, I am wondering if there are any technical reasons that simply preclude the option and make all those possible challenges moot.

Cheers,
Brook

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