[GNC] two instances on different books

[Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)]

FSVO "safe", yes it is, at least in Windows.

Caution: reports, preferences, and most-recently used (with geometry of
the window) are per user and not per book(*). Therefore,  depending on
the sequence in which you make changes and close files, you may find
that some or all of the changes you made get lost. The actual data would
not be lost, as far as I'm aware.

I echo Ken's question: Why do you want to do this?

(*)There's also File » Properties, which _is_ per book. Some of the
preferences would more logically be properties, but there isn't general
agreement on which ones should change.

I don't see why you think "the two instances are forced to have
documents in the same directory". Just specify absolute paths for your
documents, not relative paths. That's what I did, and it works just fine
without even setting a path head.

Stan Brown
Tehachapi, CA, USA
https://BrownMath.com

On 2024-08-14 05:46, 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?
> 
> If so, what settings are shared between them and therefore must be the same?  I can think of all the general settings, which mostly seem to be preferences about overall features like whether or not to use formal or informal names.  I would expect no conflict as these are preferences of the individual GC user and stored within a user-specific directory. Have I missed anything here or misinterpreted this?
> 
> However, I can think of one preference that is not like that: the root directory for associated documents.  I believe this is also a user-specific setting not a book-specific one (please correct me if that has been changed, which I eagerly wish for).  If so, then the two instances are forced to have documents in the same directory, something that might or might not be appropriate.  Are there any other settings like this that would interact (possibly poorly) between two distinct instances of GC?