[GNC] Maddening!!!!!!!!

[john]

Probably not because I've been working for the last several weeks on getting WebKit buildable on Windows so we can have Windows releases with working reports.

Regards,
John Ralls


> On Feb 8, 2024, at 08:54, Jack Slater <theilliniguy at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Anything coming soon to fix this?
> 
> On Thu, Jan 25, 2024 at 12:26 PM Patrick James <patrickjames14 at comcast.net>
> wrote:
> 
>> This is bug 799093, and John Ralls has not asked additional questions
>> after I was able to reliably reproduce (part of) the issue, so, hopefully,
>> there is sufficient information to find the bug.
>> 
>> https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=799093
>> 
>> 
>>> On 01/25/2024 10:02 AM PST Jack Slater <theilliniguy at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> I'm back! Reconciling a credit card account today. Another "rogue"
>>> transaction created in the reconcile register (image attached).
>>> However it's NOT in the account ledger (image attached)!! When I try to
>>> edit the reconcile transaction I get an error message reading "Target
>> split
>>> is currently hidden in this register" (also attached). I know I read a
>> bug
>>> report on this action and I thought I could add more evidence in hopes of
>>> getting the issue resolved.
>>> 
>>> [image: there.jpg]
>>> [image: not there.jpg]
>>> 
>>> [image: error.jpg]
>>> 
>>> On Thu, Jan 11, 2024 at 5:48 PM Jim DeLaHunt <list+gnucash at jdlh.com>
>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Jack:
>>>> 
>>>> On 2024-01-11 09:11, Jack Slater wrote:
>>>>> 90 minutes of reconciling down the drain with a crash near the end
>> of the
>>>>> final account....
>>>> My commiserations. Yes, it is maddening to lose 90 minutes of work when
>>>> the tech decides to fail you.
>>>>> ... Oddly, even though GnuC auto saves periodically, it seems
>>>>> none of any add/delete/balance transactions were saved in any
>> account!
>>>> Why
>>>>> would that be????
>>>> 
>>>> I can think of several interesting directions you could take this
>> thread:
>>>> 
>>>> Why didn't GnuCash seem to preserve any of the changes in my 90 minutes
>>>> of work?
>>>> 
>>>> How can I change my workflow so that I lose less work when the tech
>>>> decides to fail me?
>>>> 
>>>> How can I improve the way I write message to this list, so that I get
>>>> more helpful answers?
>>>> 
>>>> How can I stop these tech failures from happening?
>>>> 
>>>> On that last point, I can offer two concrete suggestions:
>>>> 
>>>> 1. GnuCash has a "Check and Repair" feature which is useful to try when
>>>> you are concerned about "rogue" transactions and such. Try going to the
>>>> Accounts tab of the main window, and select menu item Actions -- Check
>>>> and Repair -- Repair All. This menu is described a little in the
>> GnuCash
>>>> manual, section 4.2.1.4. "Account Tree - Actions Menu", at
>>>> <
>>>> 
>> https://www.gnucash.org/docs/v5/C/gnucash-manual/gui-acct-tree.html#AccTree-actions-menu
>>>>> .
>>>> 
>>>> 2. The text in your "Entry Point Not Found" dialogue, which GnuCash
>>>> displays when it crashes, has been discussed on this list recently.  It
>>>> is described in a bug report at
>>>> <https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=799170>. It is suspected to
>> be
>>>> problem from GnuCash 5.4 leaving pieces behind when GnuCash 5.5
>>>> installs. There is a workaround there:
>>>> 
>>>> a. Use the File Explorer to open "C:\Program Files (x86)\gnucash\bin\"
>>>> 
>>>> b. If there is a file named "libxmlsec1.dll" present, but no file named
>>>> "libxmlsec.dll", then rename file "libxmlsec1.dll" to the name
>>>> "libxmlsec.dll" (without the trailing "1").
>>>> 
>>>> I do not use GnuCash on Windows, so I have no experience with this
>>>> problem. I only know what I read. If you ask this list directly about
>>>> how to work around this bug, Windows users may be able to give you
>>>> better help.
>>>> 
>>>> I hope this helps,
>>>>      —Jim DeLaHunt
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
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