[GNC] Compare two sets of accounts?

[David Cousens]

Myron

The same strategy can be used to create additional icons which open GnuCash with a specific datafile. Copy the icons as
Michael suggested (one for each datafile) and edit them put in a URI to the specific datafile  instead of the --nofile
option. Give it a name reflecting that it opens that specific datafile. 

This is also similarly easy to do in most Linux OS.

David Cousens


On Sun, 2024-01-21 at 16:36 -0500, Michael or Penny Novack wrote:
> On 1/21/2024 11:05 AM, Myron A Schroeder wrote:
> > Where do I find the " --nofile runtime parameter."
> > 
> > Looks like an interesting way to have more than one set of books on my
> > computer.
> > 
> What operating system are you using? Perhaps as much to the point, if 
> you are getting to gnucash by a "shortcut" (an icon that you click) do 
> you know how to look at what that is actually doing? How to edit that?
> 
> For example, if you are running under Windows and have an icon for 
> gnucash, and you RIGHT CLICK on that icon you get a drop down list of 
> things you can do with that shortcut. At (or near) the bottom of that 
> list is "properties" (let me look at the properties of this object). If 
> you click on that choice (and the shortcut was to the application 
> gnucash) you'll see those properties. That it is an application (the 
> type of the target), where located (in a binary library) and exactly 
> what the target is (what clicking on the object sends to the command 
> line to execute, since that's what is done for an application.
> 
> WELL -- you can edit that line to add a runtime parameter, in this case, 
> append --nofile (space in between)
> 
> Michael D Novack
> 
> PS --- STRONG SUGGESTION --- Do not simply do this. First make a copy of 
> that object (the same dropdown list where "properties" was) and rename 
> it. THAT is how you can back out a failed attempt. Now try to do the 
> edit of the target (add the --nofile)  Back out and see what happens 
> when you click the icon now. If it works (brings up gnucash without 
> opening any file you are done (delete the backup copy). Otherwise you 
> can use "copy" again to retry.
> 
> 
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