[GNC] Moving from GnuCash 4.8 to GnuCash 5.5 - any issues likely to bite me?

[Phyllis Bruce]

   Thanks Richard, that helps too.  Didn’t know there was a progress bar
   when I was trying to run it.

   Po

     On May 13, 2024, at 8:26 PM, R Losey <rlosey at gmail.com> wrote:

   
   The Check & Repair used to be slow (minutes); somewhere along the way,
   there was a major improvement; it is so fast (less than a second) on my
   network file with 6+ years of data that I can barely see the progress
   bar. So, it may be running; just very, very quickly.
   On Mon, May 13, 2024 at 9:41 AM Phyllis Bruce <[1]pobruce46 at gmail.com>
   wrote:

     Just when you thought you were done with this…..
     I’m running 4.13 on a windows 10 computer.  I have a big problem
     getting any reports to run properly but today it is the check and
     repair function.  No option that I choose gives me a “working”
     indication.  I’m trying to be proactive before upgrading.  Couldn’t
     find anything in the manual.
     > On May 12, 2024, at 3:30 AM, Chris Green <[2]cl at isbd.net> wrote:
     >
     > On Sat, May 11, 2024 at 03:49:04PM -0500, Adrien Monteleone
     wrote:
     >>> On 5/11/24 3:08 PM, Chris Green wrote:
     >>> So, given that I'm going up just one major release I shouls be
     OK, but
     >>> running "Check & Repair" before doing anything else is a good
     idea.
     >
     >> Correct. The Check & Repair should run silently automatically
     upon first
     >> opening your file with 5.5, but it doesn't hurt to do it
     intentionally.
     >>
     >> The biggest change I recall between 4 & 5 is the new type-ahead
     search
     >> method for the Description field. I personally prefer the change,
     but
     >> some folks didn't like it by how they use that field and their
     unique
     >> list of existing Descriptions.
     >>
     >> There is also an issue for some, but not others with respect to
     >> registers not auto-filling memos from previous session
     transactions.
     >> (I'm one so affected) Mileage may vary on that one.
     >>
     >> As always - keep a backup.
     >>
     >> And since you are not on the last 4.x release on the old machine,
     I
     >> wouldn't go back and forth with the same file. Once you migrate,
     stick
     >> to 5.5 or drop back to 4.8 and stay there until you decide to
     finally
     >> make the upgrade should you notice any problems.
     >>
     > Thanks Adrien, that's just the sort of information/confirmation I
     > wanted. :-)
     >
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