[GNC] GnuCash SQLite: file attachments not recognized across platforms.

[Sherlock]

Hi Tarik,

First off, 5.15 isn't scheduled to be released until March 29th 2026. 
The latest release is 5.14.

Second, when you open your book with the latest Windows version, where 
do these strange characters appear?

Regarding linked documents, I suggest using "Linked Location" as this 
option allows you to specify a URL that can be used to identify the file 
location (for example, to a shared GitHub repository).  When using 
"Linked File", relative paths can point to a shared file system / mount 
point.  If you used "absolute paths on Windows" with "Linked File", 
you'll only be able to directly access the file on Windows.

Regards,

Sherlock


On 12/28/25 8:31 AM, tarik semrade wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am a GnuCash user and I use GnuCash on two machines: Linux and Windows.
> 
> I switched to the SQLite file format in order to use a Python library 
> and be able to test and parse the SQLite database.
> 
> One issue I am facing concerns the use of *absolute paths on Windows*. 
> When I started using GnuCash on Windows, I attached files using absolute 
> paths. After some time, I realized that Windows paths could cause 
> problems: when I open my book on another machine, the linked files are 
> not recognized.
> 
> For this year, after resetting all the accounts, I want to start a new 
> year with a more flexible method, since I use GnuCash from both Linux 
> and Windows.
> 
> I used to use GitHub to synchronize the files. The GnuCash version on 
> Windows is 5.5, while on my Ubuntu 25 system I use version 5.15. The 
> book opens correctly without issues on both systems. However, one thing 
> I tested was updating the Windows version of GnuCash to the latest 
> release to match my Linux machine. I noticed that when I open the book 
> with the latest Windows version, some strange characters appear. I 
> reinstalled the 5.5 version since it works good.
> 
> If you have any recommendations to help resolve the issue with linked 
> file paths, I would be very grateful.
> 
> Tarik
>