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

[tarik semrade]

Hello Sherlock

I have clarified the issue. You can take a look at this email:
https://lists.gnucash.org/pipermail/gnucash-user/2025-December/119000.html

Le 28/12/2025 à 21:56, Sherlock a écrit :
> 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
>>
>
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