[moneydance] Changing location of MD files

[Gervase Chavasse]

On Thursday 17 May 2007 15:08, Robert Kesterson wrote:
> On Thu, 17 May 2007 06:46:40 -0500, Gervase Chavasse
>
> <gervase.chavasse at wanadoo.fr> wrote:
> >> The easiest way is just manually move the data file(s) where you want
> >> them and then use the "Open" selection from Moneydance's "File" menu to
> >> open
> >> the file in the new location.   You could also do a "Save As" from the
> >> "File" menu and save the file in the new location, then manually remove
> >> it from the old location.  Either way will work.
> >
> > Thanks, but won't I have to "save as" every time I finish a session?
> > What I really want to have is for md automatically save my working file
> > in a new
> > location when I close the window and get the "do I want to save changes?"
> > panel.
>
> When you close Moneydance, it saves the file to whatever location it was
> opened from.  So once you've done the "Save As", it will continue to save
> it to that location.  Similarly, when you open Moneydance, it opens the
> most recently used file, so it will open the location you saved it as. You
> can verify which file it has open by looking at the title bar of the
> Moneydance window.  (I don't know if the titlebar part is specific to the
> window manager or if it works everywhere, but it works that way on mine.)

Thanks again.  That worked.  I hadn't realised that once you have done a "save 
as" the program will automatically open from and save to that location on 
future occasions.

But if any else wants to do the same, they must not move the files to a new 
location first - as suggested in your first reply - because moneydance can't 
open them.  You must do the  "save as" process first.
Gervase