[moneydance] default file when opening moneydance

[John W Foster]

This is probably a function of the .moneydance file that is saved in
the /home/your_user_name directory. It is where most linux desktops look
for the loading instructions. If you want to avoid this, creat a new
launcher with a different name on you desktop.
Best wishes!
frosty

On Mon, 2008-03-03 at 17:19 +0000, Roz Wild wrote:
> I believe moneydance automatically loads the last file you viewed, with no 
> particular preference for where it is saved. If it can't find it (eg because 
> you've renamed/moved/deleted it since the last time you ran moneydance), 
> then you will be offered the chance to start a new file, import, or open an 
> existing file of your choice. I can't see a way of doing what you want, 
> which is unfortunate, since it makes perfect sense to test the beta version 
> on less critical data. Especially if you've found, like I have, that the 
> save option doesn't work.
> 
> roz
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Don Zickus" <dzickus at gmail.com>
> To: "General discussion related to Moneydance" 
> <moneydance-info at moneydance.com>
> Sent: Monday, March 03, 2008 2:57 PM
> Subject: [moneydance] default file when opening moneydance
> 
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > I was trying to understand where moneydance looks to open a file upon
> > loading.  My issue is when I was trying to load the 2008 beta on
> > linux.  I copied my current moneydance directory to moneydance.beta
> > and then copied the beta tar ball into the beta directory.  I ran the
> > 2008 beta thinking the default file it would load was my copy in the
> > moneydance.beta directory.  Instead it opened the copy in the original
> > moneydance directory.
> >
> > Ok fine, I'll just manually load the copy in the beta directory.
> > After closing and running the 2007 moneydance, the program loaded my
> > info from the beta directory.  I was wondering if that is expected and
> > if there is a way to tell moneydance to only load files from it's
> > local area.  What I would like to do is run 2007 moneydance and have
> > it automatically use my 'normal' data.  And on the flip side when I
> > run the 2008 beta moneydance, I would like it to automatically load my
> > beta info.  Is that possible?  Or do I have to manually ping pong back
> > and forth when I load the different versions of moneydance?
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Don
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