-=> Quoting Bruce Wilson to Al Jennings <=-
 BW> On 3 Jan 96 05:12pm, Al Jennings wrote to Bruce Wilson:
 
 AJ> I too remember the frustration with year-end conversions.  I
 AJ> found the best way was to note the cash balance in the cash
 AJ> account, delete the cash account, set-up a new cash account
 AJ> with a starting balance equal to the previous year's cash
 AJ> balance.  This is the method I have been using for some six
 AJ> years.
 BW> Thanks for the benefit of your experience.  That seems to be the
 BW> only thing to do.  The only problem is that I'd like to still be
 BW> able to get to the 1995 information while working in 1996, which
 BW> is to say preserve the 1995 cash activity in a 1995 setup file, as
 BW> the year end procedure does.  I suppose I can simply copy the 1995
 BW> data files before making the change to effect that.
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I should have been more explicit.  When I want to start a new year I do the 
following: 
    1.  Rename the current file, such as Qdata-95 to Qdata-96.
    2.  Use the start a new year option, naming the saved archive file as
        Qdata-95 (as it was originally).
    3.  The Qdata-96 file was purged of all reconciled entries during this
        process and I then delete the current Cash Account and start a new
        one using the old balance as the starting balance.
This accomplishes what I think is your objective.  Be aware, however, this
process loses all the old cash account scheduled transactions and such.
These must be all entered again for the new cash account.
                                   Hope this helps.....Al
... I haven't lost my mind; it's backed up on tape somewhere!
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