[moneydance] How to select a specific data_file.md on command line?

[Gordon Alley]

On my Mac, if I just double-click the Moneydance app icon (or launch it via
Spotlight by typing CMD-space moneyENTER), it launches and opens the last
data file I had used it with. If I start MD by double-clicking a MD data
file (or an alias to it), MD launches and opens the data file I
double-clicked.
In any case, the MD File->Open recent... menu lists both of the MD data
files I use, and I can switch between files from within MD using that.

-Gordon

On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 10:15 PM, Larry Alkoff <labradley at mindspring.com>wrote:

> Sean Reilly wrote:
> > Hi Larry,
> >
> > I've never heard of a "Work Path" before... maybe that refers to the
> > working directory?  What happens if you just set the command to the
> > following:
> >
> >   /path_to/Moneydance /path_to/moneydance.md
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Sean
> >
> > On Jan 21, 2009, at 10:03 PM, Larry Alkoff wrote:
> >
> >> I have opened Moneydance with an icon that brings up Moneydance (the
> >> executable) with the path to moneydance.md.
> >>
> >> Recently I created a new file and have found that Moneydance ignores the
> >> work path.
> >> Moneydance _always_ brings up the last used data_file.md
> >> no matter what is in the work path box.
> >>
> >> My system is Linux that uses an icon file with the settings
> >> Application > Command > /path_to/Moneydance
> >> and
> >> Application > Work Path > /path_to/moneydance.md
> >>
> >> Windows probably works the same way but Moneydance ignores the work
> path.
> >>
> >> Is there a command line option that will select a specific
> >> /path/data_file.md ?
> >>
> >> Something like possibly:
> >> Moneydance /path/data_file.md  ?
> >>
> >> Larry
> >
>
> Command line:
> Moneydance ~/inv/mdance/billybob.md
>
> Get an error message
> "The file billybob.md is corrupt or missing.  It can be restored from
> backup(s).  Please select one from"
> Below is a box with one entry.
>
> When I try the command line:
> Moneydance ~/inv/mdance/moneydance.md
> I get a similiar result.
>
> Moneydance is in my path.
> When I try the command line:
> Moneydance
> I get the billybob.md file but there is some corruption seen after the
> file exits:
> ignoring invalid argument: -Xmx512m
>
> This ignoring invalid argument appears the same each time I invoke the
> command lines above.
>
> Sean, what most people would want is a Linux or Windows icon set up for
> In Linux:
>      Application > Command > /path_to/Moneydance
>      Application > Work Path > /path_to/moneydance.md
> In Windows:
>     Properties > Shortcut > Target     \path\Moneydance.exe
>     Properties > Shortcut > Start in    \path\data_file.md
>
> The present method of always bringing up the last used files is a
> problem for Windows, Linux and probably Mac users who want to click on
> an icon and bring up the data_file.md associated with that icon.
>
> I didn't realize this problem until setting up a separate account (which
>  is actually a data_file) to isolate my personal accounts from a
> separate account which will actually be used by my business partner (who
> will pay for a separate license).
>
> Larry
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Gordon B. Alley
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