Also, the file name should be "config.user" and not " config.user.txt"
The file *type* should be text. On December 6, 2018, at 3:45 PM, Christopher Lam <christopher....@gmail.com> wrote: There's some reports about the (gnc-build-userdata-path) part causing problems. Try the following instead: (load (pk (gnc-build-userdata-path "psl-budget.scm"))) (load (pk (gnc-build-userdata-path "my-hello-world-.scm"))) and please report back the tracefile: https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Tracefile C On Thu, 6 Dec 2018 at 07:55, Bill Manuel <bills...@q.com> wrote: > I saved the config files in plain text format: > > config-user.txt > > which an internet search indicated is the same as ASCII. Did not fix the > problem. > > Bill M > > > On 12/4/2018 4:03 PM, John Ralls wrote: > > > >> On Dec 5, 2018, at 7:32 AM, Bill Manuel <bills...@q.com> wrote: > >> > >> I am unable to add custom reports to gnucash. > >> I use Gnucash 3.3 updated from 2.6.19 on windows 8.1. > >> The custom reports and configuration pages at wiki were my guides to > add custom reports: > >> > >> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Custom_Reports > >> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Configuration_Locations#GTK_CONFIG_HOME > >> > >> I copied, then opened “Hello-world.scm” , edited the sections as > described in the custom reports link > >> > >> 1. change define-module line > >> 2. change name line > >> 3. commented out the menu-name line > >> 4. changed menu-tip line > >> 5. got and pasted in a guid > >> 6. and saved it under a new name. > >> > >> In addition, I coped a report at github ( > https://github.com/dschwen/gnucash-reports/blob/master/psl-budget.scm) > >> > >> I created a file in MSWord saved as config.user (then, as an > alternative when the process failed) config-user.scm containing the lines: > >> > >> (load (gnc-build-userdata-path "psl-budget.scm")) > >> (load (gnc-build-userdata-path "my-hello-world-.scm")) > >> > >> and placed both the config file and custom.scm reports in the > gnc_data_home/gnc_config_home folder which the configuration page > indicated, for windows, was > >> > >> C:/user/myusername/appdate/roaming/gnucash. > >> > >> After doing all this, I started gnucash but neither of the customer > reports showed up in the menus. > >> > >> Don’t know if this is relevant, but the wiki-config page indicated what > files are in GTK_config_home. My GTK_config_home (appdata/local/gtk3.0) is > empty. > >> > >> If someone can help, it would be appreciated. > > Did you make sure to tell MSWord to save the files as plain ASCII (not > UTF8!) text? > > > > Regards, > > John Ralls > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. > ----- > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
