Glad to hear it! Cheers David.
On Wed, 6 Jan 2021 at 12:33, Michelle Le <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks David, I actually just found out that I wasn't patient enough to > let the script run to completion, there were pauses that lasted more than a > few minutes... But it works now on GnuCash as I can now click on the "Get > Online Quotes" checkbox. :) > > Michelle > > On Tue, Jan 5, 2021 at 5:31 PM David H <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Oops that last one should have a closing double quote as in... >> >> perl "C:\Program Files (x86)\gnucash\bin\gnc-fq-dump" >> >> Cheers David H. >> >> >> On Wed, 6 Jan 2021 at 08:29, David H <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Michelle, >>> >>> It's a Perl script so open a command prompt and enter the following... >>> >>> 1. First just double check perl got installed ok... >>> >>> perl -version >>> >>> This should return something like.... >>> >>> This is perl 5, version 18, subversion 2 (v5.18.2) built for >>> MSWin32-x86-multi-thread-64int >>> >>> Copyright 1987-2013, Larry Wall >>> >>> Perl may be copied only under the terms of either the Artistic License >>> or the >>> GNU General Public License, which may be found in the Perl 5 source kit. >>> >>> Complete documentation for Perl, including FAQ lists, should be found on >>> this system using "man perl" or "perldoc perl". If you have access to >>> the >>> Internet, point your browser at http://www.perl.org/, the Perl Home >>> Page. >>> >>> 2. Then enter the following command, wait a minute or so and you'll get >>> a result. >>> >>> perl "C:\Program Files (x86)\gnucash\bin\gnc-fq-check" ---- you need >>> the quotes around the path to gnucash bin as it's got spaces in it. I'm >>> assuming your install is in the same folder as mine but you might want to >>> double check it. >>> >>> 3. Then enter your gnc-fq-dump command as follows... >>> >>> perl "C:\Program Files (x86)\gnucash\bin\gnc-fq-dump >>> >>> Cheers David H. >>> >>> >>> >>> On Wed, 6 Jan 2021 at 06:40, Michelle Le <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Hello, >>>> >>>> I recently updated my GnuCash version to 4.4 and am trying the Stock >>>> feature. I am running Windows 10 on my computer. >>>> >>>> After installing Strawberry Perl manually, then clicking on "Install >>>> Online >>>> Price Retrieval for GnuCash", the command prompt seems to run for about >>>> a >>>> minute and ends with the following lines: >>>> >>>> pl2bat.bat blib\script\dm_zdump >>>> SBECK/Date-Manip-6.83.tar.gz >>>> C:\Users\Michelle\AppData\Local\Temp\c\bin\gmake.exe -- OK >>>> >>>> I'm not sure how I'm supposed to run the "gnc-fq-dump" test program, I >>>> tried dragging it into the command prompt/opening it in GnuCash >>>> software, >>>> however it didn't do anything. I reopened GnuCash and tried using the >>>> Security Editor again, however the "Get Online Quotes" checkbox is still >>>> greyed out and I can't select it. >>>> >>>> Could you help me with this? >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> Michelle >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> gnucash-user mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> 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 [email protected] 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.
