> On Nov 25, 2022, at 12:56 AM, rsbrux via gnucash-user
> <gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote:
>
> I used to have a chron job set up to automatically fetch security prices on
> first login each day, but found this inconvenient because it locks the data
> file, and opening GnuCash is often the first thing I do upon logging in.
>
> I have noticed that when I have GC open interactively, I can start an update
> in the price database window and let it run in the background while I
> continue to work in the registers.
>
> Would there be some way to get GC to perform the Price Database automatically
> when GC is started (interactively), instead of performing the automatic price
> update in a separate session?
>
Yes, but only through 4.x because the quotes system won't be accessible from
Scheme in GnuCash 5, it having been rewritten in C++.
Create if necessary $GNC_DATA_HOME/config-user.scm and edit it to add
(gnc-hook-add-scm-dangler HOOK-UI-POST-STARTUP
(lambda () (gnc:book-add-quotes #f (gnc-get-current-book)))
Regards,
John Ralls
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