[GNC] Finance::Quote update of Strawberry Perl

[jbonnett--- via gnucash-user]

Hi All,
 
I managed to break my FQ functionality to the extent that the Get Quotes
button was greyed out. I have just fixed it again and thought I should relay
my experience in case it helps others. I am running Windows 10 and GnuCash
5.10+(2024-12-14).
 
Something I did broke GnuCash FQ. I think I know what it was.
 
I use UniGetUI, which is WinGet under the covers, to keep my software up to
date. Some time back it offered an update to Strawberry Perl which I
accepted. I think it was after that when my Get Quotes button became greyed
out. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling Perl but that did not help.
 
I noticed recently in answer to thread "Problems getting prices from Yahoo
as JSON" they suggested uninstalling Strawberry Perl, deleting its
installation folder and then reinstalling it by running the GnuCash/Install
Online Price Retrieval for GnuCash menu option.
 
I had tried something to this before, except I did not delete the folder, so
I tried again doing that. It took quite a while to get everything set up
again but, after it finished, the Get Quotes button was functional again!
 
It installed Strawberry Perl V5.38.2.2. UniGetUI is still telling me the
latest version is currently V5.40.0.1 but that is what I had before and Get
Quotes did not work, so I am resisting updating it.
 
Why does FQ need an old version of Perl?
 
Best Regards,
John Bonnett
 
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