Re: [GNC] Misc Newbie Questions

2019-05-28 Thread Adrien Monteleone
> On May 28, 2019, at 8:48 PM, Peter088 wrote: > > > 5) I get the reconciliation function, but every once in a while I make a > mistake while reconciling. When I go back and correct the reconciled > transaction it changes the status to "n" and I'm unable to change it back > without either

Re: [GNC] Misc Newbie Questions

2019-05-28 Thread Peter088
Thanks Adrien. Regarding 2), I'm up to date on Windows 10 and have just upgraded to V3.5 I'll will try and isolate a repeatable instance. 3) Got it 5) I get the reconciliation function, but every once in a while I make a mistake while reconciling. When I go back and correct the reconciled tra

Re: [GNC] To: GnuCash Documentation Team Re: Accounting Explanation Concept for GnuCash help file?

2019-05-28 Thread David Cousens
Hi Brian, This the real application of the general accounting equation which is often written in the form Assets = Liabilities + Equity + (Income - Expenses). Accounting students usually have this drummed into them from lecture 1 If you rearrange it so there are no negative terms with assets on

Re: [GNC] Misc Newbie Questions

2019-05-28 Thread Adrien Monteleone
> On May 28, 2019, at 7:04 PM, Peter088 wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I'm a recent convert from Quicken. I apologize for dragging my expectations > with me, but there are a few things I can't figure out how to do. Perhaps > these are not possible. They are mostly small, so I thought I'd inclu

Re: [GNC] More Startup Questions

2019-05-28 Thread Adrien Monteleone
> On May 28, 2019, at 7:34 PM, Peter088 wrote: > > Hi Everyone, > > > > A few more intro questions: > > > > 1) I don't like the "softer" contrast in the new release. Is there any > way to change the look to the old one? See the wiki about custom colors and such. You can create a cu

Re: [GNC] Misc Newbie Questions

2019-05-28 Thread Rich Shepard
On Wed, 29 May 2019, Peter088 wrote: I'm a recent convert from Quicken. I apologize for dragging my expectations with me, but there are a few things I can't figure out how to do. Perhaps these are not possible. They are mostly small, so I thought I'd include them in one email instead of killing

[GNC] More Startup Questions

2019-05-28 Thread Peter088
Hi Everyone, A few more intro questions: 1) I don't like the "softer" contrast in the new release. Is there any way to change the look to the old one? 2) Is it true that to create custom reports, you have to be able to program? 3) Is it possible to create Quicken-like repo

[GNC] Misc Newbie Questions

2019-05-28 Thread Peter088
Hello, I'm a recent convert from Quicken. I apologize for dragging my expectations with me, but there are a few things I can't figure out how to do. Perhaps these are not possible. They are mostly small, so I thought I'd include them in one email instead of killing e-trees: 1) How c

Re: [GNC] Xcode project/buildable non X11 Mac version?

2019-05-28 Thread Adrien Monteleone
kentsor, A screenshot of what you are seeing might be instructive. If what you are seeing looks like win95, something is wrong. To be sure, v2.x looked really dated, but v3.x fits in much better on MacOS. It still isn’t native, but certainly is not jarring. One could also use some custom CSS t

[GNC] To: GnuCash Documentation Team Re: Accounting Explanation Concept for GnuCash help file?

2019-05-28 Thread briancady413--- via gnucash-user
Hi folks, In puzzling over Debits increasing some accounts,  while Credits increase others, I stumbled over an explanation that I hope will help me and others trying to learn accounting better than by remembering DEADCLIC or DEALS/ GIRLS, etc.- If one sets A = L & E equal to zero by subtracting

Re: [GNC] Trace file curiosity

2019-05-28 Thread John Ralls
> On May 28, 2019, at 9:42 AM, Greg Feneis wrote: > > Hi Folks, > > I'm running 2.6.21 and took a look at recent trace files just out of > curiosity. They all say various things, but practically all have this one > note in common: > > * 20:33:21 WARN Could not spawn perl: Failed to execut

Re: [GNC] Importing investment info from Financial Planner's

2019-05-28 Thread Joseph Hymel via gnucash-user
Thanks for the information. I will try your suggestions. Thanks again. Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android On Tue, May 28, 2019 at 8:31 AM, csingley wrote: Just to summarize what people are telling you: GnuCash doesn't have any sort of functionality to automatically create accounts for an inv

[GNC] Trace file curiosity

2019-05-28 Thread Greg Feneis
Hi Folks, I'm running 2.6.21 and took a look at recent trace files just out of curiosity. They all say various things, but practically all have this one note in common: * 20:33:21 WARN Could not spawn perl: Failed to execute child process (No such file or directory) Does anyone know what caus

Re: [GNC] ofxtools - a Python OFX library

2019-05-28 Thread csingley
John Ralls-2 wrote > > Thanks. > > A couple of things you might be interested in: We use AQBanking for OFX > Direct Connect imports, but if you import an OFX or QFX file we use > https://github.com/libofx/libofx. > > The other is that there's a more up-to-date database of OFX Direct-Connect > su

Re: [GNC] ofxtools - a Python OFX library

2019-05-28 Thread John Ralls
> On May 28, 2019, at 7:10 AM, csingley wrote: > > Some of you might be interested in a project I've been working on: > > https://pypi.org/project/ofxtools/ > > This originally started almost 10 years ago when I asked Jeremy Jongsma if > he minded if I reworked his ofx.py script (he didn't).

Re: [GNC] Fwd: Impossible to generate reports.

2019-05-28 Thread Geert Janssens
Other things to look for: What do you get if you export the report (even though it's blank in GnuCash) ? Does the exported file actually contain html you can open in Chrome or Firefox ? Are there message in the trace file [1] after you tried to open the report ? Geert [1] http://wiki.gnucash.or

Re: [GNC] Fwd: Impossible to generate reports.

2019-05-28 Thread Geert Janssens
- And overzealeous anti-virus program perhaps ? Try disabling it temporarily. - Have you tried running gnucash as a different (windows) user to rule out user specific issues ? As Derek I'm not using Windows, so I can only offer generic suggestions. Geert Op dinsdag 28 mei 2019 16:49:59 CEST sch

Re: [GNC] Fwd: Impossible to generate reports.

2019-05-28 Thread Derek Atkins
Hi, cag...@free.fr writes: > For me it's not a "new instal". > > I have been using Win10 for a couple of years and generated many > reports during that time. I don't know what blocked me all of a > sudden. I am afraid I have no other suggestions. I don't actually use Windows. Maybe someone else

[GNC] ofxtools - a Python OFX library

2019-05-28 Thread csingley
Some of you might be interested in a project I've been working on: https://pypi.org/project/ofxtools/ This originally started almost 10 years ago when I asked Jeremy Jongsma if he minded if I reworked his ofx.py script (he didn't). One thing led to another, and I ended up implementing a superset

Re: [GNC] Importing investment info from Financial Planner's website

2019-05-28 Thread csingley
Just to summarize what people are telling you: GnuCash doesn't have any sort of functionality to automatically create accounts for an investment the first time it's seen, if that's what you're after. You will need to manually set up your accounts with beginning balances. It's not that bad, unles

Re: [GNC] Post Invoice offers only the wrong currency's A/Receivable account?

2019-05-28 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
Thank you, Derek. This fixed my problem. I had created a new Customer entry to match my new Customer. The Customer had Billing Information - Currency  defaulting to CAD (Canadian Dollars), the default currency in my book.  When I assigned that Customer to my new invoice, the invoice currency b