Re: [GNC] Adding custom reports

2019-07-12 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
rgdobie, Your method modifies the gnucash package directly.  While it works to do this, your changes will be overwritten every time you upgrade.  There is a method which avoids this (although I admit it has never worked for me). David P.S. when you use nabble, none of the regular list users see

Re: [GNC] Adding custom reports

2019-07-11 Thread rgdobie
I had a similar problem. This is how I got around it. Assume: You are running Windows 7 64 bit version. You are running GnuCash 3.5. The Wiki method of loading a custom report using config-user.scm does not work for you. Your new report is contained in the file rgdr

Re: [GNC] Adding custom reports

2018-12-09 Thread Stephen M. Butler
I just got my custom report to work on my wife's Windows 10 machine. 1.  Be sure that notepad can open and read the files without strange characters. 2.  Files must be in the %APPDATA%/GnuCash folder (C:\Users\yourusername\AppData\Roaming\GnuCash) 3.  Config file is named: config-user.scm  

Re: [GNC] Adding custom reports

2018-12-09 Thread Bill Manuel
Tried all these suggestions (including Mr Janssens suggestion naming the file config-user.scm) and nothing new shows up in the reports pulldown. The trace file after the reboot was empty. On 12/6/2018 8:22 AM, D wrote: Also, the file name should be "config.user" and not " config.user.txt" Th

Re: [GNC] Adding custom reports

2018-12-06 Thread Geert Janssens
Op donderdag 6 december 2018 17:22:24 CET schreef D via gnucash-user: > Also, the file name should be "config.user" and not " config.user.txt" > Actually for gnucash 3.x the name should be config-user.scm > The file *type* should be text. > That is correct. Geert _

Re: [GNC] Adding custom reports

2018-12-06 Thread D via gnucash-user
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 wrote: There's some reports about the (gnc-build-userdata-path) part causing problems. Try the following instead: (load (pk (gnc-build-userda

Re: [GNC] Adding custom reports

2018-12-06 Thread Christopher Lam
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/Tracefi

Re: [GNC] Adding custom reports

2018-12-05 Thread Bill Manuel
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 wrote: I am unable to add custom reports to gnucash. I

Re: [GNC] Adding custom reports

2018-12-04 Thread John Ralls
> On Dec 5, 2018, at 7:32 AM, Bill Manuel 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_Repo

[GNC] Adding custom reports

2018-12-04 Thread Bill Manuel
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_CON