[GNC] OFX Direct Connect from Bank of America

2025-04-15 Thread Jeff
I am trying to get OFX Direct Connect working with Bank of America, and have been reading thru these two pages: https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/OFX_Direct_Connect_Bank_Settings https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Setting_up_OFXDirectConnect I have tried contacting the bank to get it enabled, however they

[GNC] could not obtain lock message when opening GnuCash

2025-04-15 Thread David Long
Hi, I am using GNucash on 3 machines, who share the file on Dropbox. I make sure only one version is open at any one time. When opening GnuCash, I get the message * GnuCash could not obtain the lock to( folder\filename). That database may be in use by another user, in which case you should not ope

Re: [GNC] Changing Location of GNC_USERDATA_DIR and GNC_USERCONFIG_DIR

2025-04-15 Thread David
Here's a way to do what you need without changing the GNC_*** variables. I personally have 6 sets of books that I manage and it works for me. You can have multiple books open at the same time if desired. Start with the "portableapps" version of Gnucash, downloadable from portableapps.com These a

Re: [GNC] Help with Python interface

2025-04-15 Thread Sam Bull
On Mon, 2025-04-14 at 11:44 -0400, John Ralls wrote: > > On 13 Apr 2025, at 07:11, Sam Bull wrote: > > > > I'm trying to figure out how to use the Python bindings, but the > > documentation is > > almost > > non existent. One of the suggestions is to use help() where everything is > > documente

Re: [GNC] could not obtain lock message when opening GnuCash

2025-04-15 Thread Tommy Trussell
On Tue, Apr 15, 2025 at 2:18 PM David Long wrote: > I am using GNucash on 3 machines, who share the file on Dropbox. I make > sure only one version is open at any one time. When opening GnuCash, I get > the message * GnuCash could not obtain the lock to( folder\filename). That > database may be i

Re: [GNC] OFX Direct Connect from Bank of America

2025-04-15 Thread John Ralls
I’m pretty sure BofA dropped DirectConnect a couple of years ago. That belief is supported by these two (admittedly not authoritative) websites: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://www.banktivity.com/support/articles/banktivity-7/direct-download-ofx-no-longer-

Re: [GNC] could not obtain lock message when opening GnuCash

2025-04-15 Thread John Ralls
Another possibility is that you’re being impatient. Dropbox sync isn’t instantaneous and it needs your computer to keep running while it completes. If the lockfile deletion hasn’t synched maybe the latest save of the file hasn’t either, and if you open the unsynched one anyway you’ll lose your u

Re: [GNC] OFX Direct Connect from Bank of America

2025-04-15 Thread Jeff
Hmm... are the wiki's ever updated? This is the best info I can find currently... This MIGHT give you some kind of API access as a developer to Bank of America data: https://developer.bankofamerica.com/CPODevPortal/apidocs/public/#/home Thanks On 04/15/2025 7:40 PM, John Ralls wrote: I’m prett

Re: [GNC] OFX Direct Connect from Bank of America

2025-04-15 Thread John Ralls
> On 15 Apr 2025, at 20:57, Jeff wrote: > > Hmm... are the wiki's ever updated? Sure. Look at https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Special:RecentChanges to see what’s been changed recently. Does that mean that any particular page is regularly updated? Nope. But it’s a wiki. If you’re motivated to