Re: [GNC] Uneven line spacing in Accounts list since 4.11

2022-07-02 Thread Fross, Michael
I do see it as well in Windows 11, but I'd be surprised if the Windows version has anything to do with it. On Sat, Jul 2, 2022 at 8:01 AM Dennis West wrote: > Looks OK in Win 10 > > > On 7/2/2022 6:44 AM, B.A.J. Seesing wrote: > > Dear Bill, > > You're not the only one... A bug report wa

Re: [GNC] GnuCash Windows Bundle 4.11-1 Released

2022-07-02 Thread Fross, Michael
Looks good on this end John. Thank you very much! Michael On Sat, Jul 2, 2022 at 4:40 PM Gyle McCollam wrote: > John, Thanks to you and all involved with keeping this programing going. > > > Thank You, > > Gyle McCollam > > Gyle McCollam > > gmccol...@live.com

Re: [GNC] Opening Gnucash

2022-09-12 Thread Fross, Michael
Richard, does your GNUCash file have a date string in the name? If so, then you are inadvertently using a backup file. Your filename should be FILENAME.gnucash (FILENAME is whatever you decided to call it) If it looks like: FILENAME.gnucash.20220909023225.gnucash (insert a valid date time

Re: [GNC] Wrong Regedit key in Wiki for setting MRU maxfiles on Windows version 4.11

2022-09-15 Thread Fross, Michael
Hello all. I don't believe this "doubling" is a mistake. Think of "org.gnucash" as the "manufacturer" and "GnuCash" as the product. If they make another tool, it would be "org.gnucash.NewTool" Michael On Thu, Sep 15, 2022 at 3:25 AM Vincent Dawans wrote: > FYI somebody on Linux also confirme

Re: [GNC] Problem with missing balance in a parent account **FINAL POST**

2022-10-10 Thread Fross, Michael
Hi Jay. You are correct. A placeholder account as simply a "group" that holds other accounts. You can certainly reconcile accounts that are "under" a placeholder account. On a placeholder account, you can't get the reconcile button because you can't open the transaction list. However, if you u

Re: [GNC] New user: how to migrate Quicken checking account as a single, flat, checking account

2022-12-04 Thread Fross, Michael
Hi Scott, This took some getting used to when I moved from Quicken 7 years or so ago. The categories become accounts. This is required for double entry accounting and makes sense. When you pay your electric bill, money moves from checking to the electric company. GNUCash has to show money movi

Re: [GNC] QIF Import troubles

2022-12-13 Thread Fross, Michael
Hi Steve, I was in the same situation when I first started about 7 years ago. Read through the guide. It's really well written, easy to read, and answers a lot of questions. As for the imports, do some tests until you get comfortable. I would just export your checking account, then import that

Re: [GNC] Finance::Quote v1.54 Released

2022-12-27 Thread Fross, Michael
Hello R Losey, *cpan update Finance::Quote * worked for me. Just another alternative. Michael On Tue, Dec 27, 2022 at 3:38 PM Bruce Schuck wrote: > On 12/27/22 9:08 AM, R Losey wrote: > > > I have version 1.52 installed on Ubuntu 22.04LTS... it came as a > > package. What do I need to do to

Re: [GNC] gnucash-user Digest, Vol 237, Issue 113

2022-12-29 Thread Fross, Michael
Hi Chris, I, too, enter the receipts immediately. If I buy something online, it's actually exactly the same time as the purchase. If it's a real store, it gets entered once I'm home. Having it default to "today" is the right answer for me. Michael On Thu, Dec 29, 2022 at 5:23 PM Chris Skudder

Re: [GNC] Register column sizing

2023-01-06 Thread Fross, Michael
Hi John. I enjoy the ability to double click column headers to auto-size them. I hope this is not impacted. For description autosizing, it did take a little getting used to, but I like it and use it. I manage the other columns, mostly by double clicking the title, and then let the description c

Re: [GNC] How to move a transaction with splits from one top-level account to another - take 2

2023-01-18 Thread Fross, Michael
When I notice I've placed a transaction in the wrong spot, I "jump" to the matching transaction and correct the credit card. For example: I put my Walmart grocery into the CreditCard1 account instead of the CreditCard2 account. I noticed this in the CreditCard1 account. 1. "Jump" to the matchin

Re: [GNC] GNUCash & Macros

2021-05-26 Thread Fross, Michael
You could look into AutoHotkey. I use it to automate other non-GNUCash things, but I don't see why it couldn't work, especially if you can do what you need to do via keystrokes. Michael On Wed, May 26, 2021 at 10:15 AM Derek Atkins wrote: > HI, > > On Wed, May 26, 2021 11:09 am, Jack Frillman

Re: [GNC] GnuCash 4.6 Released

2021-06-28 Thread Fross, Michael
Absolutely. The generosity is humbling and very much appreciated. On Mon, Jun 28, 2021 at 4:41 AM Mahon Finbar wrote: > +1 > > On 28/06/2021 03:29, Stan Brown wrote: > > On 2021-06-27 14:51, John Ralls wrote: > >> The GnuCash development team announces GnuCash 4.6, the sixth release > in the sta

Re: [GNC] Newbie question

2021-09-26 Thread Fross, Michael
Hello Steve. Welcome to GnuCash! While I'm not an expert, in my experience, an opening balance is just a normal transaction. There are typically two splits. (1) is a deposit into the account, and (2) is a withdrawal from the Equity:Opening Balances account. Remember GnuCash used double entry a

Re: [GNC] Thank you

2021-09-27 Thread Fross, Michael
Well said Neil. They all deserve our thanks and gratitude. Michael On Mon, Sep 27, 2021 at 6:41 AM Neil Campbell wrote: > My congratulations and thanks to the Team for the production and release > of GNUCash version 4.7. As this development is all done by professional > volunteers, I really do

[GNC] Formulas in Scheduled Transactions

2021-11-16 Thread Fross, Michael
Hello all, I have a fixed annuity account which updates with a new total, but does not show the interest that contributes to that total. Here is the simple formula to calculate the interest: Interest = NewAmount - OldAmount I thought it would be interesting to have a monthly scheduled transacti

Re: [GNC] Formulas in Scheduled Transactions

2021-11-16 Thread Fross, Michael
; > -derek > > On Tue, November 16, 2021 3:02 pm, Fross, Michael wrote: > > Hello all, > > > > I have a fixed annuity account which updates with a new total, but does > > not > > show the interest that contributes to that total. Here is the simple > > formul

Re: [GNC] Flatpak/Flatseal Gnucash fails to launch

2021-11-30 Thread Fross, Michael
Don’t forget the “run” command. In your paste it was missing. See Geert’s command. On Tue, Nov 30, 2021 at 6:47 AM Elmar wrote: > On 11/30/21 3:13 AM, Geert Janssens wrote: > > > ... flaptak run org.gnucash.GnuCash > Thank you for your kind reply, Geert. I have been banging this around > the L

Re: [GNC] GNUCash 4.9

2022-01-03 Thread Fross, Michael
Hi Steve, I bet the lock (.LCK) file is getting deleted and explorer's desktop is just not refreshing. After you close Gnucash, select the desktop with a click and hit F5. I bet the lock file icon goes away. The log file won't, and shouldn't. If you follow everyone's advice and put it in anoth

[GNC] 4.0 and Change in Column Widths

2020-06-29 Thread Fross, Michael
Hello all, Congrats on the 4.0 release. Just installed and I'm looking forward to setting column width defaults and have them apply across the register type. However, on Windows, I'm not seeing any extra options in the Windows menu: [image: image.png] I was expecting - Use as Default Layout fo

[GNC] Import Transaction Matcher issue in v4

2020-07-04 Thread Fross, Michael
Hello all, I typically download QFX files from my banks every day or two, import them to clear them in Gnucash. Worked great. However, ever since upgrading to v4, the importer seems to have trouble matching. Most of the imported transactions are listed in the importer as (A)dd, but when I selec

Re: [GNC] Import Transaction Matcher issue in v4

2020-07-26 Thread Fross, Michael
Sat, Jul 4, 2020 at 9:48 AM Fross, Michael wrote: > Hello all, > > I typically download QFX files from my banks every day or two, import them > to clear them in Gnucash. Worked great. However, ever since upgrading to > v4, the importer seems to have trouble matching. Most of the im

Re: [GNC] Import Transaction Matcher issue in v4

2020-07-27 Thread Fross, Michael
and > see if that helps. > J. > > > On 7/26/2020 2:44 PM, John Ralls wrote: > > If there's no matching transaction already in the account then there's > nothing to clear. In that case only adding or not makes sense. > > > > Regards, > > John Ralls

Re: [GNC] Import Transaction Matcher issue in v4

2020-07-27 Thread Fross, Michael
gister > transactions that you entered manually? > Or is it that they're being imported despite the fact they were imported > previously? > > J. > > On 7/27/20 1:31 PM, Fross, Michael wrote: > > Thanks Jean / John for your thoughts. There is a register entry that

Re: [GNC] Import Transaction Matcher issue in v4

2020-07-27 Thread Fross, Michael
have older qfx files to compare? > > * https://www.ofx.net/downloads.html > > On Tue, 28 Jul 2020, 4:34 am Fross, Michael, wrote: > >> Thanks Jean / John for your thoughts. There is a register entry that >> matches, IMHO, very closely. I increased the Match Display Th

Re: [GNC] Import Transaction Matcher issue in v4

2020-07-27 Thread Fross, Michael
IDs/ > > FYI, the new GC behavior was added because the old behavior was causing > issues with people who had recurring daily transactions: imagine buying > a cup of coffee every day: in that case GC will match all daily cups of > coffee to the same register transaction (within a date rang

Re: [GNC] Import Transaction Matcher issue in v4

2020-07-27 Thread Fross, Michael
notes to both sides of the transfer, so I don't have to do > it manually. > > David Carlson > > On Mon, Jul 27, 2020 at 5:23 PM Fross, Michael wrote: > >> Got it. Thanks. Now I understand why it used to work. And I certainly >> wouldn't expect GnuCash t

Re: [GNC] Import Transaction Matcher issue in v4

2020-07-28 Thread Fross, Michael
> Unfortunately most of us are very sloppy technically in talking of the > file as if it is a transaction list when it is really more like a bank > statement. > > On Mon, Jul 27, 2020 at 8:57 PM Fross, Michael wrote: > >> Hello David, >> >> In looking at the

Re: [GNC] I'm still a bit confused about when things get saved.

2020-09-11 Thread Fross, Michael
What backup software did you decide to use Chris? I’ve written some scripts to backup my Gnucash files, but have been looking at a more comprehensive solution. Michael On Fri, Sep 11, 2020 at 3:02 AM Chris Green wrote: > On Thu, Sep 10, 2020 at 07:25:33PM -0700, John Ralls wrote: > > > Tried th

Re: [GNC] Fidelity and TD Ameritrade setup

2020-11-02 Thread Fross, Michael
David, where did you download the OFX file from Fidelity? I've not seen that. Were you using AQ Banking (I've never been able to get it to work)? Michael On Mon, Nov 2, 2020 at 9:12 AM David Reiser via gnucash-user < gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote: > Good to know. > > My Fidelity ofx data is

Re: [GNC] ofx.chase.com?

2020-12-14 Thread Fross, Michael
Charles, I've had challenges getting it working for over a year. Can you share your settings you use to connect to Chase? On Mon, Dec 14, 2020 at 8:41 AM Development wrote: > JPM does maintence on weekends. Its possible that downstream systems were > in the midst of maintenance/update/reboot.

Re: [GNC] UK specific: MTD - Making Tax Digital

2021-01-17 Thread Fross, Michael
I suppose that depends on where you live Edward. Many of us don't have to deal with MTD. On Sun, Jan 17, 2021 at 1:45 PM Edward Bainton wrote: > Of the 6, I have to confess that I read it too hastily and I don't have to > do VAT, so the VAT bridge won't be of interest to me. > > But crikey,

Re: [GNC] Need help

2021-04-16 Thread Fross, Michael
Hello Glen, As a note of encouragement, I also read it when I first started after bumping my head into things which now seem obvious. The authors did a very nice job making it easily readable and walking you through step by step. It doesn't answer every question, but it gives you the foundation w

Re: [GNC] Thinking about Moving to MacOS from Win 10

2021-04-27 Thread Fross, Michael
For Windows, and I'm sure there are Mac solutions as well, I've been using CryptSync with good success. It copies from your hard drive to your cloud directory on your computer and it encrypts it. The cloud agent then sync's that directory to the cloud provider. https://github.com/stefankueng/Cry

[GNC] Issues Retrieving Quotes with v5.0

2023-03-27 Thread Fross, Michael
Hello everyone, I'm looking for a few pointers on how to troubleshoot an issue I'm having with v5 downloading quotes. I had no issues with v4.13. When I select "Tools|Price Database|GetQuotes" a shell opens and closes quickly and nothing is updated. I don't seem to have any issues with gnucash-

Re: [GNC] Issues Retrieving Quotes with v5.0

2023-03-27 Thread Fross, Michael
a bug as i have also the same issue > > > > Saludos Cordiales > > > Murugan > -- > *From:* gnucash-user hotmail@gnucash.org> on behalf of Fross, Michael > *Sent:* Monday, March 27, 2023 5:20 PM > *To:* Gnucash-User > *Subje

Re: [GNC] Issues Retrieving Quotes with v5.0

2023-03-28 Thread Fross, Michael
ts page or a Stock or Fund account register. > > > > Saludos Cordiales > > > Murugan > -- > *From:* gnucash-user hotmail@gnucash.org> on behalf of Murugan Muruganandam < > m.muruganan...@hotmail.com> > *Sent:* Tuesday, March 28

Re: [GNC] Issues Retrieving Quotes with v5.0

2023-03-29 Thread Fross, Michael
; >> On Mon, Mar 27, 2023 at 3:49 PM David H wrote: > >> > >> Michael, > >> > >> Is your "Get Quotes" button in Gnucash also greyed out? I had to run > >> gnc-fq-update in /Applications/Gnucash.app/Contents/Resources/bin in the > >>

Re: [GNC] set up Gnucash on a new device

2023-04-10 Thread Fross, Michael
Hello Christopher - I don't think it's an executable. Windows is trying to find the program to open it with and can't find it in the store. I'd re-download it from the official store and turn on extension visibility per David H.'s comment and try again. Michael On Mon, Apr 10, 2023 at 7:06 AM D

Re: [GNC] GNC 5.0 Online Quotes Not Working

2023-04-18 Thread Fross, Michael
Thanks for the link Murugan. I don't believe these are official releases, so I'm assuming they may not have gone through all of the standard testing / reviews normally associated with a release. I wonder if my fear is unfounded or if my assumption is even true... Michael On Tue, Apr 18, 2023 at

Re: [GNC] Yahoo JSON - throwing unauthorized error

2023-04-19 Thread Fross, Michael
I'm seeing the exact same situation, Murugan. This worked yesterday so something must have changed today. Switching to v6 in YahooJSON.pm fixed the issue for now, but not a good long term solution. Michael On Wed, Apr 19, 2023 at 3:38 PM Murugan Muruganandam < m.muruganan...@hotmail.com> wrote:

Re: [GNC] Yahoo JSON - throwing unauthorized error

2023-04-19 Thread Fross, Michael
I hope they've not removed it as a free data source. That would be a shame. Michael On Wed, Apr 19, 2023 at 5:29 PM David H wrote: > Yes, I also saw the same error this morning. > > Cheers David H. > > > On Thu, 20 Apr 2023 at 06:46, Fross, Michael wrote: > &g

Re: [GNC] Price Quotes

2023-04-20 Thread Fross, Michael
I see there is a F::Q module for IEXCloud. I've used this with an open source program I wrote to pull down quotes from the command line successfully. However I don't see a way for a user to do this in GNUCash. Is there a way to configure GNUCash to select other F::Q modules? Regards, Michael O

Re: [GNC] Price Quote IEXCloud

2023-04-20 Thread Fross, Michael
Well that's embarrassing - I never looked at "Unknown" before. I'll give it a shot. Michael On Thu, Apr 20, 2023 at 7:48 AM Frank H. Ellenberger < frank.h.ellenber...@gmail.com> wrote: > Isn't it available, if you set "Type of Quote Source" to "

Re: [GNC] Price Quote IEXCloud

2023-04-21 Thread Fross, Michael
> > > Murugan > > -- > *From:* gnucash-user hotmail@gnucash.org> on behalf of Murugan Muruganandam < > m.muruganan...@hotmail.com> > *Sent:* Friday, April 21, 2023 10:01 AM > *To:* Fross, Michael ; Frank H. Ellenberger < > frank.h.e

Re: [GNC] How do I reply to a topic?

2023-05-03 Thread Fross, Michael
And I send them to a "gnucash-user" folder in gmail so they don't clog up my inbox. On Wed, May 3, 2023 at 10:04 AM R Losey wrote: > This is why I have these sent to gmail, which has plenty of room. > > On Tue, May 2, 2023 at 6:18 PM Ken Farley wrote: > > > I have my account settings on the mai

Re: [GNC] Yahoo JSON - throwing unauthorized error

2023-05-06 Thread Fross, Michael
Thanks Bruce. Worked great calling the v6 version of the API. On Sat, May 6, 2023 at 2:13 PM Bruce Schuck wrote: > Ken, > > I am currently evaluating which of the alternatives is the best > replacement. I'm also a little hopeful that in the meantime the > functionality of the current URL/API is

Re: [GNC] Finance::Quote Status

2023-05-27 Thread Fross, Michael
Thank you Bruce for the updates, and all the hard work. Good news. Michael On Sat, May 27, 2023 at 1:47 PM Bruce Schuck wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > The F::Q team hopes to push v1.56 to CPAN before the end of the U.S. > holiday weekend. > > The Yahoo fix will be

Re: [GNC] Finance::Quote Status

2023-05-27 Thread Fross, Michael
l give the TwelveData a test later this weekend. I'm on Windows 11 with GnuCash v5.1. Thank you and kind regards, Michael On Sat, May 27, 2023 at 5:24 PM Bruce Schuck wrote: > On 5/27/23 14:39, Fross, Michael wrote: > > > Thank you Bruce for the updates, and all the hard work.

Re: [GNC] Finance::Quote 1.56_02 Available for Evaluation

2023-06-16 Thread Fross, Michael
Hi Bruce. I echo Murugan's comments - thank you and the team. I've been using it the last few days with yahoo_JSON. No issues. I'll have to try out a few of the others as I also think our days of using Yahoo are very numbered. Michael On Fri, Jun 16, 2023 at 12:27 PM Bruce Schuck wrote: > O

Re: [GNC] Backup

2023-06-28 Thread Fross, Michael
GNUCash does backups by default if you use XML. Every time you save there is a backup made. It sits in the same directory as your main data file (I wish you could specify a specific folder.) However, what the folks on this chain are talking about is a backup of those files in case the hard drive

Re: [GNC] Maintain two accounts in same machine

2023-07-01 Thread Fross, Michael
Hello N.Srinivasan, GNUCash supports an argument where you can simply specify the desired .gnucash file. I'm on windows, and I simply set up two GNUCash "icons", each with a different .gnucash file as it's argument. The lock files are distinct and I don't believe there is any risk to having them

Re: [GNC] Two Instances as opposed to two separate files

2023-07-14 Thread Fross, Michael
I run multiple instances at the same time, but you have to open different data files. I’d keep them in different directories to be tidy. I have two different icons each with a different name of the data file as an argument. There is a an argument to not auto open the last file(no -file?). I’m no

Re: [GNC] Yahoo Closed the Door on Finance API

2023-07-14 Thread Fross, Michael
You are correct Paul, but Yahoo-json has still been working. On Fri, Jul 14, 2023 at 3:40 AM Paul Feakins wrote: > On 14/07/2023 05:14, Bruce Schuck wrote: > > Some of us suspected this would come, getting reports of the Yahoo URL > > > https://query2.finance.yahoo.com/v11/finance/quoteSummary/A

Re: [GNC] Finance::Quote 1.57_02 - YahooWeb gets correct trading date and fixed pricing for single char symbols

2023-07-18 Thread Fross, Michael
Hi Bruce, I had some issues yesterday evening - GNC didn't update US stock prices since Friday 7/14 (I upgraded after this.) I downgraded to the released version (1.57) and it worked fine. I've re-upgraded and will test when the markets open this morning. I'll try to narrow it down a bit (F:Q i

Re: [GNC] Finance::Quote 1.57_02 - YahooWeb gets correct trading date and fixed pricing for single char symbols

2023-07-18 Thread Fross, Michael
I suppose I should have provided a bit more information. F:Q 1.57_02 did not give any errors. I'm on Windows 11 with Strawberry Perl and am using YahooWeb and AlphaVantage. Michael On Tue, Jul 18, 2023 at 7:46 AM Fross, Michael wrote: > Hi Bruce, > > I had some issues yesterday

Re: [GNC] finance Quote Not working

2023-08-06 Thread Fross, Michael
As an FYI, on my windows 11 installation, the default location where GNUCash installs itself is: "C:\Program Files (x86)\gnucash" and the full path to the CLI executable is: "C:\Program Files (x86)\gnucash\bin\gnucash-cli.exe" For command line guys like me, these paths are just crazy Micha

Re: [GNC] GnuCash 5.4 background process left running in Windows

2023-09-29 Thread Fross, Michael
In addition to Bill's question, is there any risk? Do those "zombie" processes have the data file open? I just looked and GNUCash is not running but I had two processes running in the background. I killed them, but then wondered if that is something I should have done Michael On Fri, Sep 2

Re: [GNC] Residual Processes After Closing GnuCash

2023-10-16 Thread Fross, Michael
Hello Glenn, thank you for the suggestion. I'm tempted to move to it, however, as a daily build I'm wondering if it's safe enough to leverage with something as important as my financial data. I understand it's in the stable daily build folder, but I get worried. Any thoughts? Michael On Mon,

Re: [GNC] Residual Processes After Closing GnuCash

2023-10-16 Thread Fross, Michael
Thanks, I'll check them out. On Mon, Oct 16, 2023 at 12:10 PM Glenn Fowler wrote: > Hi, > > These are builds that have commits that have improvements and bug fixes > that will be in the next release so my opinion is that they are better. > > However, the fix was done on Oct 2nd so if you want to

Re: [GNC] I need basic help

2023-10-20 Thread Fross, Michael
A help to me was to turn off 'Use Formal Accounting Labels" in the settings when I started (and have never enabled that.) I feel it is much easier to understand for non-accounting people. On Fri, Oct 20, 2023 at 12:53 PM Mark via gnucash-user < gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote: > Oct 20, 2023 09

Re: [GNC] Moving from Quicken

2024-01-07 Thread Fross, Michael
I would also add that the ability to download from your bank is VERY dependent on the bank's support of non-Quicken downloads. My banks, for example, no longer allow OFX (I'm in the US) downloads unless it's Quicken. The good news is you can test all of this out in parallel before you make your d

[GNC] GNUCash Finance Quote Error with YahooWeb

2024-01-08 Thread Fross, Michael
Hello. A few days ago I started to get the attached error when I attempted to download quotes with GNUCash with YahooWeb as a source. Running direct from the command line seems to work fine: "C:\Program Files (x86)\gnucash\bin\gnucash-cli.exe" --verbose -Q dump YahooWeb AAPL aapl: high =

Re: [GNC] Proposed change of "U+R" and "R" in the Import main matcher.

2019-08-06 Thread Fross, Michael
I agree as well. This was confusing to me when I started. I also think instead of putting a “Y” in the reconciled column in the register, I would put a “R”. Michael On Mon, Aug 5, 2019 at 9:46 PM Robin Chattopadhyay wrote: > +1 > > On Mon, Aug 5, 2019 at 7:53 PM David Cousens > wrote: > > >

Re: [GNC] GnuCash 3.6 online banking with Chase, NEWFILEUID bug

2019-09-24 Thread Fross, Michael
Hi Dave, Here are my quick notes on how I setup my Chase credit card download. Hope it helps. 1. Generated a Version 4 UUID here: 1. https://www.uuidgenerator.net/version4 2. Entered it in my user settings CLientUID field in the aqbanking wizard - without the dashes 3. Changed

[GNC] Scheduled Transaction Calculations

2019-11-01 Thread Fross, Michael
Hello all, I have a scheduled transaction that I pay monthly which is a fixed amount per day. I'd love to be able to have is automatically entrer based on the number of days per month. I pay on the 1st (or the first business day after that) so basically I'd like to use the following formula: Am

Re: [GNC] Scheduled Transaction Calculations

2019-11-01 Thread Fross, Michael
Thanks John. I'll give is a shot and report back. Michael On Fri, Nov 1, 2019 at 2:34 PM John Ralls wrote: > > > > On Nov 1, 2019, at 9:36 AM, Fross, Michael wrote: > > > > Hello all, > > > > I have a scheduled transaction that I pay monthly which is

Re: [GNC] Scheduled Transaction Calculations

2019-11-01 Thread Fross, Michael
(- (gnc:get-end-prev-month) (gnc:get-start-prev-month))) 86400) ) Thanks again for your help! Michael On Fri, Nov 1, 2019 at 3:25 PM Fross, Michael wrote: > Thanks John. I'll give is a shot and report back. > > Michael > > On Fri, Nov 1, 2019 at 2:34 PM John Ralls

[GNC] Reconcile on Import Quick Question

2020-04-28 Thread Fross, Michael
Hello everyone. I installed 3.902 this morning (after uninstalling the previous version) and had a quick question. I tend to download and import from my bank accounts every day. When I was doing so today, after the import, the reconcile dialog appeared. I only reconcile monthly when I get my st

Re: [GNC] Reconcile on Import Quick Question

2020-04-28 Thread Fross, Michael
ere should be an option to disable it. > I'll look into adding that if other devs agree. > Jean > > On 4/28/20 8:35 AM, Fross, Michael wrote: > > Hello everyone. I installed 3.902 this morning (after uninstalling the > > previous version) and had a quick question. I t

Re: [GNC] Asking again - Finance::Quote

2020-05-02 Thread Fross, Michael
Hello Randy, When last I installed it I had to make sure both the Strawberry\c\bin and the Strawberry\Perl\bin in my path. Maybe that will help? Michael On Sat, May 2, 2020 at 3:25 PM Randy Brachman wrote: > I asked for suggestions on this 9 days ago, but haven't gotten any. Anyone > have re

[GNC] AQ Banking Setup Wizard

2020-05-03 Thread Fross, Michael
Hello everyone, Running v3.902 on Windows 10 64bit here and have a question. When I select Tools | Online Banking Setup and click to "Start AqBanking Wizard" nothing happens. The dialog doesn't launch the way it had previously. I'm wondering if it's just me. Can anyone else reproduce this with

Re: [GNC] QIF file import still doesn't work with Gnucash 3.10

2020-05-06 Thread Fross, Michael
I have to keep importing the same QFX file over and over until I get “nothing to import” message. If I don’t, it seems to miss transactions in the file. Not sure about QIF, but Maybe it’s similar. Michael On Tue, May 5, 2020 at 10:53 PM Alan wrote: > Took the latest activity on one Chase credit

[GNC] v3.5 Save Times

2019-04-01 Thread Fross, Michael
Hello devs, Just wanted to say a big thank you for v3.5 I can't believe how fast my XML file saves with the new version. It was never that bad (~12 seconds on my SSD) but now it saves in just a few. Congrats on the release and all of the bug fixes and enhancements. Michael ___

Re: [GNC] Downgrading to 2.6.21

2019-04-06 Thread Fross, Michael
If you don't mind my asking, why are you downgrading? What have you found that you prefer in 2.6.21? Michael On Sat, Apr 6, 2019 at 1:26 PM Greg Feneis wrote: > Hi, > > I've done some work in 3.5 and I'm considering downgrading to 2.6.21. > > Can 2.6.21 work with the xml .gnucash file once it

Re: [GNC] Online price retrieval

2019-07-16 Thread Fross, Michael
Hello. I just had to reinstall strawberry Perl on windows 10. I just downloaded the 64 bit version and installed it. Then make sure both it’s perl/bin and the c/bin directories are in your path. I had to add the c/bin manually. Without it cpan was unable to build correctly. After I installed Date

Re: [GNC] Online price retrieval

2019-07-21 Thread Fross, Michael
Did you confirm that the following are in your path? I had a few issues until both were there. perl/bin is probably added during installation, but the c\bin entry was not for me. C:\Strawberry\c\bin C:\Strawberry\perl\bin If you are not certain what that means, go to Control Panel, System, Adva

Re: Announcement: GnuCash 2.6.18 Release 2017-09-24

2017-09-25 Thread Fross, Michael
I see the same here. My hotkey also does not bring up the "Get Transactions" window. Thanks all. On Mon, Sep 25, 2017 at 8:39 AM, Steve wrote: > Ok, after waking up this morning, I still find the usual option to go > online > and download transactions or the balance, absent. If I'm wrong, wou

Re: Announcement: GnuCash 2.6.18 Release 2017-09-24

2017-09-25 Thread Fross, Michael
That I can't verify :) I'm having the issues on the Windows build. I'm running Windows 10 Professional. Michael On Mon, Sep 25, 2017 at 10:04 AM, Steve wrote: > Thank you, my sanity and eyesight apparently are intact. > > > > -- > Sent from: http://gnucash.1415818.n4.nabble.com/GnuCash-User-f

Re: Respun 2.6.18 tarballs

2017-09-28 Thread Fross, Michael
Here here! Totally agree Ronal. John, Geert and the rest of the developers who donate so much of their time and expertise for the benefit of us all is very generous. Thank you. On Thu, Sep 28, 2017 at 10:20 AM, Ronal B Morse wrote: > John, it really isn't said often enough here...thank you fo

Re: F::Q 1.40 uploaded

2017-11-05 Thread Fross, Michael
Hello, I'm just trying this out now, but for windows, setting an environment variable is easy. In control panel, select "SYSTEM" then "Advanced System Settings" on the left. There is an environment variables button (poke that). Simply add a new environment variable as Erik mentions in the User

Re: Finance-Quote 1.42 released!

2017-11-06 Thread Fross, Michael
Thank you so much Erik. I had a lot of trouble getting 1.40 and 1.41 working on windows, but 1.42 worked without issue using Alphavantage. I appreciate you taking the time to help us (all all of the other users of F:Q) out. If anyone is having issues getting it working on Windows with Activatest

Re: Finance-Quote 1.42 released!

2017-11-06 Thread Fross, Michael
ok about 45 seconds to get all of the quotes. I hope that helps. Michael On Mon, Nov 6, 2017 at 2:40 PM, nvsoar wrote: > On 11/06/17 12:04, Fross, Michael wrote: > >> Thank you so much Erik. I had a lot of trouble getting 1.40 and 1.41 >> working on windows, but 1.42 worked wit

Re: Stock quotes working?

2017-11-08 Thread Fross, Michael
Hello David, Tons of conversation on this since Yahoo shutdown their service Check out the conversations from the last week. Erik and the Finance-quote guys have been really helpful. Michael On Nov 8, 2017 2:50 AM, "David Moriarty" wrote: > Are stock quotes broken as of this past weekend? I

Re: F::Q 1.40 uploaded

2017-11-09 Thread Fross, Michael
Hi Rosid, It's been working fine for me. What version of of F:Q are you using? I use Activestate Perl, so I can find the version with: *ppm query finance-quote* I did have to manually upgrade as Activestate is still on v1.38. Michael On Thu, Nov 9, 2017 at 10:28 AM, rosid wrote: > > >I'm j

Re: F::Q 1.40 uploaded

2017-11-09 Thread Fross, Michael
Hello. Happy to if it helps. I'm running Windows 10 latest version. *Checking my version of F:Q* D:\Users\Michael>ppm query finance-quote ┌───┬─┬─┬──┐ │ name │ version │ abstract │ area │ ├

Re: F::Q 1.40 uploaded

2017-11-09 Thread Fross, Michael
One mistake I made in my email was that I am running F:Q 1.45. I ran that command on another machine and not the one running GNUCash. My apologies for any confusion. Michael On Thu, Nov 9, 2017 at 4:14 PM, rosid wrote: > Michael Fross wrote > > Hello. Happy to if it helps. I'm running Windo

Re: gnc-fq-dump doesn't work for most sources

2017-11-13 Thread Fross, Michael
Hello, Did you update your securities in GNUCash to use Alphavantage instead of yahoo? I selected Other / Alphavantage in the securities editor. Hopefully it's as simple as that (although it can be tedious depending on how many you have.) Michael On Sun, Nov 12, 2017 at 9:43 PM, wrote: > I a

Check & Repair All

2017-11-19 Thread Fross, Michael
Hello everyone, I occasionally run Check & Repair all just to get a good feeling that everything is in good running order. Is this the right thing to do? I've never detected a problem and it has never provided any feedback of any kind. I thought I would see if I'm doing harm in any way and if t

Re: Finance-quote

2017-11-22 Thread Fross, Michael
Give Yahoo_JSON a shot. It's working for me and might be easier than setting up the Alphavantage API key (which also works well.) Michael On Wed, Nov 22, 2017 at 8:38 AM, Frank H. Ellenberger < frank.h.ellenber...@gmail.com> wrote: > Am 22.11.2017 um 15:12 schrieb Xavier LAROSE: > > Could you g

Re: Finance-quote

2017-11-23 Thread Fross, Michael
LAROSE > wrote: > >> How to set quotes source with Yahoo_Json ? >> -- >> Xavier >> >> Le 22 novembre 2017 à 16:21:05, Fross, Michael (mich...@fross.org) a >> écrit: >> >> Give Yahoo_JSON a shot. It's working for me and might be easier than

Re: New User to GnuCash

2017-12-14 Thread Fross, Michael
Hi Jack, I'm also a convert about a year ago to GNUCash. They are *all* real accounts. But if you are like me, your institutional accounts are not really in expenses where most of the category accounts lie. I have my traditional bank accounts in Assets (as well as brokerage accounts, home equit

Re: Alphavantage not an option in unknown online source list

2018-01-01 Thread Fross, Michael
While this doesn't answer your question, I switched to Alphavantage without issue, but then switched to yahoo_json as it's much faster. I assume it will go away at some point and I'll have to switch back to Alphavantage. I'm currently running on Windows and it's available in unknown sources so I'

Re: Alphavantage not an option in unknown online source list

2018-01-01 Thread Fross, Michael
rote: >> >>> Thanks Michael, yahoo_json does not show up in my unknown sources >>> either. I >>> wonder if that is related to my problem. >>> >>> On Mon, Jan 1, 2018 at 1:17 PM Fross, Michael wrote: >>> >>> > While this doesn't

Re: NUM Column Defaults

2018-01-12 Thread Fross, Michael
Thank you AC. I knew about 't' but did not realize next check number. That's handy. On Fri, Jan 12, 2018 at 10:47 AM, Jack Slater wrote: > AC Thanks! > I could have sworn I had done the "t" when first getting started - > obviously not! LOL and the "+" works great! Time saver. > Thanks again! >

Re: GnuCash Install Online Price Retrieval

2018-01-24 Thread Fross, Michael
Hello Bob, You're going to want to install perl. I use activeperl from activestate, but there are others that work. Ensure perl.exe is in your path. Should happen during install, but just check. Running 'perl -V' from the command line should tell you if it's found. Secondly, you'll want to r

Re: Themes

2018-02-02 Thread Fross, Michael
Hello Edwin, One way to remove any custom theme and get back to default is to remove the .gtkrc-2.0 file in your home directory (which is probably *C:\users\YourUserName* directory. To change your theme, run the program (assuming you installed in the default location): *c:\program files (x86)\gn

Register Color Tweak

2018-02-06 Thread Fross, Michael
Hello everyone, I've been having some fun playing with the register colors, trying to get something I like a bit better than the default. Following the guide in the Wiki it was fairly easy. However, I'm hitting my head against one item. For some reason, the selected row's font color is white.

Re: Installation

2018-02-12 Thread Fross, Michael
Hello, I believe that simply having a different (configurable) directory for backups would ease the confusion of a lot of new users (and lessen the time spend answering those question.) While probably not the best long term solution (especially when we get to a database backend,) I bet it's a fai

Re: variable scheduled date

2018-02-23 Thread Fross, Michael
Hello Jean-David, I believe this can be done in the scheduled transaction editor. Select frequency to monthly, every 1 month. Then choose "on the 2nd Wed" Michael On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 9:43 AM, Jean-David Beyer wrote: > On 02/22/2018 11:35 PM, AZardoz wrote: > > First time on the forum. M

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