Re: [GNC] Adding an exchange to the list of exchanges

2018-12-31 Thread David Cousens
Solved my own problem Tools->Price Editor Hit ADD button Type ASX in the textbox for Type: fill in the other details. This can't be done from the New Account dialog for an account of Type Stock however. The commodity has to be created first in the Price editor. David Cousens - David

Re: [GNC] Tutorial for moving stock between accounts?

2018-12-31 Thread David Carlson
Now I see that I was also confused by the way that G Mail was showing this thread on my screen. David Cousens' original answer was correct but it was hidden from my view. The process is essentially the same either way, the only difference being that for an 'in kind' transfer the sale and

Re: [GNC] Tutorial for moving stock between accounts?

2018-12-31 Thread David Carlson
Now David Cousens, you are confusing me. If you are referring to re-writing the original purchase transaction to correct an error, and the cash that is also transferred in that transaction is also corrected to the new brokerage account, then I agree with you. If, however, this is a new

Re: [GNC] Adding an exchange to the list of exchanges

2018-12-31 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
I am not at my computer to verify, but I understand that this field is a simple text field with a combo box drop down based on prior entries.  In other words, you can type your own entry into the field.  David T. On Tue, Jan 1, 2019 at 8:50, David Cousens wrote: Hi, GnuCash v 3.4. I am

Re: [GNC] Tutorial for moving stock between accounts?

2018-12-31 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
Jon,  David C. makes one suggestion. I would ask whether the destination account is also denominated in the selected stock. If not, then gnucash will convert between different commodities (e.g., between shares of stock and USD). David T. On Tue, Jan 1, 2019 at 7:46, Jon Leech wrote:

[GNC] Adding an exchange to the list of exchanges

2018-12-31 Thread David Cousens
Hi, GnuCash v 3.4. I am trying to add a stock account for shares traded on the ASX from the Select Security dialog in the New Account dialog. ASX does not appear in the list of exchanges. Is it possible to add exchanges to the list? If so how and where? I have tried using the Price editor but

Re: [GNC] Tutorial for moving stock between accounts?

2018-12-31 Thread David Cousens
Jon, Sorry for the overkill Jon. In that case it is fairly simple. If you open the transaction in the account register they are in then edit the account entry split which debits them to that account and just select the new account you want to move them to in the drop down list. If you click on

Re: [GNC] Tutorial for moving stock between accounts?

2018-12-31 Thread Jon Leech
David Cousens wrote: > It is not very clear what situation you are dealing with. One would not > usually move stock from one account to another as such. Their purchase or > sale would normally be recorded in an Asset:Invetment account of type Stock. > What you are recording is the exchange of

Re: [GNC] TXF export failure with 3.3 and 3.4

2018-12-31 Thread Christopher Lam
Try digging into Gnucash.app and find taxtxf.scm Then find "!0,2f" in line 590 and replace it with "~0,2f" On 1/1/19 3:40 am, Tim Quinn wrote: I’m on a Mac with High Sierra. Using either GnuCash 3.4+ (downloaded 30 Dec 2018) or 3.3 trying to export the tax report in TXF format crashes

Re: [GNC] Location of GnuCash data files

2018-12-31 Thread nvsoar
FWIW - for Windows systems there is light weight, free, fast file and folder locator called 'Everything'; available at void tools.com. (Quite impressive with respect to windows search.) nvsoar On 12/31/18 13:26, Adrien Monteleone wrote: That’s an easy go-to method for nearly any application.

Re: [GNC] Location of GnuCash data files

2018-12-31 Thread David Carlson
The thread GNCupdating advice seems to have answers that could apply to this thread. Adding to both: In the release 2.6.xx family, a simple method to find the last used data file is to start the File > Save as process and see where GnuCash wants to put the new file. Then cancel before actually

[GNC] TXF export failure with 3.3 and 3.4

2018-12-31 Thread Tim Quinn
I’m on a Mac with High Sierra. Using either GnuCash 3.4+ (downloaded 30 Dec 2018) or 3.3 trying to export the tax report in TXF format crashes GnuCash. The debugger output is below. Is anyone else seeing anything similar? I have not seen anything on the mailing list or in the bug database.

Re: [GNC] Location of GnuCash data files

2018-12-31 Thread Adrien Monteleone
It should probably be filed in Bugzilla, but I think it might already be there. I seem to recall asking this question myself some months ago after a thread about user confusion over these files. I unfortunately can’t find the thread and don’t remember the exact final point, but I do remember

[GNC] Windows finance::quote does not work

2018-12-31 Thread ditch444
Hi, I installed gnucash 3.3, 64 bit on my Win 10 computer. It starts up fine. I ran "Install online price retrieval for gnucash" from the start menu. After about an hour, it claims Strawberry perl was not installed and could not find it. Apparently, the PATH variable was not updated with the

Re: [GNC] *.deb package for GnuCash 3.4 Released

2018-12-31 Thread Stephen M. Butler
On 12/31/18 9:55 AM, Tim Kallmer wrote: >> the .deb package did not work for me on Ubuntu 18.10 >> I believe Colin had to install libboost to get it to work on his 18.10. This feedback is good as it shows me that checkinstall probably isn't the way to do this. -- Stephen M Butler, PMP, PSM

Re: [GNC] Location of GnuCash data files

2018-12-31 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
Been done.   https://gnucash.uservoice.com/forums/101223-feature-request/suggestions/1470507-configuration-option-for-backup-location On Mon, Dec 31, 2018 at 23:18, Stephen M. Butler wrote: On 12/31/18 9:29 AM, Stan Brown wrote: > Under "Uddating advice", I believe Finbar Mahon wrote: >

Re: [GNC] *.deb package for GnuCash 3.4 Released

2018-12-31 Thread Tim Kallmer
> > the .deb package did not work for me on Ubuntu 18.10 > ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble

Re: [GNC] Location of GnuCash data files

2018-12-31 Thread Stephen M. Butler
On 12/31/18 9:29 AM, Stan Brown wrote: > Under "Uddating advice", I believe Finbar Mahon wrote: > >> On reading it I see that what is missing is how to find where the >> gnucash file is saved. The problem is that where it is was specified >> by yourself when you first saved your accounts file.

Re: [GNC] *.deb package for GnuCash 3.4 Released

2018-12-31 Thread Les
Thanks to both Steve and Colin for replies. I think I will try the .deb on my test system before installing on my production machine. I will provide feedback for both cases. Les On 12/31/18 11:27 AM, Colin Law wrote: On Mon, 31 Dec 2018 at 13:57, Les wrote: Thanks for the great work

[GNC] Location of GnuCash data files

2018-12-31 Thread Stan Brown
Under "Uddating advice", I believe Finbar Mahon wrote: > On reading it I see that what is missing is how to find where the > gnucash file is saved. The problem is that where it is was specified > by yourself when you first saved your accounts file. Just as it is if > you save a word processor

Re: [GNC] *.deb package for GnuCash 3.4 Released

2018-12-31 Thread Colin Law
On Mon, 31 Dec 2018 at 13:57, Les wrote: > > Thanks for the great work Steve. > > I am currently using Linux Mint 18.2 and GC 2.6.17. I am wondering if > this .deb will run on my system, or will I have to update Linux MInt to > 19.0? There shouldn't be any danger trying it, though obviously

Re: [GNC] *.deb package for GnuCash 3.4 Released

2018-12-31 Thread Stephen M. Butler
On 12/31/18 5:54 AM, Les wrote: > Thanks for the great work Steve. > > I am currently using Linux Mint 18.2 and GC 2.6.17.  I am wondering if > this .deb will run on my system, or will I have to update Linux MInt > to 19.0? > > Thanks > > Les I think we are in exploration mode at this point. 

Re: [GNC] [GNC-dev] *.deb package for GnuCash 3.4 Released

2018-12-31 Thread Stephen M. Butler
On 12/31/18 2:17 AM, Colin Law wrote: > On Mon, 31 Dec 2018 at 10:06, Colin Law wrote: >> On Sun, 30 Dec 2018 at 20:33, Stephen M. Butler wrote: >>> For those interested in a deb file but not willing to compile yourself: >>> https://drive.google.com/open?id=172BMIvLgD7twcGEWkR5GcddoZ_A4QWfY -->

Re: [GNC] Updating advice

2018-12-31 Thread Geert Janssens
Op maandag 31 december 2018 15:44:46 CET schreef Fred Bone: > On Monday, December 31, 2018 at 12:31, Geert Janssens said: > > [...] > > > Another way to figure out where your current data file is stored: > > * Open GnuCash > > * Click on the File menu > > * You will see a list of last-used files

Re: [GNC] Updating advice

2018-12-31 Thread Fred Bone
On Monday, December 31, 2018 at 12:31, Geert Janssens said: [...] > Another way to figure out where your current data file is stored: > * Open GnuCash > * Click on the File menu > * You will see a list of last-used files between the "Properties" and the > "Close" menu items * Hover with your

Re: [GNC] *.deb package for GnuCash 3.4 Released

2018-12-31 Thread Les
Thanks for the great work Steve. I am currently using Linux Mint 18.2 and GC 2.6.17.  I am wondering if this .deb will run on my system, or will I have to update Linux MInt to 19.0? Thanks Les On 12/30/18 2:25 PM, Stephen M. Butler wrote: For those interested in a deb file but not willing

Re: [GNC] Fractional prices

2018-12-31 Thread Walt Mankowski
On Sun, Dec 30, 2018 at 09:25:58PM -0800, John Ralls wrote: > > > > On Dec 30, 2018, at 4:37 PM, Walt Mankowski wrote: > > > > On Sat, Jul 21, 2018 at 06:37:56AM -0700, John Ralls wrote: > >> > >> > >>> On Jul 20, 2018, at 11:35 AM, David Jordan > >>> wrote: > >>> > >>> Hi. I have just

Re: [GNC] Updating advice

2018-12-31 Thread Colin Law
On Mon, 31 Dec 2018 at 11:31, Geert Janssens wrote: > > Another way to figure out where your current data file is stored: > * Open GnuCash > * Click on the File menu > * You will see a list of last-used files between the "Properties" and the > "Close" menu items > * Hover with your mouse pointer

Re: [GNC] Updating advice

2018-12-31 Thread Geert Janssens
Op maandag 31 december 2018 11:00:58 CET schreef Colin Law: > On Mon, 31 Dec 2018 at 09:50, Finbar Mahon wrote: > > Sorry, I'm afraid you are dealing with a neophyte here. > > > > I read the wiki, and I looked for the data files but didn't find > > anything that looked like

Re: [GNC] [GNC-dev] *.deb package for GnuCash 3.4 Released

2018-12-31 Thread Colin Law
On Mon, 31 Dec 2018 at 10:06, Colin Law wrote: > > On Sun, 30 Dec 2018 at 20:33, Stephen M. Butler wrote: > > > > For those interested in a deb file but not willing to compile yourself: > > https://drive.google.com/open?id=172BMIvLgD7twcGEWkR5GcddoZ_A4QWfY --> > > gnucash_3.4-0-1_amd64.deb > > I

Re: [GNC] [GNC-dev] *.deb package for GnuCash 3.4 Released

2018-12-31 Thread Colin Law
On Sun, 30 Dec 2018 at 20:33, Stephen M. Butler wrote: > > For those interested in a deb file but not willing to compile yourself: > https://drive.google.com/open?id=172BMIvLgD7twcGEWkR5GcddoZ_A4QWfY --> > gnucash_3.4-0-1_amd64.deb I am trying this on Ubuntu 18.10 and when running it I get error

Re: [GNC] Updating advice

2018-12-31 Thread Colin Law
On Mon, 31 Dec 2018 at 09:50, Finbar Mahon wrote: > > Sorry, I'm afraid you are dealing with a neophyte here. > > I read the wiki, and I looked for the data files but didn't find > anything that looked like 'gnucash.20140131150812.gnucash.' On reading it I see that what is missing is how to find

Re: [GNC] Updating advice

2018-12-31 Thread Finbar Mahon
Sorry, I'm afraid you are dealing with a neophyte here. I read the wiki, and I looked for the data files but didn't find anything that looked like 'gnucash.20140131150812.gnucash.' I recall having seen on here various discussions on backing up - is there a place where I could find a set of

Re: [GNC] Tutorial for moving stock between accounts?

2018-12-31 Thread David Cousens
Jon, It is not very clear what situation you are dealing with. One would not usually move stock from one account to another as such. Their purchase or sale would normally be recorded in an Asset:Invetment account of type Stock. What you are recording is the exchange of money to or from your bank