[GNC] Upgrade to V4.5

2021-04-09 Thread Peter Williamson
I have a very basic question; it reflects my computing level. I am currently using Gnucash V4.4 on a Windows 10 computer and want to upgrade to the latest version on the same computer. I have read the upgrade information on Nabble but was unable to decide whether the best method is to just

[GNC] CPAs: Your opinion about Equity account in other currencies than the domestic

2021-04-09 Thread Frank H. Ellenberger
Hi all, IIRC having equity account in something else than the domestic (book) currency is discouraged. Can some experts (CPA etc.) explain the details? I see currently only a pragmatical use case: While I create my inventory I record only the number of shares as a reminder and later, after

Re: [GNC] Tracking Precious Metals

2021-04-09 Thread Kevin Reid
On Fri, Apr 9, 2021 at 4:33 PM Jack Frillman via gnucash-user < gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote: > Then how do you set it up since silver or gold doesn't have ticker symbol? > In GnuCash, choose “Currency” as the “Type” (in account setup) or "Namespace" (in the price editor), and “XAG" (silver)

Re: [GNC] Tracking Precious Metals

2021-04-09 Thread Jack Frillman via gnucash-user
Then how do you set it up since silver or gold doesn't have ticker symbol? On 4/9/21 4:47 PM, John Ralls wrote: On Apr 9, 2021, at 1:36 PM, Jack Frillman via gnucash-user wrote: What's the best way of tracking the value of your silver and gold holdings in GNUCash? I guess I would have a

Re: [GNC] Help with Gnucash 4.5 installation problem

2021-04-09 Thread John Ralls
> On Apr 8, 2021, at 3:22 AM, David Jaggar wrote: > > Hello to Whom this concerns: > I just installed Gnucash 4.5 (latest) on my Windows 10 computer. However, > it does not show up in the start menu and list of Windows installed > programmes. I have restarted the computer and reinstalled

Re: [GNC] Help with Gnucash 4.5 installation problem

2021-04-09 Thread David Carlson
Did you accept all the defaults presented by the installer? On Fri, Apr 9, 2021, 3:58 PM David Jaggar wrote: > Hello to Whom this concerns: > I just installed Gnucash 4.5 (latest) on my Windows 10 computer. However, > it does not show up in the start menu and list of Windows installed >

[GNC] Help with Gnucash 4.5 installation problem

2021-04-09 Thread David Jaggar
Hello to Whom this concerns: I just installed Gnucash 4.5 (latest) on my Windows 10 computer. However, it does not show up in the start menu and list of Windows installed programmes. I have restarted the computer and reinstalled several times but still cannot see Gnucash in the list of software

Re: [GNC] Tracking Precious Metals

2021-04-09 Thread John Ralls
> On Apr 9, 2021, at 1:36 PM, Jack Frillman via gnucash-user > wrote: > > > What's the best way of tracking the value of your silver and gold holdings in > GNUCash? > > I guess I would have a Asset account but what do you when the process of an > oz. varies like a stock does? You treat

[GNC] Tracking Precious Metals

2021-04-09 Thread Jack Frillman via gnucash-user
What's the best way of tracking the value of your silver and gold holdings in GNUCash? I guess I would have a Asset account but what do you when the process of an oz. varies like a stock does? -- Old Unix programmers never die, they just mv to /dev/null - Anonymous

Re: [GNC] Proper way to record receiving a commission check

2021-04-09 Thread Glenn Fowler
Hi Rick, What about setting it up as a scheduled transaction and then it's automatic? On Fri, Apr 9, 2021 at 1:02 PM Rick Mobley wrote: > What is the "GnuCash" way of properly recording what will be a monthly > commission check that I will be receiving. > > > > Rick > > > >

Re: [GNC] asset discrepancy in change of year

2021-04-09 Thread John Ralls
> On Apr 9, 2021, at 9:37 AM, Andrea Borgia wrote: > > Il giorno dom 28 mar 2021 alle ore 03:04 Christopher Lam < > christopher@gmail.com> ha scritto: > > >> >> There is some discussion in an unusually detailed bug report >> https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=797796 -- this

[GNC] Proper way to record receiving a commission check

2021-04-09 Thread Rick Mobley
What is the "GnuCash" way of properly recording what will be a monthly commission check that I will be receiving. Rick ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe:

Re: [GNC] asset discrepancy in change of year

2021-04-09 Thread Andrea Borgia
Il giorno dom 28 mar 2021 alle ore 03:04 Christopher Lam < christopher@gmail.com> ha scritto: > > There is some discussion in an unusually detailed bug report > https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=797796 -- this originates in > GnuCash's transaction currency being permitted to be any

Re: [GNC] Autofill Oddity

2021-04-09 Thread D. via gnucash-user
Thanks everyone. So it would appear that the new Type ahead (I am using the appropriate terminology here) code has an initialization problem that numerous users have observed. I have submitted bug 798162 to document this. David T. Original Message From: Evelyn Yamanaka

Re: [GNC] Ghost Equity Accounts

2021-04-09 Thread D. via gnucash-user
Frank, Thank you for an explanation. I have tested your advice and found it wanting. Here are my observations after a morning of tests: * The new code creates a new equity account whenever the new account has a different currency/commodity than the base currency of the book regardless of

Re: [GNC] Hand-over on Succession or Short Term Absence

2021-04-09 Thread Michael Hendry
> On 9 Apr 2021, at 14:27, Michael or Penny Novack > wrote: > > On 4/9/2021 8:34 AM, D. via gnucash-user wrote: >> I'll jump in just to say > > Computers do not know who owns them. > > That means that what you need to do to transfer to another person's computer > is in no way different from

Re: [GNC] Hand-over on Succession or Short Term Absence

2021-04-09 Thread Michael Hendry
> On 9 Apr 2021, at 13:34, D. wrote: > > I'll jump in just to say that it is perfectly fine to copy and paste saved > report configurations into and out of saved-reports-2.8. For a while, I had a > strange problem where my reports file kept being truncated, and I had to copy > in my reports

Re: [GNC] Hand-over on Succession or Short Term Absence

2021-04-09 Thread Michael Hendry
> > Hi Michael, > > Yes, the base template id's shouldn't change in future gnucash versions. Once > a report template gets an id (assigned by the developer that creates this > report template) it will be fixed. This is not dependent on your installation > or your accounting data. The only

Re: [GNC] Hand-over on Succession or Short Term Absence

2021-04-09 Thread Michael or Penny Novack
On 4/9/2021 8:34 AM, D. via gnucash-user wrote: I'll jump in just to say Computers do not know who owns them. That means that what you need to do to transfer to another person's computer is in no way different from transferring to another computer that you yourself own.  So this is NOT a

Re: [GNC] Hand-over on Succession or Short Term Absence

2021-04-09 Thread D. via gnucash-user
I'll jump in just to say that it is perfectly fine to copy and paste saved report configurations into and out of saved-reports-2.8. For a while, I had a strange problem where my reports file kept being truncated, and I had to copy in my reports numerous times. I've also heard of a user who

Re: [GNC] Hand-over on Succession or Short Term Absence

2021-04-09 Thread Geert Janssens
Op vrijdag 9 april 2021 09:32:40 CEST schreef Michael Hendry: > > On 9 Apr 2021, at 08:15, Geert Janssens > > wrote: > > > > Hi Michael, > > > > That should work. > > > > There is one pitfall with the way saved report configurations are handled > > in gnucash, but that is in general and not

Re: [GNC] Hand-over on Succession or Short Term Absence

2021-04-09 Thread Michael Hendry
> On 9 Apr 2021, at 09:57, David Cousens wrote: > > Michael > I have to confess I don't know if you can edit the saved-reports-2.8 file. > As it is a text file, it should be OK. I would keep a copy of the original > just in case. It may be worth taking a good look at the first and last >

Re: [GNC] Hand-over on Succession or Short Term Absence

2021-04-09 Thread David Cousens
Michael I have to confess I don't know if you can edit the saved-reports-2.8 file. As it is a text file, it should be OK. I would keep a copy of the original just in case. It may be worth taking a good look at the first and last entries so you can establish the formatting. That looks like it

Re: [GNC] Autofill Oddity

2021-04-09 Thread Evelyn Yamanaka
This has been happening to me as well since 4.4. It seems input is still being read by GnuCash, but any response to the input (e.g. updating the transfer account list or even echoing the characters typed) is being blocked. I've found that pressing tab to move to the next field, then pressing

Re: [GNC] Hand-over on Succession or Short Term Absence

2021-04-09 Thread Michael Hendry
> On 9 Apr 2021, at 08:15, Geert Janssens wrote: > > Hi Michael, > > That should work. > > There is one pitfall with the way saved report configurations are handled in > gnucash, but that is in general and not specific to your situation: saved > rerport configurations are shared by all

Re: [GNC] Hand-over on Succession or Short Term Absence

2021-04-09 Thread Geert Janssens
Hi Michael, That should work. There is one pitfall with the way saved report configurations are handled in gnucash, but that is in general and not specific to your situation: saved rerport configurations are shared by all your books even though their configuration details may only make

Re: [GNC] Hand-over on Succession or Short Term Absence

2021-04-09 Thread Michael Hendry
> On 8 Apr 2021, at 21:28, David Cousens wrote: > > Michael, > > The location of the saved reports files is OS dependent. Full infor on the > location sis given at https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Configuration_Locations > although it takes a bit of sorting through but I think the saved reports >