Re: [GNC] Switching to trading accounts in existing database

2021-01-22 Thread Christoph R
Hi Mike, Lukas, I am using trading accounts since multiple years and can confirm that the UI can be pretty cumbersome. I got used to it. Besides the regular problems in getting the transactions straight it works pretty well Cheers, Christoph > Am 22.01.2021 um 06:13 schrieb Mike Alexander : >

Re: [GNC] Online action "Get Transactions" not available for this account

2020-09-18 Thread Christoph R
Hi, this happens to me sometimes too. A restart of Gnucash normally solves it. I did not figure out the circumstances yet. Cheers, Christoph > Am 17.09.2020 um 21:37 schrieb a b : > > PS: hbci is activated, just checked with the bank's online banking page. > > PPS: Running Gnucash via

Re: [GNC] multiple currencies in one transaction

2019-08-21 Thread Christoph R
Hi Mike, > It seems to me that the simplest solution, and one that might work reasonably > well, is to make it possible (via a view option) to switch any register into > the format used for non-currency registers where there are separate columns > for shares, price, and value for each split.

Re: [GNC] Concern with the lengthy list of "Known Issues"

2019-07-22 Thread Christoph R
Hi, I am using gnucash since 2004 for multiple accounts and have my whole personal history since then in one file. I am running gnucash on MacOs in German which is somewhat special and the only dev for MacOs is John. Thanks to him for all the work putting he is putting in! I was a pretty happy

[GNC] Should the CSV Importer obey with the "automatic digital point" setting?

2019-01-08 Thread Christoph R
Hi, currently the CSV importer obeys with the “automatic digital point” setting in Preferences->General. IMO this should be changed. The above setting is a convenience for manual input. But csv files are normally generated automatically and often do not include a point for whole figures. In

Re: [GNC] Backspace key stops working

2018-12-30 Thread Christoph R
ork. So far the developers > cannot replicate the problem. A "Same here" comment does not help with > diagnosing the problem. > > David C > > On Sun, Dec 30, 2018 at 2:09 AM Christoph R <mailto:subscriptions%2blis...@rohland.net>> wrote: > Same here

Re: [GNC] Backspace key stops working

2018-12-30 Thread Christoph R
Same here Gruß, Christoph > Am 30.12.2018 um 04:49 schrieb Bruce Lang : > > Me too > > Issue is when I enter a new transaction. It auto-fills the previous similar > transaction which is what I want but when I go to edit the details - > let's say I want to change a word using

Re: [GNC] Launching on Mac (was Repeatable Mac crash)

2018-10-05 Thread Christoph R
> On Wed, Oct 3, 2018 at 8:01 PM John Ralls > <mailto:jra...@ceridwen.us>> wrote: >> Christoph, >> >> Indeed that would be confusing. >> >> Regards, >> John Ralls >> >> >> > On Oct 3, 2018, at 11:46 AM, Christoph R > >

Re: [GNC] Repeatable Mac crash

2018-10-01 Thread Christoph R
Hi John, reading this I instantly created an Automator Shell Script which opens with “—nofile” when double clicked and with the file when I drop a file on it. After changing the file information too I can now double click on a .gnucash file to open it. What’s the reason that we cannot

Re: [GNC] re-adding billable expenses to an invoice

2018-09-11 Thread Christoph R
> I THOUGHT the query was created every time, but it's possible the query > only includes the chargeback items before it is posted the first time. > If you've posted and then unposted the invoice, it's certainly possible > the logic will not include new chargebacks. Adding chargebacks to an

Re: [GNC] File Format Documentation (Bug 777893)

2018-08-16 Thread Christoph R
> Am 16.08.2018 um 17:06 schrieb Derek Atkins : > > A user shouldn't really care whether a gnucash datafile is XML or SQLite -- > it should just work. Exactly! The internal data format does not matter to the user. The handling within and outside of Gnucash does. Gruß, Christoph

Re: [GNC] Billing employee expenses back to a customer

2018-06-09 Thread Christoph R
Hi Matthew, You need to first press the button “Edit Invoice”. Then you can change the customer. Cheers, Christoph > Am 09.06.2018 um 02:41 schrieb Matthew Pounsett : > > I'm entering an employee expense voucher that includes some receipts that > are billable back to a customer. If I'm

Re: Register Font Size in Version 3

2018-04-07 Thread Christoph R
Hi George and others, I finally found the time to address this for myself. Creating ~/Library/Application Support/Gnucash/gtk-3.0.css with this content: * { font: 14px arial, sans-serif; } did all I needed. Cheers, Christoph > Am 05.04.2018 um 00:23 schrieb GEORGE HAMMOND

Re: "Unrealized Losses" in Trial Balance Report

2018-03-23 Thread Christoph R
Hi Richard, > Adrien asked if I have Trading Accounts enabled. I didn't know about this > feature, and I see that I have it turned off. I turned it on and re-generated > my Trial Balance, but I didn't see any difference. You need to run “Actions -> Check & Repair -> Check & Repair All” to add

Re: Online Transactions - Sender Not Found

2018-03-13 Thread Christoph R
Hi Evan, I do not use OFX but the HBCI backend of aqbanking. When my bank changes the certificate Gnucash starts to ask for verification for the new certificate. But it does not store the answer. Calling aqbanking from the command line like "aqbanking-cli request —balance” asks to verify the

Re: Trading Accounts

2018-02-11 Thread Christoph R
And run “Actions -> Check & Repair -> Check & Repair All” to add the needed splits to existing transactions. Gruß, Christoph > Am 12.02.2018 um 01:27 schrieb David Carlson : > > I think that if you want to stop using trading account s it is difficult to > turn them

Re: can i use to handle VAT?

2018-02-05 Thread Christoph R
And I use it for German VAT. Gruß, Christoph > Am 04.02.2018 um 11:25 schrieb Maf. King : > > On Saturday, 3 February 2018 19:12:30 GMT Joanna Howells wrote: >> I am new to accounting software so just wanted to know if gnucash >> handles VAT? I may be asking a daft question,

Re: Validation of OFX TLS Certificates?

2018-01-15 Thread Christoph R
Hi Jeff, I do not think that aqbanking checks against the system certificates. But you should have to accept a certificate only once. BUT when called directly from Gnucash aqbanking this does not work. It only remembers the certificate when called from the the command line e.g. with

Re: Read only transactions

2018-01-14 Thread Christoph R
Maybe you have set the day limit in the books options? “File-> Options”.. Cheers, Christoph > Am 13.01.2018 um 17:51 schrieb Cliff McDiarmid : > >> Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2018 at 7:21 PM > >> From: "Cliff McDiarmid" >> To:

Re: GL Accounts

2017-12-10 Thread Christoph R
Hi Caleb, all outstanding payments and receivables are collected in the A/R and A/P accounts. You distribute your income and expenses in the invoices and bills to the Income and Expense accounts. You should see the A/R and A/P accounts as transitory payment accounts for the business

Re: Interesting Discovery in my accounts

2017-12-03 Thread Christoph R
Hi Jay, you must have (accidentally?) changed a transaction dated from 2014 after closing the books. Gruß, Christoph > Am 02.12.2017 um 23:01 schrieb Jay Ridgley : > > Good Afternoon, > I just discovered that in 2014 a number of my expense accounts were not >

Re: MacOS Sierra - Upgrade Problems

2017-11-28 Thread Christoph R
Hi Fiona, upgrade to the latest version (2.6.18) from http://www.gnucash.org Cheers, Christoph > Am 28.11.2017 um 16:10 schrieb Fiona Vella : > > Hello all, > > I recently upgraded to MacOS High Sierra and now the Gnucash application > will no longer open. Have others

Re: Gncash 2.6.17 crash on Mac Os High Sierra 10.13.Beta

2017-11-28 Thread Christoph R
Use the current release (2.6.18). It is out there Cheers, Christoph > Am 28.11.2017 um 10:23 schrieb Alexis Lucena : > > The simplest solution until the next release is to copy > /usr/lib/libz.1.dylib into Gnucash.app/Contents/Resources/lib. You might > want to move

Re: 2.6.3 > 2.6.18?

2017-11-21 Thread Christoph R
Dear Sean, 2.6.18 has a higher version number than 2.6.3 (18 > 3!). And yes, you will need 2.6.18 to run gnucash on High Sierra. Cheers, Christoph > Am 21.11.2017 um 19:04 schrieb Sean Perlmutter : > > Hi GnuCashers, > > New to the list and a rook when it comes to

Re: Mac OS accelerator keys

2017-09-13 Thread Christoph R
Hi Deva, did you remove the semicolon at the start of the line? The semicolon is the comment character which will make Gnucash ignore the line. Cheers, Christoph > Am 13.09.2017 um 07:44 schrieb Deva - : > > Thank you for the response John. > > It was nice to know some

Re: Flash Drive

2017-07-17 Thread Christoph R
Hi John, even if you gave up on the topic I would like to point you to: https://portableapps.com/de/apps/office/gnucash_portable . I did not use it for a while but it worked for me nicely with an older version. Cheers, Christoph > Am