Re: [GNC] Recording transactions (date)

2024-04-09 Thread Gyle McCollam
o:gmccol...@gyleshomes.com> email From: gnucash-user on behalf of Kalpesh Patel Sent: Tuesday, April 9, 2024 1:06 PM To: 'R Losey' Cc: gnucash-user@gnucash.org Subject: Re: [GNC] Recording transactions (date) In the end, monies is what is “float”. That

Re: [GNC] Recording transactions (date)

2024-04-09 Thread Kalpesh Patel
would think that this “floats” would be a liability account… From: R Losey Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2024 12:44 PM To: Kalpesh Patel Cc: gnucash-user@gnucash.org Subject: Re: [GNC] Recording transactions (date) I thought "floating a check" means that one issues a chec

Re: [GNC] Recording transactions (date)

2024-04-09 Thread R Losey
On Tue, Apr 9, 2024 at 8:42 AM Stan Brown (using GC 4.14) < stan...@fastmail.fm> wrote: > On 2024-04-09 01:19, David Carlson wrote: > > Nearly every time [the bank's] list doesn't match my list, the > > difference is precisely the difference between when I wrote the check or > > when I initiated

Re: [GNC] Recording transactions (date)

2024-04-09 Thread R Losey
> > From: gnucash-user on > behalf of David Carlson > Sent: Tuesday, April 9, 2024 4:19 AM > To: adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net > Cc: gnucash-u...@lists.gnucash.org > Subject: Re: [GNC] Recording transactions (date) > > I decided to report h

Re: [GNC] Recording transactions (date)

2024-04-09 Thread R Losey
, April 08, 2024 6:50 PM > To: gnucash-user@gnucash.org > Subject: Re: [GNC] Recording transactions (date) > > On Mon, 8 Apr 2024 17:11:37 -0500 > R Losey wrote: > > > Since I first learned about recording transactions, I have always > > dated a transaction on the

Re: [GNC] Recording transactions (date)

2024-04-09 Thread R Losey
Noted, and thanks for the information. On Tue, Apr 9, 2024 at 3:20 AM David Carlson wrote: > I decided to report here why I think it is "ok" to import the transaction > list from a bank and to accept their "Posted Dates." When I perform the > import operation I am using that tool to reconcile

Re: [GNC] Recording transactions (date)

2024-04-09 Thread R Losey
Thank you! I feel validated for doing it the same way! I, too, think that doing it differently would lead to confusion. However, when paying invoices, I use the date I paid the invoice; if I were sending invoices, I'd use the date I send them. On Tue, Apr 9, 2024 at 2:34 AM G R Hewitt wrote:

Re: [GNC] Recording transactions (date)

2024-04-09 Thread R Losey
I agree with everything you said... but consider the case when one does not keep receipts and the only information one has is the bank statement and credit card statement wouldn't that drive one to HAVE to enter from the bank data? Or suppose one is trying to keep books for a recently widowed

Re: [GNC] Recording transactions (date)

2024-04-09 Thread R Losey
Thanks for the pointer; now that I have a phrase for which to search, maybe I'll find some better information. I've always dated transactions on the day I write the check, or when I swipe the credit card, so waiting until they clear seems odd to me. On Mon, Apr 8, 2024 at 8:11 PM Christopher Lam

Re: [GNC] Recording transactions (date)

2024-04-09 Thread R Losey
On Mon, Apr 8, 2024 at 5:51 PM Liz wrote: > On Mon, 8 Apr 2024 17:11:37 -0500 > R Losey wrote: > > > Since I first learned about recording transactions, I have always > > dated a transaction on the date I wrote the check; similarly, when > > entering credit card transactions, I use the date

Re: [GNC] Recording transactions (date)

2024-04-09 Thread Michael or Penny Novack
That's not the difference. I understand you are using the credit card as a "30 day net" account with each vendor (I also do that) but for accounting purposes it's not the same as if each vendor were giving you a 30 day net invoice (and the bank just bundling these for a single payment of all

Re: [GNC] I'm looking at installing GnuCash but has a couple of questions first

2024-04-09 Thread david amaral via gnucash-user
For anyone wanting to access gnucash or any app on a windows systemlook at teamviewer. lets you set up computer and laptops to access all your aps remotely On Monday, April 8, 2024 at 10:05:34 PM GMT-7, Robert Dew wrote: I have a a number of small, separate, but interconnected

Re: [GNC] Recording transactions (date)

2024-04-09 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
On 2024-04-09 05:25, Kalpesh Patel wrote: > In the states, isn't that what is called "floats"? > > -Original Message- > From: Liz > Sent: Monday, April 08, 2024 6:50 PM > I think it is a philosophical difference. > There are legal ramifications, especially when you are spending money. >

Re: [GNC] Accounts Receivable: How do I handle a Tip?

2024-04-09 Thread Mark at Lorimark
I 'unpost' the invoices and edit for a new line containing 'tip' and post that to a different income account (cuz I like to count my tips) re-post the invoice, and pay it. It bothered me too until I asked around and then I got over it. I love gnucash because it allows me to 'fix' or 'redo

Re: [GNC] Recording transactions (date)

2024-04-09 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
On 2024-04-09 01:19, David Carlson wrote: > Nearly every time [the bank's] list doesn't match my list, the > difference is precisely the difference between when I wrote the check or > when I initiated a payment online or when I swiped a card and when they > posted the transaction to my account.

Re: [GNC] Recording transactions (date)

2024-04-09 Thread Gyle McCollam
McCollam gmccol...@live.com<mailto:gmccol...@gyleshomes.com> email From: gnucash-user on behalf of David Carlson Sent: Tuesday, April 9, 2024 4:19 AM To: adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net Cc: gnucash-u...@lists.gnucash.org Subject: Re: [GNC] Rec

Re: [GNC] Recording transactions (date)

2024-04-09 Thread Kalpesh Patel
In the states, isn't that what is called "floats"? -Original Message- From: Liz Sent: Monday, April 08, 2024 6:50 PM To: gnucash-user@gnucash.org Subject: Re: [GNC] Recording transactions (date) On Mon, 8 Apr 2024 17:11:37 -0500 R Losey wrote: > Since I first learned ab

Re: [GNC] Recording transactions (date)

2024-04-09 Thread David Carlson
I decided to report here why I think it is "ok" to import the transaction list from a bank and to accept their "Posted Dates." When I perform the import operation I am using that tool to reconcile their record to an imaginary list in my head representing what I would have written in my checkbook.

Re: [GNC] Recording transactions (date)

2024-04-09 Thread G R Hewitt
I always put the date the transaction took place, both for my personal accounts and when I was working in accounts. Same went for invoices, credits etc., the date on the document was the date that was input. To my mind, to do otherwise would do nothing but lead to confusion. On Mon, 8 Apr 2024 at

Re: [GNC] I'm looking at installing GnuCash but has a couple of questions first

2024-04-09 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
Hello, Robert, and welcome to GnuCash: On 2024-04-08 22:03, Robert Dew wrote: I have a a number of small, separate, but interconnected companies that I'd like to have separate accounting systems for. Does GnuCash allow for multiple businesses, or would I need to install a separate version

Re: [GNC] I'm looking at installing GnuCash but has a couple of questions first

2024-04-09 Thread Liz
On Tue, 09 Apr 2024 17:03:53 +1200 "Robert Dew" wrote: > I have a a number of small, separate, but interconnected companies > that I'd like to have separate accounting systems for. > > Does GnuCash allow for multiple businesses, Yes > or would I need to > install a separate version for each

Re: [GNC] Recording transactions (date)

2024-04-08 Thread Adrien Monteleone
While there are other considerations, such as cash versus accrual and following the Recognition Principle, I see this as more of a general case of Your Books vs. the Bank's Books. You keep Your Books. The Bank keeps theirs. You then reconcile the two. (which does *not* involve changing

Re: [GNC] Recording transactions (date)

2024-04-08 Thread Christopher Lam
This is the formal terminology that the accountancy expert bodies deem "revenue recognition". Numerous formal (see IFRS and GAAP) publications exist, with a much better supporting evidence than our informal discussions here. On Tue, 9 Apr 2024, 6:12 am R Losey, wrote: > Since I first learned

Re: [GNC] Import QIF files

2024-04-08 Thread Geoff
Hi Beryl This particular error is a problem with GnuCash version 5.6, and was resolved by one of the developers on Sunday: https://lists.gnucash.org/pipermail/gnucash-user/2024-April/111404.html You have three choices: (1) Downgrade to GnuCash version 5.5

Re: [GNC] Can't import .qif files from quicken since latest update

2024-04-08 Thread Geoff
I doubt it - I am often prompted for the data format when doing QIF imports. Geoff = On 8/04/2024 6:41 pm, Joseph Keithley wrote: Just out of curiosity is the word "Discover" somehow a protected word, function, directive or key word in the Gnucash code?  Everytime I import my Discover

Re: [GNC] Import QIF files

2024-04-08 Thread fromvendor
+fromvendor=outtacyte@gnucash.org] On Behalf Of Jim Passmore Sent: Monday, April 08, 2024 6:01 PM To: gnucash-user@gnucash.org Subject: Re: [GNC] Import QIF files Beryl, I can't help on the specifics as I only occasionally do imports. I will give the request to supply your operating system

Re: [GNC] Import QIF files

2024-04-08 Thread Jim Passmore
Beryl, I can't help on the specifics as I only occasionally do imports. I will give the request to supply your operating system and GnuCash version when reporting a problem. Also, and the main reason I replied, is to point out two emails in the same day with that same error message while doing

Re: [GNC] Recording transactions (date)

2024-04-08 Thread Liz
On Mon, 8 Apr 2024 17:11:37 -0500 R Losey wrote: > Since I first learned about recording transactions, I have always > dated a transaction on the date I wrote the check; similarly, when > entering credit card transactions, I use the date that I actually > used the credit card. > > Recently,

Re: [GNC] gnucash-devel list down?

2024-04-08 Thread Liz
On Sun, 7 Apr 2024 18:39:07 -0700 Bruce Schuck wrote: > Odd, after sending a message to the gnucash-devel list early this > morning, I received an email saying my message was in a queue because > I'm not subscribed. Odd, I've been subscribed for at least a handful > of years. > > I also

Re: [GNC] gnucash-devel list down?

2024-04-08 Thread Adrien Monteleone
An announcement posted on 4/2 came through for me. And while you can get to it here: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel The archive link returns a Not Found. Regards, Adrien On 4/7/24 8:50 PM, Michael or Penny Novack wrote: I have received nothing from that list since

Re: [GNC] CSS GTK Register padding/spacing

2024-04-08 Thread J R via gnucash-user
Thanks Ken, I just tried yours, still the same. I also tried adding transparent borders & margins. As we get older we need a little flexibility. All the other css "tags' not a problem Although I was using: "user".gnc-class-user-register-primary {  background-color: #403f3f;  color: white; 

Re: [GNC] Keep running into "Could not get lock file for postgres..."

2024-04-08 Thread john
It usually means that GnuCash is not quitting cleanly. Are there any errors in the tracefile? (https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Tracefile). In the SQL backend it's actually a record in the gnclock table, so a simpler work-around would be to use the postgres CLI to remove that record. Regards,

Re: [GNC] Can't import .qif files from quicken since latest update

2024-04-08 Thread Joseph Keithley
Just out of curiosity is the word "Discover" somehow a protected word, function, directive or key word in the Gnucash code? Everytime I import my Discover Card qif it asks me for the date format. No other qif import does. On Mon, Apr 8, 2024 at 4:38 AM Joseph Keithley wrote: > Both version

Re: [GNC] Can't import .qif files from quicken since latest update

2024-04-08 Thread Joseph Keithley
Both version 5.6 and 5.6-1 reject my credit card qif import with the following message: "Missing QIF investment action for transaction dated 04/06/2024." Reinstalled version 5.5 and imported the qif successfully. On Sun, Apr 7, 2024 at 9:39 PM Geoff wrote: > Hi Christopher > > Thanks for

Re: [GNC] Can I get help with GnuCash here

2024-04-08 Thread David H
If it’s only happening with one register I’d be checking I don’t have any filtering on for that particular register ? Cheers David H. On Mon, 8 Apr 2024 at 5:28 pm, Geoff wrote: > Hi Bob > > First, a matter of email list etiquette. Please always reply to the > list email address

Re: [GNC] Can I get help with GnuCash here

2024-04-08 Thread Geoff
Hi Bob First, a matter of email list etiquette. Please always reply to the list email address (gnucash-user@gnucash.org) so that everyone can see your questions and answers. Second, unfortunately I don't have any experience with either MAC or the GnuCash OFX/QFX importer, so I can't assist

Re: [GNC] CSS GTK Register padding/spacing

2024-04-07 Thread Ken Farley
Don't know if you ever solved this, or if a solution is possible, but these are the lines from my GTK3 CSS file that deal with the register lines. *.gnc-class-register-primary {   background-color: @hueRegLight ;   color:    @hueTextNormal ; } *.gnc-class-register-secondary {  

Re: [GNC] gnucash-devel list down?

2024-04-07 Thread Michael or Penny Novack
On 4/7/2024 9:39 PM, Bruce Schuck wrote: Odd, after sending a message to the gnucash-devel list early this morning, I received an email saying my message was in a queue because I'm not subscribed. Odd, I've been subscribed for at least a handful of years. I also notice that it does not show

Re: [GNC] Can't import .qif files from quicken since latest update

2024-04-07 Thread Geoff
Hi Christopher Thanks for resolving this so quickly. I have successfully imported both my Bank Statement and Credit Card QIF files on Windows 10 using this nightly build: gnucash-5.6-2024-04-06-git-5.6-9-gcab6173cd5+.setup.exe If anyone is interested, this is the layout of my QIF files.

Re: [GNC] Can I get help with GnuCash here

2024-04-07 Thread Geoff
Greetings Dr. Robert L. Kieffer, and welcome to the wonderful world of GnuCash! Yes, you most certainly have come to the right place. Just send through the following information: * Your computer operating system type & version: (Windows 10 / Linux Mint 21.3 / macOS Sonoma / ...) *

Re: [GNC] Finance::Quote::Fool

2024-04-07 Thread Ken Farley
That one has never seemed to work for very long. Perhaps they notice any increased traffic and change, or are just the kind of folks who update their code regularly? Oh well. ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your

Re: [GNC] Can't import .qif files from quicken since latest update

2024-04-07 Thread Joseph Keithley
Apologize if this is a duplicate, sometimes I'm not sure if my post actually gets sent out. The QIF importer in Gnucash 5.6 gives me the same error for my credit card import even though the same file works in Quicken and in Gnucash 5.5. I had to reinstall Gnucash 5.5. As an aside, my experience

Re: [GNC] IRA conversion

2024-04-07 Thread sunfish62--- via gnucash-user
Again, nothing that I'm no expert: It seems to me that your solution has four splits, while mine has... four splits. Depending on the actual event, either could be valid. For example, a conversion between accounts at a single brokerage might look like your example, while one from one

Re: [GNC] Forgotten Splits

2024-04-07 Thread sunfish62--- via gnucash-user
, or * delete all the erroneous transactions, re-enter the first one correctly, and then auto complete the rest correctly. I do the first if I've reconciled portions of the past transactions and the second if I haven't. If your answer is #4, please provide more info. ⁣David T. ​ On Apr 7, 2024

Re: [GNC] Can't import .qif files from quicken since latest update

2024-04-07 Thread Christopher Lam
Correct Geoff, and the latest nightlies will have the correct fix. https://code.gnucash.org/builds/win32/stable/ On Sun, 7 Apr 2024, 12:10 pm Geoff, wrote: > I suspect this bug fix in the 5.6 release notes is the cause: > > Bug 799225 - QIF Importer Crashes Silently after "Start Import"

Re: [GNC] strange lack of exchange rates in a new currency cash account

2024-04-07 Thread Scott Ellsworth
works a little better. I can confirm that this fix works. Be Well, Scott <<<< Scott Ellsworth || +1 (775) 386-2519 >>>> - Original message - From: Scott Ellsworth To: john Cc: GnuCash user forum Subject: Re: [GNC] strange lack of exchange rates in a new currency c

Re: [GNC] Can't import .qif files from quicken since latest update

2024-04-07 Thread sunfish62--- via gnucash-user
That's not always the case. Some brokerages (Schwab, for example) pull the money into an account directly, from which shares are purchased at some later date. It's essentially a cash based asset account, but it doesn't appear separately to the user. One way to handle this is to place these

Re: [GNC] Can't import .qif files from quicken since latest update

2024-04-06 Thread Joseph Keithley
QIF importer in Gnucash 5.6 gives me the same error for my credit card import even though the same file works in Quicken and in Gnucash 5.5. I reinstalled Gnucash 5.5. If I understand your comment corrrectly, the format of the qif file, with and with the first lines of the sample qif file below,

Re: [GNC] IRA conversion

2024-04-06 Thread Fred Tydeman
I assume that that Distributions account should be of type Income (not Asset). It appears that Income accounts cannot have a stock account type (so cannot move stock via this method). Would have to fake it by selling the stock (in 'from' account) to get cash, move the cash, then buy the stock (in

Re: [GNC] Multi-column reports- sort by acct code?

2024-04-06 Thread Geoff
I don't think so - there is nothing about sorting in the report options. Geoff = On 7/04/2024 4:30 am, Chris Skudder wrote: I usually do multi-column Statements of Activity and Position. I have been using Custom Multicolumn because that sorts in order of Account Code. Is there a way to

Re: [GNC] Can't import .qif files from quicken since latest update

2024-04-06 Thread Geoff
I suspect this bug fix in the 5.6 release notes is the cause: Bug 799225 - QIF Importer Crashes Silently after "Start Import" Button: Don't allow a QIF investment transaction without an action (buy/sell/etc) I *think* it was intended to block *investment* transactions but it appears to have

Re: [GNC] Forgotten Splits

2024-04-06 Thread David Carlson
I think that the point Liz tried to make was a memorized transaction can be designed to be a prototype that can be customized each time by edits that are easy to make, possibly more by deletions of unused splits than by adding splits. Further, the memorized transactions can also be edited when

Re: [GNC] Forgotten Splits

2024-04-06 Thread David Carlson
I don't understand. Are you saying that splits are disappearing from your paycheck or from the record in GnuCash? On Sat, Apr 6, 2024 at 7:27 PM Phyllis Bruce wrote: > Your electric bill splits will change every month. Mine change once a > year so no, though that’s a good idea. My main

Re: [GNC] Can't import .qif files from quicken since latest update

2024-04-06 Thread Ian Cuthbertson
Bryan This problem seems to be caused by the latest update (5.6) .I import direct from a bank and got the same error message but when I used an earlier version (5.4) transactions imported OK. Problem has been reported in another thread. Ian ___

Re: [GNC] QIF import broken on v5.6

2024-04-06 Thread Ian Cuthbertson
I am having the same problem with importing QIF files. Getting message "Missing QIF investment action for transaction" Went back to a previous version of GNUcash and imported OK. ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your

Re: [GNC] Forgotten Splits

2024-04-06 Thread Phyllis Bruce
Your electric bill splits will change every month. Mine change once a year so no, though that’s a good idea. My main concern is that the splits disappear. Hence gnu is not remembering them. I would expect to need to change them once and be done for another year. > On Apr 6, 2024, at 7:11 

Re: [GNC] Forgotten Splits

2024-04-06 Thread Liz
On Sat, 6 Apr 2024 17:34:26 -0500 Phyllis Bruce wrote: > Just wanting to vent for a moment. I have my income with multiple > splits in gnucash. Works fine for a while but when they change, > gnucash forgets the new splits and the old ones. I don't typically > open the imported transactions

Re: [GNC] Forgotten Splits

2024-04-06 Thread David Carlson
Phyllis, I periodically assess, as you are doing now, whether there is a better workflow to meet my personal needs. My experience has been that the best solution depends on specifics of the situation, which will change when the bank changes their software, etc., hence it is very dynamic. My

Re: [GNC] Can't import .qif files from quicken since latest update

2024-04-06 Thread Fross, Michael via gnucash-user
Bryan, I believe "something" is purchased when you move money into an IRA. For me, it's a money market fund with the share price a constant $1. Michael On Sat, Apr 6, 2024 at 5:28 PM Bryan B. wrote: > I've tried several different methods to export a .qif file from quicken and > import it into

Re: [GNC] check printing

2024-04-06 Thread John Layman via gnucash-user
Just to pick a nit: it was referred to as the MICR line (Magnetic Ink Character Recognition). Kinda sounded like MITRE. -Original Message- From: gnucash-user On Behalf Of David Carlson Sent: Friday, April 5, 2024 11:15 AM To: Andrea Bryant Cc: gnucash-user@gnucash.org Subject: Re

Re: [GNC] GNC Past email archives

2024-04-06 Thread J R via gnucash-user
Got it, thanksI guess its like a google site search, omitting all the other results except the mailing list On Saturday, April 6, 2024 at 06:15:22 PM EDT, Ken Farley wrote: I believe there is something on the mailing list site (the one referenced at the bottom of every message) that

Re: [GNC] GNC Past email archives

2024-04-06 Thread Ken Farley
I believe there is something on the mailing list site (the one referenced at the bottom of every message) that gives you a link for a "helper" Google search that is tailored to search the archives. I find it helpful to find "that answer I remember seeing that I can't for the life of me

Re: [GNC] Finance Quotes Yahoo off the rails again?

2024-04-06 Thread David G. Pickett via gnucash-user
That's a lot of crontab weirdness for a cosmetic bug of bad code or bad install, on top of the flatpak weirdness.  Maybe either there should be some command line option to direct Finance::Quotes to the right or unusual mechanisms, or Finance::Quotes should just check and move on silently,

Re: [GNC] check printing

2024-04-06 Thread fliegersonic.net
There will always be non-digital methods of payment. I use preprinted checks with GnuCash and my only issue is that I haven't figured out how to associate an address with a payee - I'm sure it's there, but I will hate it if we can no longer use checks because transacting in cash is

Re: [GNC] Security not showing up in Price Database

2024-04-06 Thread Murugan Muruganandam
can you send the security editor screen shot and account screen shot for both to review Saludos Cordiales Murugan From: gnucash-user on behalf of David Warren Sent: Friday, April 5, 2024 6:00 PM To: gnucash-user@gnucash.org Subject: [GNC] Security not

Re: [GNC] check printing

2024-04-06 Thread Liz
On Fri, 5 Apr 2024 22:02:39 -0500 Andrea wrote: >Actually, it’s not academic. There are still many workers in the US >that want a check payment once the work is done. Right now I have a >printer with MICR ink that does print routing and account numbers. > I print from different bank

Re: [GNC] check printing

2024-04-06 Thread Andrea
Thanks for responding. I print checks from more than I bank. I have MICR ink and a software that prints checks. That’s why I would like to find a software or software integration that will print routing and account numbers on checks. My banks are ok with it and I’ve never had a

Re: [GNC] check printing

2024-04-06 Thread Andrea
Actually, it’s not academic. There are still many workers in the US that want a check payment once the work is done. Right now I have a printer with MICR ink that does print routing and account numbers. I print from different bank accounts, so it is so easy to print checks on blank

Re: [GNC] IRA conversion

2024-04-06 Thread sunfish62--- via gnucash-user
I am not really knowledgeable in this area (or many other areas, to be honest), but I found the following discussion (in a Quicken forum) that might lead you towards an answer:

Re: [GNC] check printing

2024-04-06 Thread greg
Hmmm, I don't do "electronic" payments or deposits.  But thenn, I've never been hacked ;)  MICR is still a thing because The Fed requires it.  Lots of MICR toner cartridges for sale online.  I have 2 MICR toner cartridges that came with a printer I bought via a local Craigslist. -greg schmitz

Re: [GNC] QIF import "Unspecified" transaction

2024-04-06 Thread Joseph Keithley
Your response was a little too deep for my question. I simply want to type in "Expense:Entertainment:Restaurant:Tip" instead of scrolling to the Expense item then clicking on a triangle then scrolling to the Enterntainment item then clicking on that triangle then scrolling to the Restaurant item

Re: [GNC] check printing

2024-04-05 Thread David Carlson
Try googling Checksoft. it appears that they are still in business. On Fri, Apr 5, 2024 at 10:40 PM David Carlson wrote: > I was still using release 2.something the last time I printed a check, so > I don't know if release 5.whatever can still do it or how to correctly > position the MICR

Re: [GNC] check printing

2024-04-05 Thread David Carlson
I was still using release 2.something the last time I printed a check, so I don't know if release 5.whatever can still do it or how to correctly position the MICR line. On Fri, Apr 5, 2024 at 10:02 PM Andrea wrote: > Actually, it’s not academic. There are still many workers in the US that >

Re: [GNC] check printing

2024-04-05 Thread R. Victor Klassen
Back in the day, I worked at Xerox. We had special MICR toner that worked with some of our printers. Once I changed banks and they printed a stater set of personalized checks complete with the MICR Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 5, 2024, at 2:50 PM, John Ralls wrote: > > 20 or so years ago

Re: [GNC] check printing

2024-04-05 Thread John Ralls
20 or so years ago I had a small company and used check-printing software to make the checks. I used generic pre-printed forms and the software included the MICR font and printed the routing id and account number in the appropriate place at the bottom. Back then the bank sent the completed

Re: [GNC] Finance Quotes Yahoo off the rails again?

2024-04-05 Thread Bruce Schuck
On 4/5/24 8:50 AM, David G. Pickett wrote: The quotes were fetched despite these usual errors, so it is only a cosmetic error. > 2024-04-03 23:45:06 Removed any lck, adding price quotes > flatpak run --command=gnucash-cli org.gnucash.GnuCash --quotes get -- >

Re: [GNC] Finance Quotes Yahoo off the rails again?

2024-04-05 Thread David G. Pickett via gnucash-user
The quotes were fetched despite these usual errors, so it is only a cosmetic error. On Thursday, April 4, 2024 at 09:27:11 PM EDT, Bruce Schuck wrote: On 4/4/24 4:02 PM, David G. Pickett wrote: > Ran OK for me last night, 28 seconds, but running too often seems to > create errors:

Re: [GNC] check printing

2024-04-05 Thread R Losey
While things may have changed, many years ago when I worked in the bank, the info at the bottom of the check was printed with a special ink (I think they called it a magnetic ink) so that the routing and account numbers could be scanned by a computer. The rest of the check is regular printing.

Re: [GNC] check printing

2024-04-05 Thread David Carlson
Years ago (before electronic payments and deposits) I recall that it was possible to program GnuCash to print the MITRE line, as it used to be called, but you needed to use special magnetic ink so that check readers could read them reliably. I imagine that it is still possible, but hardly

Re: [GNC] QIF import "Unspecified" transaction

2024-04-05 Thread Michael or Penny Novack
On 4/5/2024 6:43 AM, Joseph Keithley wrote: When importing a QIF in the "Match payees/memos to GnuCash accounts" window, an "Unspecified" transaction will be listed under "GnuCash account name". When you double click on the item, a window pops up that lets you scroll through the different

Re: [GNC] Finance Quotes Yahoo off the rails again?

2024-04-04 Thread Bruce Schuck
On 4/4/24 4:02 PM, David G. Pickett wrote: Ran OK for me last night, 28 seconds, but running too often seems to create errors: 2024-04-03 23:45:01 Start GnuCash_price_cron /home/dgp/GnuCash/ubuntu-DGPickett.gnucash 2024-04-03 23:45:01 Killing gnucash

Re: [GNC] View Transactions After Importing from CSV

2024-04-04 Thread Tom Balazs
Thank you. I filed the bug at https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=799269 On Thu, Apr 4, 2024 at 9:06 PM Christopher Lam wrote: > Hi, enhancements should be logged in bugs.gnucash.org > > On Fri, 5 Apr 2024, 8:56 am Tom Balazs, wrote: > >> >I think it already does that for the Scheduled

Re: [GNC] View Transactions After Importing from CSV

2024-04-04 Thread Christopher Lam
Hi, enhancements should be logged in bugs.gnucash.org On Fri, 5 Apr 2024, 8:56 am Tom Balazs, wrote: > >I think it already does that for the Scheduled Transactions. It says > something like, oh some time has passed, would you like me to create these > transactions which you created in the

Re: [GNC] View Transactions After Importing from CSV

2024-04-04 Thread Tom Balazs
>I think it already does that for the Scheduled Transactions. It says something like, oh some time has passed, would you like me to create these transactions which you created in the Scheduled Transaction window. Okay, here is a register page showing the transactions I just created. I have

Re: [GNC] Finance Quotes Yahoo off the rails again?

2024-04-04 Thread David G. Pickett via gnucash-user
Ran OK for me last night, 28 seconds, but running too often seems to create errors: 2024-04-03 23:45:01 Start GnuCash_price_cron /home/dgp/GnuCash/ubuntu-DGPickett.gnucash 2024-04-03 23:45:01 Killing gnucash hard 2024-04-03 23:45:06 Removed any lck, adding

Re: [GNC] Using gnucash-cli for updating quotes on Windows

2024-04-04 Thread John Ralls
> On Apr 4, 2024, at 9:42 AM, fromvendor wrote: > > I'm having trouble trying to tell gnucash-cli -Q get which provider to use. > I want it to use yahoo_json, which is what I have set up in the Security > Editor ("Yahoo as JSON" for single quote source) > > When I do get it to run, it

Re: [GNC] Finance Quotes Yahoo off the rails again?

2024-04-04 Thread david amaral via gnucash-user
I have been on gnucash for years now and have close to 300 securities that i get updates from yahoo.no problems as to yahoo limits On Thursday, April 4, 2024 at 10:03:26 AM GMT-7, David G. Pickett via gnucash-user wrote: My personal portfolio has 26-28 stocks (I recently closed 2

Re: [GNC] Finance Quotes Yahoo off the rails again?

2024-04-04 Thread David G. Pickett via gnucash-user
My personal portfolio has 26-28 stocks (I recently closed 2 positions) (Diversity has it's virtues, and while IRSs are free choice, different 401Ks have different restricted choices.)  When it is in a mood to block, it seems to block them all, not just the last few. On Wednesday, April 3,

Re: [GNC] first post

2024-04-04 Thread Michael or Penny Novack
On 4/4/2024 12:44 AM, tburmas wrote: Hello,     Apologies if this is the wrong list to send this to.  I wanted to express my appreciation for this program.  I'm coming from Quickbooks which has served me well but I'm tired of the costs increasing, every few years losing support and being

Re: [GNC] Ledger-CLI

2024-04-04 Thread david whiting
On Wed, 3 Apr 2024 at 20:36, Art Chimes wrote: [...] > > 2. Does anyone who has used Ledger, with or without Gnucash files, > have anything to say about Ledger and whether they think it's worth > looking into. > I've used piecash to convert gnucash files to ledger format (see

Re: [GNC] Finance Quotes Yahoo off the rails again?

2024-04-03 Thread Bruce Schuck
Wed Apr 3 13:40:48 EDT 2024 David G. Pickett wrote: Looks good, (only error because I need to switch DIA back to yahoo) and slow but much better. A later run under cron got lots of errors. Do they ration by IP address? If it is by frequency, maybe we should purposely send requests only every

Re: [GNC] Page Setup Orientation Ignored

2024-04-03 Thread Jay McSkimming
This possibly looks related to Bug #798344 where page settings aren’t being saved - in that case page margins but on Windows. I note that despite saving the page setup, after closing and reopening GNC, the settings are not restored, so likely they arent being saved in the first place.

Re: [GNC] Finance Quotes Yahoo off the rails again?

2024-04-03 Thread David G. Pickett via gnucash-user
rt prices using csv importation method. Take > a look at https://github.com/ka-patel/dl_quotes which might be a starting > point (fyi: this is not sanctioned by F::Q or GNC; strictly my own personal > project in spare time) > > -Original Message- > From: David G. Pickett &

Re: [GNC] New user looking for some reporting help

2024-04-02 Thread R Losey
I used Quicken, not QB, but I also became fed up with Quicken and Intuit that I changed to GnuCash and haven't missed it a bit. I really like GnuCash -- but the reports are not as out-of-the-box as they are with Quicken; you usually have to tweak things to get them to work. I don't remember what

Re: [GNC] New user looking for some reporting help

2024-04-02 Thread fromvendor
@gnucash.org' Subject: Re: [GNC] New user looking for some reporting help See attached - hope this helps. Period Duration granularity is Weekly / Fortnightly / Monthly / Quarterly / Half Yearly / Annually. You can also set specific Start and End dates. Regards Geoff = On 3/04/2024 12:04 pm

Re: [GNC] New user looking for some reporting help

2024-04-02 Thread fromvendor
esk E-Mail: helpd...@outtacyte.com Phone: 830-672-9068, Dial ext. 852 to reach a staff person during office hours -Original Message- From: Geoff [mailto:cleanoutmys...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2024 7:40 PM To: fromvendor; 'gnucash-user@gnucash.org' Subject: Re: [GNC] New user lookin

Re: [GNC] View Transactions After Importing from CSV

2024-04-02 Thread Tom Balazs
It is set to: QIF import: Default Transaction Status: Not Cleared On Tue, Apr 2, 2024 at 6:59 PM David Carlson wrote: > Tom, > > Take a look at your setting for Edit > Preferences > Import > Default > transaction status. In earlier releases (Release 4.x) the explanation > suggested that only

Re: [GNC] View Transactions After Importing from CSV

2024-04-02 Thread David Carlson
Tom, Take a look at your setting for Edit > Preferences > Import > Default transaction status. In earlier releases (Release 4.x) the explanation suggested that only came into play for QIF imports but it may apply to CSV imports as well in the new CSV importer, I am not sure. On Tue, Apr 2, 2024

Re: [GNC] Segmentation fault while importing invoice data

2024-04-02 Thread Emir Herrera
Thanks a lot! I've been able to fix the issue by debugging it. Turns out missing fields like: date, notes, and date_posted make validations crash when they are null and that's the segmentation fault origin. I'll fill the bug report later, but I hope this helps others while validations are fixed

Re: [GNC] Finance Quotes Yahoo off the rails again?

2024-04-02 Thread john
time) > > -Original Message- > From: David G. Pickett > Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2024 10:59 PM > To: Gnucash Users > Subject: Re: [GNC] Finance Quotes Yahoo off the rails again? > > So anyone care to recommend a source setting for quotes that works? > > &g

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