Re: [GNC] Payroll add-on, module, software?

2018-07-26 Thread Adrien Monteleone
It strikes me as the problem is being overthought. If a spreadsheet can handle the calculations, it can’t be that complicated. If a spreadsheet can handle creating the proper csv for export and then import into gnucash, again, it can’t be that complicated. The complications are jurisdictional

[GNC] Entering a 2-digit year generates the wrong date

2018-07-26 Thread Chris Velevitch
When I enter a new transaction with a 2-digit year, the resultant date becames1899. For example, I enter 10 for the year and I get 1899 when I expect to get 2010. This worked in 2.x. Mac OSX: 10.11.6, GnuCash 3.2+ (2018-06-24) ___ gnucash-user

[GNC] Posting Asset expenses via Vendor Bill

2018-07-26 Thread dlbonline
I am new to gnuCash, so I hope this is not already asked and answered. I have rental and flip property that carry expenses against an asset. For example, I have a painter paint a house for me. He sends an invoice, I enter the invoice into the Business->vendor->New Bill form. In the

Re: [GNC] Change text color

2018-07-26 Thread GT-I9070 H
One file for everything is better. In my .ini file there is only one section and one line to change the text size of the accounts page because it was the only method I found and worked, the .css method for this fails. For everything else I use .css, I've customized the registry with .css. For

Re: [GNC] Payroll add-on, module, software?

2018-07-26 Thread R. Victor Klassen
When I think of the requirements for payroll, it seems like it would require more than a “plug-in” that accepts parameters that vary by jurisdiction. It would need to be more like a full programming language (well, not full - arbitrary loop controls not required - for language geeks, it would

Re: [GNC] GNUcash 3.2 file open issue

2018-07-26 Thread Adrien Monteleone
As Mint is based on Ubuntu you *might* be facing the read-only usb bug. (which seems to keep reappearing after being allegedly fixed) What are the permissions on the parent folder for the mount point of the drive? And then the same for the gnucash folder and files? (I’m looking for either

Re: [GNC] Change text color

2018-07-26 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Personally, I wouldn’t mess with .ini methods. I’d opt for a custom css file. Then the task is to find out the nodes in the app you want to change and set a “color: “ declaration for that node. It’s possible that the node of the main window or the CoA tab alone could get a color: declaration to

Re: [GNC] GNUcash 3.2 file open issue

2018-07-26 Thread David Carlson
I have a similar problem in Ubuntu 16.04 with release 2.6.17 from some repo. I can open that instance of GnuCash remotely from Windows 7 via SSH and if Ubuntu is already running with the file server where the data resides already mounted, everything works. If I want to change to a different data

Re: [GNC] Change text color

2018-07-26 Thread GT-I9070 H
About the Inspector, my deductions are confirmed!  ;) The question marks led you to think that my doubt was in what went after the equal sign of the expression "gtk-font-color = ". Thank you. Good clarifications about color names, but I have already studied this on

Re: [GNC] GNUcash 3.2 file open issue

2018-07-26 Thread Don Pawluk
Gave it a try. Can open the file, but only as read-only and it will not save back to the original location. Creates a temporary directory \run\users\doc\1a36500 and puts files there. the files disappear when GNUcash is closed. Have full access to read & write to the source directory when not in

Re: [GNC] Installing 3.2

2018-07-26 Thread GT-I9070 H
Glad to hear it! Regards GTI Em qui, 26 de jul de 2018 às 14:57, Ray Moritz escreveu: > Thank you. It worked perfectly, just as you described; simple, easy, and > virtually automatic. > > > > Ray Moritz > > 96 Water Street > > Meredith, NH, 03253 > > Home: 603-279-5193 > > Cell : 603-998-4485

Re: [GNC] Logs.

2018-07-26 Thread varda241--- via gnucash-user
Will try 1 day. ThanksSent from my Verizon ASUS tablet Original Message From:Derek Atkins Sent:Thu, 26 Jul 2018 10:55:44 -0400 To:varda241 via gnucash-user Cc:David Carlson ,varda241 Subject:Re: [GNC] Logs. >Hi, > >varda241 via gnucash-user writes: > >> >> It is not

Re: [GNC] GNUcash 3.2 file open issue

2018-07-26 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Don, Presumably you already checked if the drives are visible where you expect using Caja? If so, can you navigate to the usb/external and open the file from there? Regards, Adrien > On Jul 26, 2018, at 1:50 PM, Don Pawluk wrote: > > Running on Linux Mint 18.3 Mate, open file will not

[GNC] GNUcash 3.2 file open issue

2018-07-26 Thread Don Pawluk
Running on Linux Mint 18.3 Mate, open file will not provide access to usb external drives or smb dirves. Will open on local PC drives. When bringing up file system there is no media folder where I would normally expect to find the usb external drives or smb drives. Any help would be appreciated,

Re: [GNC] Change text color

2018-07-26 Thread Adrien Monteleone
The inspector is for *nix and is part of GTK. I looked around to see if it will run on windows (since GTK itself can run on windows) but have come up dry so far. My own dabbling with the inspector is on the backburner, but I’ll post my findings here and on the wiki when I get to it. As for the

Re: [GNC] Nabble Delay? (was Re: Future Payments)

2018-07-26 Thread Adrien Monteleone
My Apologies David. I saw the ’Sent from: ...nabble.com...’ at the bottom of the message from you that I was reading and didn’t look closely enough. It was part of the quoted message from abd34, not part of your reply. (facepalm) But you have well explained the message delay issue for me. I

Re: [GNC] Installing 3.2

2018-07-26 Thread GT-I9070 H
Hi Ray Moritz, In my Windows 10 case I have always installed the newer versions over the older ones and the installer asks and automatically removes the previous version and installs the new one without problems. Regarding the data file, without problems, the only concern is to keep an updated

Re: [GNC] Change text color

2018-07-26 Thread GT-I9070 H
Hi Adrien, Thanks for the reply. I forgot to mention that I'm on Windows 10. I had already looked here https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/GTK3 and found nothing to change the text color of the accounts page. The phrase "*To enable it run in a terminal* :" here

Re: [GNC] Payroll add-on, module, software?

2018-07-26 Thread John Ralls
> On Jul 26, 2018, at 7:51 AM, John Ralls wrote: > > > >> On Jul 26, 2018, at 6:01 AM, Maf. King wrote: >> >> On Thursday, 26 July 2018 12:36:27 BST Mike or Penny Novack wrote: >> >>> >>> Saying that no third party has expressed interest in writing something >>> that would send a feed to

Re: [GNC] Payroll add-on, module, software?

2018-07-26 Thread John Ralls
> On Jul 26, 2018, at 4:36 AM, Mike or Penny Novack > wrote: > > On 7/25/2018 8:20 PM, John Ralls wrote: > >> GnuCash is actually very modular (perhaps a little too much, there are parts >> of it that are modules and probably shouldn't be). I wouldn't say it's easy, >> nothing in

Re: [GNC] Logs.

2018-07-26 Thread Derek Atkins
Hi, varda241 via gnucash-user writes: > > It is not just one or two. There are logs created each time I open the > program Which "log" are you talking about? Are you talking about the transaction logs? Or are you talking about the runtime (trace file) logs? There is no way to turn off

Re: [GNC] Payroll add-on, module, software?

2018-07-26 Thread Derek Atkins
"Maf. King" writes: > On Thursday, 26 July 2018 12:36:27 BST Mike or Penny Novack wrote: > >> >> Saying that no third party has expressed interest in writing something >> that would send a feed to gnucash ignores that gnucash does not have the >> capability of (properly) dealing with batch

Re: [GNC] Payroll add-on, module, software?

2018-07-26 Thread John Ralls
> On Jul 26, 2018, at 6:01 AM, Maf. King wrote: > > On Thursday, 26 July 2018 12:36:27 BST Mike or Penny Novack wrote: > >> >> Saying that no third party has expressed interest in writing something >> that would send a feed to gnucash ignores that gnucash does not have the >> capability of

Re: [GNC] Payroll add-on, module, software?

2018-07-26 Thread Derek Atkins
Hi, Mike or Penny Novack writes: > On 7/25/2018 2:06 PM, Adrien Monteleone wrote: >> R. but the short answer is, no, there is no (and probably won’t >> ever be) any payroll module or features. Unfortunately, the >> jurisdictional requirement nightmare to comply with every nuance >> across

Re: [GNC] Getting My Account To Trial Balance

2018-07-26 Thread David Carlson
For some reason I have not seen RTFM in this discussion yet. I do not have the manual for release 3.2 handy, but the chapter on investments in the Tutorial for the 2.6.x series is fine reading and there is an entire chapter on ways to track capital gains in GnuCash. The Trial Balance report is

Re: [GNC] Installing 3.2

2018-07-26 Thread David Carlson
Use the more conservative procedure of removing the GnuCash program through the Windows control panel. There has been some hiccups in the development cycle that makes this the best way to do it during this transitional period. David C On Thu, Jul 26, 2018 at 5:36 AM, Dave H wrote: > Not

Re: [GNC] Nabble Delay? (was Re: Future Payments)

2018-07-26 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
Huh??? Adrien, I do not use Nabble. Never have. Never will. I find everything about Nabble annoying.  One big issue with Nabble is that messages from people who use Nabble, but are NOT subscribed to gnucash-user get delayed in appearing on gnucash-user, since they must pass through the

Re: [GNC] Payroll add-on, module, software?

2018-07-26 Thread Maf. King
On Thursday, 26 July 2018 12:36:27 BST Mike or Penny Novack wrote: > > Saying that no third party has expressed interest in writing something > that would send a feed to gnucash ignores that gnucash does not have the > capability of (properly) dealing with batch feeds. > > Michael Why do the

Re: [GNC] Getting My Account To Trial Balance

2018-07-26 Thread Stan Brown
David T. wrote: > For those who *do* have such holdings, a balanced transaction will still fail > the trial balance if the gain or loss isn?t entered. In this instance, there > will be no entries in IMBALANCE-XXX, since each transaction balances. > Example: buy 10 shares of X for $100, using cash

Re: [GNC] Payroll add-on, module, software?

2018-07-26 Thread Mike or Penny Novack
On 7/25/2018 8:20 PM, John Ralls wrote: GnuCash is actually very modular (perhaps a little too much, there are parts of it that are modules and probably shouldn't be). I wouldn't say it's easy, nothing in programming GnuCash seems to be easy, but it's possible for a third party developer to

Re: [GNC] Installing 3.2

2018-07-26 Thread Dave H
Not necessary on Windows, at least it never has been for me :-) Just start the install of 3.2, it should detect the prior GnuCash version and offer to uninstall it automatically as part of the install process before installing 3.2 for you. Cheers Dave H.. On Thu, 26 Jul 2018 at 18:29, davidr

Re: [GNC] Installing 3.2

2018-07-26 Thread davidr
I've just recently installed 3.2. Uninstall can be done via the normal .Windows Un-install procedure from Control Panel:Programs:Uninstall - you will be prompted to do this by the install routine. Just minimise the install window and run uninstall, then return to the install procedure.

Re: [GNC] Bug in design of commodity sell transactions? (was Re: Getting My Account To Trial Balance)

2018-07-26 Thread David Carlson
Adrien, In the second transaction you received $150 for the stock which you had paid $100 for. The extra $50 is income which came from the changed value of the stock. The sale would not reduce the value of the stock to zero unless the profit is taken from unrealized gain. That unrealized

Re: [GNC] Getting My Account To Trial Balance

2018-07-26 Thread Adrien Monteleone
David, I must admit, I knew about all of those cases, and my brain didn’t even register them. (I’m on a much simpler basis now, so generally don’t bother, or I just do the entries as I go.) It’s been nearly 20 years since I dealt with a 13 period year, but for sure, that would be a good use

Re: [GNC] Installing 3.2

2018-07-26 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Ray, The data file is still compatible as-is. (moving backwards to an old version ≤ 2.6.19 isn’t possible though) I’ll let someone else chime in on uninstallation though as I’ve only used GC on *nix which generally doesn’t care unless it’s built from source. (which really is a cleanup issue,

Re: [GNC] Change text color

2018-07-26 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Look into using the GTK Inspector. See this: https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/GTK3 and this: https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/GTK%2B/Inspector >From that tool you should be able to find the selector(s) for text on that tab. When you find out, please report back to help others looking to do the

Re: [GNC] Getting My Account To Trial Balance

2018-07-26 Thread DaveC49
Adrien, The main function of the trial balance is to ensure the accounts are numerically correct before any adjustments to the accounts are made before producing the final financial statements. It should be just a straight listing of the balance (credit or debit) of all accounts in the chart of

[GNC] Installing 3.2

2018-07-26 Thread Ray Moritz via gnucash-user
I'm running 3.0 on Windows 10. I'd like to move to 3.2. Do I have to uninstall 3.0 first? Import or convert the data file? Any other things that must be done or precautions? Thanks. Ray Moritz 96 Water Street Meredith, NH, 03253 Home: 603-279-5193 Cell : 603-998-4485 --- This email has been

Re: [GNC] GETTING MY ACCOUNT TO TRIAL BALANCE

2018-07-26 Thread H M MacDonald OBE
Hi David/Richard The error message is as follows: Report error An error occurred while running the report. It doesn’t give any clue as to what’s wrong. Thanks. Shug From: D Date: Wednesday, 25 July 2018 at 20:33 To: David Carlson , Hugh MacDonald OBE Cc: Gnucash Users Subject: Re:

Re: [GNC] survey: unifying the appearance in different options dialogs

2018-07-26 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Di Mang, Looking at the Gnome HIG (since we’re dealing with gtk) their recommendation is to NOT scroll tabs but rather use a Side Bar List instead or re-arrange the content: "Do not use too many tabs. If you cannot see all the tabs without scrolling or splitting them into multiple rows, you

[GNC] Nabble Delay? (was Re: Future Payments)

2018-07-26 Thread Adrien Monteleone
At first I suspected that since the OP was using Nabble, the communication problem was with that site or that the OP was seeing a cached page and thus not seeing the most recent replies. But I see David, that you’re using Nabble as well, so either you have caching turned off, or you simply are

Re: [GNC] Cannot change preferences

2018-07-26 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Ken, Sorry, I saw this when you originally posted it (twice) but wasn’t able to reply at the time and I see you haven’t heard from anyone yet. Although seemingly unhelpful, the error message is telling you how to fix the problem. Apparently, after changing the separator to a backslash “\”

[GNC] Imbalance in currency transaction

2018-07-26 Thread Chris Velevitch
I purchased 270 in foreign currency costing 221.62 in local currency, but I'm getting an imbalance equal to the difference between those two amounts (48.38) even though I did get the dialog to enter the exchange rate when I selected the foreign currency account to deposit the foreign currency.