Re: [GNC] Is GnuCash the right application for me?

2018-10-12 Thread Leslie Jensen
Hi Thanks for your valuable input. I'll go ahead and give it a try. :-) Les Den 2018-10-12 kl. 22:31, skrev Jeff Abrahamson: Ditto here, I run a sports club and two other clubs with gnucash.  It's perfect for our needs. I also don't bother with the business features, just a/r accounts

Re: [GNC] Inheritance of Cash

2018-10-12 Thread R. Victor Klassen
There may have been a small amount of earnings between the death and distribution. Not sure about the treatment here but the US does charge the heirs tax on their part of those gains. Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 12, 2018, at 5:34 PM, Leo Bolta wrote: > > Thanks for the input all! Good to

Re: [GNC] Inheritance of Cash

2018-10-12 Thread Leo Bolta
Thanks for the input all!  Good to especially know that the tax had already been paid before the final distribution. On 2018-10-12 8:44 AM, R. Victor Klassen wrote: Canada does not have inheritance tax. Presuming the executor got it right, the estate paid all its taxes before releasing the

Re: [GNC] Is GnuCash the right application for me?

2018-10-12 Thread Jeff Abrahamson
Ditto here, I run a sports club and two other clubs with gnucash.  It's perfect for our needs. I also don't bother with the business features, just a/r accounts and manually issue bills and such.  That may or may not be the right choice, someday I should look at those functions further. Jeff

[GNC] Problem with column mapping in Import preview window

2018-10-12 Thread Paul Konnersman
I’m a very new user, trying to import transaction data in CSV format. I am running GC 3.3 on a Mac Powerbook with High Sierra (10.13.6). I imported two files with a minimum of problems using GC 2.6, then found out that the current version was now 3.3 and upgraded. I am having problems with the

Re: [GNC] V3.3 on Ubuntu 18.10 can't Save As over existing mysql database

2018-10-12 Thread John Ralls
Check your MySQL logs and see if it’s raising error 1007 (database exists) after the second CREATE DATABASE query. There might be a timing issue where MySQL is still cleaning up after the DROP DATABASE when the second create query arrives. If so it might be evident from the MySQL logs.

Re: [GNC] No Maximise button on 3.3 in Ubuntu 18.10

2018-10-12 Thread Colin Law
On Fri, 12 Oct 2018 at 16:36, Adrien Monteleone wrote: > > Colin, > > Can you manually resize GC as if you used the maximize button? How does the > window behave? (scrollbars?) I can resize it except that I cannot shrink the width down sufficiently small that it will fit in the available space

Re: [GNC] No Maximise button on 3.3 in Ubuntu 18.10

2018-10-12 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Colin, Can you manually resize GC as if you used the maximize button? How does the window behave? (scrollbars?) Regards, Adrien > On Oct 12, 2018, at 10:15 AM, Colin Law wrote: > > I am using standard Ubuntu not Xubuntu, so there are normally the > usual Close, Minimise and Maximise buttons

Re: [GNC] No Maximise button on 3.3 in Ubuntu 18.10

2018-10-12 Thread Colin Law
I am using standard Ubuntu not Xubuntu, so there are normally the usual Close, Minimise and Maximise buttons in the window title bar. The maximise is a white square. I was not entirely accurate in my last post. I have the Ubuntu Dock bar down the left hand side and not auto hidden which reduces

Re: [GNC] No Maximise button on 3.3 in Ubuntu 18.10

2018-10-12 Thread Roger Miskowicz
I tried what I think you said in 18.04 and 3.35 can not shrink to where there is a horizontal scroll bar. The Maximize '+' button is there regardless whether the tabs are at the top or right side. Just to ensure we're talking about the same button. In Xubuntu 18.04 I don't have the Maximize

Re: [GNC] V3.3 on Ubuntu 18.10 can't Save As over existing mysql database

2018-10-12 Thread Colin Law
I am using MySQL. When I attempt to Save As over an existing database I see the database already exists warning then when I tell it to go ahead I get the generic server encountered error or bad or corrupt data message. In gnucash.trace I see * 15:40:07 WARN [GncDbiBackend::session_begin()]

Re: [GNC] No Maximise button on 3.3 in Ubuntu 18.10

2018-10-12 Thread Colin Law
Sorry, I should have said that all other apps I have tried operate as expected. Alt-Space does not show Maximise. It does show Unmaximise but it is greyed out. However I have had a Eureka moment. There seems to be a change with 3.3 to do with window width. On 2.9 the window (when not

Re: [GNC] V3.3 on Ubuntu 18.10 can't Save As over existing mysql database

2018-10-12 Thread John Ralls
> On Oct 12, 2018, at 6:03 AM, Colin Law wrote: > > I believe that on early 3.x versions that it was not possible to Save > As on top of an existing database of the same name. I thought that > had been fixed in or before 3.3 but I note that it still fails using > 3.3 from the Ubuntu 18.10

Re: [GNC] Feedback: Balance Sheet (Multi-Column) / Income Statement (Multi-Column)

2018-10-12 Thread Christopher Lam
Hi Deva Thanks for feedback. Charts were planned but not quite finished. Period Average is actually present in the Transaction Report. Select either Asset/Liability accounts, or Income/Expense accounts, (or both). From sorting tab, select Primary-Key = account-name, Secondary-Key = date,

Re: [GNC] No Maximise button on 3.3 in Ubuntu 18.10

2018-10-12 Thread Robert Heller
At Fri, 12 Oct 2018 14:39:11 +0100 Colin Law wrote: > > Running Gnucash 3.3 in Ubuntu 18.10 Beta from the Ubuntu repository > there is no maximise button, and the window will not maximise by the > usual shortcut methods. Has anyone else seen anything similar? > Should I file a bug under the

Re: [GNC] No Maximise button on 3.3 in Ubuntu 18.10

2018-10-12 Thread Roger Miskowicz
Seems ok in Build ID: git 3.3-5-g820cd842f+ (2018-10-06) on Ubuntu 18.04 which you may have already tried. I have not installed 18.10 yet. Is it there for other applications or with Alt-Space? On Fri, Oct 12, 2018 at 9:40 AM Colin Law wrote: > Running Gnucash 3.3 in Ubuntu 18.10 Beta from the

Re: [GNC] Is GnuCash the right application for me?

2018-10-12 Thread Michael or Penny Novack
I run the accounts for a couple of clubs with similar needs. Setup one accounts file for each club so they are kept separate. I have not bothered with the complexities of the business features (invoices etc) as I have not found them necessary. I am a person who is treasurer for

[GNC] No Maximise button on 3.3 in Ubuntu 18.10

2018-10-12 Thread Colin Law
Running Gnucash 3.3 in Ubuntu 18.10 Beta from the Ubuntu repository there is no maximise button, and the window will not maximise by the usual shortcut methods. Has anyone else seen anything similar? Should I file a bug under the Ubuntu system or gnucash? Colin

[GNC] Feedback: Balance Sheet (Multi-Column) / Income Statement (Multi-Column)

2018-10-12 Thread Deva -
Hello Christopher, A while ago, you posted the multi-column versions of balance sheet and income statement to this list for beta testing. Recently, my son started college and he was “voluntold” to use GnuCash and share the datafile with me for monthly analysis. These 2 reports you published

[GNC] V3.3 on Ubuntu 18.10 can't Save As over existing mysql database

2018-10-12 Thread Colin Law
I believe that on early 3.x versions that it was not possible to Save As on top of an existing database of the same name. I thought that had been fixed in or before 3.3 but I note that it still fails using 3.3 from the Ubuntu 18.10 repository. Also I cannot find a bug referring to the problem.

Re: [GNC] Mutual fund cost basis changes between 2.6.6 and 2.6.19

2018-10-12 Thread Deva -
John, Thanks for fixing the issue on average cost basis in release 3.3. I can now confirm that 3.3 reports balance sheet numbers correctly and my imbalance only shows 0.20 over 18 years of data (instead of 100’s of thousands before). With this fix and the CSV price importer feature, I have

Re: [GNC] Inheritance of Cash

2018-10-12 Thread R. Victor Klassen
Canada does not have inheritance tax. Presuming the executor got it right, the estate paid all its taxes before releasing the last of the inheritance. I’m not sure what happens if the executor screws up and distributes too much before CRA has its final say on how much the estate owes

Re: [GNC] Is GnuCash the right application for me?

2018-10-12 Thread Colin Law
On Fri, 12 Oct 2018 at 11:44, Leslie Jensen wrote: > > Hi > > I'm the treasurer of three sports clubs. They all have the same setup. > Most of the income is membership fees and we pay Invoices for > equipment and other costs. We have no tax or billing needs. The > account plan for each club is

[GNC] Is GnuCash the right application for me?

2018-10-12 Thread Leslie Jensen
Hi I'm the treasurer of three sports clubs. They all have the same setup. Most of the income is membership fees and we pay Invoices for equipment and other costs. We have no tax or billing needs. The account plan for each club is almost the same. So a very simple setup. Can I run all three clubs

[GNC] Ubuntu 18.10 to have gnucash 3.3

2018-10-12 Thread Colin Law
Further to my recent post that Ubuntu 18.10 will have gnucash 3.2 I see this has now been updated to version 3.3 Ubuntu 18.10 Beta is available for installation/upgrade now (with gnucash 3.3) and should be released within a couple of weeks. Colin ___