Re: [GNC] PDF export of reports
On 1/26/2019 10:57 AM, Raimund Strehl wrote: If I am not mistaken the same problem occurs when printing the report from Gnucash using print to pdf or to a printer. I think this is an issue that should have high priority as the export and print functions are rendered unusable by this. Any coders listening in here? :-) Raimund Raimund Not EXACTLY unusable (export and print) What you mean is that you can't do this DIRECTLY from gnucash. You have to first export, perhaps into a format other than the final format you want, convert that to another format, and print. << In other words, leaving aside gnucash for a moment, if you had some document (not now a PDF) and you wanted that to be a PDF and you wanted to print that PDF, how would you go about it. And if you can't answer that immediately, if you had to learn to do some things first, THAT is your real problem. Probably most of us who end up producing PDF documents do not create them with a PDF capable word processor (Adobe does not give THAT out for free) >> Mind, I do not consider having to go through some process like that extra work. The "finished product" (the financial reports) that as treasurer I hand out to the directors at a meeting are NOT the raw reports as coming out of gnucash. As treasurer, needing to also report to various authorities, I need different levels of detail. And I want the reports the boards look at to be "pretty printed" (maybe different things in different size fonts, some things bold, annotations added, etc.). In other words I want to be using a full feature editor, unfair to expect gnucash to provide that internally. Were I just producing personal printouts, I might resent the extra steps more. Michael D Novack ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] PDF export of reports
I use the path via Excel now, and it works. Luckily I only print once a year. I can't code unfortunately, otherwise this would be a nice challenge. Raimund -Ursprungligt meddelande- Från: Geert Janssens Skickat: den 26 januari 2019 17:45 Till: Raimund Strehl Kopia: gnucash-user@gnucash.org; Tommy Trussell Ämne: Re: [GNC] PDF export of reports Op zaterdag 26 januari 2019 16:57:55 CET schreef Raimund Strehl: > If I am not mistaken the same problem occurs when printing the report > from Gnucash using print to pdf or to a printer. I think this is an > issue that should have high priority as the export and print functions > are rendered unusable by this. Any coders listening in here? :-) > Raimund > > Raimund Feel free to jump in and provide the necessary patches... The currently active devs are aware of the problem but as John explained in another reply there's no easy solution. But there are a few workarounds: 1. open the reports in your favorite webbrowser and print from there 2. copy the report into Excel or LibreOffice calc (optionally adjust to your taste) and print from there 3. run gnucash 3.x on linux and enjoy integrated printing/pdf export. Regards, geert ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] PDF export of reports
If I am not mistaken the same problem occurs when printing the report from Gnucash using print to pdf or to a printer. I think this is an issue that should have high priority as the export and print functions are rendered unusable by this. Any coders listening in here? :-) Raimund Raimund From: Geert Janssens Sent: Saturday, 26 January 2019 09:50 To: gnucash-user@gnucash.org Cc: Tommy Trussell; Raimund Strehl Subject: Re: [GNC] PDF export of reports Op zaterdag 26 januari 2019 00:40:11 CET schreef Tommy Trussell: > On Fri, Jan 25, 2019 at 2:57 PM Raimund Strehl > > wrote: > > PDF export has a flaw. > > I have tested this on several Windows 10 machines on Gnucash 2.6 and > > 3.2/3.4. > > > > Reports export fine to PDF, but at page transitions it can happen, that a > > line of text gets cut in half. > > > > First half is on the end of one page and other half is at the start of > > next page. > > > > This seems to happen independently of page size settings. If the lines in > > the report /e.g. general ledger report by chance match with the space > > available on the page it looks fine on that page, > > but on the next page it can run into the problem. > > ... > > > Any ideas for a solution or a workaround?? > > > > As it is now, I have to export as HTML, import in Excel and then print a > > useable PDF with clean page transitions > > This is a known bug, and the good news is you already know the workaround! > (Export as HTML, open the report in a web browser or some other program and > print to PDF from there.) You'll find that it probably also affects reports > sent to a printer. > > I believe the bug has been addressed in NON-Windows versions of GnuCash, > but still affects Windows due to an outdated software "library" outside the > control of GnuCash developers. Unfortunately it's only addressed for linux. On MacOS we have the same issue. Other than that you're dead on. Regards, Geert ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] PDF export of reports
Op zaterdag 26 januari 2019 16:57:55 CET schreef Raimund Strehl: > If I am not mistaken the same problem occurs when printing the report from > Gnucash using print to pdf or to a printer. I think this is an issue that > should have high priority as the export and print functions are rendered > unusable by this. Any coders listening in here? :-) > Raimund > > Raimund Feel free to jump in and provide the necessary patches... The currently active devs are aware of the problem but as John explained in another reply there's no easy solution. But there are a few workarounds: 1. open the reports in your favorite webbrowser and print from there 2. copy the report into Excel or LibreOffice calc (optionally adjust to your taste) and print from there 3. run gnucash 3.x on linux and enjoy integrated printing/pdf export. Regards, geert ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] PDF export of reports
> On Jan 26, 2019, at 4:50 AM, Geert Janssens > wrote: > > Op zaterdag 26 januari 2019 13:02:38 CET schreef Jay Ridgley: >> On 1/26/19 2:50 AM, Geert Janssens wrote: >>> Op zaterdag 26 januari 2019 00:40:11 CET schreef Tommy Trussell: On Fri, Jan 25, 2019 at 2:57 PM Raimund Strehl This is a known bug, and the good news is you already know the workaround! (Export as HTML, open the report in a web browser or some other program and print to PDF from there.) You'll find that it probably also affects reports sent to a printer. I believe the bug has been addressed in NON-Windows versions of GnuCash, but still affects Windows due to an outdated software "library" outside the control of GnuCash developers. >>> >>> Unfortunately it's only addressed for linux. On MacOS we have the same >>> issue. >> Geert, >> >> What version of of Ubuntu contains the fix? I am running 2.6.12 under >> Ubuntu 16-04.5 LTS. > > That I don't know. I do know it is fixed for gnucash 3.x on linux. So you'll > need to find a way to install that version on your system. I don't think it's > provided for Ubuntu 16.04. The fix is to upgrade to GnuCash 3.x, which uses WebKit2 instead of WebKit1 on Linux. WebKit2 won't build on Windows and while it builds on MacOS I can't get it to run Javascript so the charts are broken, so GnuCash uses WebKit1 on those platforms. GnuCash 3.x is available in Debian testing. There's apparently a .deb available for Ubunutu 18.10 and Steven Butler has been working on making one available for 18.04; you can read about his efforts in the list archive. If you're able to build from source, GnuCash 3.x is known to build on 14.04 and later... in fact building on 14.04 is part of our CI tests. Regards, John Ralls ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] PDF export of reports
I’ve built 2.6.21 and 3.x several times on 16.04 without issues following the wiki recipe. (and it is fairly painless now that the recipe has been simplified and improved) Regards, Adrien > On Jan 26, 2019, at 6:50 AM, Geert Janssens > wrote: > > Op zaterdag 26 januari 2019 13:02:38 CET schreef Jay Ridgley: >> On 1/26/19 2:50 AM, Geert Janssens wrote: >>> Op zaterdag 26 januari 2019 00:40:11 CET schreef Tommy Trussell: On Fri, Jan 25, 2019 at 2:57 PM Raimund Strehl This is a known bug, and the good news is you already know the workaround! (Export as HTML, open the report in a web browser or some other program and print to PDF from there.) You'll find that it probably also affects reports sent to a printer. I believe the bug has been addressed in NON-Windows versions of GnuCash, but still affects Windows due to an outdated software "library" outside the control of GnuCash developers. >>> >>> Unfortunately it's only addressed for linux. On MacOS we have the same >>> issue. >> Geert, >> >> What version of of Ubuntu contains the fix? I am running 2.6.12 under >> Ubuntu 16-04.5 LTS. > > That I don't know. I do know it is fixed for gnucash 3.x on linux. So you'll > need to find a way to install that version on your system. I don't think it's > provided for Ubuntu 16.04. > > Geert > > > ___ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. > - > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] PDF export of reports
Op zaterdag 26 januari 2019 13:02:38 CET schreef Jay Ridgley: > On 1/26/19 2:50 AM, Geert Janssens wrote: > > Op zaterdag 26 januari 2019 00:40:11 CET schreef Tommy Trussell: > >> On Fri, Jan 25, 2019 at 2:57 PM Raimund Strehl > >> > >> This is a known bug, and the good news is you already know the > >> workaround! > >> (Export as HTML, open the report in a web browser or some other program > >> and > >> print to PDF from there.) You'll find that it probably also affects > >> reports > >> sent to a printer. > >> > >> I believe the bug has been addressed in NON-Windows versions of GnuCash, > >> but still affects Windows due to an outdated software "library" outside > >> the > >> control of GnuCash developers. > > > > Unfortunately it's only addressed for linux. On MacOS we have the same > > issue. > Geert, > > What version of of Ubuntu contains the fix? I am running 2.6.12 under > Ubuntu 16-04.5 LTS. That I don't know. I do know it is fixed for gnucash 3.x on linux. So you'll need to find a way to install that version on your system. I don't think it's provided for Ubuntu 16.04. Geert ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] PDF export of reports
On 1/26/19 2:50 AM, Geert Janssens wrote: Op zaterdag 26 januari 2019 00:40:11 CET schreef Tommy Trussell: On Fri, Jan 25, 2019 at 2:57 PM Raimund Strehl wrote: PDF export has a flaw. I have tested this on several Windows 10 machines on Gnucash 2.6 and 3.2/3.4. Reports export fine to PDF, but at page transitions it can happen, that a line of text gets cut in half. First half is on the end of one page and other half is at the start of next page. This seems to happen independently of page size settings. If the lines in the report /e.g. general ledger report by chance match with the space available on the page it looks fine on that page, but on the next page it can run into the problem. ... Any ideas for a solution or a workaround?? As it is now, I have to export as HTML, import in Excel and then print a useable PDF with clean page transitions This is a known bug, and the good news is you already know the workaround! (Export as HTML, open the report in a web browser or some other program and print to PDF from there.) You'll find that it probably also affects reports sent to a printer. I believe the bug has been addressed in NON-Windows versions of GnuCash, but still affects Windows due to an outdated software "library" outside the control of GnuCash developers. Unfortunately it's only addressed for linux. On MacOS we have the same issue. Geert, What version of of Ubuntu contains the fix? I am running 2.6.12 under Ubuntu 16-04.5 LTS. Thanks, Jay Other than that you're dead on. Regards, Geert ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. -- Jay Ridgley jridgley2 at austin.rr.com Registered Linux User ID - 9115 https://linuxcounter.net/cert/9115.png Registered Ubuntu User ID - 23320 ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] PDF export of reports
Op zaterdag 26 januari 2019 00:40:11 CET schreef Tommy Trussell: > On Fri, Jan 25, 2019 at 2:57 PM Raimund Strehl > > wrote: > > PDF export has a flaw. > > I have tested this on several Windows 10 machines on Gnucash 2.6 and > > 3.2/3.4. > > > > Reports export fine to PDF, but at page transitions it can happen, that a > > line of text gets cut in half. > > > > First half is on the end of one page and other half is at the start of > > next page. > > > > This seems to happen independently of page size settings. If the lines in > > the report /e.g. general ledger report by chance match with the space > > available on the page it looks fine on that page, > > but on the next page it can run into the problem. > > ... > > > Any ideas for a solution or a workaround?? > > > > As it is now, I have to export as HTML, import in Excel and then print a > > useable PDF with clean page transitions > > This is a known bug, and the good news is you already know the workaround! > (Export as HTML, open the report in a web browser or some other program and > print to PDF from there.) You'll find that it probably also affects reports > sent to a printer. > > I believe the bug has been addressed in NON-Windows versions of GnuCash, > but still affects Windows due to an outdated software "library" outside the > control of GnuCash developers. Unfortunately it's only addressed for linux. On MacOS we have the same issue. Other than that you're dead on. Regards, Geert ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] PDF export of reports
On Fri, Jan 25, 2019 at 2:57 PM Raimund Strehl wrote: > PDF export has a flaw. > I have tested this on several Windows 10 machines on Gnucash 2.6 and > 3.2/3.4. > > Reports export fine to PDF, but at page transitions it can happen, that a > line of text gets cut in half. > > First half is on the end of one page and other half is at the start of > next page. > > This seems to happen independently of page size settings. If the lines in > the report /e.g. general ledger report by chance match with the space > available on the page it looks fine on that page, > but on the next page it can run into the problem. > ... > Any ideas for a solution or a workaround?? > > As it is now, I have to export as HTML, import in Excel and then print a > useable PDF with clean page transitions > This is a known bug, and the good news is you already know the workaround! (Export as HTML, open the report in a web browser or some other program and print to PDF from there.) You'll find that it probably also affects reports sent to a printer. I believe the bug has been addressed in NON-Windows versions of GnuCash, but still affects Windows due to an outdated software "library" outside the control of GnuCash developers. > - > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
