Re: Re: F::Q changes

2017-11-23 Thread uhopfer@gmail
Liz, I just saw that you have wiki privileges and was asking for corrections. Here is a small one that I had sent to the user list,but  has not been implemented.

Re: Unable to open 2nd set of accounts on one MacBook Pro

2017-11-23 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
This has long been an issue with GnuCash on the Mac, such that most of us have simply gotten used to it. I will add something to the wiki FAQ shortly. It has been entered as a bug (https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=761024 ), so it has

Re: Unable to open 2nd set of accounts on one MacBook Pro

2017-11-23 Thread John Nightingale
Thanks, David, Problem solved. An FAQ on this might be a good idea, Cheers, John > On 24 Nov 2017, at 1:06 pm, David T. wrote: > > John, > > GnuCash on the Mac ALWAYS opens the last file it had open—even when you > double-click on another GnuCash file. This is a

Re: Unable to create liability account under expense account

2017-11-23 Thread Buddha Buck
GnuCash is fundamentally a double-entry accounting program. If you don't want to do double-entry accounting, then GnuCash is not the tool for you. There are not any global settings to change it to a single-entry system. My question to you is: Your suggestion of putting a liability accounts

Gnucash.org is down -- 7:55 PST 11/23/2017

2017-11-23 Thread Ken Pyzik
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Gnuash.org is down -- 7:55 PST 11/23/2017

2017-11-23 Thread Ken Pyzik
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Re: Password screw-up "magic fix"?

2017-11-23 Thread Steve
Thanks, John, but guess you didn't have a chance to read my entire post. I can't uncheck the box for "remember the pin in memory" when it is *NOT* checked to begin with! Bottom line, tell me what folders and/or files I need to backup (and restore as needed) that reflect my settings for aqbanking

Re: Unable to create liability account under expense account

2017-11-23 Thread Suresh Saragadam
Hi Buddha, Thanks for the reply,Now I understood may be it is not a general accounting practice. To my requirement i am not required to record double entry, I know that i am spending from my pocket there is no need for income or profit and loss statement, I just want to track my Expenses. and

Re: Unable to open 2nd set of accounts on one MacBook Pro

2017-11-23 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
John, GnuCash on the Mac ALWAYS opens the last file it had open—even when you double-click on another GnuCash file. This is a long-known issue with how the Mac handles the GnuCash startup. File->Open will get you to your second set of accounts. David > On Nov 24, 2017, at 8:00 AM, John

Unable to open 2nd set of accounts on one MacBook Pro

2017-11-23 Thread John Nightingale
I am treasurer of two quite different organisations. I have kept accounts for both using gnucash, but on two different Macs. Now I have only one Mac. Both sets of accounts are primarily held on a USB stick, one for each organisation. Why can I not open the accounts on the USB stick that used to

Re: Password screw-up "magic fix"?

2017-11-23 Thread John Ralls
> On Nov 23, 2017, at 12:30 PM, Steve wrote: > > and merely restoring the file folder "aqbanking" does NOT do it, btw > Preferences>Online Banking, near the bottom, uncheck "Remember the PIN in memory". Regards, John Ralls

Re: Password screw-up "magic fix"?

2017-11-23 Thread Steve
and merely restoring the file folder "aqbanking" does NOT do it, btw -- Sent from: http://gnucash.1415818.n4.nabble.com/GnuCash-User-f1415819.html ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org

Re: Finance-quote

2017-11-23 Thread Snow Leopard
It works but only without adding "gnc-fq-dump alphavantage CSCO ». I don’t understand the sentence "you must set it as a shell environment variable when using gnc-fq-helper or gnc-fq-dump. ». maybe I am over asking ? Thanks anyway for the help Xavier — Le 23 novembre 2017 à 17:17:33, Fross,

Password screw-up "magic fix"?

2017-11-23 Thread Steve
I've used GnuCash for a long time, have the current stable version, Windows 10. Question: Since Adam & Eve first danced, whenever I *accidently* hit "remember PIN" (something I would never do intentionally, but seem to do from time to time) when downloading transactions on a particular account,

Unable to create liability account under expense account

2017-11-23 Thread Suresh Saragadam
I am working on a small construction work where i need to record my expenses for both material and men (labour) Initially i need to create expense accounts for sand, stone,cement, under Total Material Expences Total Material Expences |_sand |_cement |_stone i am purchasing cement on

Re: Finance-quote

2017-11-23 Thread Fross, Michael
Then I think you need to use Alphavantage. Take a look at the docs and the how to has been documented there. Or take a look at the archives over the last few weeks. Basic approach is to get a free API key from Alphavantage.co. Set an environment variable to that key. How to do this depends

Re: Finance-quote

2017-11-23 Thread Xavier LAROSE
Thanks. It worked for securities but not for currencies. How to fix that ? --  Xavier  Le 23 novembre 2017 à 14:49:05, Michael Fross (mich...@fross.org) a écrit: In the security editor, edit the security and you can choose where to get the quotes from online. Select Yahoo_json. Let us know if

Re: Finance-quote

2017-11-23 Thread Michael Fross
In the security editor, edit the security and you can choose where to get the quotes from online. Select Yahoo_json. Let us know if it works for you. Best wishes, Michael On Thu, Nov 23, 2017 at 2:17 AM Xavier LAROSE wrote: > How to set quotes source with Yahoo_Json ?

Re: Finance-Quote 1.47 released!

2017-11-23 Thread Adrian Holbrook
Thanks for your response - i tried Morningstar GB but got no response at all - normally I get the reply "Unable to retrieve quotes ..." but this time it looked like it had worked but no updates in the price editor. From: gnucash-user

Re: Finance-quote

2017-11-23 Thread Xavier LAROSE
How to set quotes source with Yahoo_Json ? --  Xavier  Le 22 novembre 2017 à 16:21:05, Fross, Michael (mich...@fross.org) a écrit: Give Yahoo_JSON a shot.  It's working for me and might be easier than setting up the Alphavantage API key (which also works well.) Michael On Wed, Nov 22, 2017 at

Re: Could not obtain the lock

2017-11-23 Thread moirag
> On Wednesday, 22 November 2017 04:19:21 GMT moi...@web.net wrote: > >> >> It has to be on my desktop?? OK, i'll try that ... tomorrow ... and >> report >> back. >> >> Moira > > No it doesn't have to be on your desktop, but for testing purposes it is a > handy place that we know exists! Oh, well