Re: [GNC] Troubleshooting and/or database repair

2022-10-05 Thread Jim Kolodziej
If I select “new” under file like I’m trying to create a new database I get the main screen but I can’t do anything like create accounts or anything. I can’t even ‘X’ out of the window. It’s basically frozen. On Wed, Oct 5, 2022 at 6:51 PM Jim Kolodziej wrote: > No I can add transacti

Re: [GNC] Troubleshooting and/or database repair

2022-10-05 Thread Jim Kolodziej
No I can add transactions to existing accounts etc but can’t add a new account or edit an existing account On Wed, Oct 5, 2022 at 6:47 PM R Losey wrote: > The only thing I can think about offhand is that you somehow have a > read-only version open?? > > On Wed, Oct 5, 2022 at 5:12 PM wrote: >

Re: [GNC] Finance::Quote in GC 4.11 Flatpak

2022-09-27 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
ect one? The first file was 12527 bytes, the second (inside CurrencyRates/) is 3938 bytes as updated. Now the situation may be different on Flatpak, in which case this comment is of no use to you. My apologies. Best regards,     —Jim DeLaHunt On 2022-09-27 13:02, rsbrux via gnucash-user w

Re: [GNC] Currency quote in Gnucash not working

2022-09-19 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
Hello, Murugan Mariappan: On 2022-09-19 16:45, Murugan Muruganandam wrote: I have a problem with currency quotes using Alphavantage API. I use only 2 currency quotes. For the past one month suddenly the quotes are not working and i get an error message saying Unable to retrieve quotes for

Re: [GNC] A new start - somewhat strange

2022-09-05 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
Norbert: On 2022-09-04 20:44, Norbert Klein wrote: …Some time ago, I saw on the list here a clear graphic example: the Groceries heading, with two subheadings with two different currencies – but my download was lost with my recent hard-disk crash.… You may be remembering a thread you started

Re: [GNC] Change Linked Document Path

2022-09-04 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
Geoff: On 2022-09-03 04:47, Geoff Storer wrote: Hi Jim Answers to your questions ...[some answers elided]... Many thanks for these answers. I now have a clearer idea of what is going on. It looks to me like this is an area where GnuCash does not help us out much with clear information

[GNC] Does Linked Document UI show relative vs absolute?

2022-09-04 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
L442>, but I was unable to answer my questions by reading that code. My reason for asking is to answer someone's question about how to change a linked document path to be relative, <https://lists.gnucash.org/pipermail/gnucash-user/2022-August/102634.html>. Thank you in advance,     —J

Re: [GNC] Change Linked Document Path

2022-09-02 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
Geoff: On 2022-09-01 20:04, Geoff Storer wrote: Ok, thanks. This is my first post!! On Fri, Sep 2, 2022 at 8:16 AM Jim DeLaHunt wrote: Geoff: One tenet of GnuCash-user email list etiquette is to cc the gnucash-user email list on all replies. We want this discussion to take place

Re: [GNC] Change Linked Document Path

2022-09-01 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
that reaches me via the list.     —Jim DeLaHunt On 2022-09-01 03:57, Geoff Storer wrote: Hi Jim Thanks for coming back to me. Sorry I have taken so long to respond. In answer to your questions: Q: Are you familiar with the difference in behaviour between relative file paths and absolute file

Re: [GNC] Currency quotes stopped

2022-08-31 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
On 2022-08-31 18:38, rob wrote: Hi Guys, I have Windows 11 with Gnucash 4.11 installed and also "Online price retrieval for Gnucash". Finance quote is 1.52. Gnc-fq-check is ok. AlphaVantage key API is also ok. I can get update quotes for shares but since a few weeks no update quotes for the

Re: [GNC] Change Linked Document Path

2022-08-29 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
and once I translate from macOS to Windows in my head — I can try to help you further. Best regards, —Jim DeLaHunt Are all your attached documents within a single directory on your new computer? ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@g

Re: [GNC] F::Q Currency Issues

2022-08-15 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
On 2022-08-15 17:48, Bruce Schuck wrote: Hello everyone, As I am now the F::Q team member with CPAN/Pause upload priv, please have patience. I had to unexpectedly travel out of state for a family matter. I am not sure how long I will be away, but it will be at least a few days before I have

Re: [GNC] How to bulk import about 130 Securities entries?

2022-08-15 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
On 2022-08-15 06:54, flywire wrote: Once share securities are created the share accounts can be created with File, Import, Import accounts from CSV. True. But the topic of the thread is, how to bulk create the share securities themselves. File, New Cancel Tools, Security Editor

Re: [GNC] Online Currency Exchange Rates

2022-08-14 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
On 2022-08-14 14:42, John Ralls wrote: We got a bug report,https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=798599, this morning reporting that currency exchange rates aren't working. After a bit of fiddling I got an intelligible error message: Thank you for using Alpha Vantage! This is a premium

Re: [GNC] Why does the sample "investments" account tree have intermediate "Bond", "Mutual Fund", and "Stock" accounts?

2022-08-14 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
Thank you for your example, Kalpesh. On 2022-08-14 17:11, Kalpesh Patel wrote: Jim, In my case I actually have additional intermediate accounts like so: * Assets o Investments + Brokerage account # Bond # Mutual Fund

Re: [GNC] How to bulk import about 130 Securities entries?

2022-08-14 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
est regards,      —Jim DeLaHunt On 2022-08-14 17:34, Kalpesh Patel wrote: Jim, Not sure if anyone has mentioned or not but see if your broker provides transactions in OFX format instead of CSV. With CSV I imagine that you will have to perform some pre-processing before importing into GNC.

Re: [GNC] How to bulk import about 130 Securities entries?

2022-08-14 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
Geoff: On 2022-08-13 22:38, Geoff wrote: Hi Jim I don't have any experience manipulating GnuCash XML files, but in principle what you want to do should work, although it does void your GnuCash warranty. However, if you are going to all this effort you may find it more worthwhile to invest

[GNC] What is the difference between Account types "Stock" and "Mutual fund"?

2022-08-13 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
ently. However, it does not say that GnuCash treats the types differently. Below that table, it uses the same wording to describe the possible child accounts of the two types. Is there a functional difference in how GnuCash treats accounts of type "Stock" and "Mutual Fund&quo

[GNC] Why does the sample "investments" account tree have intermediate "Bond", "Mutual Fund", and "Stock" accounts?

2022-08-13 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
rokerage account, or is this a matter of personal preference? (In which case, I will keep the structure I have.) Thank you in advance for your insight, —Jim DeLaHunt ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscriptio

[GNC] How to bulk import about 130 Securities entries?

2022-08-13 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
ymbol. It looks like that is straightforward to do with a CSV of accounts in the correct format, and the File… Import…  Import Accounts from CSV… menu item. I have a few child accounts which I entered from the UI which will serve as examples.  Is there any way in which this is more difficult than it looks?

Re: [GNC] Multiple currencies

2022-07-21 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
ations! You have created a new account, denominated in KHR. Does this method work for you, in your books? I hope to get it soon (others tell me at my ago of 88 I should just not try new things. I do not agree. The age of 88 sounds like a wonderful time to try new things! Have fun with it.

[GNC] Thank you for your courtesy

2022-06-21 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
that they are violating the community's code of conduct, they do not apologise, and they lash out with more nastiness. It is awful. And that is one of the reasons why I spend more effort participating here rather than there. Thank you. Best regards,     —Jim DeLaHunt

Re: [GNC] Switching from Quickbooks and getting started

2022-06-02 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
g is new to you, maybe read an introductory accounting textbook. Are those clues helpful? Best regards,     —Jim DeLaHunt On 2022-06-02 12:13, Christine McSweeney wrote: I have been using Quickbooks for personal finances and a small business for which I generate invoices. Haven't a clue for how

Re: [GNC] Integration between Freshbooks and Gnucash?

2022-05-17 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
are the best places for the division of labor. So I will ask Jim, have you carefully considered that "right place" because this can have a huge affect on the amount of "duplicate work".… The answer to your question is "no". I have not carefully considered the "right p

[GNC] Integration between Freshbooks and Gnucash?

2022-05-16 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
happen soon, but registering the interest can't hurt. I am a developer, so I could potentially develop such an app — but realistically, it is far enough down my wish list that I won't get to it soon, unless I get encouragement. Best regards, —Jim DeLaHunt, Vancouver, Canada [1] <ht

Re: [GNC] invoice function for android app

2022-05-14 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
://www.freshbooks.com/en-ca/accounting-app> but I don't use it, and I don't know if it does task timing. A search for "Time tracking" in the Android store might turn up some candidate apps. Does that answer your question? Best regards,     —Jim DeLaHunt, Vancouver, B.C., Ca

Re: [GNC] Help

2022-05-02 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
a look at the page, "Quickstart Australian BAS" <https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Quickstart_Australian_BAS>. When further questions arise — and they will — come on back here and see if we can help you more. Best regards,     —Jim DeLaHunt __

Re: [GNC] Credit Card Opening Balance

2022-05-01 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
ld give you. By the way, I am keeping books for my personal finances and a small self-proprietership business. My stakes are low, and I have no auditor to satisfy. I see no need to close my books at the end of the year; some of my account registers span 10-20 y

Re: [GNC] Why is “Licenses and Permits” Charges, not Expenses?

2022-04-23 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
of the term "Charges". In an Income account, the left amount column is titled "Charge", and the right is titled "Income". In an Expense account, the left amount column is titled "Expense", and the right is titled "Rebate". Does this help? Best regards,   

Re: [GNC] Why does an Equity account have to be of Currency type?

2022-04-23 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
On 2022-04-23 02:46, km22 wrote: …I am starting a new Gnucash file for a simple "mock" trust.  The trust holds physical assets (like stamps and coins and other collectibles).  I want to represent the contributions to this trust in the form of these assets.  However, when I try to create new

Re: [GNC] Fwd: GnuCash page FAQ has been changed by Flywire

2022-03-08 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
opinions, but maybe this helps encourage someone else. Best regards,     —Jim DeLaHunt, Vancouver, Canada On 2022-03-07 21:28, Geoff wrote: Hi David [[ Before responding I took the time to read the https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/FAQ from top to bottom. ]] I understand the important role that rev

Re: [GNC] reconcile problem?

2022-02-27 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
earned it, it was a huge help to me. So, try double-clicking on the Import Matcher rows, and see if that helps. Let us know. The import matcher is also documented in the "Tutorial and Concepts Guide", 3.1.2 Import Matcher. You can read it at <https://www.gnucash.org/viewdoc.phtml?rev=

Re: [GNC] Directly posting payments

2022-02-21 Thread jim
Dear Mr. Carlson: > Do you intend to use GnuCash for personal finances or business use? If for > personal use, don't bother with those business features. Business. Self-employed, no employees. Jim -- > On Mon, Feb 21, 2022 at 4:10 PM wrote: &

[GNC] Directly posting payments

2022-02-21 Thread jim
; however, then I don't have a vendor summary. What am I overlooking? Regards, Jim James E. Gochnauer Independent Claims Adjuster Licensed/bonded/Xactimate certified 132 Cleveland St. Flr 1 Brooklyn, NY 11208 CELL & TXT: 646-465-4800 j...@paradisepro

Re: [GNC] Trying to register transactions in a different currency than your main one.

2022-02-21 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
to this list, and if I have something useful to say, I will contribute what I have learned. Also having trouble figuring out how to post or to log in. Sorry, I don't follow this.  Post what to where?  Log in to where? Best regards, —Jim DeLaHunt, using GnuCash for small business and personal

Re: [GNC] Trying to register transactions in a different currency than your main one.

2022-02-15 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
don't work for you?  You have a good point that the documentation can be slow to change as the application changes. Perhaps you can point out the specific parts of the documentation which most need to be updated. Best regards,     —Jim DeLaHunt, Vancouver, Canada

Re: [GNC] Budgeting problem

2022-02-01 Thread Jim Passmore
Paul, Perhaps you have inadvertently entered a zero into the Groceries account? If you do, it overrides the summation of subaccounts. You can simply highlight and hit delete to get rid of it. -- *Jim Passmore* On Mon, Jan 31, 2022 at 10:01 PM Paul Warthe wrote: > Hello All, > >

Re: [GNC] OneDrive

2022-01-19 Thread jim
I have been using One Drive for over a year for a local community business and had no problems. I also have another set of accounts for a charity that uses SharePoint to save the files, again no problems. Regards James Billinghurst Message: 3 Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2022 15:59:35 -0600 From:

Re: [GNC] Editing a Budget - "from this period onwards"

2021-12-31 Thread Jim Passmore
!) Either a "fill to right" or "copy column" would cut down on the copy/paste. Wish I could offer to help implement this, but I have zero experience with C/C++. -- *Jim Passmore* On Mon, Dec 27, 2021 at 6:42 PM Adrien Monteleone < adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wro

Re: [GNC] Editing a Budget - "from this period onwards"

2021-12-26 Thread Jim Passmore
I would echo the feature request for "fill from selected to the right". Another good addition to the budget editor would be the ability to copy an entire period column for all accounts. Thanks! -- *Jim Passmore* On Sun, Dec 26, 2021 at 10:45 AM Graham Ward wrote: > You can

[GNC] Experimental Report (Income Statement - Multicolumn)

2021-11-14 Thread jim
The new experimental report -Income Statement (Multicolumn) looks brilliant. I have tried it a few times with multiple periods and the vast majority of accounts are correctly reported. However, I have found two account codes have not been shown correctly, the data seems to miss report entries

Re: [GNC] email seems so crude 30 years after MULTICS forums.

2021-10-07 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
you want to. I predict that we could have a big discussion about the pros and cons of email lists and forums, and we would end up without a resolution; we would discover that no one option works for everyone. Best regards, —Jim DeLaHunt

Re: [GNC] Help updating from 2.4 to 4.7

2021-10-04 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
eat the process. Finally, install your GnuCash 4.7, and repeat the process one last time. By the way, the most recent GnuCash version is now 4.8. If you are on macOS or Windows, this has the same functionality as 4.7. But if you are moving to the newest version, you might as well take th

Re: [GNC] Project moderation and governance

2021-10-01 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
y good. Don't expect it to be free of minor bruises. I get some myself from time to time. But they heal. This project isn't bad. Best regards, —Jim "no strong opinions on Fiscal Year terminology" DeLaHunt, Vancouver, Canada [1] https://lists.gnucash.org/pipermail/gn

Re: [GNC] Can I Prevent OFX/QFX Import Overwriting Notes?

2021-08-27 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
Maybe you have thoughts to add to Bug 797678 - "OFX importer should supplement, not replace, existing Notes (and Description and Memo) fields" at <https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=797678>. Best regards, —Jim DeLaHunt ___ gnu

Re: [GNC] What is the purpose of hidden accounts?

2021-08-22 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
or the audited books of a corporation. Does that answer your question?   —Jim DeLaHunt ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-u

Re: [GNC] new namespaces for tokens and commodities

2021-08-19 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
ocurrencies Many conflicts with ISO 4217. So we want the cryptos in a separate namespace "userdefined". So we are searching for volunteers, who implement the currency namespace "userdefined". So, perhaps you would like to read bug

Re: [GNC] Issue with business invoices

2021-08-14 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
uot;Customer", and "Company" — to refer to what I think is the same concept. Best regards, —Jim DeLaHunt ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnuc

Re: [GNC] Adding new income category or new expenses category

2021-07-15 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
ied my business chart of accounts over time, and it has not been a problem. Thanks for your help. Barry G. Hall Director, Bellingham Research Institute ba...@bellinghamresearch.com http://www.bellinghamresearch.com <http://www.bellinghamres

Re: [GNC] Transactions imported from the file assigned to wrong account

2021-06-21 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
read through the GnuCash Guide documentation about file import? <https://www.gnucash.org/docs/v4/C/gnucash-guide/importing-from-files.html#importing-ofx> Best regards,     —Jim DeLaHunt On 2021-06-21 13:17, Aleksandar Kocic wrote: I download the file from the bank's site and manually import

Re: [GNC] Should the gnc-fq-* helper scripts be invoked as commands, or as an arg to perl?

2021-06-15 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
On 2021-06-14 11:58, Frank H. Ellenberger wrote: Hello Jim, I fear this changes would go in the wrong direction. It would hide the important "normal" stuff behind a bunch of noise. Instead of adding aphavantage and probably other keys to each command, explain for your OSes, how t

Re: [GNC] Should the gnc-fq-* helper scripts be invoked as commands, or as an arg to perl?

2021-06-14 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
On 2021-06-14 17:45, Chris Good wrote: You have to set the key in the cmd environment before invoking gnc-fq-dump. E.g. cd \Program Files (x86)\gnucash\bin set ALPHAVANTAGE_API_KEY=## gnc-fq-dump alphavantage CSCO Oh, I see. Thank you for explaining that, Chris. --Jim DeLaHunt

Re: [GNC] Should the gnc-fq-* helper scripts be invoked as commands, or as an arg to perl?

2021-06-14 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
step is taking an overall look at the wiki page https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Online_Quotes to see how best to work with what is there. Best regards, —Jim DeLaHunt ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription

Re: [GNC] Should the gnc-fq-* helper scripts be invoked as commands, or as an arg to perl?

2021-06-13 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
On 2021-06-13 09:53, John Ralls wrote: On Jun 13, 2021, at 12:39 AM, Jim DeLaHunt wrote: ... [elided] ... Am I correct in guessing that GnuCash 4.5 internally invokes these scripts (maybe just gnc-fq-helper) as an argument to a perl command? If so, should the wiki page https

Re: [GNC] Should the gnc-fq-* helper scripts be invoked as commands, or as an arg to perl?

2021-06-13 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
On 2021-06-13 00:39, Jim DeLaHunt wrote: Am I correct in guessing that GnuCash 4.5 internally invokes these scripts (maybe just gnc-fq-helper) as an argument to a perl command? After a fairly quick read of the source code, I think the answer is, "Yes, for over 14 years". I see

[GNC] Should the gnc-fq-* helper scripts be invoked as commands, or as an arg to perl?

2021-06-13 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
ttps://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Online_Quotes use the same invocation? Best regards, —Jim DeLaHunt ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listi

Re: [GNC] gnucash-cli says, "No quotes retrieved. Finance::Quote isn't installed properly" on macOS

2021-06-13 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
On 2021-06-12 20:49, John Ralls wrote: On Jun 12, 2021, at 6:31 PM, Jim DeLaHunt wrote: On 2021-06-12 09:13, John Ralls wrote: On Jun 12, 2021, at 12:22 AM, Jim DeLaHunt wrote: OK, I can understand that the MacPorts installation of perl may be configured to look for perl packages

Re: [GNC] gnucash-cli says, "No quotes retrieved. Finance::Quote isn't installed properly" on macOS

2021-06-13 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
On 2021-06-12 19:54, D. via gnucash-user wrote: Jim, I understand your complaint here, but it seems to me that the issue here is that MacPorts is prepending its directories into the environment path. Because they altered the path to prefer their own executables before the Apple supplied

Re: [GNC] gnucash-cli says, "No quotes retrieved. Finance::Quote isn't installed properly" on macOS

2021-06-12 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
On 2021-06-12 09:13, John Ralls wrote: On Jun 12, 2021, at 12:22 AM, Jim DeLaHunt wrote: OK, I can understand that the MacPorts installation of perl may be configured to look for perl packages in MacPorts locations, and ignore the system locations. But I don't understand wny the GUI app

Re: [GNC] gnucash-cli says, "No quotes retrieved. Finance::Quote isn't installed properly" on macOS

2021-06-12 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
the gnucash-cli app apparently cannot. What is different? Best regards,   —Jim DeLaHunt On 2021-06-11 19:39, John Ralls wrote: Jim, Start with perl /Applications/Gnucash.app/Contents/Resources/bin/gnc-fq-check from Terminal to make sure that perl can find F::Q and which perl from

[GNC] gnucash-cli says, "No quotes retrieved. Finance::Quote isn't installed properly" on macOS

2021-06-11 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
workaround is to continue running Get Quotes from with in the GUI until I can make the gnucash-cli succeed. Thank you, —Jim DeLaHunt ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscr

Re: [GNC] Large Negative Account Total

2021-06-08 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
y your experiment. 5. See if you like the results of the experiment. 6. If you do, keep using the new book. If you do not, then quit Gnucash, delete the most recent copy of your book file, and replace it with the copy you saved. Then restart GnuCash. Best regards,     —Jim DeLaHunt __

Re: [GNC] New Imbalance-XXX Behavior

2021-05-31 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
odel of what David's report means is that recently, GnuCash changed its behaviour to store the account name and CoA context in that list, instead of the unique identifier. There may be advantages to that change, but I agree with David that cluttering up the root of the CoA tree is

Re: [GNC] OFX Home Sunset Announcement

2021-04-25 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
ideas on how continuing OFXHome, or doing new things, would create value for our community. I don't have good ideas for that.  What do you all think?   —Jim DeLaHunt, Vancouver, Canada ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update

Re: [GNC] Importing Accounts with non-English Characters

2021-03-16 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
something like that. Best regards, —Jim DeLaHunt ___ 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 usin

Re: [GNC] Moving to Linux

2021-03-13 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
On 2021-03-13 13:52, Jim DeLaHunt wrote: …It's probably more correct to think of your non-Mac system as creating these files. Did you publish your Linux file system to the Mac using NetATalk or Samba, and then use the Mac Finder to copy the files from the Mac file system to that published

Re: [GNC] Moving to Linux

2021-03-13 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
nge.com article above, have offered ways to delete the files if you don't want them. Best regards, —Jim DeLaHunt ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.

Re: [GNC] File locations to restore when migrating Linux computers?

2021-03-01 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
or suggestions? (I'm using Ubuntu-MATE.) The GnuCash wiki page <https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Configuration_Locations <https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Configuration_Locations>> has a helpful list of locations to check. It has sections for each OS. Best regards, —

Re: [GNC] currency symbol problem in reports

2021-02-27 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
Philippine_peso_sign Hope this helps, —Jim DeLaHunt ___ 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

Re: [GNC] 4.4 slow

2021-02-23 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
apparently fixed it in GnuCash 4.3. But if what you saw in GnuCash 4.4 was this bug, then maybe the fix wasn't effective. Or maybe what you saw is not related to Bug 797984. Just another lead to follow, if it is helpful.  Best regards, —Jim DeLaHunt

Re: [GNC] Assets vs. expenses vs. income entry

2021-02-21 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
nd dangle. That will put the window to my right when facing my computer screen. I just hope I don't drop my receipts. It's a 22-floor fall to the ground. Still, that's why I love this list. I can find ways to put the tips I receive here to such good use! ;-) ;-) Best regards,     —Jim DeLaHunt (Seriously,

Re: [GNC] Copying reports from one machine to another

2021-02-21 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
ent path to your USER_CONFIG_HOME directory. Does this answer your question? —Jim DeLaHunt ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user

Re: [GNC] Reverse all transactions

2021-02-11 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
ime?" Perhaps this trick of putting in a "-" character might be a fast enough direct change that it works for you.  Good luck,     —Jim DeLaHunt ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferen

Re: [GNC] mysql setup in linux (debian)

2021-02-02 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
help you along. You may help us find where /we/ want to improve the instructions. Don't worry if the bug report isn't perfect. Do your best, and then others can come in and polish it. The main thing is to make a record that the problem exists. Thank you, Gord! —Jim DeLaHunt On 2021-02-02

Re: [GNC] mysql setup in linux (debian)

2021-02-01 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
he SQL way if the database is SQL. It's good to have people turn up errors with nice solid evidence like you collected. Thanks! Best regard, —Jim DeLaHunt ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to u

Re: [GNC] Is there a record of reconciliations performed along with closing balances and dates?

2021-01-07 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
traightforward to rephrase the above in SQLite terms. But sorry, I can't easily do that for you myself at the moment. I hope this helps! —Jim DeLaHunt, Vancouver, Canada ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update yo

Re: [GNC] Support message:// for transaction associations

2021-01-02 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
not seem to compose a new message. I may be wrong, but it seems you two might be talking past each other a bit. Hope this helps with communication,   —Jim DeLaHunt On 2021-01-02 06:15, Derek Atkins wrote: Hi. First, the more cross-platform uri would be mailto: Second, the issue is that gnucash

Re: [GNC] Help on daily cash income and bank statements

2020-11-24 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
bun to your next list posting? Include enough for everyone on the list, of course. :-) Best regards,    —Jim DeLaHunt, Vancouver, Canada Welcome Alison Yes, if you can do this extra data entry you will help your accountant and hopefully have to pay less to them! There is LOTS to learn,

Re: [GNC] Wrong starting balance

2020-11-20 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
elp? Best regards,       —Jim DeLaHunt ___ 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

Re: [GNC] Odd Description Behaviour When Updating Description that ends with ")"

2020-11-17 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
the fix. Best regards,   —Jim DeLaHun On 2020-11-16 23:03, David H wrote: Replying to/Correcting my own email - sorry the right bracket is not added as it's already there, it's just that the cursor bounces to the end of the description prematurely... Cheers David H. On Tue, 17 Nov 2020 a

Re: [GNC] Split Transactions

2020-11-14 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
are you seeing? Best regards,   —Jim DeLaHunt, Vancouver, Canada ___ 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

[GNC] Would anyone else like a hacky way to do partial and catch-up reconciliation?

2020-11-03 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
ons on to a wiki page. If not, I'll just publish it on my blog or something. For those of you whose books are up-to-date and fully reconciled, I admire you. Best regards,   —Jim DeLaHunt, software engineer, Vancouver, Canada ___ gnucash-user mail

Re: [GNC] Simultaneous Users? Cloud Access? Split FE & BE?

2020-10-25 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
n the GnuCash.exe program. The "multiple computers" FAQ linked to above talks about this a little. Best regards,   —Jim DeLaHunt, Vancouver, Canada ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription prefere

Re: [GNC] $0 splits in QIF imported incorrectly, flipping + and - values

2020-09-28 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
re is hope.   —Jim DeLaHunt On 2020-09-28 14:48, B Wooster wrote: Found an existing bug report about this, from 2008, and recent comments from Quicken users pointing out how this makes it impossible to move to gnucash oh well. I added my "me too" waiting on the bug

Re: [GNC] $0 splits in QIF imported incorrectly, flipping + and - values

2020-09-27 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
). I am not an expert in GnuCash's handling of QIF files. But maybe getting everyone clear about the terminology will help. And maybe my reasoning based on what I see in your examples might shed some light on what is really going on. Best regards,   —Jim DeLaHunt On 2020-09-27 11:41, B Wooste

Re: [GNC] How to stop a Transfer Funds dialogue autmatically appearing after reconciliation?

2020-09-22 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
On 2020-09-21 00:30, Christopher Lam wrote: Try the preference setting Register / Reconciling / Automatic credit card payment On Mon, 21 Sep 2020, 3:12 pm Jim DeLaHunt, wrote: Hello, folks: I have been catching up on reconciliation of a few credit card accounts this weekend. For one credit

[GNC] How to stop a Transfer Funds dialogue autmatically appearing after reconciliation?

2020-09-21 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
behaviour mentioned in either the Help or the Concepts Guide. Thanks in advance for any help, —Jim DeLaHunt, Vancouver, Canada ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscr

[GNC] Negative attitudes [was: Re: Negative numbers]

2020-09-12 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
for me, unpleasant to listen to and unfair to them. It is a detraction rather than a contribution.     —Jim "in appreciation for GnuCash 3.10 build (2020-04-11)" DeLaHunt, Vancouver, Canada ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash

Re: [GNC] New user - anyone else using GnuCash for PCC (church) accounts? Advice?

2020-08-26 Thread Jim Ziobro
I handle "Restricted" assets as Equity accounts. Typically the "Board" designates the various classes of temporarily restricted, permanently restricted, and unrestricted assets. The changes in equity are at the order of the Board. For example the Board might designate funds restricted to some

[GNC] Thank you for list moderation [was: Re: GnuCash and Swedish accounting legislation]

2020-08-12 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
Liz, with Moderator Hat On: On 2020-08-12 01:57, Liz Dodd wrote: Jim, and others, I do not approve of posts like doncram's which preceded this. As the Moderator I have intervened and will check future posts from doncram. Kindly note that I do not tolerate coarse language or disparaging others

Re: [GNC] GnuCash and Swedish accounting legislation

2020-08-11 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
pe of usage conditions, and c) GnuCash features needed to allow those users to do better in those conditions using GnuCash.   We may discover that we are talking about different users, and different scopes, than the modest ambitions GnuCash currently targets. GnuCash can grow to accomplish

[GNC] "Enter value" (exchange rate?) for multi-currency scheduled transaction

2020-08-06 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
expect to upgrade to GnuCash 4.1 soon. I didn't take detailed notes and screen shots of the problem this time, but the transaction will recur next month, and I can make the notes then. I intend to post an update to this thread then. Any suggestions of where to look in the mea

Re: [GNC] AqBanking OFX DirectConnect issues

2020-07-10 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
adding your opinion to that discussion. Best regards, —Jim DeLaHunt, Vancouver, Canada ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-us

Re: [GNC] Gnucash - user

2020-07-07 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
last entry in that directory is an entry for  "gnucash-user", a link to <https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user>. What path of pages did you follow to get where you ended up? Does the above path of pages work better for you? Best regards,   —Jim DeLaHunt,

Re: [GNC] Best match probability calc is too pessimistic

2020-07-05 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
tps://bugs.gnucash.org/> ? If so, I'll second it. Best regards,     —Jim DeLaHunt, software engineer, Vancouver, Canada ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/m

Re: [GNC] Split transaction on invoices in foreign currencies

2020-07-02 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
In the meantime, congratulations on being able to issue an invoice. Those are a bit too rare in these pandemic times. Best regards, —Jim DeLaHunt, software engineer, Vancouver, Canada ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update y

Re: [GNC] Fwd: Tips for maintining different accounting for different countries?

2020-05-19 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
Hello, James: On 2020-05-18 12:54, James Cook wrote: Thanks, Jim, your responses are helpful. A couple of follow-up questions about doing cost-basis tracking outside of GnuCash (either for Jim or for the list): * When you do cost-basis tracking in a separate spreadsheet, do you have a way

Re: [GNC] Fwd: Tips for maintining different accounting for different countries?

2020-05-16 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
structure of accounts without losing data. If you decide to merge two accounts, or split one account into two, then you need to go through every transaction in those accounts and reassign them, but that might be a surprisingly tractable task. It certainly doesn't require touching every tran

Re: [GNC] Reordering splits in a transaction

2020-05-16 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
. It doesn't affect the content of reports. etc. I hope this is clarifying, even if it isn't definitive.    —Jim DeLaHunt, software engineer, Vancouver, Canada On 2020-05-15 06:03, peterb wrote: I have a recurring transaction with a very complicated split. At some point, the splits in the recurring

Re: [GNC] Stock "split" exchanging shares of different currencies?

2020-05-15 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
On 2020-05-15 12:35, John Ralls wrote: Jim, Use plain text with a fixed-width typeface to be sure that the formatting survives the list server. Thank you for the tip. Here are my three examples from my original message of 14. May <https://lists.gnucash.org/pipermail/gnucash-user/2020-

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