Re: [GNC] Receipt scanners and software
If by 'receipt scanners and software' you mean something that can OCR an image of a receipt and magically turn it into a transaction, then the answer is, "None." There is such software out there to allegedly perform such magic (I've never seen it in action) but if it can output either a CSV or something you can convert to CSV, then you can import said result to GnuCash, but there isn't any software I'm aware of that directly adds such OCR capability to GnuCash. - What do you mean by 'barcode access'? What are you trying to do? Regards, Adrien On 1/26/24 10:30 PM, W. Neal Lewis wrote: What receipt scanners and software can be used with GnuCash? I would also like to get barcode access as well. ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] Receipt scanners and software
He Neal > What receipt scanners and software can be used with GnuCash? GnuCash is completely agnostic when it comes to scanning, so just use whatever you have, save the images to disc, and link them to your transactions as described in the manual section 6.3 6.3. Associating an External File with a Transaction: https://www.gnucash.org/docs/v5/C/gnucash-manual/trans-assoc.html > I would also like to get barcode access as well. I am afraid that I cannot help you with that. Regards Geoff = On 27/01/2024 3:30 pm, W. Neal Lewis wrote: What receipt scanners and software can be used with GnuCash? I would also like to get barcode access as well. Neal Lewis Macintosh user ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user - 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 - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
[GNC] Receipt scanners and software
What receipt scanners and software can be used with GnuCash? I would also like to get barcode access as well. Neal Lewis Macintosh user ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] No suitable backend was found
Thanks for your comments fellas! The problem is resolved. It seems the problem was the file itself. I opened it with notepad++ and it contained only "NUL-NUL-NUL..." on the top line. I created a new file and opened it with notepad++ and that one contained the cryptic characters one might expect from such a file. So, I searched for another file (named "send"; not sure why I named it that 8 yrs ago) with same size and date - that file worked. Not sure why that file was empty; not sure if it was corrupted or I was just opening the wrong file. thanks!! Paul Wenter 954-554-7034 pwen...@gmail.com -Original Message- From: gnucash-user On Behalf Of David T. via gnucash-user Sent: Friday, January 26, 2024 5:00 AM To: Adrien Monteleone Cc: gnucash-u...@lists.gnucash.org Subject: Re: [GNC] No suitable backend was found I'll echo Adrien's comments regarding your use of a backup. On the reported problem, I'll note that your book file appears to be on a cloud drive ("OneDrive") and perhaps your connection to the cloud has been interrupted? You could test this by copying the data file to a known local folder on your hard drive... David T. On Jan 26, 2024, 10:36 AM, at 10:36 AM, Adrien Monteleone wrote: >That message is usually indicating you have the file saved in a >database format rather than the default XML, and you don't have the >proper database drivers installed. If you recently tried to save your >file in one of those formats, this could be the cause. If not, then >someone else might have some ideas. (I personally don't regularly use >Windows and even then, not with GnuCash, sorry.) > >Additionally, your error message shows the filename of your book you >are trying to open, and that reflects you are trying to open a backup >of a book called "send". > >How did you start GnuCash? Did you launch the app from an application >shortcut, or did you attempt to double-click the file you wanted to >open? > >If the latter, try just launching GnuCash by itself, as it will always >open the last used file. (assuming that is the file you want) > >You may have also just accidentally double-clicked on the wrong file. >But if that is your book, or you think it is, and it is the one you've >been working in, then you might have a problem in that it is a backup, >not the original file. Double check that its last modified date is >1/24/2016 at 5:09pm. If the modified time is more recent, then you've >been working in that backup file. The numbers in that file name >indicate it was created as a backup on 1/24/2016 at 17:09:05 and the >original file was named 'send'. > >The problem with working in a backup file is that if you *also* were >sometimes working in the original file, the two have now diverged and >do not contain the same transactions. If you've ever notice that it >seemed > >transactions you thought you entered were missing, that would be a sign > >you were working in two different files each time. If that turns out to > >be the case (I hope not!) it can be resolved, but will take some time >and tedious work depending on how much divergence there is between the >two files. > >Regards, >Adrien > >On 1/21/24 9:18 AM, pwen...@gmail.com wrote: >> Received message "No suitable backend was found for {file >> path\filename.gnucash}. Have been using Gnucash and this file for >years. >> Suddenly, I get the no suitable backend message, and I am not able to >open >> the file. Would really appreciate any guidance to restore this file! > Thx! > >___ >gnucash-user mailing list >gnucash-user@gnucash.org >To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: >https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user >- >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 - 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 - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] No suitable backend was found
I'll echo Adrien's comments regarding your use of a backup. On the reported problem, I'll note that your book file appears to be on a cloud drive ("OneDrive") and perhaps your connection to the cloud has been interrupted? You could test this by copying the data file to a known local folder on your hard drive... David T. On Jan 26, 2024, 10:36 AM, at 10:36 AM, Adrien Monteleone wrote: >That message is usually indicating you have the file saved in a >database >format rather than the default XML, and you don't have the proper >database drivers installed. If you recently tried to save your file in >one of those formats, this could be the cause. If not, then someone >else >might have some ideas. (I personally don't regularly use Windows and >even then, not with GnuCash, sorry.) > >Additionally, your error message shows the filename of your book you >are >trying to open, and that reflects you are trying to open a backup of a >book called "send". > >How did you start GnuCash? Did you launch the app from an application >shortcut, or did you attempt to double-click the file you wanted to >open? > >If the latter, try just launching GnuCash by itself, as it will always >open the last used file. (assuming that is the file you want) > >You may have also just accidentally double-clicked on the wrong file. >But if that is your book, or you think it is, and it is the one you've >been working in, then you might have a problem in that it is a backup, >not the original file. Double check that its last modified date is >1/24/2016 at 5:09pm. If the modified time is more recent, then you've >been working in that backup file. The numbers in that file name >indicate >it was created as a backup on 1/24/2016 at 17:09:05 and the original >file was named 'send'. > >The problem with working in a backup file is that if you *also* were >sometimes working in the original file, the two have now diverged and >do >not contain the same transactions. If you've ever notice that it seemed > >transactions you thought you entered were missing, that would be a sign > >you were working in two different files each time. If that turns out to > >be the case (I hope not!) it can be resolved, but will take some time >and tedious work depending on how much divergence there is between the >two files. > >Regards, >Adrien > >On 1/21/24 9:18 AM, pwen...@gmail.com wrote: >> Received message "No suitable backend was found for {file >> path\filename.gnucash}. Have been using Gnucash and this file for >years. >> Suddenly, I get the no suitable backend message, and I am not able to >open >> the file. Would really appreciate any guidance to restore this file! > Thx! > >___ >gnucash-user mailing list >gnucash-user@gnucash.org >To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: >https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user >- >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 - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.