Re: [GNC] Upgrade to V4.5

2021-04-10 Thread David H
My upgrade strategy on Windows is always the same and has never caused any problems... 1. Backup your Gnucash data file. 2. Download new Gnucash file and double click on it to start the process. 3. Let Gnucash uninstall the current version and then install the new version - no need to do the

Re: [GNC] Upgrade to V4.5

2021-04-10 Thread Peter Williamson
Hi David Thanks for your very clear answer. It is very much appreciated. Peter > On 10 April 2021 at 18:02 David H wrote: > > My upgrade strategy on Windows is always the same and has never caused > any problems... > > 1. Backup your Gnucash data file. > 2. Download new Gnucash

Re: [GNC] Upgrade to V4.5

2021-04-10 Thread David H
Hi Peter, I've never actually needed the backup file but you never know :-) Cheers David H. On Sat, 10 Apr 2021 at 16:39, Peter Williamson wrote: > Hi David > > Thanks for your very clear answer. It is very much appreciated. > > Peter > > On 10 April 2021 at 18:02 David H wrote: > > My

Re: [GNC] Pdf Export Problems

2021-04-10 Thread Christopher Lam
It's been noted. https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=798158 On Sat, 10 Apr 2021, 7:06 pm Gareth Davies via gnucash-user, < gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote: > Hi, > > > > If I create a Transaction Report and export it to Pdf. > > When I try and open it in Adobe Acrobat DC Reader, it will not

Re: [GNC] Pdf Export Problems

2021-04-10 Thread Gareth Davies via gnucash-user
Thanks for letting me know, I will just have to wait until there is an update or go back to a previous version of GC. From: Christopher Lam Sent: 10 April 2021 12:21 To: gareth.davie...@ntlworld.com Cc: GnuCash users group Subject: Re: [GNC] Pdf Export Problems It's been noted.

Re: [GNC] Advanced portfolio report - same stock in multiple investment accounts

2021-04-10 Thread Evelyn Yamanaka
Hi Mike, I've modified my Advanced Portfolio report to show the Account Path (e.g. "Investments:My-Broker:Account-1234") in place of the Listing (e.g. "NASDAQ"). For me, this is more useful info, and perhaps it would help with your situation. On Windows, the Advanced Portfolio report is normally

[GNC] Changing Currency in Price Data

2021-04-10 Thread Ingo Planz
Hi everyone, in my price data, the currency for one of the stocks has changed. It used to be in EUR, which is also the default currency and reporting currency. Since recently that stock price is stored in JPY. I also do have the corresponding exchange rate in the price database as well.

Re: [GNC] Pdf Export Problems

2021-04-10 Thread Glenn Fowler
I just tried v4.5 with Foxit Reader and didn't have any issues as well On Sat, Apr 10, 2021, 3:05 PM wrote: > Gareth -- another workaround, in case direct to pdf is not working, > > After making your report -- just hit the export button (not export as pdf) > Save the file > (The file will be in

Re: [GNC] Upgrade to V4.5

2021-04-10 Thread Peter Williamson
Thanks very much. I will look at setting up a similar arrangement. Peter > On 11 April 2021 at 02:09 w...@theprescotts.com wrote: > > > Just to provide another example, my upgrade strategy on Mac OS ... > > 1. Download the new version. > 2. Double click on the .dmg file. > 2. Copy the .app

Re: [GNC] Pdf Export Problems

2021-04-10 Thread pyz01
Forgot to copy the group -- apologies. -Original Message- From: py...@cox.net Sent: Saturday, April 10, 2021 6:29 AM To: 'gareth.davie...@ntlworld.com' Subject: RE: [GNC] Pdf Export Problems Gareth -- I am on GC 4.5 with Windows 10. Instead of export to pdf try print and chose

[GNC] Pdf Export Problems

2021-04-10 Thread Gareth Davies via gnucash-user
Hi, If I create a Transaction Report and export it to Pdf. When I try and open it in Adobe Acrobat DC Reader, it will not do it and gives an error code of 135. Does anyone have an idea of what the problem is, as it hasn't happened before? GC 4.5 Windows 10 Sent from Mail

[GNC] Account Payable: process payment to multiple vendors

2021-04-10 Thread Bregt - ICTgroup.be via gnucash-user
Hello everyone. I am wondering what to do with the following. (For the record: I live in Belgium and use GnuCash for my company bookkeeping). I received a bill in January from my notary, registered it in Gnucash (2 expenses with VAT + 2 expenses without VAT versus Account Payable) and registered

Re: [GNC] Tracking Precious Metals

2021-04-10 Thread Jack Frillman via gnucash-user
Good to know. Thanks. On 4/9/21 7:57 PM, Kevin Reid wrote: On Fri, Apr 9, 2021 at 4:33 PM Jack Frillman via gnucash-user mailto:gnucash-user@gnucash.org>> wrote: Then how do you set it up since silver or gold doesn't have ticker symbol? In GnuCash, choose “Currency” as the “Type”

Re: [GNC] asset discrepancy in change of year

2021-04-10 Thread John Ralls
> On Apr 10, 2021, at 9:24 AM, Andrea Borgia wrote: > > Il 09/04/21 18:59, John Ralls ha scritto: >>> On Apr 9, 2021, at 9:37 AM, Andrea Borgia wrote: >>> >>> Il giorno dom 28 mar 2021 alle ore 03:04 Christopher Lam < >>> christopher@gmail.com> ha scritto: >>> >>> There is some

Re: [GNC] Pdf Export Problems

2021-04-10 Thread pyz01
Gareth -- another workaround, in case direct to pdf is not working, After making your report -- just hit the export button (not export as pdf) Save the file (The file will be in html - so it will read filename.html) Double click on this file and it will open in your browser You now can print

Re: [GNC] Upgrade to V4.5

2021-04-10 Thread will
Just to provide another example, my upgrade strategy on Mac OS ... 1. Download the new version. 2. Double click on the .dmg file. 2. Copy the .app file to a folder within the folder where I keep all the versions. Currently the folder contains Gnucash-2.6.1-1 Gnucash-3.0-1

Re: [GNC] Pdf Export Problems

2021-04-10 Thread Gareth Davies via gnucash-user
Hi Ken, I did try what you suggested, but unfortunately for me it did not work. It produced an error saying,... This file is already open or in use by another application. I did however open the saved Exported Pdf file in Premier Elements Pro, but it did create quite a few errors with

Re: [GNC] Account Payable: process payment to multiple vendors

2021-04-10 Thread Geert Janssens
Op zaterdag 10 april 2021 16:03:35 CEST schreef Bregt - ICTgroup.be via gnucash-user: > Hello everyone. > > I am wondering what to do with the following. (For the record: I live in > Belgium and use GnuCash for my company bookkeeping). > > I received a bill in January from my notary, registered

Re: [GNC] Hand-over on Succession or Short Term Absence

2021-04-10 Thread Michael Hendry
I think I’ve developed a reasonable hand-over method, thanks to members of the Gnucash Users. I’m sending this partly as a record for me of what I’ve done, and partly in case anyone else has a similar succession problem. Let’s say I have two books - BookA.gnucash and BookB.gnucash. I did the

Re: [GNC] asset discrepancy in change of year

2021-04-10 Thread Andrea Borgia
Il 09/04/21 18:59, John Ralls ha scritto: On Apr 9, 2021, at 9:37 AM, Andrea Borgia wrote: Il giorno dom 28 mar 2021 alle ore 03:04 Christopher Lam < christopher@gmail.com> ha scritto: There is some discussion in an unusually detailed bug report

Re: [GNC] Pdf Export Problems

2021-04-10 Thread pyz01
The error you received does not sound like a pdf or GNU-cash issue. It sounds like a WINDOWS or browser error. So let's try just one more thing (and hopefully this does it): Run your report in GNU-Cash Do print (instead of export) Choose MS Print to PDF Save the file. Now just to be safe -