Re: [GNC] Third party OFX/CVS providers

2022-08-07 Thread flywire
Oh, security isn't a thing anymore? Maybe supply your DOB and mother's maiden name too so they don't have to get it from social media. On Sun, Aug 7, 2022 at 09:09 Christopher Lam https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user>> wrote: >* You may try this service which is free for

Re: [GNC] gncJobNextID in gncJob.c not in gncJob.h

2022-08-07 Thread john
All of the incrementFooID functions are declared in the respective private headers, so that functionality is not intended to be public API. The why is lost to history, those functions were created in a drive-by contribution. Your workaround of writing directly to the database is ill-advised

Re: [GNC] transfe money from one account to another

2022-08-07 Thread Phyllis Bruce
James, you do not need to be in the scheduled transactions portion of the program until you can master a simple payment or transfer from your checking account. Please read the help files in GnuCash. When the program is open click Help up at the top. You will want to read the Tutorial and

Re: [GNC] Request for two new features in GnuCash

2022-08-07 Thread Eric Hammond
Thank you, Victor, I suffered from a lack of imagination, and that works perfectly! In the real-world bills (and invoices) are often paid in "installments", which this correctly processes. Regards, Eric -Original Message- From: R. Victor Klassen Sent: Sunday, August 7, 2022 1:33 PM

Re: [GNC] Third party OFX/CVS providers

2022-08-07 Thread Phyllis Bruce
So true about the need to dig, Greg. At a couple of my banks I must use the "I want to" option which provides different options depending on what screen I'm visiting. When we are getting QFX or whatever file to IMPORT into GC, we are not looking for a statement, we are looking for a download.

Re: [GNC] Request for two new features in GnuCash

2022-08-07 Thread Chris Good
> Message: 3 > Date: Sun, 7 Aug 2022 08:47:14 -0700 > From: Stan Brown > To: gnucash-user@gnucash.org > Subject: Re: [GNC] Request for two new features in GnuCash > Message-ID: <95206b08-a037-d3ee-ed88-21fac56d1...@fastmail.fm> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > … > Unlike most Windows

Re: [GNC] transfe money from one account to another

2022-08-07 Thread James Baxter via gnucash-user
DavidI already have my gnucash open. I have opened the scheduled transactions. Looking at the months ThanksJames  Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android On Sun, Aug 7, 2022 at 6:12 PM, David Carlson wrote: After you install GnuCash in your computer start the program and let it create a set of

Re: [GNC] transfe money from one account to another

2022-08-07 Thread davidcousens49
James, Have you read the help Manual sections on Accounts and Common Transaction Operation https://code.gnucash.org/docs/C/gnucash-help/help.html- much more useful than YouTube videos. Most of the Youtube videos dealing with GnuCash are AFAIK not produced by any of the documentation team or the

Re: [GNC] transfe money from one account to another

2022-08-07 Thread Michael or Penny Novack
On 8/7/2022 5:43 PM, James Baxter via gnucash-user wrote: Yes, I see some people show yooou how to transfee money from one acc (Checking acc to Saving Acc)so when in that place. i am watching one person do that, but I dont see all of what he is doing. the same page where you place your

Re: [GNC] transfe money from one account to another

2022-08-07 Thread David Carlson
After you install GnuCash in your computer start the program and let it create a set of accounts to populate your first test data file. Then create a folder in your user space to save the test data file with a fancy name like JamesTest01. Then press F1 to open the help manual and read that.

Re: [GNC] Request for two new features in GnuCash

2022-08-07 Thread davidcousens49
Eric AFAIK you can do this by making a payment of less than the due amount from one account and then makea second (or more) payment from another account to the same invoice - just cant do it in a single step. David Cousens On Sun, 2022-08-07 at 19:17 +, Eric Hammond wrote: > Thanks again

Re: [GNC] Third party OFX/CVS providers

2022-08-07 Thread Greg Feneis
Same. Making FI data available to the user to download without Quicken to hold the user's hand seems like at best an afterthought in the design of most FI websites. I find I really have to dig for it at many sites. Kind regards, Greg Feneis On Sat, Aug 6, 2022 at 7:16 PM Gyle McCollam

[GNC] transfe money from one account to another

2022-08-07 Thread James Baxter via gnucash-user
Yes, I see some people show yooou how to transfee money from one acc (Checking acc to Saving Acc)so when in that place. i am watching one person do that, but I dont see all of what he is doing. the same page where you place your spending, but I dont see how you get the account on the page. I

Re: [GNC] Convert PDF to OFX/CVS

2022-08-07 Thread Tom Browder
On Sun, Aug 7, 2022 at 13:10 rick1 via gnucash-user < gnucash-user@gnucash.org wrote: … > What Mr. Browder really needs is a different bank. For a bank to not > provide a usable digital download ought to be disqualifying. I agree, Rick, and I am looking. But it’s not trivial changing banks with

Re: [GNC] Request for two new features in GnuCash

2022-08-07 Thread R. Victor Klassen
I routinely pay invoices from multiple accounts. We have pseudo customers for each farmers market we attend. After the market is done I create an invoice for the appropriate “customer “. I pay it twice. The first time with the amount that was paid by credit or debit card- to an account

Re: [GNC] gncJobNextID in gncJob.c not in gncJob.h

2022-08-07 Thread Robert Simmons
Little error there. I improved the query while writing: "This sets the Job ID counter to 3, but you would change that 3 to whatever the ID you want." should be "This increments the Job ID to the next" ___ gnucash-user mailing list

Re: [GNC] gncJobNextID in gncJob.c not in gncJob.h

2022-08-07 Thread Robert Simmons
I have a workaround. Here's the Python for anyone who needs it. This sets the Job ID counter to 3, but you would change that 3 to whatever the ID you want. import pathlib import sqlite3 target = pathlib.Path('test.gnucash') con = sqlite3.connect(target) cur = con.cursor() cur.execute('UPDATE

[GNC] gncJobNextID in gncJob.c not in gncJob.h

2022-08-07 Thread Robert Simmons
I think I have tracked down the issue with Job ID incrementation. The Python bindings are built from the header files using SWIG, if I understand correctly. Looking at the file libgnucash/engine/gncJob.c I can see the function: gchar *gncJobNextID (QofBook *book) { return

[GNC] Next Job ID

2022-08-07 Thread Robert Simmons
What is the correct function to use to increment the Job ID using Python bindings? There are a set of functions like book.CustomerNextID() which increment the other IDs, but there isn't an equivalent for Jobs. Also, when creating a job via gnucash.gnucash_business.Job the ID is not incremented

[GNC] Request for two new features in GnuCash

2022-08-07 Thread Eric Hammond
Thanks again to all who answered my two part question (next time I will make it two separate questions...) Frank, I already have that selected. The problem is not how transactions are entered or displayed. If I am entering a manual transaction, I can add any number of splits no problem. The

[GNC] Request for two new features in GnuCash

2022-08-07 Thread Eric Hammond
Thanks Stan, and all who have replied. I have tried something similar on v4.09, with different folder names but not changing the data file name itself. That version became unstable and GnuCash stopped finding either one. I will experiment and report back. Eric Hammond Message: 3 Date: Sun, 7

Re: [GNC] Convert PDF to OFX/CVS

2022-08-07 Thread rick1 via gnucash-user
Many PDF programs will convert PDF's to Excel Formats. I use Kofax Power PDF. What Mr. Browder really needs is a different bank. For a bank to not provide a usable digital download ought to be disqualifying. -Original Message- From: gnucash-user On Behalf Of

Re: [GNC] gnucash-user Digest, Vol 233, Issue 20

2022-08-07 Thread James Baxter via gnucash-user
This is James Baxter,  email kangaro...@yahoo.com As i do this every time. as i read that we need to place something in the CC. so that is to do with email I was also asking if anybody can place an icon (desk top) item on screen. As i was watching somebody on youtube. so if in Linux Mint.

Re: [GNC] Request for two new features in GnuCash

2022-08-07 Thread Stan Brown
On 2022-08-07 00:44, flywire wrote: > More cat skinning: > >> * the ability to have two separate (at least) GnuCash file systems: > * > > In Windows (or probably any GUI) double-click file in data folder and it > will use file association to open the file (in GnuCash). > > Alternatively, for

Re: [GNC] Third party OFX/CVS providers

2022-08-07 Thread Tom Browder
On Sun, Aug 7, 2022 at 09:09 Christopher Lam wrote: > You may try this service which is free for personal use. (Not mine) > > https://bankstatementconverter.com/ > Thanks, Christopher, I’ll give it a shot. -Tom ___ gnucash-user mailing list

Re: [GNC] Third party OFX/CVS providers

2022-08-07 Thread Christopher Lam
You may try this service which is free for personal use. (Not mine) https://bankstatementconverter.com/ On Thu, 4 Aug 2022, 6:40 am Tom Browder, wrote: > My current bank (US, Hancock Whitney) unfortunately does not provide > account data in a digital format other than monthly PDF statements

Re: [GNC] Third party OFX/CVS providers

2022-08-07 Thread Glenn Fowler
On Windows I would recommend Ocular which is a PDF viewer and light editor that you can find in the Windows Store. Ocular allows copying text. Ocular is open source, ad free, and make by KDE so you won't have to worry about them taking features away like mentioned with Adobe. On Sun, Aug 7,

Re: [GNC] Third party OFX/CVS providers

2022-08-07 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
I can't imagine having so many transactions that the time it took to program the process would in the end save me time in doing the accounting. My method for processing pdf statements is to open the pdf statement in one window and enter my transactions in GnuCash in another-- the old fashioned

Re: [GNC] gnucash-user Digest, Vol 233, Issue 16

2022-08-07 Thread Fred Bone
On 06 August 2022 at 19:48, James Baxter said: > I am James Baxter email kangaroo52@yahoo.comas i found this next part and > i am not good with Linux and Gnucash.org. I am looking to know how to > place that code into this linux or where it is design to go. Kindly pay attention to: > When

Re: [GNC] Third party OFX/CVS providers

2022-08-07 Thread Tom Browder
On Sat, Aug 6, 2022 at 21:25 Chris Good wrote: > From: Tom Browder > Sent: Sunday, 7 August 2022 12:37 AM > To: Chris Good > Cc: gnucash-user@gnucash.org > Subject: Re: [GNC] Third party OFX/CVS providers > > > > On Sat, Aug 6, 2022 at 08:51 Chris Good wrote: > > .., > > Can you copy the text

[GNC] Request for two new features in GnuCash

2022-08-07 Thread flywire
More cat skinning: >* the ability to have two separate (at least) GnuCash file systems: * In Windows (or probably any GUI) double-click file in data folder and it will use file association to open the file (in GnuCash). Alternatively, for each file: right-click file, create a shortcut, drag