Re: [GNC] Configurable Year Start Day/Month

2023-04-17 Thread Vincent Dawans
My comment was related to custom report creation from an end-user perspective, which is to say using the given set of options. So yes the move to c++ makes changing the supporting utility code on the fly more difficult if that's something required (as in this case). That is a limitation of going

Re: [GNC] getting help

2023-04-17 Thread R Losey
It would help if you provided a bit more information than merely "Ludite" [Luddite]: have you used anything before to track your finances? Quicken; a spreadsheet; pen and paper; nothing? If you've never done any tracking of finances previously, there is a lot more to pick up than just GnuCash...

Re: [GNC] Configurable Year Start Day/Month

2023-04-17 Thread flywire
I can't see how. Firstly, from previous comments, people don't seem to understand my workflow. The suggestion it is only a matter of setting the Accounting Period once per year is so wrong without changing start date of year. To briefly summarise, I have half a dozen entities and a few extras,

Re: [GNC] getting help

2023-04-17 Thread Michael or Penny Novack
On 4/17/2023 8:42 PM, carol hardin wrote: Hi there, Ludite here on the open source accounting Gnucash. Is there anyone doing live tutorials on how to use the program? I've gone through the documentation and still have lots of questions. thanks for any referrals. Carol H Are you asking

Re: [GNC] getting help

2023-04-17 Thread David H
Carol, Google gnucash youtube - plenty of hits, not sure how recent or relevant, never used any myself :-) This list is the most helpful source. If you're not across double entry accounting it would certainly pay to read up on it. Probably also a good idea to run through relevant aspects of

Re: [GNC] getting help

2023-04-17 Thread carol hardin
thanks Murrgan, I haven't really seen any online classes taht one can attend live.  can you direct me to any? i did see some written materials which were a bit helpful. Thanks, carol H ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To

Re: [GNC] getting help

2023-04-17 Thread Murugan Muruganandam
hi Carol there are quite a few resources online. if you have specific queries you can raise it here in the forum Saludos Cordiales Murugan From: gnucash-user on behalf of carol hardin Sent: Monday, April 17, 2023 8:42 PM To: gnucash-user@gnucash.org

[GNC] getting help

2023-04-17 Thread carol hardin
Hi there, Ludite here on the open source accounting Gnucash. Is there anyone doing live tutorials on how to use the program? I've gone through the documentation and still have lots of questions. thanks for any referrals. Carol H ___ gnucash-user

Re: [GNC] set up Gnucash on a new device

2023-04-17 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Ah, forgot about the 'S' variant. If I'm not mistaken, it is also possible to convert a regular installation to 'S', but you'd have to know you did it. It won't be an accident. Regards, Adrien On 4/17/23 5:32 PM, Keith N. McKenna wrote: It is possible that the system that the op has is an S

[GNC] Invoice layout changed upon upgrade from 4.13 to 4.14

2023-04-17 Thread John W. O'Brien via gnucash-user
Hello GnuCash users, I routinely print invoices to PDF. To help ensure quality and consistency in the output, I have tuned both the "default" style sheet and the report layout I use to generate these invoices. On multiple (low single digits) macOS machines (Monterey 12.6.5, mix of Intel and

Re: [GNC] set up Gnucash on a new device

2023-04-17 Thread Keith N. McKenna
Paul Kroitor wrote: From the web I see that this was a known issue with Windows 10 in the past, apparently caused by the file association for .exe files being corrupted, but I don't see reports anywhere for Windows 11. If this was the case, it would presumably happen with other .exe files as

Re: [GNC] Deleting an account

2023-04-17 Thread R Losey
...and it is answered here as well! Thanks! On Sun, Apr 16, 2023 at 1:44 AM David T. wrote: > That is answered in section 5.4 of the Help: > > "The Hidden check box hides an account (and any sub-accounts) in the > account tree. To reset this option, you will first need to open > theView →

Re: [GNC] Configurable Year Start Day/Month

2023-04-17 Thread Adrien Monteleone
I can certainly see the utility of being able to define various 'start of year' options for different reports. Though I think this is essentially what the 'accounting period' option was supposed to accomplish. (and then the report's generic 'start of accounting period' will use that date)

Re: [GNC] Hidden Accounts

2023-04-17 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Gyle, If you have this screenshot issue in the future - you can possibly use a keyboard shortcut instead (if it is on your keyboard PrtScr, near F12 or so should already be functional and grabs the whole screen to the clipboard so you'd have to crop it after in your editor of choice) Most

Re: [GNC] How to create a new Invoice report template

2023-04-17 Thread john
> On Apr 17, 2023, at 12:27 AM, Stein Erik Berget wrote: > > Hi all. > I've been wondering how I can create a new invoice report for suppliers. > The report is not to be created on paper, but to be delivered as email. The > format is in XML and is known to be EHF - Elektronic Trade Format. >

Re: [GNC] [Bug 798864] Budget Revalues for the Income are positive numbers.porting on select reports are wrong

2023-04-17 Thread Michael or Penny Novack
On 4/17/2023 4:01 AM, Richard Lindgren wrote: Sounds like you understand my problem. However, since I'm not a programmer, I hesitate to tackle this patch. Maybe it is easier than it looks and is probably the best fix? I'm just nervous here. Let me ask this basic question. When I am creating

Re: [GNC] [Bug 798864] Budget Revalues for the Income are positive numbers.porting on select reports are wrong

2023-04-17 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
Richard, Just a note that if you reply to Christopher's bug messages by email, the discussion at the bug website is incomplete. You and the community would be better served by your replying in the bug itself. David T.​ On Apr 17, 2023, 11:02, at 11:02, Richard Lindgren wrote: >Sounds like

Re: [GNC] [Bug 798864] Budget Reporting on select reports are wrong

2023-04-17 Thread Richard Lindgren
I have followed the GnuCash account structure format in setting up my accounts. Both my Income and Expense Accounts are Top Level Accounts. Richard -Original Message- From: bugs-ad...@bugs.gnucash.org Sent: Monday, April 17, 2023 12:43 AM To: rlindgr...@outlook.com Subject: [Bug

Re: [GNC] [Bug 798864] Budget Revalues for the Income are positive numbers.porting on select reports are wrong

2023-04-17 Thread Richard Lindgren
Sounds like you understand my problem. However, since I'm not a programmer, I hesitate to tackle this patch. Maybe it is easier than it looks and is probably the best fix? I'm just nervous here. Let me ask this basic question. When I am creating my Budget, I have assumed this: 1. All

Re: [GNC] [Bug 798864] Budget Reporting on select reports are wrong

2023-04-17 Thread Richard Lindgren
I expect GnuCash to show the actual Total amount of Income minus the Actual Expenses which would leave the difference, to show the actual net Loss or Gain. Richard -Original Message- From: bugs-ad...@bugs.gnucash.org Sent: Monday, April 17, 2023 12:08 AM To: rlindgr...@outlook.com

[GNC] How to create a new Invoice report template

2023-04-17 Thread Stein Erik Berget
Hi all. I've been wondering how I can create a new invoice report for suppliers. The report is not to be created on paper, but to be delivered as email. The format is in XML and is known to be EHF - Elektronic Trade Format. https://anskaffelser.dev/postaward/g3/spec/current/billing-3.0/norway/