Finance::Quote never works

[John Ralls]

On Mar 10, 2014, at 6:17 PM, Patrick M Kelly <pm_kelly at bellsouth.net> wrote:

> I found a way to copy it and saved it to the attached file.  This is the Start Menu Install Finance::Quote run where it downloads and installs Strawberry Perl if it does not find any Perl installed.
> And this is Windows 7 32bit.
>  
> I noticed that when I use activestate perl, I do not have any errors setting up FQ.  I still have an error when I try to get quotes in GnuCash. 
> Also, the Instructions from the gnucash-guide are as follows:
> Installing Finance::Quote
> Microsoft Windows:
> • Close GnuCash.
> • You need to have installed ActivePerl [http://www.activestate.com/store/activeperl]
> • Run Install Online Price Retrieval in the GnuCash “Start” menu entry.
>  
> I have tried both Strawberry and ActivePerl with no success.
>  
>  
> Patrick Kelly
>  
>  
>  
> <FQ error.txt>

That's a strange error. Are you running as an administrator? Do you have plenty of space on drive C:?

Regards,
John Ralls