[GNC] Can no longer print checks

HB Sidman dklab at aol.com
Sun Dec 2 09:04:03 EST 2018


This is the modified fix that I ran:

- click on Control Panel via Cortana search

  - Click on Internet Options

  - Select the Programs Tab

  - At the bottom of the tab, select Set Programs

  - Select the bottom option "set program access and computer defaults"

  - You are then asked to choose default apps:

  - I used the Reset to the Microsoft recommended defaults -- It did not 
work for me

On 12/2/2018 8:31 AM, HB Sidman wrote:
>
> I ran the fix - modified for windows 10 64 and Microsoft Edge/IE11. 
> Never had the problem with the reports not showing just not printing. 
> It did not work.
>
> When I bring up a report or check to print, I clink on "print". This 
> opens the print window box. It shows my printer as "ready". In the 
> Page Range section the Pages area is blank. This indicates there are 
> no pages to print - I think. If I then go ahead and click on print 
> then the print icon shows up in the bottom tray. But it indicates 
> there are no documents in the cue. It then goes away after a couple of 
> minutes.
>
> Thanks,
>
> HB
>
> On 12/2/2018 2:44 AM, David Carlson wrote:
>> You can see how old this bug is, I am not sure if you can run IE9 in 
>> windows 10.  Perhaps someone knows if this work-around can be adapted 
>> to WIN 10.
>>
>> On Sun, Dec 2, 2018 at 1:40 AM David Carlson 
>> <david.carlson.417 at gmail.com <mailto:david.carlson.417 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>     HB,
>>
>>     I found the bug report.  Check comment 40.
>>
>>     https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=645273
>>
>>     On Sat, Dec 1, 2018 at 1:32 PM HB Sidman <dklab at aol.com
>>     <mailto:dklab at aol.com>> wrote:
>>
>>         I started off looking in the the old reports to see if there
>>         was anything and could not find anything about windows and
>>         printing problems. That may be my inability to search
>>         properly. So if anyone knows the fix that you are referring
>>         to I hope they will give me the location.
>>
>>         Thanks for the help,
>>
>>         HB
>>
>>         On 12/1/2018 1:30 PM, David Carlson wrote:
>>>         That looks identical to the same file on my computer, but I
>>>         did not check the entire guid line.
>>>
>>>         There is a very old bug report about not being able to print
>>>         in Windows which has never been resolved because it cannot
>>>         be repeated.  I don't remember the bug number.  Someone
>>>         found a work-around that seems to make the problem go away
>>>         until a re-install of something, either Windows or GnuCash. 
>>>         That work-around may work for you.
>>>
>>>         David C
>>>
>>>         On Sat, Dec 1, 2018 at 11:55 AM HB Sidman <dklab at aol.com
>>>         <mailto:dklab at aol.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>>             David,
>>>
>>>             I can not print reports, now. New problem. I opened one
>>>             of the .chk in Wordpad and this is what printed out:
>>>
>>>             [Top]
>>>             Guid = 378e5740-a2d3-4678-be20-37d14d97b458
>>>             Title = Liberty(tm) Personal Checks US-Letter
>>>             Rotation = -90.0
>>>             Translation = 4;492
>>>             Show_Grid = false
>>>             Show_Boxes = false
>>>
>>>             [Check Items]
>>>             Type_1 = PAYEE
>>>             Coords_1 = 118.0;74.0
>>>
>>>             Type_2 = AMOUNT_WORDS
>>>             Coords_2 = 90.0;96.0
>>>
>>>             Type_3 = AMOUNT_NUMBER
>>>             Coords_3 = 415.0;74.0
>>>
>>>             Type_4 = DATE
>>>             Coords_4 = 323.0;43.0
>>>
>>>             Type_5 = NOTES
>>>             Coords_5 = 90.0;155.0
>>>
>>>             I did not make custom checks. I am using 2.6.21
>>>
>>>             Thanks for the help,
>>>
>>>             HB
>>>
>>>             HB Sidman
>>>             703-938-6700 (O) 703-562-1953 (F)
>>>
>>>             On 12/1/2018 11:46 AM, David Carlson wrote:
>>>>             I did not address the failure to print problem.  That
>>>>             is probably not related to the .chk files but something
>>>>             else.  Can you print reorts?
>>>>
>>>>             David C
>>>>
>>>>             On Sat, Dec 1, 2018 at 10:42 AM David Carlson
>>>>             <david.carlson.417 at gmail.com
>>>>             <mailto:david.carlson.417 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>                 HB,
>>>>
>>>>                 Windows always calls *.chk files 'Recovered File
>>>>                 Fragments'
>>>>
>>>>                 If the files are in the 'C:\Program Files
>>>>                 (x86)\gnucash\share\gnucash\checks' directory they
>>>>                 are not fragments but the files that you want, at
>>>>                 least for 2.6.x releases of GnuCash in Windows. 
>>>>                 You can open them (carefully) with Wordpad and see
>>>>                 what they contain.  If you made custom check
>>>>                 printing formats they may be somewhere else, I have
>>>>                 not tried that.
>>>>
>>>>                 David C
>>>>
>>>>                 On Sat, Dec 1, 2018 at 10:22 AM HB Sidman via
>>>>                 gnucash-user <gnucash-user at gnucash.org
>>>>                 <mailto:gnucash-user at gnucash.org>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>                     Hi,
>>>>
>>>>                     After using gnucash for several years I decided
>>>>                     it was time to upgrade
>>>>                     from 2 to 3 a few months ago. Bad decision. If
>>>>                     it is not broken don't
>>>>                     fix it. The upgrade went smoothly with no
>>>>                     problem. Every function worked
>>>>                     both old and new. Until I tried to print a
>>>>                     check. At which point nothing
>>>>                     happened with the printer. After a 2 or 3
>>>>                     minutes I got a warning
>>>>                     message that my check file was a fragment. I
>>>>                     went into the system to
>>>>                     verify that and found that all the .chk files
>>>>                     were fragments. I tried to
>>>>                     reload new files but they kept being replaced
>>>>                     by the fragments.
>>>>
>>>>                     Step 2: I went back gnucash 2 last stable
>>>>                     version on line. It reloaded
>>>>                     without a problem but still could not print
>>>>                     checks. Same problem.
>>>>
>>>>                     Step 3: Loaded gnucash 2 on a laptop that had
>>>>                     never had it on it before.
>>>>                     Then took a saved file from 3 months before the
>>>>                     problem happened and
>>>>                     loaded it. Once again everything went fine
>>>>                     until I tried to print. Then
>>>>                     was presented the same problem of .chk file
>>>>                     fragments and not being able
>>>>                     to replace them.
>>>>
>>>>                     Step 4: Using the laptop as my test bed, I
>>>>                     removed everything gnucash
>>>>                     from the hard drive. Search the C drive for any
>>>>                     thing left and removed
>>>>                     it as the administrator. Then did a search for
>>>>                     .chk and found 4 files
>>>>                     buried on the C drive - all fragments. I could
>>>>                     delete them but they
>>>>                     would come right back as soon as I restarted
>>>>                     the computer.
>>>>
>>>>                     Any help would be greatly appreciated - I am
>>>>                     getting tired of hand
>>>>                     writing all of my checks.
>>>>
>>>>                     I am running Windows 10 on all of my computers
>>>>                     and they are all
>>>>                     completely up to date.
>>>>
>>>>                     Thanks,
>>>>
>>>>                     HB
>>>>
>>>>
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