Question/Comment

[Manfred Usselmann]

On Thu, 16 Aug 2007 09:39:16 -0400
Derek Atkins <warlord at MIT.EDU> wrote:

> Unfortunately no, on Windows there's no way to set the application to
> automatically get quotes.  The reason is that gnucash itself doesn't
> have it's own timer, it relies on the Linux/Unix system timer, cron,
> to run gnucash with the appropriate arguments.  On windows there is no
> such service.  Sorry.  You'll just have to manually run "get quotes"
> on your own.

On windows it should be possible to use the command line tool 'at' for
this purpose. See 'help at' for options. 

On my Windows XP system there is also a menu option 'Accessoires,
System Tools, Scheduled Tasks', which allows to add a new scheduled
task. 

Manfred

> 
> Quoting Thom McMurray <mcmali at gmail.com>:
> 
> > First off, let me say that I found GnuCash thanks to an article in
> > LifeHacker.com last month.  I started using it right away and I'm
> > very impressed.  I'm an accountant for a multi-national
> > organization and use QuickBooks professionally (corporate
> > decision).  Since I keep personal money is several currencies I was
> > drawn to the multi-currency features right away. Thanks for all the
> > work that has gone into this project. I have a question, though.
> > I've been all over the help documents but I'm stumped on this.  I'd
> > like to configure the stocks to automatically update but the
> > instructions seem to be written for the Linux user.  I'm on Windows
> > XP.  Is this an option for me?  I have a functional level of
> > computer knowledge but I'm not tech-language savvy.   The help file
> > suggested I use this email if I had questions about this set up.
> > Hopefully you can help me.
> >
> > Many thanks,
> >
> > Thom McMurray <http://www.mcmali.com/>
> > C&MA Bookkeeper - Mali
> > mcmali at gmail.com
> >


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 Manfred Usselmann                           usselmann.m at icg-online.de