Enabling Online Securities Quotes

[Fred Bone]

On 2 Nov 2007 at 21:58, Oliver Seikel said:

> 1.   I cannot get this to work.  when I open the Security Editor at see 
>  > Warning: Finance::Quote not installed properly<
> 2.   I cannot find perldoc Finance::Quote on my computer
> 3.   I cannot find gnc-fq-update on my computer.
> 
> I am running Windows XP Pro.
> 
> What can I do to enable online retrieval of stock quotes?

1. Run Start->Programs->Gnucash->Install Online Price Retrieval. That 
will fix the first problem (by installing and configuring 
Finance::Quote). gnc-fq-update is a *nix component.
2. For each commodity, tell Gnucash (Tools->Security Editor) where to go 
for the quotes and what code to use.