Installing GNUCash FinanceQuote onto Windows XP

[Rushworth, Nicholas D]

I have installed Perl into the directory  C:\program files\perl
I have installed GNUCash into the directory  C:\program files\gnucash
My path is set to     C:\program files\Perl\bin;c:\program
files\perl;c:\program files\gnucash;c:\program files\gnucash\bin


I tried typing   gnc-fq-dump   in a dos window with no luck so I made a
copy of the file with a ".pl" extension and now when I type
gnc-fq-dump.pl   I get a good looking output showing a long list of
available sources

I tried the same trick with   gnc-fq-helper.pl   and I get no response




Nick

-----Original Message-----
From: Derek Atkins [mailto:warlord at MIT.EDU] 
Sent: 28 November 2007 14:39
To: Rushworth, Nicholas D
Cc: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
Subject: Re: Installing GNUCash FinanceQuote onto Windows XP

hi,

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"Rushworth, Nicholas D" <nick.rushworth at bp.com> writes:

> Derek,
>
> Thanks for getting back so quickly. I've run from "Start" and it's 
> ungreyed so that's that problem fixed. Thanks
>
> Can I be cheeky and give you my next problem ?
>
> I'm following the tutorial for stocks and I've added an account for 
> Amazon and a price editor entry for AMZN. So far so good. Now I click
on
> tools / price editor / get quotes    and it doesn't work.
>
> I see a new window open up for DOS with the path c:\program
> files\perl\bin      it's blank and no lines of code appear. Nothing
> happens for a few seconds then the DOS command/perl window closes and
a
> pop-up error window opens with the message      "There was an unknown
> error while retrieving the price quotes."
>
>
> I've looked in FAQ, Google and bugzilla with no luck.
>
> Any ideas ?

Is PERL in your path?

If you open a shell, does the gnc-fq-dump program work?
What about gnc-fq-helper?

Check the archives for command syntax.


-derek

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Derek Atkins [mailto:warlord at MIT.EDU]
> Sent: 28 November 2007 00:12
> To: Rushworth, Nicholas D
> Cc: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
> Subject: Re: Installing GNUCash FinanceQuote onto Windows XP
>
> Hi,
>
> Quoting "Rushworth, Nicholas D" <nick.rushworth at bp.com>:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I've installed GNUCash onto my Windows XP machine but I'm having 
>> trouble getting automatic on-line pricing working.
>>
>> I've checked your help sheets
>> http://svn.gnucash.org/docs/help/acct-create.html#Online-price-setup
>> but I'm struggling to understand to do.
>>
>> I've found the file gnc-fq-update but since it has no file extension 
>> it doesn't run I installed perl and tried renaming the file to 
>> gnc-fq-update.pl  that runs but generates an error message looking 
>> for
>
>> SSL path
>
> The gnc-fq-update script is only for Unix.   On Windows you just
> use the entry in your Start Menu.
>
>> Now I'm stuck !
>>
>> Nick Rushworth
>
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> -derek
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       Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory
       Member, MIT Student Information Processing Board  (SIPB)
       URL: http://web.mit.edu/warlord/    PP-ASEL-IA     N1NWH
       warlord at MIT.EDU                        PGP key available