check printing DATE witout mm/dd/yyyy

[Terry]

Done. That works beautifully.

Have the check format file working for the VersaCheck Form 3001. The 
following is printed on the bottom of the check sheet:

"VersaCheck Form 3001 Classic"

The check sheet is totally blank when purchased. You need the VersaCheck 
s/w to print blank checks for use with gnucash. I received Versaheck 
free with a scanner years back and use it simply to print about 10 or 20 
blank check sheets at a time.

Funny, for years I had to hand write all checks, then progressed to a 
typewriter (saved handwriting recognition errors), then learned to print 
wallet checks on the computer, then saved money by buying the VersaCheck 
blank sheets (a LOT cheaper than the wallet checks from the banks), then 
the banks went online and I got free online bill paying. Now I write 
maybe 3, max 4 checks a year. Still have about 100 blank VersaCheck 
sheets from the original 250 sheets. The s/w will probably no longer 
work with Windows updates before I run out of blank sheets. I still 
think I saved some money over buying those wallet checks from the banks.

This form has 3 checks/page with a "stub" on the left side of the page 
and a transaction log on the bottom of the page. The check sizes are the 
same as the usual "wallet" checks.

The page is the US letter size.

I have the check format file setup to print "top", "middle", or "bottom" 
check. The stubs on the left side of the page are filled in also when 
the check is printed.

If the gnucash developers want the format file, I can send the check 
format file, "VersaCheck.3001.chk" to somebody and it can be included 
with the gnucash distribution.

Old computer died and I installed Kubuntu 7.10 on the new one. Used 
gnucash 1.8.x on old one and using gnucash 2.2.1 on the new one. Like 
the check printing feature a lot. Saves a few steps. I used to export a 
customized transaction report and then use an Awk clone I wrote to scan 
for check information and print the checks to the VersaCheck form. 
Printing directly from gnucash saves steps and time. Also, I don't have 
to re-finagle the Awk regular expressions every time I get a gnucash 
upgrade. That's one reason I stopped upgrading gnucash - too much 
trouble to finagle the regular expression because the export file 
formats always changed with an upgrade and it would take a few hours of 
experimenting to get the regular expressions right for the new format.

As I get used to the "new" gnucash 2.2.1 and adjust to the differences 
to 1.8.x, I find I am liking 2.2.1 better and better.

Thanks for great financial s/w

Terry

David Reiser wrote:
> Edit->Preferences, Printing tab, make sure 'Print Date Format' is NOT 
> checked
>
> On Jan 13, 2008, at 8:17 PM, Terry wrote:
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>> Adapting the Quicken letter size check printing for use with VersaCheck
>> 3 check/page blanks.
>>
>> Running into a problem that the documentation is totally quiet on.
>>
>> When the date is printed, it also prints immediately underneath:
>>
>> mm/dd/yyyy
>>
>> I suppose this is to tell the person viewing the date, the date format.
>>
>> I would like to turn off this "feature" because:
>>
>>   1. No room on check for the extraneous text.
>>   2. All of my checks are for US recipients only anyway, so the
>>      "mm/dd/yyyy" specification is un-necessary.
>>   3. Even if I write a check for a recipient in another country, the
>>      check would have to be cashed within a short time and so the day
>>      and month cannot be confused.
>>
>> I have read through the docs and there is no mention made of the "extra"
>> text or of any way to turn it off.
>>
>> Can I turn off the extra text??
>>
>> If so, How?
>>
>> By the way, when I have the Quicken format adapted for the VersaCheck
>> format, I'll send that to whoever of the gnucash developers would like
>> to insert it into the "standard" formats repository for distribution
>> with gnucash.
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