Setting up Online Price Retrieval

[Svetoslav Trochev]

Hi Mike,

Looks like you are using GnuCash on Windows. Depend on the version the
"Path" is modified differently. You can search Google or mail me back
with info about your version and I can try to help you. Before that you
can check your current "Path" by doing the following steps:
1. Click "Start"
2. If you are using XP click on "Run..." this will open "Run" dialog
box. On the "Open:" input line type: CMD and then press "OK".
    If you are using Vista simply type: CMD.EXE into the "Start Search"
box on the startup menu.
3. Now you should have a black window called Command Prompt. There you
type: PATH and then press <Enter>.
You should see the current value of your path environment variable. It
will look like
PATH=C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;.........
Check to see if you can find the path pointing to perl.exe. It should be
something like this: "C:\Perl\bin"
If you missing the path do search on your HDD to find where "perl.exe"
is located. If you can not find it you need to install "Perl".
http://www.perl.com/download.csp#binary
There are 2 distributions of Perl: "Strawberry Perl" and "ActivePerl". I
don't know if both version are compatible with Gnudownload. I have not
tried Online Price Retrieval my self yet.

subscribe307 at verizon.net wrote:
> I am still looking for help.  The Perl Package Manager seems to run
> OK.  The problem is when I try to run GnuCash>Online Price Retreival, 
> that is when I get the message "add the bin directory to your Path
> environment variable" that I don't know how to handle.  It sounds like
> I may have installed Perl in the wrong place.  It is installed in
> Program Files>Gnudownload. The GnuCash is installed in Program
> Files>GnuCash.  Should they be in the same folder?
> Mike
>
>
> Fred Bone wrote:
>> On 24 April 2009 at 15:55, subscribe307 at verizon.net said:
>>
>>  
>>>   I installed ActivePerl 5.8 but now when I select Install Price
>>> retrieval under GnuCash in the All Programs menu I get the following
>>> in a
>>> command line format:
>>>
>>> * Check Perl
>>> 'perl' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
>>> operable program or batch file.
>>>     
>>
>> You haven't actually installed Perl properly. If you had, then it
>> would be available as a command.
>>
>> I can't remember whether you need to restart the system to complete
>> the installation of Perl.
>>
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