Finance::Quote ??

Frank H. Ellenberger f.ellenberger at online.de
Sat Jan 17 12:06:35 EST 2009


Hi,

Am Saturday 17 January 2009 08:56:47 schrieb Georg Stapper:
> I read the multiple currency chapter twice and I still don't see why
> Finance::Quote does not update the other FX rates.

Why should it? The target is usually, to show you the value of your foreign 
investments in your domestic/base currency.

> So, if I change my base currency to ZAR, I see the updates FX rates with
> ZAR as the base rate, but e.g. the GBP/EUR FX rate is not updated. Is that
> really the intended behaviour?

Hm, I believe switching the base currency in an file, which contains 
transactions, is no good idea. To play around, you could use the report 
currency.

> Thanks
> G.

Frank


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