Finance::Quote

[Derek Atkins]

Hi,

"Norman Yeh" <normyeh at gmail.com> writes:

> Hi Derek,
>  
> I had to "move" GC 2.2.9 from an old XP SP3 computer to a new Windows Vista
> Home Premium 64 bit SP1 computer. I first downloaded and installed GC 2.2.9,
> then transferred the GC data files based on advice from several GC experts.
> Yesterday I realized Price:Quotes is not working and the Get Quotes button in
> Price Editor would not light up.
>  
> It just happened that Don asked a question and you gave an answer when I
> needed it :-) So I downloaded and installed the latest ActivePerl 5.10.1. But
> when I clicked on Start-Programs-Gnucash-Install Online Retrieval, I saw in
> the DOS window:
>  
> ----- start of error msg
> * Check Perl
>  
> 'perl' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
> operable program or batch file.
> 'perl' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
> operable program or batch file.
>  
> Did not find a usable perl.
> Please install ActivePerl 5.8 (http://www.activestate.com/store/activeperl)
> and add the bin directory to your Path environment variable.
>  
> An error occurred, see above.
>  
> Press any key to continue . . .
> ----- end of error msg
>  
> I have GC and ActivePerl installed on drive E: in the same folder but each in
> its own subfolder. What did I do wrong? What do I need to do to get
> Price:Quotes to work again? Thanks!

I'm afraid I don't know.  I don't use Windows.  Maybe you need to add
Perl to your execution path envrionment variable?

-derek

> Norman
>  
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Derek Atkins
> To: Don Coltrane
> Cc: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
> Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 09:13
> Subject: Re: Finance::Quote
>
> Hi,
>
> Don Coltrane <donniec52 at gmail.com> writes:
>
>> I am using GnuCash 2.2.9 on a windows vista machine. I have installed
>> ActivePerl 5.10 and I want to install Finance::Quote to update stock prices.
>>
>>
>> Please help me understand what to do next.
>
> Start -> GnuCash -> Install ....
>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Don
>
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>
> -derek
>
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