Automatic Retrieval of Quotes

[Dean Reding]

  I am not familiar with 'the list' or the Mac OS X package maintainer.

Thanks	
Dean Reding
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On Dec 14, 2010, at 5:15 PM, David T. wrote:

> Dean--
>
> I'm putting this back on the list. Since you installed in the way I  
> have, I don't see why it doesn't work for you. Perhaps the Mac OS X  
> package maintainer will be able to help you out.
>
> David
>
> P.S. -- DO try to use the Reply-All option when you respond; you  
> will get a better overall response from the whole list than just me  
> (especially since I am just a regular user like you, just with a  
> little more time under my Gnucash belt).
>
> --- On Tue, 12/14/10, Dean Reding <redinvd at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
> From: Dean Reding <redinvd at sbcglobal.net>
> Subject: Re: Automatic Retrieval of Quotes
> To: "David T." <sunfish62 at yahoo.com>
> Date: Tuesday, December 14, 2010, 2:31 PM
>
> I installed from sourceforge.net. I downloaded the Gnucash- 
> Intel-2.2.9.5.dmg. I opened the "Readme first doc and moved  
> the .app file to my applications folder per the instructions.
>
>
> Dean Reding
> (903) 566-7565
> (903) 312-2435
> http://redinvd.fatcow.com/
>
> On Dec 14, 2010, at 3:30 PM, David T. wrote:
>
>> Can you confirm how you installed Gnucash? The troubles you  
>> describe sound like you installed from Fink or Macports, and they  
>> didn't get everything in place. I have found that downloading and  
>> installing the Gnucash.app bundle took care of all this.
>>
>> David
>>
>> --- On Tue, 12/14/10, Dean Reding <redinvd at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>
>> From: Dean Reding <redinvd at sbcglobal.net>
>> Subject: Re: Automatic Retrieval of Quotes
>> To: "David T." <sunfish62 at yahoo.com>
>> Date: Tuesday, December 14, 2010, 12:33 PM
>>
>> I cannot check the "Get Online Quotes" box in the New Security  
>> Window. Under "Quote Source Information" a message reads "Warning:  
>> Finance::Quote not installed properly." Consequently the "Get  
>> Quotes Button" in the Price Editor window is grayed out.
>>
>> What needs to be done?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Dean Reding
>> (903) 566-7565
>> (903) 312-2435
>> http://redinvd.fatcow.com/
>>
>> On Dec 13, 2010, at 6:04 PM, David T. wrote:
>>
>>> Dean--
>>>
>>> Assuming you are using Gnucash 2.2.9 from the Mac OS X disk image  
>>> file on Sourceforge (see http://sourceforge.net/projects/gnucash/ 
>>> files/gnucash%20%28stable%29/2.2.9/), then I think you're making  
>>> this hard on yourself.
>>>
>>> You can set up Gnucash to download price quotes from within the  
>>> application itself. This involves a few steps:
>>>
>>> 1) Create the securities in question (under Tools menu, or from  
>>> the New Account window when you choose to create a stock type  
>>> account; see http://code.gnucash.org/docs/guide/invest- 
>>> setup1.html for more info). Be sure to check the Get Online  
>>> Quotes option in the New Security window.
>>>
>>> 2) Open the price editor window (under Tools menu), and then  
>>> click the Get quotes button. If all goes well, the hourglass/ 
>>> beachball will appear and then disappear, and expanding your  
>>> commdity list should result in your seeing a price for today's  
>>> date (or the last trade date).
>>>
>>> As an aside, I'll note that there are ways to run the price  
>>> update from a Terminal window, making it possible to have these  
>>> updates run every day, automatically. Some of us have even asked  
>>> whether this could be an added feature for the start up of Gnucash.
>>>
>>> HTH,
>>> David
>>>
>>> --- On Mon, 12/13/10, Dean Reding <redinvd at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> From: Dean Reding <redinvd at sbcglobal.net>
>>>> Subject: Automatic Retrieval of Quotes
>>>> To: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
>>>> Date: Monday, December 13, 2010, 12:12 PM
>>>> I am running Tiger 4.11.
>>>>
>>>> When I try to run the FinanceQuote Update application, I
>>>> received the following message.
>>>>
>>>> When I click on the "Edit" button, I received the
>>>> following:
>>>>
>>>> How do I get Gnucash to obtain stock & mutual fund
>>>> quotes.
>>>>
>>>> I tried to run the "gnc-fq-update" in terminal. I get a
>>>> message "Command not found."
>>>>
>>>> Dean Reding
>>>> (903) 566-7565
>>>> (903) 312-2435
>>>> http://redinvd.fatcow.com/
>>>>
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