Automatic Retrieval of Quotes

[Dean Reding]

Yes, I received his message. It was an a forward of your message. It  
did not identify anything in addition to your message about putting  
this back on the list.

There was no mention of a fix in his message.

I can forward his message to you if you like.

Dean Reding
(903) 566-7565
(903) 312-2435
http://redinvd.fatcow.com/

On Dec 15, 2010, at 5:06 PM, David T. wrote:

> "The List" is gnucash-users.
>
> The Mac OS X package maintainer is John Ralls, who responded  
> earlier about why Finance:Quote might not be working for you. Did  
> you see his message? It identified how you would fix your trouble.  
> I can advise further if you need it.
>
> David
>
> --- On Wed, 12/15/10, 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>
> Cc: "Users Gnucash" <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
> Date: Wednesday, December 15, 2010, 12:05 PM
>
>  I am not familiar with 'the list' or the Mac OS X package maintainer.
>
> Thanks	
> Dean Reding
> (903) 566-7565
> (903) 312-2435
> http://redinvd.fatcow.com/
>
> 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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