how to edit exchange rate of the Placeholder account

[David T.]

Check out:

http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Windows#Finance::Quote

It tells you that under Windows, you use the start menu item "Install Online Price Retrieval" to install F::Q

HTH,
David

--- On Mon, 1/4/10, Rafferty Uy <rafferty.uy at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Rafferty Uy <rafferty.uy at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: how to edit exchange rate of the Placeholder account
> To: "Derek Atkins" <warlord at mit.edu>
> Cc: "GnuCash User Mailing List" <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
> Date: Monday, January 4, 2010, 6:40 PM
> Hi Derek,
> 
> I'm trying to follow the instructions in:
> http://www.gnucash.org/docs/v2.0/C/gnucash-guide/invest-stockprice1.html#invest-stockprice-auto2
> 
> Was I right to download and install Active Perl first? Then
> attempted to
> install the gnc-fq-update by typing "perl gnc-fq-update" on
> the command
> line.
> 
> I am getting a lot of errors after running this. The last
> part of the
> installation shows me the error below:
> 
> 
> 
> The required 'nmake' executable not found, fetching it...
> Fetching 'Nmake15.exe' from download.microsoft.com...
> done!
> Checking if your kit is complete...
> Looks good
> Warning: prerequisite HTML::TableExtract 0 not found.
> Writing Makefile for Finance::Quote
> ---- Unsatisfied dependencies detected during ----
> ---- 
>    ECOCODE/Finance-Quote-1.17.tar.gz 
>   ----
>     HTML::TableExtract [requires]
> Running make test
>   Delayed until after prerequisites
> Running make install
>   Delayed until after prerequisites
> Running install for module 'HTML::TableExtract'
> Running make for M/MS/MSISK/HTML-TableExtract-2.10.tar.gz
>   Has already been unwrapped into directory
> C:\Perl\cpan\build\HTML-TableExtract
> -2.10-gGUOpE
> Could not make: Unknown error
> Running make test
>   Can't test without successful make
> Running make install
>   Make had returned bad status, install seems
> impossible
> Running make for E/EC/ECOCODE/Finance-Quote-1.17.tar.gz
>   Has already been unwrapped into directory
> C:\Perl\cpan\build\Finance-Quote-1.1
> 7-ISjTQn
> 
>   CPAN.pm: Going to build
> E/EC/ECOCODE/Finance-Quote-1.17.tar.gz
> 
> Warning: Prerequisite 'HTML::TableExtract => 0' for
> 'E/EC/ECOCODE/Finance-Quote-
> 1.17.tar.gz' failed when processing
> 'M/MS/MSISK/HTML-TableExtract-2.10.tar.gz' w
> ith 'make => NO'. Continuing, but chances to succeed are
> limited.
> 'nmake' is not recognized as an internal or external
> command,
> operable program or batch file.
>   ECOCODE/Finance-Quote-1.17.tar.gz
>   nmake -- NOT OK
> Running make test
>   Can't test without successful make
> Running make install
>   Make had returned bad status, install seems
> impossible
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Rafferty
> 
> On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 9:46 AM, Rafferty Uy <rafferty.uy at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > I see, where can I get F::Q?
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Rafferty D. Uy
> > NUS MBA Candidate
> > Software Development Lead
> >
> >
> > There are no secrets to success. It is the result of
> preparation, hard
> > work, and learning from failure.
> > ~ Colin Powell
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 2:31 AM, Derek Atkins <warlord at mit.edu>
> wrote:
> >
> >> Rafferty Uy <rafferty.uy at gmail.com>
> writes:
> >>
> >> > Hi,
> >> >
> >> > I have a SGD placeolder Asset account with
> sub accounts of different
> >> > currencies.
> >> > I realized that the exchange rates of these
> sub accounts to SGD are
> >> messed
> >> > up so my total exchange rate is not as I want
> it to be.
> >> >
> >> > Would anyone know how to fix the exchange
> rates?
> >>
> >> If you have F::Q installed you can just Get Quotes
> and it should pull it
> >> in for you.  Otherwise, you can manually
> enter the exchange rate in the
> >> price editor.
> >>
> >> Note that exchange rates are assigned to
> transactions, not accounts.
> >>
> >> > Please remember to CC this list on all your
> replies.
> >> > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or
> Reply-All.
> >>
> >> -derek
> >>
> >> --
> >>       Derek Atkins, SB
> '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory
> >>       Member, MIT Student
> Information Processing Board  (SIPB)
> >>       URL: http://web.mit.edu/warlord/   
> PP-ASEL-IA     N1NWH
> >>       warlord at MIT.EDU 
>                
>       PGP key available
> >>
> >
> >
> _______________________________________________
> gnucash-user mailing list
> gnucash-user at gnucash.org
> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user
> -----
> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies.
> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
>