Trouble Loading Finance::Quote

[John Layman]

What I'm reporting is that, once Finance::Quote is installed, the Perl
scripts run during GnuCash launch, but don't update prices.  It has to be
done via menu selection.

I tracked down the link below, which describes this exact issue in a 3-part
review of GNUCash:

http://www.suburbandollar.com/2009/02/20/using-gnucash-to-manage-your-person
al-finances-part-2/
 

-----Original Message-----
From: John Ralls [mailto:jralls at ceridwen.us] 
Sent: Monday, March 29, 2010 4:21 PM
To: john.layman at laymanandlayman.com
Cc: gnucash-user
Subject: Re: Trouble Loading Finance::Quote


On Mar 29, 2010, at 12:31 PM, John Layman wrote:

> Running 2.2.9 under Windows XP with ActivePerl 5.10, this feature does 
> not work as advertised.  The Perl scripts execute at launch but never 
> actually load quotes.  I know I'm not the only user to experience this 
> problem, as a favorable series of articles about GNUCash on a 
> financial Web site mentions it.  The Price Editor's 'Get Quotes' 
> feature does work, however.  I haven't been able to spare the time to
troubleshoot the problem.
> 

If the Price Editor Get Quotes button retrieves quotes, then Finance::Quote
is indeed installed and working properly.

gnc-fq-update updates the Finance::Quote installation. It doesn't retrieve
any quotes.

Regards,
John Ralls