Check printing is missing a split entry.

[Dennis Shimer]

I found (on the devel mailing list) the Quicken 3 part mentioned by Mike
which also (as you mention) has the net pay down at the bottom.  Trying to
eliminate variables I places the Quicken CHK file in the app default check
location rather that the user custom profile location.  I printed a check
that only had 4 splits and on the printed version only 3 showed up.

I can get a good check %100 of the time by

   1. starting with a valid saved transaction
   2. adding a split with a space in it
   3. clicking on the transaction name
   4. CTRL-P, print the check
   5. then just go to another transaction without saving the version that
   has the blank split





On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 9:01 AM, R. Victor Klassen <rvklassen at gmail.com>wrote:

> Seems to me I normally put the net amount on the last line, rather than
> part way up as you have it.
> The last line of my split is not printed; this gives me the opportunity to
> change the way the net amount is printed.
>
> In my check format file (custom for payroll) I have a special line at the
> end with TEXT “Net Pay” and AMOUNT_NUMBER.  This is slightly further down
> the page than the interline separation from the rest of the splits.
>
>
>
> I forget from which file I modified this, but I needed to build it custom
> to get the text and numbers to line up with the checks I bought.
>
>
> On Dec 5, 2013, at 4:45 AM, Dennis Shimer <dshimer at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Thanks Mike good thoughts however
>
> 1) I don't have that check installed, and none of the default checks on my
> system do any splits at all (verified in individual .chk files see
> screenshot of what I have installed by default, the last one is my custom.
>
> 2) It happens on a check with as few as 4 splits
>
> 3) I happened on 2 different computers (one was the initial report from
> Win7 and the other Ubuntu), two different .gnucash files, 3 different
> printers and when printed to PDF
>
> 4) I have attached screenshots and output from 2 different cases. Case 1 is
> just the normal input (10 splits one blank for entry 9 of them print), In
> Case 2 I entered a space in the last split memo and tabbed until it created
> another split entry. So now you can see two blank splits at the bottom of
> the transaction.  When I print case 2 all 10 splits show up.
>
> 5) I did look at a .ps file and thought it is the same I'm attaching a pdf
> for more general viewing.
>
> 6) Just for kicks the .chk file is attached as well.
>
>
>
> On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 12:03 AM, Mike Alexander <mta at umich.edu> wrote:
>
> --On December 4, 2013 8:54:30 PM -0500 Dennis Shimer <dshimer at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> I have the following in a CHK file which puts the splits in two
>
> different formats on the second and third part of a check.
> Everything works fine as far as content and spacing except in every
> single case there are 7 split entries in the check and only 6 of them
> print.  Everything else with the check is fine except the numbers in
> the splits on the printed check don't add up to the correct value
> because the last split entry is just not there.
>
>
> Have you tried printing with the built in "Quicken/QuickBooks (tm)
> US-Letter 3-part" check format?  This format also prints the splits'
> accounts and amounts (but not memos).  I created a transaction with lots of
> splits and printed it using this format and it seemed ok.  I also looked at
> the code and can't see how it could possibly skip some splits or stop
> early.  Perhaps your format doesn't allow enough room for all 7 values and
> the last one is being clipped out.  To see what's really being printed you
> can print to a postscript file and look at the postscript with a text
> editor.  You don't really have to understand Postscript to be able to
> figure out whether all the splits are there.
>
>             Mike
>
>
> <CheckTypesInstalled.png><3partCase1.pdf><3partCase1.png><3partCase2.pdf>
> <3partCase2.png><IBC_3_part.chk>
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