Version 2.6 and Automatic Stock Pricing

[Dr. Ray]

Thank you Dave. Multi-Tasking truly is a myth. In my attempt to multitask I
totally forgot that you shared this with me earlier.

Cheers




On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 12:16 AM, Dave H <hellvee at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Dr. Ray,
>
> I seem to recall you're running windows ???
>
> 1. Install ActivePerl 5.16.3 from
> http://www.activestate.com/activeperl/downloads
> 2. REBOOT - never works for me unless I reboot after the Perl installation
> !!!!!
> 3. Run the GnuCash menu item - Install Online Price Retrieval
> 4.  Once you have everything installed ok use Tools >> Price Editor to
> setup currencies you want to automatically retrieve exchange rates for -
> that's all I use it for personally.  I guess if you are interested in
> securities you use the Tools >> Security Editor for those :-)
>
> http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/FAQ has the following advice...
> For Windows users, this will likely entail upgrading to ActivePerl 5.16.3
> or later. When upgrading ActivePerl, it is recommended to uninstall the old
> version and delete its directory before installing the new version.
> Otherwise the script "Install Online Price Retrieval" may produce errors.
> For more details, search the wiki for "quote". If you must, for some
> reason, use the older version of F::Q (1.17), you have to patch it. There
> are 2 different ways:
>
> Cheers Dave H
>
>
>
>
>
>  On 5 February 2014 13:58, Dr. Ray <drray at drraycharles.com> wrote:
>
>>  When I was first introduced to GNU I started off at a much lower version
>> and never really got the Active Pearl to work on my machine so I
>> downloaded
>> the 2.6 version. Can someone share with me what command I have to trigger
>> with the 2.6 version in order to have automatic stock pricing updates.
>>
>> Regards,
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