Checks

[Gregory Forster]

Hi Dennis,

     How do you determine the GUID line value when creating custom designs?

Greg

On 2/12/2014 9:21 AM, Dennis Shimer wrote:
> They are text files, I edit them with whatever my favorite text editor 
> is on each operating system.  There is also a local user directory 
> that you can store custom files in which varies by system.  That is 
> where I tend to keep my custom files.
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 10:11 AM, Gregory Forster <fgreg74 at gmail.com 
> <mailto:fgreg74 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Well, I looked over the documentation.  It all seems to assume you
>     are using a Linux operating system.  Unfortunately, I am using
>     Windows 7 Pro 64. I had a tough time finding the default check
>     files.  They are located in the C:\Program Files (x86)
>     subdirectory.  I had to use OpenOffice to look at them.  Even with
>     Linux, you need another software program - uuidgen to create the
>     unique Guid identifier for each check file.  With  Windows, I
>     wouldn't even know what program to use to create the check file.
>     Though it uses a .chk extension, is it a text file?  To look at a
>     default file, OpenOffice has to use an ascii filter.
>
>
>     Greg
>
>
>     On 2/10/2014 8:09 PM, David Carlson wrote:
>
>         On 2/10/2014 5:54 PM, Gregory Forster wrote:
>
>             Hi,
>
>                  I usually try to help.  This time, I need the help.
>             Creating
>             checks, I like the Quicken with side stub,  however even
>             if that
>             doesn't line up correctly, it is suggested to custom
>             format the
>             checks.  Don't you then lose the check stub info?  Even
>             when you
>             custom format checks, where is the ability to create a
>             check stub with
>             payee, date and amount info?  It seems that creating a
>             custom format
>             check does not provide ability to print stub info.
>
>             Greg
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>         Generally, in the U. S., anyway, personal checks do not have
>         stubs.
>         When business checks do have stubs, it is for the payee, not
>         for the
>         payor.  The payor has all the information resident in his data
>         file, and
>         no data is lost when there is no stub.
>
>         If you want to use a blank check form that has a stub, then
>         you need to
>         put those fields into your custom format, and as I recall, that is
>         possible, and here is the detail information on how to do that.
>         <http://www.gnucash.org/docs/v2.6/C/gnucash-guide/check_format_info.html>.
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