Checks

[David Reiser]

http://www.guidgen.com/  any one will do, it just has to be unique within gnucash.
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Dave Reiser
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On Feb 12, 2014, at 11:56 AM, Gregory Forster <fgreg74 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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