Checks

[Dennis Shimer]

Hi Greg

I think I went to print, selected custom, went to the custom editor,
clicked save without worrying what was in there.  I knew I was going to be
using bits and bobs from several places to create the check itself, I just
wanted to make sure I was starting with a valid CHK file.

I relied heavily on
http://www.gnucash.org/docs/v2.6/C/gnucash-guide/check_format_info.html to
get everything worked out.  It was kind of fun once I got started and I
ended up with exactly what I wanted which was a 3 part (one check, one
payee stub, one payor stub) heavily modified.  For testing I used a "print
to pdf" solution because I was editing and printing continuously as I
tweaked the output.



On Wed, 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>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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