gnucash-user Digest, Vol 135, Issue 17

[Dave H]

He probably means go to http://www.gnucash.org/ and download 2.6.3 which is
the latest version, 2.4.13 is quite old now.

If you want to know something about screen scraping use a search engine
lkie google - you should get more hits than you can poke a stick at.

Cheers Dave H.
 On Jun 19, 2014 5:50 AM, "Glenn Bergmann" <gnebergie at gmail.com> wrote:

> I am using Windows 7 and gnuCash version 2.4.13.  I use finance.yahoo.com
> very frequently for information.  I don't understand "scraping the screens"
> and the update to "access the new website screens" procedures.  Could you
> send me the link to find them?
>
> Thank you for your interest.  You guys do a great job of responding to user
> inquiries.  And gnuCash is an excellent program.
>
> Glenn
>
>
> On Wed, Jun 18, 2014 at 1:28 PM, Derek Atkins <warlord at mit.edu> wrote:
>
> > Glenn Bergmann <gnebergie at gmail.com> writes:
> >
> > > Ref Message 2:  Subject: Re: Downloading Stock Prices - Finance::Quote
> > > Problems
> > >
> > > Questions regarding the use of Finance::Quote are asked frequently.  I
> > had
> > > the same problem several years ago when I first started using gnuCash.
>  I
> > > resolved the issue.  But for the past year it has not worked and I
> > haven't
> > > found a way to fix it in spite of all the suggestions that have been
> > made.
> > >
> > > Can the problem be resolved by having the gnuCash install program also
> > load
> > > whatever is necessary to make Finance::Quote function properly?  It
> could
> > > eliminate future inquiries.
> >
> > What OS/Distro are you using?
> >
> > In general re-running the F::Q installer fixes most issues.
> >
> > However, one thing to keep in mind is that F::Q works by scraping the
> > screens of websites that offer financial data.   Whenever those websites
> > change (e.g. yahoo) then F::Q requires an update to be able to access
> > the new website screens.  This tends to happen once a year or so.  Alas,
> > there is nothing we in the GnuCash team can do to fix this.
> >
> > > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies.
> > > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
> >
> > -derek
> >
> > --
> >        Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory
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