Price Editor stopped working

[Deane Yamane]

IF u're using a Mac, I had the same problem. The fix was to re-	download the newest Xcode app, reinstall the 'Command Line Tools' (Preferences/Downloads). Then I reran the 'FinanceQuote Update' app JIC. Now GnuCash 2.4.13 and 2.6.1 (the latest)  both work.

This is 'MacOSX Readme.pdf' from the 2.4.13 dmg:
"Installing Finance::Quote
You can install Finance::Quote by double-clicking the FinanceQuote Update applet in the dmg. It's a bit
painful, especially if you're on Lion and don't already have XCode installed.
You'll need to be logged in with an administrator account ("Allow user to administer this computer" is checked in
System Preferences->Accounts for the user).
You'll also need to have Developer Tools (Tiger or Leopard) or XCode (Snow Leopard and Lion) installed. It's
available as an optional install on your installation DVD or for Lion users, as a free download from the App Store.
In the latter case, you must also install the command line tools: Open XCode Preferences, select "Downloads", and
click the "Install" button next to "Command Line Tools". Close XCode.
FinanceQuote Update runs a script in a Terminal window. You'll need to switch to that window (CMD-Tab if it
isn't visible) and enter your password at the prompt to allow it to write to the system Perl directory. The script will
ask a bunch of questions. You can just accept the defaults to all of them (just hit "return" for each one). If there
was a good way to suppress those questions, we'd do that."

I hope this helps. 


On Mar 1, 2014, at 2:00 AM, Donald Butterworth <don.butterworth at asburyseminary.edu> wrote:

> Dear Experts,
> 
> I have been using the Price Editor feature to retrieve prices for my mutual
> funds for many years. This January I rebalanced my existing funds and added
> some new ones. At the time I did this, Price Editor worked correctly.
> However, sometime in February it simply stopped working. Thinking that
> something might have changed at Yahoo! I tested data retrieval with another
> piece of software, and it pulled the prices with no problem. I then upgrade
> to the next version of GnuCash 2.6.1, and went through the steps of adding
> Perl, which loaded without any problems. That hasn't helped either.
> 
> When I go to Price Editor, press Get Quotes, Perl launches, processes, and
> returns a text-box which reads, "Unable to retrieve quotes for these items"
> and lists *all* of the Funds that should be pulling from Yahoo USA.
> 
> I then went to the Security Editor and changed the record for each Fund's
> "Quote Source Information" from "Single" to "Multiple"  and selected "USA
> (Yahoo, Fool...)". This configuration returns the exact same error message
> after using the Get Quotes button.
> 
> I am stymied. Can anyone deliver me from having to enter price information
> for 10 funds manually?
> 
> One last thing. Since I only invest in Mutual funds, and the "Type" code
> will always be "Last", Is there any way to change the defaults that appears
> when you press the Add button on the Price Editor screen? Is there a way to
> make these selections "sticky"? That would be a nice enhancement.
> 
> Thanks for you assistance!
> 
> Don
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