Help with Australian Shares

[prl]

Hi, Gilbert,

It's useful for you to also reply back to the list so that other people 
can see the reply, follow the discussion and perhaps help.

To get online quotes, you need to install the perl module Finance::Quote 
(and on Windows, you probably need to install perl, too).

I've never set up GnuCash on Windows, I use a Mac, but I'm sure others 
on the Gnucash list can help.

You generally get the "can't obtain lock" error if Gnucash has crashed 
or exited somehow without cleaning up. The usual thing to do is to just 
tell it to continue and clear the lock.

Peter

On 1/03/2017 20:57, Gilbert wrote:
> Hi Peter
>
> Thanks for the reply.
>
> I hadn't found the security editor, Which was happy for me to fill out 
> the top half, but when I got to the "quote source line" I Got a 
> Warning Finance::Quote not installed" message and would not proceed 
> further. I am running on Win 10 at the moment don't know how to proceed.
>
> I have one other minor (I assumed) problem that I am now becoming more 
> concerned about,  is on opening GnuCash, I get the message (GnuCash 
> could not obtain the lock for my file.) I open anyway and is seems it 
> work ok.
>
> Kind Regards
>
> Gilbert
>
>
> On 1/03/2017 4:17 PM, prl wrote:
>> I don't recall having any problems with setting up my ASX-listed 
>> shares (not very many different ones). I'm also able to get price 
>> updates for them from the ASX (but that only works for a relatively 
>> small number of different shares, 8 IIRC).
>>
>> For example, the setup I have for Telstra shares in the Edit security 
>> window is:
>>
>> Security Information
>> Full name: Telstra (you can probably have any name you want here)
>> Symbol/abbreviation: TLS (must be the ASX code for the share)
>> Display symbol: TLS (the exact form of this may not be important)
>> Type: ASX (must be ASX for shares traded on the ASX/Australian Stock 
>> Exchange)
>> ISIN, CUSIP or other code: <blank> (I have no idea what this is for)
>> Fraction traded: 1/100000 (the default, seems to work OK)
>>
>> Quote Source Information:
>> Get Online Quotes: [ticked]
>> Type of quote source: Single; Australian Stock Exchange, AU
>> Timezone: Use local time
>>
>> Of course, to be able to download stock quotes, you need to have 
>> installed Finance::Quote.
>>
>> The FAQ Why doesn't online quoting work? 
>> (http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/FAQ#Q:_Why_doesn.27t_online_quoting_work.3F) 
>> may be helpful, the Online Quotes section of the manual may also help 
>> (http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Online_Quotes).
>>
>> If that doesn't help, you're probably going to have to expand on 
>> exactly what you mean by "I haven't been able to get my Australian 
>> shares recognized or priced. "
>>
>> Peter
>>
>> On 1/03/2017 14:27, Gilbert wrote:
>>> Hi I live in Australia and am having problems with setting up my 
>>> Shares.
>>>
>>> I haven't been able to get my Australian shares recognized or priced.
>>>
>>> your help would be appreciated.
>>>
>>> Regards
>>>
>>> Gilbert
>>>
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