Help with Australian Shares

[prl]

Hi, Gilbert.

I really can't help all that much on setting up quote retrieval on 
Windows Gnucash, because I've never installed Gnucash on Windows, and 
there's nothing in your posts that says how you got to the point where 
you made those screenshots.

According to the "Why doesn't online quoting work?" link I posted in my 
first reply (see quoted posts below), there should be an installer in 
the Windows Gnucash called Install Online Price Retrieval, and that 
should install everything you need for quote retrieval. But as I said, 
I've never used it.

Peter

On 2/03/2017 15:34, Gilbert wrote:Hi Peter
>
> It's obvious that I do not know what I am doing. The attached screen 
> shot, I think shows the direction I was heading before getting no 
> where.  I assume I should be running c:\myperl\relocation.pl.bat some 
> time soon, but how.??
>
> HELP
>
> Gilbert
>
>
> On 1/03/2017 10:07 PM, prl wrote:
>> 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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