[GNC] Can no longer print checks

[HB Sidman]

David,

I can not print reports, now. New problem. I opened one of the .chk in 
Wordpad and this is what printed out:

[Top]
Guid = 378e5740-a2d3-4678-be20-37d14d97b458
Title = Liberty(tm) Personal Checks US-Letter
Rotation = -90.0
Translation = 4;492
Show_Grid = false
Show_Boxes = false

[Check Items]
Type_1 = PAYEE
Coords_1 = 118.0;74.0

Type_2 = AMOUNT_WORDS
Coords_2 = 90.0;96.0

Type_3 = AMOUNT_NUMBER
Coords_3 = 415.0;74.0

Type_4 = DATE
Coords_4 = 323.0;43.0

Type_5 = NOTES
Coords_5 = 90.0;155.0

I did not make custom checks. I am using 2.6.21

Thanks for the help,

HB

HB Sidman
703-938-6700 (O) 703-562-1953 (F)

On 12/1/2018 11:46 AM, David Carlson wrote:
> I did not address the failure to print problem.  That is probably not 
> related to the .chk files but something else. Can you print reorts?
>
> David C
>
> On Sat, Dec 1, 2018 at 10:42 AM David Carlson 
> <david.carlson.417 at gmail.com <mailto:david.carlson.417 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     HB,
>
>     Windows always calls *.chk files 'Recovered File Fragments'
>
>     If the files are in the 'C:\Program Files
>     (x86)\gnucash\share\gnucash\checks' directory they are not
>     fragments but the files that you want, at least for 2.6.x releases
>     of GnuCash in Windows.  You can open them (carefully) with Wordpad
>     and see what they contain.  If you made custom check printing
>     formats they may be somewhere else, I have not tried that.
>
>     David C
>
>     On Sat, Dec 1, 2018 at 10:22 AM HB Sidman via gnucash-user
>     <gnucash-user at gnucash.org <mailto:gnucash-user at gnucash.org>> wrote:
>
>         Hi,
>
>         After using gnucash for several years I decided it was time to
>         upgrade
>         from 2 to 3 a few months ago. Bad decision. If it is not
>         broken don't
>         fix it. The upgrade went smoothly with no problem. Every
>         function worked
>         both old and new. Until I tried to print a check. At which
>         point nothing
>         happened with the printer. After a 2 or 3 minutes I got a warning
>         message that my check file was a fragment. I went into the
>         system to
>         verify that and found that all the .chk files were fragments.
>         I tried to
>         reload new files but they kept being replaced by the fragments.
>
>         Step 2: I went back gnucash 2 last stable version on line. It
>         reloaded
>         without a problem but still could not print checks. Same problem.
>
>         Step 3: Loaded gnucash 2 on a laptop that had never had it on
>         it before.
>         Then took a saved file from 3 months before the problem
>         happened and
>         loaded it. Once again everything went fine until I tried to
>         print. Then
>         was presented the same problem of .chk file fragments and not
>         being able
>         to replace them.
>
>         Step 4: Using the laptop as my test bed, I removed everything
>         gnucash
>         from the hard drive. Search the C drive for any thing left and
>         removed
>         it as the administrator. Then did a search for .chk and found
>         4 files
>         buried on the C drive - all fragments. I could delete them but
>         they
>         would come right back as soon as I restarted the computer.
>
>         Any help would be greatly appreciated - I am getting tired of
>         hand
>         writing all of my checks.
>
>         I am running Windows 10 on all of my computers and they are all
>         completely up to date.
>
>         Thanks,
>
>         HB
>
>
>
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