[GNC] Can no longer print checks

[David Carlson]

That looks identical to the same file on my computer, but I did not check
the entire guid line.

There is a very old bug report about not being able to print in Windows
which has never been resolved because it cannot be repeated.  I don't
remember the bug number.  Someone found a work-around that seems to make
the problem go away until a re-install of something, either Windows or
GnuCash.  That work-around may work for you.

David C

On Sat, Dec 1, 2018 at 11:55 AM HB Sidman <dklab at aol.com> wrote:

> 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>
> 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> 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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