[GNC] Can no longer print checks
HB Sidman
dklab at aol.com
Sat Dec 1 14:32:02 EST 2018
I started off looking in the the old reports to see if there was
anything and could not find anything about windows and printing
problems. That may be my inability to search properly. So if anyone
knows the fix that you are referring to I hope they will give me the
location.
Thanks for the help,
HB
On 12/1/2018 1:30 PM, David Carlson wrote:
> 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
> <mailto: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
>> <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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