[GNC] Can no longer print checks

[David Carlson]

You can see how old this bug is, I am not sure if you can run IE9 in
windows 10.  Perhaps someone knows if this work-around can be adapted to
WIN 10.

On Sun, Dec 2, 2018 at 1:40 AM David Carlson <david.carlson.417 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> HB,
>
> I found the bug report.  Check comment 40.
>
> https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=645273
>
> On Sat, Dec 1, 2018 at 1:32 PM HB Sidman <dklab at aol.com> wrote:
>
>> 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> 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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