[GNC] Currencies not being converted

[John Ralls]

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You may have to specify the path if you’re not using Linux. 

On Windows it’s c:\Program Files (x86)\gnucash\bin\gnc-fq-update, but you also need to install perl. GnuCash installed a small program to set it all up for you, “Install Online Price Retrieval” in the GnuCash folder of the Start Menu.

On MacOS it’s /Applications/Gnucash.app/Contents/Resources/bin/gnc-fq-update. You need to run gnc-fq-upate in sudo. There’s a similar helper app in the GnuCash dmg, install it in the same folder as GnuCash and double-click it, then accept all of the defaults in the ensuing script.

Regards,
John Ralls

> On Jan 11, 2019, at 8:35 AM, Tom Delarge <alanfiske at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Okay the problem I'm having is that gnc-fq-update and all similar commands bring back "command not found"
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> On Wed, Jan 9, 2019 at 7:55 PM John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us <mailto:jralls at ceridwen.us>> wrote:
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> If “Get Quote” returns an error it means that either you don’t have online quote retrieval setup or that there’s a problem with it. Please study https://www.gnucash.org/docs/v3/C/gnucash-guide/currency_howto1.html <https://www.gnucash.org/docs/v3/C/gnucash-guide/currency_howto1.html> for your options in getting current exchange rates.
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> Regards,
> John Ralls
> 
>> On Jan 9, 2019, at 7:41 AM, Tom Delarge <alanfiske at gmail.com <mailto:alanfiske at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>> I did that and it worked, thank you very much. 
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>> But...the prices that GNUcash gives don't reflect the real price that I see on google.
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>> On the chart of accounts screen in GC I have it show me New Taiwan Dollars (for many accounts are in that currency) and have a columb showing me the USD balance. But it is using a very incorrect conversion rate and I'm not sure why it won't update. I hit "get quote" and it just tells me there is an error. 
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>> Is there no way way I can keep my accounting data and have the program itself properly update the prices? 
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>> On Thu, Jan 3, 2019 at 10:29 AM John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us <mailto:jralls at ceridwen.us>> wrote:
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>> > On Jan 2, 2019, at 9:43 AM, salmichaels <foma.iksov at gmail.com <mailto:foma.iksov at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>> > I have just returned from overseas with laptop and now gnucash does not
>> > convert currencies. I have some accounts in a foreign currency, others in
>> > USD. In making reports or having a Total (USD) column, GC doesn't convert
>> > the accts in foreign currency to USD, but just lists the amounts as if they
>> > are US dollars. If I change the report currency to the foreign currency, it
>> > handles it fine; it converts the USD accounts to the foreign currency, no
>> > issues. 
>> > 
>> > The program is set to default to local (US) currency, and was even when I
>> > was overseas as far as I know. Now it is also set to local US. My local
>> > settings on my computer are also set for the US. So yeah, I cannot for the
>> > life of me figure this out. 
>> > 
>> > thanks in advance! 
>> 
>> Check the price database for both USD->??? and ???->USD and make sure that the most recent price is correct in both directions.
>> 
>> Regards,
>> John Ralls
>> 
>> 
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