[GNC] problems with Finance::Quote 1.49 and and gnucash Build ID: 3.8b+(2019-12-29) on windows 10 64 bit

Sat Mar 14 13:13:38 EDT 2020

Gentlemen,
I did try 32 bit strawberry perl in one of my many install scenarios because GnuCash is 32bit, and I considered both apps might need to be consistently storedthat probably got lost in the sauce of my long emailssorry about that... i'll try to keep this short
today, I tried the "normal path" install on a friend's win 10 (home) 64bit machineit worked perfectly (though a message flashed by about suspicious behavior that Sonar noticed)Sonar is a Norton product
so there's something different about the machines (I hope it's that and not user madness)
I have win 10 pro, they have win 10 homeI have Avast free antivirus, they have Norton
My first install on my machine failed (same "normal" path) I didn't see any Avast notifications
I reinstalled GnuCash and Strawberry perl (64 bit and 32 bit), F-Q via cpanm, many times, many different waysI did not risk cleaning out the registry, so the new installs weren't really clean
I'm tired of experimenting with install scenariosI'd rather be learning how to use the software
So, I withdraw the request for help
The win 10 GnuCash install works fine (just not on my box)(BTY Linux install works fine as well)
My install solution was ugly, but I eventually got F-Q  working within GnuCash
Thanks for the time and effort!
Stay Healthy,
Mitch

-----Original Message-----
From: David H <hellvee at gmail.com>
To: Mitchell Hausman <mshausman at verizon.net>
Cc: Gnucash Users <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
Sent: Fri, Mar 13, 2020 5:34 pm
Subject: Re: [GNC] problems with Finance::Quote 1.49 and and gnucash Build ID: 3.8b+(2019-12-29) on windows 10 64 bit

Ah forget that, I found your comment in that long email you sent Frank :-)
Cheers David.
On Sat, 14 Mar 2020 at 07:30, David H <hellvee at gmail.com> wrote:

Mitchell,
You haven't explained what your issue was with trying to install it originally as per the gnucash instructions - please clarify as this might have a bearing on what you are experiencing as per your following emails.
 On Win 10 Pro you need to click the Windows Start Menu icon, then All Apps, then go to the "G" group where you should find a"Gnucash" group. If you expand this you should find the "Install Online Price Retrieval" which you click on to install Strawberry Perl and the rest of the price retrieval app.
So did you find this OK and get some sort of error when you ran it or what ?
Cheers David.

On Thu, 12 Mar 2020 at 06:47, Mitchell Hausman via gnucash-user <gnucash-user at gnucash.org> wrote:

Hello,

I'm testing GnuCash software on windows 10 64bit, to see if it is useful 
for me (as opposed to buying Quicken!)

I wasn't able to install Finance::Quote successfully using this procedure:

Microsoft Windows:
??? Close GnuCash.
??? Run Install Online Price Retrieval which can be found in the GnuCash 
???Start??? menu entry.

===========================================================================================================

So, i downloaded and installed Strawberry Perl 5.30.q.q-*64 bit* 
(successfully), then used cpan to install Finance::Quote, which also 
installed successfully

my windows environment has the correct Alpha Vantage?? key, as does 
GnuCash in edit/preferences/online quotes

i don't know if it is working properly, though, and, i couldn't figure 
out how to run gnu-fq-dump (unless i have to do it in the session in 
which i installed Finance::Quote)

i tried in the CMD window:

C:\Program Files (x86)\GnuCash\bin>cpan gnc-fq-dump
Loading internal logger. Log::Log4perl recommended for better logging
CPAN: CPAN::SQLite loaded ok (v0.217)
CPAN: LWP::UserAgent loaded ok (v6.42)
Fetching with LWP:
http://cpan.strawberryperl.com/authors/01mailrc.txt.gz
CPAN: YAML::XS loaded ok (v0.80)
Fetching with LWP:
http://cpan.strawberryperl.com/modules/02packages.details.txt.gz
Fetching with LWP:
http://cpan.strawberryperl.com/modules/03modlist.data.gz
Database was generated on Sat, 07 Mar 2020 16:00:43 GMT
Updating database file ... Done!
 >(error): Could not expand [gnc-fq-dump]. Check the module name.
 >(info): I can suggest names if you install one of 
Text::Levenshtein::XS, Text::Levenshtein::Damerau::XS, 
Text::Levenshtein, and Text::Levenshtein::Damerau::PP
 >(info): and you provide the -x option on invocation.
 >(error): Skipping gnc-fq-dump because I couldn't find a matching 
namespace.

===============================================================================================

i added a fund to security editor (it isn't in my investments accounts 
as a sub account--- is that a problem???), and checked get quotes

when i?? execute get quotes function (in price database, not price 
"editor", with or without funds added), GnuCash closes/crashes and i 
have a .LCK file

from the GnuCash guide:

You may occasionally see .LNK and .LCK files appear. These do not store 
any data, but they are created
to prevent more than one user from opening the same file at the same 
time. These files are automatically
created when you open the file, to lock it so no one else can access it. 
When you close your GnuCash
session or open another file, GnuCash unlocks the first data file by 
deleting the .LCK and .LNK files.

If GnuCash crashes while you have a data file open, the .LCK and .LNK 
files are not deleted. The next
time you try to open GnuCash, you will get a warning message that the 
file is locked. The warning message
appears because the .LNK and .LCK files are still in your directory. It 
is safe to choose Yes to open the
file, but you should delete the .LNK and .LCK files (using a terminal 
window or your file manager). Once
those files are deleted, you will not get the warning message again 
unless GnuCash crashes.

So, I think GnuCash believes Finance::Quote is another user, maybe, 
because I installed GnuCash manually (couldn't succeed any other way), 
and they aren't properly linked

how do i get Finance::Quote integrated with my GnuCash install, so i can 
use it (i.e., doesn't crash)?

Thanks!

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