[GNC] Can't Get Online Quotes Using GnuCash

[David H]

Michelle,

It's a Perl script so open a command prompt and enter the following...

1. First just double check perl got installed ok...

perl -version

This should return something like....

This is perl 5, version 18, subversion 2 (v5.18.2) built for
MSWin32-x86-multi-thread-64int

Copyright 1987-2013, Larry Wall

Perl may be copied only under the terms of either the Artistic License or
the
GNU General Public License, which may be found in the Perl 5 source kit.

Complete documentation for Perl, including FAQ lists, should be found on
this system using "man perl" or "perldoc perl".  If you have access to the
Internet, point your browser at http://www.perl.org/, the Perl Home Page.

2. Then enter the following command, wait a minute or so and you'll get a
result.

perl "C:\Program Files (x86)\gnucash\bin\gnc-fq-check"   ---- you need the
quotes around the path to gnucash bin as it's got spaces in it.  I'm
assuming your install is in the same folder as mine but you might want to
double check it.

3. Then enter your gnc-fq-dump command as follows...

perl "C:\Program Files (x86)\gnucash\bin\gnc-fq-dump

Cheers David H.



On Wed, 6 Jan 2021 at 06:40, Michelle Le <le.michelle.25 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I recently updated my GnuCash version to 4.4 and am trying the Stock
> feature. I am running Windows 10 on my computer.
>
> After installing Strawberry Perl manually, then clicking on "Install Online
> Price Retrieval for GnuCash", the command prompt seems to run for about a
> minute and ends with the following lines:
>
> pl2bat.bat blib\script\dm_zdump
>   SBECK/Date-Manip-6.83.tar.gz
>   C:\Users\Michelle\AppData\Local\Temp\c\bin\gmake.exe -- OK
>
> I'm not sure how I'm supposed to run the "gnc-fq-dump" test program, I
> tried dragging it into the command prompt/opening it in GnuCash software,
> however it didn't do anything. I reopened GnuCash and tried using the
> Security Editor again, however the "Get Online Quotes" checkbox is still
> greyed out and I can't select it.
>
> Could you help me with this?
>
> Thanks,
> Michelle
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