[GNC] Can't Get Online Quotes Using GnuCash

[David H]

Glad to hear it!

Cheers David.


On Wed, 6 Jan 2021 at 12:33, Michelle Le <le.michelle.25 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks David, I actually just found out that I wasn't patient enough to
> let the script run to completion, there were pauses that lasted more than a
> few minutes... But it works now on GnuCash as I can now click on the "Get
> Online Quotes" checkbox. :)
>
> Michelle
>
> On Tue, Jan 5, 2021 at 5:31 PM David H <hellvee at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Oops that last one should have a closing double quote as in...
>>
>> perl "C:\Program Files (x86)\gnucash\bin\gnc-fq-dump"
>>
>> Cheers David H.
>>
>>
>> On Wed, 6 Jan 2021 at 08:29, David H <hellvee at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> 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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