2016-01-13 GnuCash IRC logs

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05:04:06 <Vejin> Hello everyone
05:05:57 <Vejin> Gnucash seems like a good tool. I however have a question. I just installed it and when I want to add a payment from a patient (business, customer, process payment), my accounts register is as an outgoing (-) instead of an incoming. I would be greatful for any help you could provide. Thanks
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08:12:27 <Vejin> any answer to above question would be much appreciated
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09:45:28 <nomeata> Vejin: your question is a bit vague, and might not attract any better answers than “have you read about double-entry accounting?”. Maybe you can post a screenshot?
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19:46:50 <Tropicalr> Hello all, I was checking the Wiki and the instructions for creating a custom report to "load" unto GnuCash are a bit outdated.
19:47:01 <Tropicalr> Specifically: http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Custom_Reports#Where_to_find_existing_reports
19:47:47 <Tropicalr> Also the "Load the report" section needs a couple of changes...
19:47:51 <Tropicalr> specifically, http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Custom_Reports#Load_the_report_from_the_installed_report_directory
19:50:50 <Tropicalr> I managed to get my report using the hello-world.scm example, *but* I had to modify utility-reports.scm and add the (use-module (gnucash report [NAME])) line with my report. This did the trick, and I would like this to be updated to the Wiki.
19:52:27 <warlord> Tropicalr: what version of gnucash are you using? In current versions you dont need to do that provided that your report is in the "expected" place and has the correct module name
19:52:31 <warlord> (and file name)
19:52:53 <Tropicalr> 2.6.10 yesterday, and as of today, 2.6.11
19:53:21 <Tropicalr> Let me try again without the use module in utility-reports.scm
19:54:13 <warlord> Tropicalr: Ah, I think it only autoloads the standard-reports
19:55:15 <Tropicalr> It does. I used the utility-reports.scm to see if I could get the reports in the same folder as others, given that I will be customizing and editing several reports
19:55:20 <Tropicalr> let me try that one.
19:55:31 <Tropicalr> it had failed previously though.
19:56:18 <Tropicalr> it actually CRASHED the program. Would not show splash screen beyond that point.
19:56:41 <warlord> Tropicalr: that implies your report is broken. Check the command-line and gnucash.trace for crash info
19:57:20 <warlord> so define your report module as: (gnucash report standard-reports <your name>)
19:57:26 <Tropicalr> it is an exact copy of hello-world.scm, only changing the GUID
19:57:29 <warlord> and put it in standard-reports/
19:57:37 <warlord> You need to change the GUID AND the name
19:57:52 <Tropicalr> GUID and name are different.
19:58:10 <Tropicalr> inside the file, so it is not an "eaxct" copy
19:59:29 <warlord> Tropicalr: so what exactly did you change?
20:00:50 <Tropicalr> 26. define module argument. 584. report-guid
20:00:52 <warlord> From the hello-world you would need to change the module name at the top of the file, the name, report-guid, menu-name, menu-tip, and possibly even the menu-path
20:01:02 <warlord> That's not sufficient.
20:01:16 <warlord> You need to change thename and report-guid
20:01:29 <warlord> (and probably also the menu-name)
20:01:32 <warlord> at a minimum.
20:01:38 <warlord> You cannot have two reports with the same name
20:01:54 <Tropicalr> ok, so that which you describe is the things I changed on the other iteration.
20:03:27 <warlord> go back to that iteration, then... and follow the instructions for a "standard report"
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20:11:07 <Tropicalr> iteration. starting from scratch with hello world, changed 26, 497, 504, 508, 512, 516
20:11:14 <Tropicalr> same thing.
20:12:01 <Tropicalr> Now, I am not an experienced programmer by far... I know you are asking me to run a trace, I am on a MAC OSX, and am clueless as to launching the program with the trace
20:13:55 <warlord> http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Tracefile
20:14:06 <Tropicalr> thxs
20:14:40 <warlord> And you renamed the file so file.scm is the same as your module name?
20:15:12 <warlord> please use pastebin to capture the scheme backtrace which I'm sure is in your trace file
20:21:18 <Tropicalr> yes, file.scm equals module name
20:22:14 <Tropicalr> found trace. Only six lines there
20:25:28 <Tropicalr> one sec while I create pastebin acct
20:26:34 <warlord> No need for an account; just paste in :)
20:29:03 <Tropicalr> http://pastebin.com/ny49Khae
20:29:33 <Tropicalr> At this rate, by next year, I will be programming all my software ;)
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20:32:30 <Tropicalr> warlord, got to pick somebody at airport, got to run. I will use the previous method temporarily while we figure this out, so I can get down to doing the report modifications. Thanks!
20:33:12 <warlord> Tropicalr: no errors there
20:33:38 <warlord> try running gnucash from the terminal shell
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21:21:21 <Tropicalr> Tried that, same thing. I will default to what worked. Will try other reports and see what goes. The important thing for me is that it works!
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21:50:37 <elepercq> Hi all
21:50:56 <elepercq> I am a user of gnucash for 2-3 years now
21:51:27 <elepercq> I would like to use the very handy automated categorization provided by GnuCash when importing QIF files - which my bank provides
21:52:05 <elepercq> I tried the linux current release, windows current release, -maint branch from git compiled myself: qif import always crashes
21:52:39 <elepercq> I have a stack trace, and tried on a signle-transaction test qif file, changing many things into that transaction: always same crash
21:53:17 <elepercq> Here is example qif file:
21:53:23 <elepercq> !Type:Bank
21:53:25 <elepercq> D01/11/2016
21:53:26 <elepercq> C*
21:53:27 <elepercq> N0
21:53:29 <elepercq> T386
21:53:30 <elepercq> PNEXT GENERATION 5084809222
21:53:32 <elepercq> MDR
21:53:33 <elepercq> ^
21:53:49 <elepercq> I actually changed "T" line (originally T-386.00)
21:54:54 <elepercq> stack trace at: http://pastebin.com/uu3hhzd5
21:55:31 <elepercq> I would appreciate some help - I know nothing of scheme / procedural-like languages, so I am a bit stuck and don't have time/energy to learn scheme to debug this...
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23:24:06 <Confused> What happened to my books?
23:25:02 <Confused> I was working for hours, re-saved in a new directory and when I re-started the program I get a "No matching transactions found" error
23:26:27 <Confused> I went into Edit/Preferences/Accounting Period and set the time period from 1900-01-01 to 2016-12-31. Still nothing.
23:27:00 <Confused> I tried the .log file and came up empty too
23:27:29 <Confused> I'm using 2.6.7
23:40:12 <Confused> After playing around some, I think I have my Accounts back. But, why does gnuCash do this and how can I prevent it in the future?