GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 644977
quicken_wallet.chk does not match Check 21 std now used by Intuit
Last modified: 2018-06-29 22:55:08 UTC
Created attachment 183595 [details] A check 21 form with current intuit-wallet printing Intuit stopped shipping checks that match quicken_wallet.chk several years ago. The new checks meet a standard known as Check 21. See the attached image for an example of printing the old method on a new check. I have highlighted the ends of the lines with arrows. I will generate and test a Check 21 file if assigned the task.
Yes, this is correct. I'd mark it new, but I'm just logging in here for the first time. I have a workaround for this problem, which is also the recipe for a fix. Open the folder containing the check formats and use the following for the new quicken checks: [Top] Guid = 617da3b6-21d8-4340-af07-6a4f38bdeb4a Title = New Quicken Wallet Checks Rotation = 0.0 Translation = 0.0;4.0 Show_Grid = false Show_Boxes = false [Check Positions] Height = 204.5 Names = Top;Middle;Bottom [Check Items] Type_1 = PAYEE Coords_1 = 231.0;73.0 Type_2 = AMOUNT_WORDS Coords_2 = 200.0;93.0 Type_3 = AMOUNT_NUMBER Blocking_Chars_3 = true Coords_3 = 518.0;73.0 Type_4 = DATE Coords_4 = 530.0;50.0 Type_5 = NOTES Coords_5 = 220.0;155.0 # stub Type_6 = DATE Coords_6 = 36.0;53.0 Type_7 = PAYEE Coords_7 = 26.0;78.0;150.0;12.0 Type_8 = AMOUNT_NUMBER Coords_8 = 50.0;114.0 Type_9 = NOTES Coords_9 = 28.0;139.0;150.0;12.0 This could replace the contents of the quicken_wallet.chk file. You could make a new file, I called mine quicken_wallet_new.chk . On Mac OS X the directory is in GnuCash/Contents/Resource/share/gnucash/checks That is the path within the application that is available when you right click on the application and select show package contents. In other OSs the directory is elsewhere. The stub doesn't contain all the fields that quicken produced, but the check itself is now correctly set up. Of note: The guid must be unique in your system. I just fudged a few characters in the guid field, but that is not the right way to do it. If you change the quicken_wallet.chk file then I think you should leave the field unchanged and change everything else. Otherwise, use the guid creation tool mentioned elsewhere. Steve Holland
my eMail is sholland@napervillegi.com fix noted below. Let me know if I can be of additional help.
Steve, Thanks for sorting this out. Is the file you submitted on the mailing list have a correctly-created GUID?
The Guid on the submitted file was generated from an online uuid service. I tried on my Mac, but it was all uppercase. Paranoid as I am (programmer habit) I went for another that was lower case. Of course, there are plenty of uuid's left!
Created attachment 198672 [details] New Check Format for Quicken Check 21 Sorry this took so long. I've been really busy. Anyway, committed to trunk and 2.4, so it will be in the next release; I changed the name to Quicken Check 21. For your convenience, since I'm sure you'd like to start using it now rather than waiting, I've attached Steve's format. View the attachment and then save it to share/gnucash/checks (where that will be depends on your OS and how you got it: I expect most Linux installations will put it in /usr, so it would be /usr/share/...; OSX bundles will have it in Gnucash.app/Contents/Resources/share/... MSWindows users, I have no idea, sorry.)
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