Importing qif - "the file contains an unknown action"

Ian Lewis ianmlewis at gmail.com
Wed Dec 5 01:46:40 EST 2007


Ah, Good catch. I just read your earlier e-mail and it said MiscExp but
later you corrected it to MiscInc. I appologise for the misinformation.

2007/12/5, Charles Day <cedayiv at gmail.com >:
>
> On Dec 4, 2007 8:18 PM, Ian Lewis < ianmlewis at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > In the meantime, try replacing all the 'ContribX's with 'XIn',
> > 'WithdrwX's
> > with 'XOut', and 'Cash' with 'MiscExp' in the QIF and reimport.
> >
>
> I should have thought of that... easier than installing the code changes
> if you're only dealing with a few QIF files. But a small correction: 'Cash'
> should be replaced with 'MiscInc' rather than 'MiscExp'. Otherwise the sign
> will be reversed. If you make these changes to your QIF file, then you can
> import using 2.2.1 as installed.
>
> -Charles
>
>


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