qif bug

[Charles Day]

On Sun, Mar 22, 2009 at 9:58 AM, Charles Day <cedayiv at gmail.com> wrote:

> Don't forget to cc the list on your replies. (Reply All)
>
> Perfect. That log file tells me everything I need. While I work on the fix,
> could you upgrade your installation of GnuCash to the latest version
> (2.2.9)? There are a lot of important fixes since 2.2.6.
>
> I should have the fix completed quite soon. Perhaps today. Once that's
> done, I'll explain how to install the fix.
>

I've fixed the bug. It was a problem dealing with a backslash that you have
in a category name. The bug was very old, so no one must try that too often!

Once you've upgraded to 2.2.9, just find your installed copy of
qif-parse.scm and replace it with this newer one:
http://svn.gnucash.org/trac/browser/gnucash/trunk/src/import-export/qif-import/qif-parse.scm?rev=17997&format=txt

A word of warning: if you can get Quicken to generate one giant QIF file
that includes everything, then that's what I'd recommend doing (less work
for you). If instead you have a bunch of QIF files (like one per account),
make sure you load them into the QIF importer all in one run. Please DON'T
try to import each QIF file on its own.

-Charles


> Cheers,
> Charles
>
>
> On Sun, Mar 22, 2009 at 8:24 AM, Thomas T McGranahan <
> frogwood at chamberscable.com> wrote:
>
>>  You must be working overtime.
>> Here is the most recent
>> Thanks
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> *From:* Charles Day <cedayiv at gmail.com>
>> *To:* Thomas T McGranahan <frogwood at chamberscable.com>
>> *Sent:* Saturday, March 21, 2009 8:01 PM
>> *Subject:* Re: qif bug
>>
>> Great, thanks. There is a log file should help me figure out what
>> happened. It will be named gnucash.trace.XXXXXX, where XXXXXX is a random
>> alphanumeric pattern. For example, gnucash.trace.XYZ123
>>
>> There will be a number of these files on your system in the temporary
>> directory. On Windows, maybe this is C:\Windows\Temp but I'm not sure. If it
>> isn't there, just search your system for any file starting with
>> "gnucash.trace" and please reply with the most recent one.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Charles
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Mar 21, 2009 at 3:03 PM, Thomas T McGranahan <
>> frogwood at chamberscable.com> wrote:
>>
>>>  WindowsXP Pro
>>> Quicken 2008
>>> GnuCash 2.2.6.0
>>>  I just reinstalled, made sure Vipre wasn't blocking and here it is.
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> *From:* Charles Day <cedayiv at gmail.com>
>>> *To:* Thomas T McGranahan <frogwood at chamberscable.com>
>>> *Cc:* gnucash-user at gnucash.org
>>> *Sent:* Saturday, March 21, 2009 2:09 PM
>>> *Subject:* Re: qif bug
>>>
>>> This belongs on the gnucash-user list, so I've addressed it there
>>> instead. Could you give the details of the error message and tell us which
>>> version of GnuCash you are using?
>>> -Charles
>>>
>>> On Sat, Mar 21, 2009 at 9:42 AM, Thomas T McGranahan <
>>> frogwood at chamberscable.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I would love to try Gnucash, but after two installations, and a
>>>> validation of my Quicken data, I am unable to import all or any of my
>>>> Quicken data, always getting a qif bug error message.
>>>> Thomas T. McGranahan, Sr., M.D.
>>>> 18160 Cottonwood Road #793
>>>> Sunriver, Oregon 97707
>>>> 541-598-2181
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>>>
>>>
>>
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