error parsing

[Vaughn Family Farm, Bryant]

Contents of the trace file, after the parsing error.  Thanks, Bryant

* 06:17:03  WARN <qof.engine> [guid_init()] only got 1320 bytes.
The identifiers might not be very random.
* 06:17:15  WARN <gnc.app-utils> Could not spawn perl: Failed to execute
child process (No such file or directory)
* 06:17:15  CRIT <gnc.io> [dom_tree_handlers_all_gotten_p()] Not defined and
it should be: trn:date-posted
* 06:17:15  CRIT <gnc.io> [dom_tree_generic_parse()] didn't find all of the
expected tags in the input
* 06:17:15  WARN <gnc.backend> [gnc_xml_be_load_from_file()] Syntax error in
Xml File C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\My Documents\Bryant's
Documents\gnubackup.gnucash

-----Original Message-----
From: Geert Janssens [mailto:janssens-geert at telenet.be] 
Sent: Wednesday, February 29, 2012 4:06 AM
To: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
Cc: Vaughn Family Farm, Bryant; 'Colin Law'
Subject: Re: error parsing

Op maandag 27 februari 2012 22:43:26 schreef Vaughn Family Farm, Bryant:
> Linux:  2.4.7 (rb5bdf19+built 2011-08-02)
> Windows:  GnuCash 2.4.10 This copy was built from svn r22003 on 
> 2012-02-11
> 
> Bryant
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Colin Law [mailto:clanlaw at googlemail.com]
> Sent: Monday, February 27, 2012 2:53 AM
> To: Vaughn Family Farm, Bryant
> Cc: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
> Subject: Re: error parsing
> 
> On 26 February 2012 22:37, Vaughn Family Farm, Bryant
<bcvaughn at windstream.net> wrote:
> > Thanks for the quick response.  I tried your suggestion with several 
> > versions of a .gnucash file.
> > 
> > When I open the file the first time from the thumb drive, it always 
> > opens without the error.  After I save the file, then try to open it 
> > again from the hard drive or thumb drive, this error comes up.  I've 
> > had to change from the linux version to the Windows XP version of 
> > GNU cash. Could this be the cause?  If so, what is the proper 
> > procedure for using a file created using GNUCASH for linux in GNUCash
for Windows?
> What version of GC were you using on linux and which version are you 
> now using on Windows?
> 
> Colin
> 
There are a few corner cases that can lead to a parse error on Windows.

To get a better idea of what is going on, can you post the contents of the
gnucash trace file that is generated right after the parse error ? Follow
the instructions in this link to find the trace file:
http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Windows#Error_messages.2C_Trace_file

Geert