QIF import crash - workaround

[Jason Fiering]

Hi,

Right after I hit the "Start" button as I moved through the import steps,
Gnucash crashed completely and closed.  I noticed other similar threads in
the archive.  Changing the header seemed to allow it to work.  I am new to
this so bear with me if this is old news.

On Thu, Mar 3, 2016 at 10:33 AM, Derek Atkins <warlord at mit.edu> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Jason Fiering <jasonfiering at gmail.com> writes:
>
> > Gnucash crashed when I attempted to import a QIF file of
> > transactions downloaded from my credit card's website.  I see others have
> > reported this or something similar.
>
> You mean the APP crashed?!?  Or it just failed to load the QIF?
>
> > When I inspected the QIF file (in Notepad) it had no header and
> immediately
> > began with the first transaction.  I added the first line, "!Type:CCard"
> > and removed any empty lines.  I was then able to import the QIF file with
> > no problems.
> >
> > I am using 2.6.11 running on Windows 7.
>
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> -derek
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