gnu cash problems

[Charles Day]

On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 4:21 PM, Andreas Köhler <andi5.py at gmx.net> wrote:

> Hi Charles,
>
> are you talking about version 2.2.6 or current trunk?  It seems to me
> that the latter does not dirty the book in all cases correctly.  What I
> tested was to start gnucash --nofile, choose qif import and imported an
> arbitrary file.
>

I see the problem in trunk, and just assumed by Harold's report that the bug
exists in 2.2.6 as well. Perhaps not, but that's what is sounds like.

By the way, you don't have to use the QIF importer. Just start a new file,
create an account, enter a transaction, and quit GnuCash. It doesn't ask if
you want to save.


> Ciao,
> -- andi5
>
> On Tue, 2008-09-02 at 13:40 -0700, Charles Day wrote:
> > On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 8:40 AM, harold <harold.stephenson at ntlworld.com
> >wrote:
> >
> > > Good evening,
> > >
> > > I have downloaded the latest gnu cash and installed it on my windows xp
> > > operating system.
> > >
> > > when i import my quicken qif files they either dont load or load and
> > > when attempting to close the program it doesnt save.
> > >
> >
> > Funny, I noticed the same thing last night. If you do a QIF import, then
> > close GnuCash, it doesn't ask you if you want to save. That's a bug, and
> > maybe one that affects more than just QIF import. And it's a new bug too,
> as
> > this wasn't a problem in the past. However, you can work around the
> problem
> > by saving manually. After the import, do File->Save As. Does that work
> for
> > you?
> >
> > To other developers: does anyone know about this bug?
> >
> >
> > > Next time i open gnu cash it asks do i wish to start from scratch or
> > > load mqif files (that i had allreaddy done)
> > >
> > > I uninstalled the program completely and re-installed, loaded my qif
> > > files and opened the program, it was as though i had not loaded
> anything.
> > >
> > > Can you advise as to what is going wrong.
> > >
> > > I am computer literate and can advise the qif file does load, but it is
> > > though i have not loaded anything at all when it finishes importing i
> > > get the
> > >
> > > .gnu welcome to new priogram box showing
> > >
> > > Help please.
> > >
> > > reply to autotune at btconnect.com ( my works e mail)
> > >
> > > Harold stephenson
> > >
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Charles
>
>