Problem importing ms money 2002 data

[Derek Atkins]

Hmm.. I wonder if this is the internationalization problem --
QIF is just a text file.  What are the first two lines of your
QIF file(s)?

-derek

Sebastien Millet <milletse at club-internet.fr> writes:

> Hello,
> 
> > > In ms money I exported all my accounts in QIF format, and then in GNUCash I do file -> import -> import QIF.
> > > 
> > > I load the 4 QIF files, 3 of them are really fast (only a few operations on these accounts) and the QIF for the main account takes a few seconds and is the only one for which i see the progress window, so the loading seems effective.
> > > 
> > > When i have all the 4 QIF file in the list, I click "next" and the windows "Match QIF accounts with GNUCash accounts" appears.
> > > 
> > > The problem is that the list in this windows is supposed to display the accounts I loaded, but it's empty.
> > > 
> > > If i continue clicking "next", the windows "Match QIF categories with GNUCash account" appears, and the list is also empty, despite the fact that a lot of different categories are used in the QIF files.
> > > 
> > > I can continue clicking next and seeing empty lists, and finally i'm back in the main GNUCash window, without any change from the beginning.
> 
> > Try 1.8.4 and see if it's any better?  A few QIF import bugs were fixed
> > in 1.8.4.
> 
> Thanks for the advice, i didn't notice the new version, but the problem is the same with 1.8.4.
> 
> > If you can reproduce this in 1.8.4, then can you perhaps
> > limit the errant transaction(s) in file #4 and then file a bug report?
> 
> I'm sorry, my english is poor, what do you mean by "limit the errant transaction" ?
> 
> Thanks.

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