QIF import problem

[Dany Veilleux]

Thanks a lot Derek and Benoit. With those information, I will be able to do 
everything.

I made some test and I went much farther in the process. I still have some 
errors but at least, I have an error message appearing. :)

regards,
Dany


At 01:33 2003-03-15 -0500, Benoit Grégoire wrote:
>On March 14, 2003 08:21 pm, Derek Atkins wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I've responded back to the list (although your personal response was
> > fine considering the contents).
> >
> > Your QIF file begins with:
> >
> >         !Type:Cat
> >
> > This is perfectly valid, which is why the importer doesn't complain.
> > However, later in the file it has:
> >
> >         !Type:Banque
> >
> > This is NOT valid QIF and the importer doesn't know how to cope with
> > that.  The importer is looking for "!Type:Bank", but doesn't know
> > about "Banque".  You've also got:
> >
> >         !Type:Mémorisé
> >
> > I have no clue what this type is.
> >
> > So, I would suggest you change "Banque" to "Bank" and try again.
> > I'm not sure what to suggest you change "Mémorisé" to....
>
>You must change it to:
>
>!Type:Memorized (according to spec, that's a scheduled transaction list, I
>doubt the QIF importer will maintain the schedule, but you shouldn't loose
>any past transactions)
>
>Take a look at
>http://www.gnucash.org/lxr/gnucash/source/src/import-export/qif-import/file-format.txt
>For a complete spec.  I've had this problem also.  Why Intuit tought it was a
>good idea to translate the QIF markers, not just the category names for
>localized versions of Quicken is beyond me...
>
>Ça devrait marcher ensuite...
>--
>Benoit Grégoire
>http://step.polymtl.ca/~bock/