Not a QIF File???

[David Reiser]

On Jan 12, 2005, at 12:19 AM, JUNIPER wrote:

>   I downloaded and imported my first QIF file from Washington Mutual 
> Bank with no problem, but when I tried the same thing with my credit 
> card, downloading the file BankOne.QIF, when I tried to import it I 
> got a message that it was apparently not a QIF file. Bank One said it 
> was, and the file downloaded had the QIF extension. Any suggestions? I 
> repeated the whole process twice to make sure I hadn't made a mistake. 
> (Gnu 1.8.9).
>    Steve J
>

Have you looked at the BankONE.qif file with a text editor to see that 
it is all there? I have a BankOne credit card that started out as a 
FirstUSA card (ah, the wonders of bank mergers...) that always gives me 
problems downloading. The site says it has sent xx transactions for the 
download, but I usually get a time-out error and no file. In my case I 
don't get anything transferred, so the file never even gets created. If 
you happen to get part of the file before something decides to quit 
working, you may end up with a partial file.

Curiously, when I ask for the site to send me qfx, it all shows up in 
my browser, I save as text, and the import into gnucash works fine.

Dave
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David Reiser
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