Fw: no import??

[Dave Reiser]

Dr. Scott S. Jones wrote:

>Dear list:Not sure if this is a bug or a feature. 
>
>I found three transactions from one bank today, and wanted to import them
>into gnucash, version 1.8.10 running on Debian 3.1. 
>
>I exported the data from the bank's site, as an .OFX file, then went to
>Import in Gnucash, selected .OFX and selected the new export.ofx file. 
>
>The window that Gnucash opened showed nothing, but empty columns, with no
>data showing. Additionally, it looked weird and required that I enlarge the
>import window to full screen size. It didn't scroll its own contents so that
>it could all be seen, instead forcing me to resize my window. 
>
>Is this a bug or feature? I checked the file size of the file 'export.ofx'
>from my bank and it shows the following: 
>
>scott at fyrenice:~$ ls -l *.OFX
>-rw-r--r--  1 scott scott 687 2005-10-27 17:36 Export.OFX
>  
>
That looks like an awfully short file to be holding 3 transactions. OFX 
files are just text, so you could look at the contents to see if it 
looks like the transactions are there.

>Am I blowing it completely here, or is my bank, or is GNUCASH? 
>
>Scott
>  
>
I haven't seen a financial setup that allows one to export records 
selected by anything other than date block. Some will even only give you 
a set number of days back from the present (expecting your software to 
filter out duplicates). Some also say they will only download items new 
since your last download, but I suspect that is really just a shell game 
for the "fixed number of days back, and the software prevents duplicates 
from appearing".

Again, look at the contents of the file to see if it holds transactions 
or error messages.
Dave