gnucash 2 cannot import QIC file

Derek Atkins warlord at MIT.EDU
Wed Nov 1 12:06:46 EST 2006


QIF is a text format.
Try changing that backslash (\) to a forward slash (/)

I'm only guessing what the problem might be..

-derek

Quoting Richard Karpinski <richard.karpinski at gmail.com>:

> I didn't....but now I have. It says:
>
> "qif-split:parse-category : can't parse tax witholding:state\city". I
> guess this means a broken QIF courtesy of Intuit. Any hints at how to
> make it readable by gnucash. I don't suppose there are any guidelines
> or tutorials to educate myself on what gnucash would be happy with?
>
> --RK
>
> On 11/1/06, Derek Atkins <warlord at mit.edu> wrote:
>> Anything printed on the terminal window (you DID run gnucash from the
>> terminal, right???)
>> Anything in /tmp/gnucash.trace?
>>
>> -derek
>>
>> Quoting Richard Karpinski <richard.karpinski at gmail.com>:
>>
>> > First a popup window says "Loading QIF file...", then another window
>> > with "An error accurred while loading the QIF file." The close button
>> > dismisses the "An error..." window, but the gnucashdoesn't seem to
>> > reposnd to anything--including attempts to close the "Progress..."
>> > window or the main window. Does this actually help at all?
>> >
>> > I really appreciate your help.
>> >
>> > --RK
>> > On 11/1/06, Derek Atkins <warlord at mit.edu> wrote:
>> >> Umm.... What's the error message?
>> >>
>> >> -derek
>> >>
>> >> Quoting Richard Karpinski <richard.karpinski at gmail.com>:
>> >>
>> >> > Dear List:
>> >> >
>> >> > Using Gnucash 2.01 installed on a new Mandriva 2007. Attempting to
>> >> > import a QIF file so I can say goodbye to Widoze and Quicken. The
>> >> > application freezes almost immediately after displaying an error
>> >> > message.
>> >> >
>> >> > Am I doing something wrong. Is there a workaround? Is there perhaps
>> >> > something flaky in the format that Quicken 2005 exports that I can
>> >> > cleanup by hand??
>> >> >
>> >> > As I am quite new at this, any help or hints would be greatly 
>> appreciated.
>> >> >
>> >> > Yours,
>> >> > --RK
>> >> >
>> >> > --
>> >> > Richard H. S. Karpinski, MD, FACS
>> >> > 200 Central Park South
>> >> > New York, NY  10019
>> >> > (212) 977-9797
>> >> >
>> >> > rhk1 at columbia.edu
>> >> > www.karpinskimd.com
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>> >> --
>> >>       Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory
>> >>       Member, MIT Student Information Processing Board  (SIPB)
>> >>       URL: http://web.mit.edu/warlord/    PP-ASEL-IA     N1NWH
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>> >>
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > Richard H. S. Karpinski, MD, FACS
>> > 200 Central Park South
>> > New York, NY  10019
>> > (212) 977-9797
>> >
>> > rhk1 at columbia.edu
>> > www.karpinskimd.com
>> >
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>>       Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory
>>       Member, MIT Student Information Processing Board  (SIPB)
>>       URL: http://web.mit.edu/warlord/    PP-ASEL-IA     N1NWH
>>       warlord at MIT.EDU                        PGP key available
>>
>>
>
>
> -- 
> Richard H. S. Karpinski, MD, FACS
> 200 Central Park South
> New York, NY  10019
> (212) 977-9797
>
> rhk1 at columbia.edu
> www.karpinskimd.com
>



-- 
       Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory
       Member, MIT Student Information Processing Board  (SIPB)
       URL: http://web.mit.edu/warlord/    PP-ASEL-IA     N1NWH
       warlord at MIT.EDU                        PGP key available



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