gnucash 2 cannot import QIC file

[Richard Karpinski]

Thank you. I will play with this for a while. I think you've really
pointed me in the right direction.

--RK

On 11/1/06, Derek Atkins <warlord at mit.edu> wrote:
> Um, I suppose you could pare it down if you can't figure out what's
> causing the problem.  In this particular case it seems pretty clear
> it's just the parser not being able to parse the category
> "tax witholding:state\city" -- unless you got another error after
> you replaced that string globally in your QIF file?
>
> -derek
>
> PS: nothing interesting in your gnucash.trace file..
>
> Quoting Richard Karpinski <richard.karpinski at gmail.com>:
>
> > thanks. I'll try it and anything else that might be odd. Is it a
> > sensible strategy to pare down the QIF contents as a way to narrow
> > down what causes the trouble?
> >
> > --RK
> >
> > On 11/1/06, Derek Atkins <warlord at mit.edu> wrote:
> >> 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
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> >> >> >> >
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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
> >> >> >>       warlord at MIT.EDU                        PGP key available
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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
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> > --
> > 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