Importing qif - "the file contains an unknown action"

[Charles Day]

On Dec 4, 2007 6:30 PM, Some user <sendspam at mailinator.com> wrote:

>
> I just tried to import a QIF file exported from Quicken 2006.  It pops up
> with many, many message boxes, each saying "The file contains an unknown
> action", and warning me that some transactions may not be imported.
>
> There were at least three "unknown actions" with such messages: "Cash",
> "ContribX", and "WithdrwX" (or something like that).
>
>
This subject is explained here:
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=491581

If you don't want to wait for 2.2.2, you can get the code changes here:
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/attachment.cgi?id=99952

You will have to install it yourself, but it's simple. It just replaces a
file named qif-parse.scm that you already have as part of your gnucash
installation. No recompiling, just swap the old qif-parse.scm for the new.
On my system (Windows XP) it sits in C:\Program
Files\gnucash\share\gnucash\scm\qif-import

Cheers,
Charles