GnuCash crashes when importing QIF file

[Derek Atkins]

Yes, THIS QIF file will work fine in GnuCash, too.

-derek

Doug Laidlaw <laidlaws at hotkey.net.au> writes:

> That is how it came from KMyMoney.  I thought that the date was probably 
> wrong, but didn't know what was supported.  As for the negative number, the 
> default on-screen format is with a - sign and in red.  I have this brief QIF 
> for the cash account that works in Quicken:
>
> !Type:Cash 
> D21/01/07
> U-7.45
> T-7.45
> NPchse
> PColes
> M
> LGroceries
> ^
>
> IMO, Kmymoney still has a way to go.
>
> Doug.
>
> On Tuesday 23 January 2007 01:31, Derek Atkins wrote:
>> Just looking at your QIF I can tell you what's wrong with it:
>>
>> D16/1206
>>
>> isn't a valid date.  Also:
>>
>> T(4.00)
>>
>> isn't a valid (negative) number.  The current regular expressions
>> don't handle this particular encoding of negativity.
>>
>> Now, I admit that GnuCash shouldn't crash here and instead should
>> pop up an error, so I'll look into fixing that.  But at least you
>> know what needs to get fixed.
>>
>> -derek
>>
>> Doug Laidlaw <laidlaws at hotkey.net.au> writes:
>> > In my case:
>> >
>> > gnucash
>> > gnucash: [M] "Found Finance::Quote version ""1.11"
>> > Backtrace:
>> > In unknown file:
>> >    ?: 0* [qif-file:parse-fields #]
>> > In /usr/share/gnucash/scm/qif-import/qif-file.scm:
>> >  505: 1* (let* (# # # #) (and # # # ...) (cond # #))
>> >  520: 2* (and # # # ...)
>> >  561: 3* [check-and-parse-field #<procedure qif-xtn:date #> ...]
>> >  651: 4  (let (# # #) (if # #) (cond # # #) ...)
>> >  679: 5* (cond (# # # #) (# #) (#t #))
>> >  684: 6* (and (not (null? (cdr formats))) do-parsing)
>> >  684: 7* [not ...
>> >  684: 8*  [null? ...
>> >  684: 9*   [cdr #f]
>> >
>> > /usr/share/gnucash/scm/qif-import/qif-file.scm:684:24: In procedure cdr
>> > in expression (cdr formats):
>> > /usr/share/gnucash/scm/qif-import/qif-file.scm:684:24: Wrong type
>> > argument in position 1: #f
>> >
>> > I have kept the .QIF file if you need to see it.
>
> -- 
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>    - Voltaire
>
>

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