Error parsing file

[Cam Ellison]

Rajesh Jayaprakash wrote:
> Hi folks,
> 
> Some history first:
> 
> I have been using Gnucash 2.2.1 on Ubuntu 7.10. When I tried to open
> the same account file in Kubuntu 7.04 installed in another partition,
> there was a parsing error, with an XML snippet related to scheduled
> transactions displayed on the console.
> 
> I rebooted into Ubuntu, opened the file successfully, and deleted the
> scheduled transaction. After this, I was able to open and save the
> file in Kubuntu as well.
> 
> Next I did a distro upgrade in Kububtu, which brought the Gnucash
> version to 2.2.1 as well. But now I am no longer able to open the
> file, either in Kubuntu or in Ubuntu (not to mention Mandriva 2008,
> existing in another partition and running 2.2.1). The error essage is
> "There is an error parsing the file <file name>".

I ran into something like this when I upgraded my wife's machine from 
edgy to gutsy.  I moved her .gnucash directory to another partition and 
restarted gnucash, which created a new .gnucash directory.  I then 
copied saved-reports-2.0 and stylesheets-2.0 to the new one, and all is 
well.

HTH

Cam


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