Cannot Import File

[Charles Day]

On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 9:46 AM, <acook4357 at rcn.com> wrote:

> Hello, I'm a brand new user of Gnucash, so new that I don't even have an
> account set up.
> I used MS Money till system issues required an OS reload and I no longer
> have MS Money.
> I currently use a web app called Clearcheckbook which has an export (QIF or
> CSV) feature.
> MS Money was able to import a QIF file exported from Clearcheckbook but
> Gnucash cannot.
> Gnucash import wizard reads
> "Failed"
> Line 1: File does not appear to be in QIF format: D04/12/2008
> Read aborted.
>

There really should be a !Type specifier in the QIF file before any
transactions appear.

Are these transactions for a bank account? Try adding a line at the top of
your file:
!Type:Bank

Or for a credit card, try:
!Type:CCard

-Charles


>
>
> Here is a sampling of the Clearcheckbook QIF export fille as seen when
> opened by PSPad Text Editor.
>
> D04/12/2008
> T-60.00
> PBalance Adjustment
> LInitial Balance
> YCash Account
> ^
> D04/12/2008
> T31.00
> PInitial Balance
> LInitial Balance
> YCash Account
> ^
> D04/12/2008
> T-13.60
> PFuel - Shell
> LFuel
> YChecking Account
> ^
> D04/13/2008
> T-35.00
> PFuel - Wawa
> LFuel
> YChecking Account
> ^
> D04/14/2008
> T221.26
> PInitial Balance
> LInitial Balance
> YChecking Account
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