GnuCash v2.21 - importing QIF file ...

[zed]

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

> On Thu, 21 Feb 2008 06:33:18 pm zed wrote:
> > Derek Atkins <warlord at MIT.EDU> wrote:
> >
> > Hi
> >
> > > zed <zed at zed.net.nz> writes:

> >
> > Thank you very much for the very prompt reply. Your advice was "right
> > on the button" :-)  I loaded the QIF file, did a search and replace
> > and all went well.  Checked the imported file against the original and
> > it is "perfect".  I am a very happy geriatric.

> So does that mean that in this case, the date field was O.K. and the
> number field was causing the problem, with the error message covering
> both cases (just in case I get something similar)?

Ah!  I should have been more explicit. 'Twas the fact, as Derek pointed
out, that KMYMoney enclosed negative numbers in brackets instead 0f with a
minus sign preceding them that caused the problem in importing.  Once I'd
replace the brackets with a minus sign the import was successful.

Zed

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