v2.2.4 QIF import & reports

[Stuart Blood]

Hello.

I'm a new user. I've installed v2.2.4 for Windows today.  I've 
started importing several years of data from Quicken 2005.  I'm 
having two problems, which I'd like to solve before I commit to this 
change.  I couldn't find the answers in the archive.

(1) I've downloaded transactions from my credit card company.  That 
generated a file called Activity.qif.  I confirmed that the file was 
ok by importing the transactions to Quicken 2005.  However, when I 
"import" to GnuCash, I get a message that, "QIF file load failed: 
File does not appear to be a QIF file."

(2) I have struggled quite a bit with reports.  How do I get an 
expense report for a particular period?  For example, how can I see 
what I spent on "utilities" in 2007.  No matter that I set the date 
range, my reports always show activity for the current year.

Thanks in advance for any help for either of these problems.

	Stuart