Parsing error

[Andrew Sackville-West]

On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 08:54:28PM -0400, Mark Becker wrote:
> Hi
> 
> I'm trying to run guncash 2.2.9 under windows vista.  I've been using it
> happily for about a month, and now every time I try to start my account I
> get this error:
> 
>      * There was an error parsing the file C:\Users\Daddy\BeckerFunds.*
> 
> I had to go back 2 full days of backups before i could get one that would
> start.  Then as an expirment I did one transaction, and saved to the
> BeckerFunds file I then shutdown and restarted the program.  I got the same
> message.  I also tried the same thing, but saved under a different filename,
> and got the same message.  Apparently there is a problem with any file that
> I made after 4/7/09.

what if you open the backup and just save it without entering a new
transaction.

> 
> Is there a way to get the program working again?  Up until now this is the
> best freeware personal accounting program I've come accross.  Second in
> importance, but still highly desirable, is there any way to get the info
> from the old backups into the software (short of manual reentry I
> mean)?

yes, open the backup and then replay the logs that come after it in
time. 

A
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