Exporting GnuCash to QSF cause program to crash

[Derek Atkins]

It looks like this was fixed a year ago (2008-07-06, so a year ago
yesterday)!  So why are we still having to work around the problem?
(Not that I object to having to work around the problem, but I'm
curious)

-derek

Charles Day <cedayiv at gmail.com> writes:

> I found that the crash no longer occurs if you edit the chart-export.glade
> file and delete the calendar's tooltip (just delete the entire line containing
> the words "Future dates are not supported"). So I think it is this bug:
> http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=539248
>
> I'll be making a patch for trunk.
>
> -Charles
>
> On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 4:54 PM, Charles Day <cedayiv at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>     QSF export seems to work fine if you use the keyboard to pick the calendar
>     day. The mouse can actually be used to switch the month or year, but it
>     can't get anywhere near the numbers.
>    
>     Possibly it is this bug? http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=539248
>    
>     -Charles
>
>     On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 8:02 AM, Derek Atkins <warlord at mit.edu> wrote:
>    
>         I agree it should be disabled for 2.4.0.
>         I think it should remain on for 2.3.x in case people still want to
>         test it.
>        
>         -derek
>
>         Quoting Phil Longstaff <plongstaff at rogers.com>:
>
>             I suggest that this be disabled for 2.3.X/2.4.0 until it can
>             either be fixed or else replaced with something that works.  The
>             various QSF export bugs can be resolved, and a new enhancement
>             request for an information export mechanism can be created.
>            
>             Phil
>
>             ________________________________
>             From: Derek Atkins <warlord at MIT.EDU>
>             To: John Wilson & Diane Martin <jwilsondmartin at gmail.com>
>             Cc: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
>             Sent: Monday, June 15, 2009 10:39:09 AM
>             Subject: Re: Exporting GnuCash  to QSF cause program to crash
>            
>             Hi,
>            
>             John Wilson & Diane Martin <jwilsondmartin at gmail.com> writes:
>
>                 I am in the process of preparing figures for my accountant and
>                 would
>                 like to export a set of books to QSF so she can read them.
>                 When I go File>Export>Export Chart of Accounts to QSF Gnucash
>                 crashes.
>                 Regards,
>                 John Wilson
>
>             I'm not at all surprised.  The QSF really isn't useful, there
>             are known bugs in it, and it's really not supported.  You'll
>             notice
>             that there's no "QSF Import" either, and pretty much nothing in
>             the
>             world supports QSF.
>            
>             So... it's not surprising this fails..
>            
>             You have a few options to send your data to your accountant, but I
>             would
>             recommend you use GnuCash2QIF.
>
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>             -derek
>            
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