Exporting GnuCash to QSF cause program to crash

Derek Atkins warlord at MIT.EDU
Wed Jul 8 09:22:27 EDT 2009


Weird..  But yeah, if you don't support future dates we should just pop
up a dialog when they try to use one..  Error reporting on input
validity checking works.

-derek

Charles Day <cedayiv at gmail.com> writes:

> Yeah, I don't know. It seems weird that the bug would be reported on gtk+
> 2.13.x, and patched in 2.13.5, but I still get the crash with 2.14.5. Perhaps
> it is a slightly different bug, and the gdb backtrace fit the description just
> well enough to lead me there.
>
> Are you using a newer version of gtk+? Were you getting the crash? Or possibly
> it's a glade bug?
>
> As far as the workaround, I didn't really like the way that the information
> that futures dates aren't supported was semi-hidden in a tooltip. So to me it
> is a slight improvement anyway. It would be better if the future dates were
> blocked out on the calendar or something, but I didn't want to spend any more
> time on it.
>
> -Charles
>
> On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 7:02 AM, Derek Atkins <warlord at mit.edu> wrote:
>
>     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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