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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