Error parsing file

Derek Atkins warlord at MIT.EDU
Wed Aug 3 10:21:20 EDT 2011


Hi,

Corey Hedge <Toadlips at wowway.com> writes:

> Following the OPENING BALANCE theme, I did some checking today, and
> that is indeed the key!  I was able to verify in GnuCash v2.4.7 that
> if you create a New Account and you select the Opening Balance tab and
> put in an incomplete date (i.e. 7/1 rather than 7/1/11), the date of
> the transaction becomes corrupted and appears as some sort of serial
> number in the ledger (i.e. 001-1751183688 instead of 7/1!)  I noticed
> this when I was initially creating my accounts, but I just overwrote
> the serial number with the proper date and went on my merry way --
> only to experience the dreaded "error parsing the file"!!
>
> At any rate, I'm not sure if this affects only Win7 or if this is a
> known bug.  But, if it's not, I will file a formal bug report tonight
> (unless the devs just happen upon this).

Please file this as a bug report.

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-derek

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