importing old GnuCash files

[David T.]

--- On Thu, 2/3/11, Matthew Weymar <matthew.weymar+tech at gmail.com> wrote:

From: Matthew Weymar <matthew.weymar+tech at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: importing old GnuCash files
To: "David T." <sunfish62 at yahoo.com>
Cc: "Maf. King" <maf at chilwell.net>, gnucash-user at gnucash.org
Date: Thursday, February 3, 2011, 7:37 PM

First of all: Thank you very much, David. This is informative, helpful and much appreciated.

On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 3:48 PM, David T. <sunfish62 at yahoo.com> wrote:

It's more likely that you had 2.0.5. That was the stable version out at the time; 2.1.x is an unstable version for development purposes, and you would have been advised against using this.




If it was version 2.0.5, I see that there was an issue with scheduled transactions and upgrades; the instructions in the list back then were to open the file in 2.0.x and remove your scheduled transactions, and then open in 2.2.9. From there, I'd just try opening the file in 2.4.0.




You can get 2.2.9 and 2.4.0 on sourceforge.net; older versions are apparently only available as tar.gz files at http://www.gnucash.org/pub/gnucash/sources/stable/, which would probably have to be built from scratch.




If you didn't have any scheduled transactions (if you don't know what I'm talking about, then you didn't)
Unlikely I had scheduled transactions, but my memory, at least for this sort of thing, is exceptionally poor.
 I would try opening the file with 2.2.9 and seeing what happens.

Downloaded 2.2.9 and installed (over 2.4.0), but on launch, I get: "The procedure entry point gnc_build_book_path could not be located in the dll libgnc-core-utils-0.dll."

If / when I get 2.2.9 running, can someone please confirm: The file I want to open is ~/.gnucash/qif-accounts-map? And that's the only file I have to grab from my previous install?...

It is pretty certain that you don't want a file in that folder; the .gnucash folder is for Gnucash system files. If you put your data file in the .gnucash folder, your data is likely toast.

I believe the qif-accounts-map file is Gnucash's internal file that creates the association in Gnucash between Gnucash accounts and QIF import files. It is NOT your data file.

It is more likely that your data is in your home directory; is there anything in your home folder that seems like it has your data?

But I'm confused. You say there's a dll error (implying Windows), but then you mention the ~ directory (which is 'nix). Which OS are you on?

David

Thanks again!
Matthew 

David



--- On Thu, 2/3/11, Matthew Weymar <matthew.weymar+tech at gmail.com> wrote:



> From: Matthew Weymar <matthew.weymar+tech at gmail.com>

> Subject: Re: importing old GnuCash files

> To: "Maf. King" <maf at chilwell.net>

> Cc: gnucash-user at gnucash.org

> Date: Thursday, February 3, 2011, 2:58 PM

> On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 2:29 PM, Maf.

> King <maf at chilwell.net>

> wrote:

>

> > On Thursday 03 February 2011 21:56:37 Matthew Weymar

> wrote:

> >

> > >

> > > I assume - but have to ask - that I cannot open

> these files in the

> > current

> > > version of GC via copy and paste.

> > >

> >

> > Well, depends which version of GC created that file;

> it might be as simple

> > as

> > File->Open.

> >

>

> Which?

>

> ~/.gnucash/qif-accounts-map?...

>

> That didn't work -- but if it would need other files to

> work, that might not

> be definitive.

>

> Give it a try and report back - don't suppose you can

> remember which

> > version of GC you used on the old machine?

> >

>

> Whatever was current in June '07 - so 3.5 years ago.

>

> I've opened the qif-accounts-map in a text editor, but it

> does not include

> any version info.

>

> I see that v. 2.1.3 was released June 2, 2007. It could

> have been that, or

> 2.1.2 - or earlier, I suppose, but not likely -- and

> obviously not later, ;)

>

> Is one of those still accessible?... If so, does anyone

> know what

> files I would need to put where in order to open them?...

>

> Thanks,

> Matthew

>

>

> >

> > HTH,

> > Maf.

> >

> >

> >

> >

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