Trouble Importing QIF to Gnucash 2.4.8

[Derek Atkins]

Hi

On Wed, January 11, 2012 4:23 pm, bper wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am using a financial package that exports data to .qif files. I am then
> trying to import the .qif into gnucash. The import fails at the first line
> which is probably a date the line reads:
>
> D01/01/2012
>
> The error generated by the import is:
>
> Line 1: File does not appear to be in QIF format: D01/01/2012
> Read aborted.
>
> Is there anything that I can do about this issue? Please, any help would
> be
> appreciated. Quicken 2001 recognizes this file and is able to import it
> with
> no problem. I would like to migrate from Quicken 2001 to Gnucash.

The first line of a QIF file is supposed to be a "!Type" line, such as
!Type:Bank or !Type:Account or something else.  If the first line is a
Date Line (D01/01/2012) then yes, the file is technically malformed.  Just
add a !Type:Bank as the first line of the file (assuming it's a set
transactions from of bank account).

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-derek

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