QIF spec ambiguity in example file

Derek Atkins warlord at MIT.EDU
Tue Apr 29 11:10:58 EDT 2014


Hi,

"Daniel White" <twinbee42 at skytopia.com> writes:

>> Because there is a !Type:xxx after the !Account.
>
> There doesn't seem to be. Here is the URL again - it's at the end:
> http://svn.gnucash.org/trac/browser/gnucash/trunk/src/import-export/qif-imp/file-format.txt
>
> And here's the example. There's no "!Type" after "!Account" as you can see:
>
> ***********************************BEGIN:
> !Account
> NAssets:Investments:Mutual Fund
> TInvst
> D10/30/2006
> Q0.9
> T500
> PPurchase
> NBuyX
> L[Assets:Investments:Mutual Fund:Cash]
> YFOO
> ^
> D11/28/2006
> Q0.897
> T100
> PSale
> NSellX
> L[Assets:Investments:Mutual Fund:Cash]
> YFOO
> ^
> **************************************END

This example is wrong.  If you try to import this example you'll find it
wont work.

You need to have a !Type in there.

> Regards, Daniel

-derek

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