[GNC] There was an error parsing the file

[Anthony Marrian]

Sorry, John, I’m floundering a bit here. Opening with the debug switch doesn’t provide anything different visually so I’m assuming I need to check the trace file. What’s that file called and where does it live? The only files with trace in the name I can find are trace.go and trace.scm, but they are both old.

From: John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us>
Sent: 14 May 2018 15:52
To: Anthony Marrian <anthony at gardensmontessori.com>
Cc: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
Subject: Re: [GNC] There was an error parsing the file




On May 14, 2018, at 4:41 AM, Anthony Marrian <anthony at gardensmontessori.com<mailto:anthony at gardensmontessori.com>> wrote:

GnuCash 3.1, Windows 10 Pro 64bit. Please advise how to proceed?

Look in the trace file [1] for an error. That may provide a clue about where the problem is. It’s most likely a date outside of the years 1400-9999; 208 or 218 instead of 2018 seems to be a popular typo. If there’s no error or not enough context to understand what was getting loaded when the error occurred, start GnuCash 3.1 from the command line with the debug option enabled:
   “C:\Program Files (x86)\gnucash\bin\gnucash” --debug

That will insert a lot more detail about what GnuCash is doing and should help you figure out where to look for the problem in the file.

Now reinstall the 2.6.x of your choice and open the file. Look for the error based on your analysis of the trace file.

Regards,
John Ralls

[1] https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Tracefile