[GNC] Import QIF error (from Android to Windows)

[David Cousens]

This tends to suggest that there is a problem with the format of the file or
with GnuCash's parsing of the file. 

The following text file  file-format.txt
<http://gnucash.1415818.n4.nabble.com/file/t375329/file-format.txt>  
contains what is known about the QIF format. It is a proprietary format and
does not have a well standardized specification and varies in its
implementation as noted in the attached file.  It is not clear but you seem
to be importing a QIF file exported by the GnuCash version on Android. This
program is not maintained or produced by the GnuCash team. It is a separate
product and does not use the same code base.

The first thing to do will be to check the GnuCash log files (it may be
worth enabling logging and debug information) and rerunning the import in
GnuCash (https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Logging). You may also find the
following information on file locations useful in locating the log files
(https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Configuration_Locations). This may give you
some information about where in the import process GnuCash is failing and
possibly enough to identify where in the imported file it is failing.

The QIF file can be examined with a text editor. Make a copy of the file and
only work on a copy not the original. Once you have identified where in the
file it is failing, locate that point in the file and compare the syntax
with that described in the above document. If it is a syntax element missing
you may simply be able to correct it and then try importing the modified
copy.

Are you able to import files exported from the most recent Android GnuCash
version (which version?) into versions less than 2.19 on your Windows 10
system? 
Is it only failing for Windows 10 GnuCash V3.0 and up? 

This will help in more clearly identifying whether it is a bug in the latest
Windows 10 GnuCash version causing the problem or whether the problem lies
with the export from the Android program.

David Cousens





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