Hi, "Bob B." <[email protected]> writes:
> Sure. The first thing in the file is two blank lines then the line with "C*" > occurs.The last line is "^". This is not a valid QIF. Try pre-pending a line that says: !Type:Bank as the first line of the file. > When I try to open this file, I arrive at a page with a Start button. I press > it and get an error message saying "Line 3: File does not appear to be in QIF > format: C* Read aborted.". Then GnuCash crashes. > > I'm using version 2.6.7 "built from git rev 757a50c+ on 2015-06-29" Hmm.. It definitely shouldn't crash. Can you acquire a crash dump / stack trace and file a bug report? The error message, however, is correct. The file is not appropriately QIF enough for the importer because of the missing !Type line. > Here is my file, line 3 is the C*: > > C* > D05/04/2015 > NN/A > PWWW.CAREMARK.COM > T-105.00 > ^ > C* > D06/05/2015 > NN/A > PPayment Thank You Image C > T1625.58 > ^ > C* > D05/19/2015 > NN/A > PGOOGLE *Music > T-1.29 > ^ -derek > On Tue, Jul 7, 2015 at 2:41 PM, Derek Atkins <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > Technically you ushould be asking this on gnucash-user, not > gnucash-devel.... > > "Bob B." <[email protected]> writes: > > > If this is the wrong email list for asking this question, please direct > me > > to the right place. > > > > I'm trying to import credit card transactions I downloaded from my > credit > > card's web site. I've tried both QIF and CSV formats and GnuCash tells > me > > there is an error in the file and then crashes. > > > > I've looked at the files in Notepad and they seem to be perfectly fine. > > They also seem to be structured the same way as QIF files I successfully > > imported about 6 months ago. > > > > Can you tell me if this is a known bug or tell me what I need to do to > be > > able to import QIF or CSV files? > > I'm surprised that GnuCash crashes. It definitely shouldn't do that; > that's definitely a bug. As for the QIF file, can you post the first > couple of lines of the file here? The first line should begin with a !, > like !Type:Bank. > > > OS: Win 7 > > GnuCash Version: 2.6.7 > > > > Thank you, > > Bob > > > [email protected] > > -derek > -- > Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory > Member, MIT Student Information Processing Board (SIPB) > URL: http://web.mit.edu/warlord/ PP-ASEL-IA N1NWH > [email protected] PGP key available > -- Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory Member, MIT Student Information Processing Board (SIPB) URL: http://web.mit.edu/warlord/ PP-ASEL-IA N1NWH [email protected] PGP key available _______________________________________________ gnucash-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel
