Jean-David Beyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I first made a floppy disk by exporting my entire Quicken
> database. I then tried reading it into GnuCash. Everything seemed
> OK, but in fact, as far as I can tell, nothing happened. The
> floppy light did not stay on anywhere near as long as it did to
> write it.
The Gnucash QIF importer should have no problems with files of this
type.
Just in case you made a mistake in using the QIF Import dialog,
let me describe how this import session SHOULD have gone:
- click "Import" in the gnucash main window
- click "Select..." in the Files tab of the import window
- select the name of the file to import
- click "Load File" in the files tab of the import window
- click "OK" at the bottom of the import window.
> I then made floppies of several items: my checking, cash, and my
> American Express card account. As far as I can tell, the checking
> account and the cash accounts seem OK, but the American Express
> account is a disaster.
The problem you describe is a reasonably familiar symptom of not
importing all your files in one session. The QIF Importer needs to
see all of your QIF files at the same time in order to delete
duplicate transactions. You can load multiple files in the "Files"
tab of the dialog before clicking "OK".
You should have a look at the QIF Import documentation, accessible
through the "Help" button in the QIF Import dialog, for a more
complete description of the problem and how to fix it.
Bill Gribble
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