"Bob B." <imthefun...@gmail.com> writes: > Derek, > > I'm happy to help, but I don't know how to collect the crash dump or stack > trace. If you give me instructions and I'll work it out.
See http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Stack_Trace > I did download QIFs from a different credit card company and that one does > have "!Type:CCard" as it's first line. GnuCash imports that file just fine. Right. The lack of the !Type is the issue for the failed import. Although not necessarily for the crash. > Bob -derek > On Wed, Jul 8, 2015 at 10:06 AM, Derek Atkins <warl...@mit.edu> wrote: > > Hi, > > "Bob B." <imthefun...@gmail.com> 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 <warl...@mit.edu> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > Technically you ushould be asking this on gnucash-user, not > > gnucash-devel.... > > > > "Bob B." <imthefun...@gmail.com> 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 > > > > > gnucash-devel@gnucash.org > > > > -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 > > warl...@mit.edu 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 > warl...@mit.edu 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 warl...@mit.edu PGP key available _______________________________________________ gnucash-devel mailing list gnucash-devel@gnucash.org https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel
