[Kmymoney-devel] Feedback

W S braves1953 at yahoo.com
Sat Dec 15 03:38:04 UTC 2012 

Regarding the menu issue, as you probably guessed I am very new to KMyMoney.  So that may explain some of the uninformed questions.  I installed it this week to evaluate it as a  replacement for Quicken so that I can move away from Windows.  I could run Quicken under Wine, I guess, but tried it about a year ago and found many operational issues.

Regarding the greyed-out qif import option.  When I created an account first, as you explained, then the qif option became available and I was able to import my records.  Thanks for the instruction.  I now understand that step to mean "create one account in KMyMoney for each account that you have in the import file".  Guess it would help if I spent more time reading the guide.

It would be nice, though, if the accounts could all be created automatically from the definitions in the qif/ofx file.  I have quite a few to set up and it will take some effort. I'll look at that over the next few days and let you know what process I used.  BTW, my qif export contained just the transactions and account names.  I will re-export with all output options set and see what that does.

I'll also look at the .qfx file, but it seems like I got a little dyslexic somehow.  Sorry about that.


Thanks for you prompt replies and your help.


________________________________
 From: Allan <agander93 at gmail.com>
To: W S <braves1953 at yahoo.com>; KMymoney <kmymoney-devel at kde.org> 
Sent: Friday, December 14, 2012 1:17 PM
Subject: Re: [Kmymoney-devel] Feedback
 
It's best if you reply to the list as it gives everyone an opportunity 
to participate/learn!

On 14/12/12 14:36, W S wrote:
> Will do, thanks.
>
> Now that I am beyond the "Menu" issue, I have another problem.  I need
> to import my quicken data.  I have exported in both .qif and .qxf, which
> are the only two Quicken options that appear to be supported by
> KMyMoney.  See attached pdf with 3 screenshots.
>
> When I bring up the import menu, the .qif entry is greyed-out and cannot
> be selected (first sceeenshot).  So that's the first issue.

Can we back-track a little here, as the first screen-shot seems to be 
for OFX/QFX files.

When you first click on File->Import, are you saying that the QIF... 
menu is grayed-out?  If so, let's back-track a bit more.  When you open 
KMYMoney for the first time, you should see a box headed "Start with one 
of the following activities... .  If at that time, you try to import a 
qif file, you can't because you haven't yet created an account into 
which to import it.  Instead, click on 'Get started and setup my 
accounts'.  Follow through that wizard and you'll get to the point where 
you've created a checking and other accounts.  You should now be able to 
import your qif file.

However, this last stage sounds simple, but it rarely is as there are 
QIF files and there are QIF files and...  I think you get the message. 
You may get lucky, but you may have to adopt a step-by-step approach to 
the import, and import smaller chunks from Quicken.

However, let's know which steps you followed and what the results were.

We'll come back to the QFX issue later.  However, looking at your second 
screen-shot, I notice that the file extension is 'qxf' rather than 
'qfx'.  This may or may not be relevant.

Allan

>
> The second issue is when I choose the ofx option instead, the resulting
> popup does not see the .qfx file when the filter is set to the default
> i.e. ".ofx .qfx .ofc" (second screenshot).
>
> If I remove the filter, I can see and select the .qfx file, but KMyMoney
> cannot open it (third screenshot).
>
> Please advise if I should open a separate bug report for that or if
> there is some simple explanation that I may be doing something wrong.
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> *From:* Allan <agander93 at gmail.com>
> *To:* W S <braves1953 at yahoo.com>
> *Cc:* "kmymoney-devel at kde.org" <kmymoney-devel at kde.org>
> *Sent:* Friday, December 14, 2012 7:59 AM
> *Subject:* Re: [Kmymoney-devel] Feedback
>
> On 14/12/12 12:44, W S wrote:
>> Ignore my earlier question as it was just due to my confusion.
>>
>> I think what may have contributed to my confusion, though, is that the
>> Menu bar does not 'stick' with the KMyMoney window (at least in the
>> Virtual Box enviromnent) when it is resized.  Rather, it stays attached
>> just below the VirtualBox Menu line. So if I resize the KMyMoney window
>> and move it, the Window is disconnected from its Menu.
>>
>> Not sure if you consider that an issue or not.  If you do, I can
>> provided screen-shots.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>
> That certainly sounds strange and does need to be investigated.  Of
> course, the problem may not be in KMyMoney itself.
>
> Please would you raise a bug at https://bugs.kde.org/  , with a more
> descriptive title like, say, in your post, 'Window is disconnected from
> its Menu'.
>
> Screen-shots would be helpful, with the steps to show the problem, and
> the distro and revision you are using.
>
> Allan
>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> *From:* Allan <agander93 at gmail.com <mailto:agander93 at gmail.com>>
>> *To:*kmymoney-devel at kde.org <mailto:kmymoney-devel at kde.org>;
> braves1953 at yahoo.com <mailto:braves1953 at yahoo.com>
>> *Sent:* Thursday, December 13, 2012 6:47 AM
>> *Subject:* Re: [Kmymoney-devel] Feedback
>>
>> On 13/12/12 10:49, Alvaro Soliverez wrote:
>>> There is one problem we are aware, but it happens  almost only in Unity,
>>> and  that's the application not resizing correctly.
>>> We are not aware of any issues with the  menu bar. Could you file a bug,
>>> with more details and perhaps a screenshot?
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Alvaro
>>>
>>> PS. Please, always cc the mailing list, so everyone is up-to-date with
>>> the discussion
>>
>>
>>  Fromhttps://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=304215 -
>>
>>https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/kmymoney/+bug/995256/comments/3 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/kmymoney/+bug/995256/comments/4
>>
>>https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/kmymoney/+bug/875040/comments/27
>> The above reports referenced in this report state that the problem is
>> fixed in 4.6.3 (using Clay's ppa).
>>
>> Allan
>>
>>
>>
>>> On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 10:14 PM, W S <braves1953 at yahoo.com <mailto:braves1953 at yahoo.com>
> <mailto:braves1953 at yahoo.com <mailto:braves1953 at yahoo.com>>
>>> <mailto:braves1953 at yahoo.com <mailto:braves1953 at yahoo.com>
> <mailto:braves1953 at yahoo.com <mailto:braves1953 at yahoo.com>>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>     The menu bar is not visible.  It looks like some other people are
>>>     seeing similar display issues, based on a  quick search.
>>>     Thanks.
>>>
>>>
>>>     ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>     *From:* Alvaro Soliverez <asoliverez at kde.org <mailto:asoliverez at kde.org>
> <mailto:asoliverez at kde.org <mailto:asoliverez at kde.org>>
>>>     <mailto:asoliverez at kde.org <mailto:asoliverez at kde.org>
> <mailto:asoliverez at kde.org <mailto:asoliverez at kde.org>>>>
>>>     *To:*braves1953 at yahoo.com <mailto:braves1953 at yahoo.com>
> <mailto:braves1953 at yahoo.com <mailto:braves1953 at yahoo.com>>
>> <mailto:braves1953 at yahoo.com <mailto:braves1953 at yahoo.com>
> <mailto:braves1953 at yahoo.com <mailto:braves1953 at yahoo.com>>>
>>>     *Cc:* KMyMoney KDE Development List <kmymoney-devel at kde.org <mailto:kmymoney-devel at kde.org>
> <mailto:kmymoney-devel at kde.org <mailto:kmymoney-devel at kde.org>>
>>>     <mailto:kmymoney-devel at kde.org <mailto:kmymoney-devel at kde.org>
> <mailto:kmymoney-devel at kde.org <mailto:kmymoney-devel at kde.org>>>>
>>>     *Sent:* Wednesday, December 12, 2012 1:23 PM
>>>     *Subject:* Re: [Kmymoney-devel] Feedback
>>>
>>>Hello,
>>>     What do you mean by  "supporting Gnome"?
>>>     KMyMoney runs fine in a Gnome desktop, although the integration is
>>>     better within a KDE environment.
>>>
>>>     Regards,
>>>     Alvaro
>>>
>>>
>>>     On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 1:47 PM, <braves1953 at yahoo.com <mailto:braves1953 at yahoo.com>
> <mailto:braves1953 at yahoo.com <mailto:braves1953 at yahoo.com>>
>>>     <mailto:braves1953 at yahoo.com <mailto:braves1953 at yahoo.com>
> <mailto:braves1953 at yahoo.com <mailto:braves1953 at yahoo.com>>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>         Hi,____
>>>       Do you have any plans for supporting Gnome?____
>>>         Thanks.____
>>>
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