[Kmymoney] KMyMoney Digest, Vol 13, Issue 22

[aga]

On Sat, 20 Aug 2011 14:29:39 +0200
Gary Kirkpatrick <pegngary at gmail.com> wrote:

> >
> >
> > ------------------------------
> >
> > Message: 2
> > Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2011 07:02:34 -0700 (PDT)
> > From: Jack <ostroffjh at sbcglobal.net>
> > To: KMyMoney Users' mailing list <kmymoney at kde.org>
> > Subject: Re: [Kmymoney] KMM misbehaves after trying to install qif
> > Message-ID:
> > <1313762554.18304.YahooMailRC at web81401.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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> >
> > Jack, reading in Quicken 10 help it does not say it can export a
> > qif file in a
> > format that other money programs can read.  You can export reports
> > that can be
> > read by spread sheet programs and even word processing programs but
> > not transactions.
> >
> >
> > The output of  file date.qif is :  ASCII text, with CRLF line
> > terminators. So I
> > tried opening with text ed again and it opened this time.  Just a
> > long document
> > in one column.  Progress?
> >
> > gary
> > --------------
> > Please post the first five to ten lines of the file here - you can
> > change any
> > account numbers or actual amounts.  Then we can confirm whether or
> > not it is
> > really a QIF file.
> >
> >
> > However, the CRLF means it was exported on a PC.  I'm pretty sure
> > KMM will read
> > it correctly with either PC or Linux line endings (can someone
> > confirm this?)
> > but just as a test you could try "dos2linux < date.qif >
> > newdate.qif" to change
> > the line endings and see if that copy will import.
> >
> > Jack
> 
> 
> Here are the first few lines.  The error messge reads Account has
> Invalid type then KMM freezes.
> 
> !Type:Tag
> Nancestry
> ^
> NBarcelona trip
> ^
> NHostess Gifts
> ^
> NHotels, B&Bs, etc.
> ^
> NHousehold
> ^
> NInsurance
> ^
> NLabor
> ^
> NMaterials
> ^
> Npostage
> ^
> NPrisca Project
> 
> 
> Will try dos2linux < date.qif > newdate.qif and report.
> 
> gary


I believe KMM doesn't (yet) support the Tag feature.  Could you try
removing that section?  Presumably, there will be a Category section
with similar/more entries.

Allan