[Kmymoney] KMM misbehaves after trying to install qif/importing QIF

Gary Kirkpatrick pegngary at gmail.com
Mon Aug 22 05:48:39 UTC 2011


On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 7:15 AM, 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>
>> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>> > >
>> > > 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
>>
>>
>>
> The two threads I started have been merged.  I removed the Tag section and
> made progress.  So we no longer need the misbehavior thread, so it appears.
>
> Sorry about not changing the topic- I forget sometimes.  I will try to
> change the setting so I receive individual emails vs the digest.
>
> When I tried to import just now it said it was having trouble with the date
> settings.  I will start another thread for that.
>
>
> Thanks for all the help!
>
>
> gary
>
>
>
Before I remove the tag section and import, do I need to run dos2unix?
 There are several postings of how to do that correctly and I am uncertain
which to follow.

gary

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