[Kmymoney] Exporting a .QIF file ...

[Zed]

aga <agander93 at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, 19 Apr 2013 09:26:43 +1200 Zed <zed at zed.net.nz> wrote:
> 
> > aga <agander93 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > On Thu, 18 Apr 2013 15:01:31 +1200 Zed <zed at zed.net.nz> wrote:
> > > 
> > > > aga <agander93 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > > On Wed, 17 Apr 2013 10:17:46 +0200 Michael Berger
> > > > > <idest at online.de> wrote:
> > > > > 
> > > > > > Did you select an account in the field "Accounts to export"? In
> > > > > > the field "Contents to export" you must select either one or
> > > > > > both of "Accounts" and/or "Categories".
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Hope that helps, Michael Berger
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > On 04/17/2013 07:18 AM, Zed wrote:
> > > > > > > Lost, once again!
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I've been venturing into parts of KMM other than simple
> > > > > > > accounting and decided to have a shot at exporting one of my
> > > > > > > accounts as a .QIF file. Unfortunately, I "fell at the first
> > > > > > > fence".
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > When one chooses File/Export/QIF... the screen presented has a
> > > > > > > choice "File to export to" and give a choice of entering a
> > > > > > > file name or Browsing for one. The filter is QIF but I haven't
> > > > > > > yet got a QIF file on my computer.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I have read the KMM user guide but that just repeats what is
> > > > > > > in the program itself.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Would some kind person explain to me where I am going wrong,
> > > > > > > please?
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > David
> > > > > > >
> > > > > 
> > > > > As Michael said, it is necessary to select the account you wish to
> > > > > export, and also either or both of "Accounts" and/or "Categories".
> > > > > So far as file name is concerned, one doesn't need to have an
> > > > > existing file.  If you choose to browse, rather than entering the
> > > > > path/name directly, just enter the name you wish to give to the
> > > > > file, without extension, then click save, and that path is then
> > > > > entered into the wizard, and that then will enable the Export
> > > > > button.  If instead, you enter the path and name directly, I
> > > > > notice a slight quirk, in that the extension is added as soon as
> > > > > the first letter of the name is entered. It's necessary to enter
> > > > > the rest of the name before the dot (of course).
> > > > 
> > > > Thank you Allan and Michael for the prompt response.
> > > > 
> > > > I followed your directions.  Firstly, using the Browse options, I
> > > > navigated to where I keep my KMM account.  When I entered the first
> > > > letter of the account name, the file name appeared (in this case
> > > > zed.kmy) and when I clicked on Save, the full path was shown.  The
> > > > only difference being that the extension was now .qif.  I ensured
> > > > that both Account and Categories were ticked and that I had a start
> > > > (2011-06-01) and finish (2013-04-18) date. But, the Export option
> > > > was still greyed out.
> > > > 
> > > > I then chose the alternative by entering the first letter of a file
> > > > name and, as you stated, the .qif extension magically appeared.  I
> > > > completed the name.  There was no Save option.  I ensured that both
> > > > the Account and Categories options had a tick and also that a start
> > > > and finish dates were chosen.  Again, the Export option remained
> > > > greyed out.
> > > > 
> > > > I repeated both exercises by first choosing the Default profile with
> > > > the same result and then leaving that option blank.  There was no
> > > > difference.
> > > > 
> > > > So, as you will realise, I am still "falling at the first fence".
> > > > Would it be because I am still using v3.98.1 of KMM?
> > > > 
> > > >  Any suggestions as to where I am going wrong would be much
> > > > appreciated?
> > > > 
> > > > David
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > A follow-up on my previous response, is it by any chance an investment
> > > account you were choosing to export?  That capability was only
> > > introduced about a year ago, but checking accounts and categories
> > > should work.
> > > 
> > > Allan
> > > 
> > 
> > No investment accounts.  Just cheque, savings and credit card.
> 
> Ok, I'll come back to that later.
> > 
> > I have looked at downloading and installing the latest version
> > (kmymoney-4.6.3.tar3bz2) but it seems horribly complicated.  I did
> > extract and and tried the usual configure, make, make install but again
> > "fell at the first fence" as configure returned a no such file.  SolusOS
> > is based on Deibian Stable and there doesn't ap[ear to be a .deb file
> > for the current version :-(
> > 
> 
> No, that method of installing is no longer used.  Instead, it uses cmake
> instead of make.  Useful info. on this build process is at
>
http://docs.kde.org/stable/en/extragear-office/kmymoney/installation.fromsource.html
> although it references older versions than the current.
> 
> Your best bet might be to look to Claydoh's PPA, as that is kept well
> up-to-date.

There must be a record there, somewhere! Ten minutes after my posting I
receive your reply.

SolusOS is, as I said, based on Debian.  Would I be able to use the PPA, as
I understand all Claydoh's work is based on Ubuntu?

David

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