2008-03-18 GnuCash IRC logs
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00:14:10 <dbreiser> if slib and guile are going to misbehave, does it happen on launching gnucash, or does it lurk in the shadows until I issue an offending command?
00:14:49 <mishehu> I *think* you usually know by gnucash not loading
00:14:57 <mishehu> but I'm no expert.
00:15:03 <dbreiser> I think I have slib 3b1 (+ one post-release upstream patch) and guile 1.8.3 working with gnucash 2.2.4 under fink
00:15:40 <dbreiser> I though it was time to look into leaving slib 2d6
00:16:05 <dbreiser> *thought
00:17:05 <dbreiser> mishehu: thanks
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13:49:15 <andrewsw> heh. guess I've been here all along.
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13:49:53 <andrewsw> mornin' warlord, how's tricks?
13:51:25 <warlord> good afternoon.
13:51:27 <warlord> not too bad.
13:53:50 <andrewsw> finals week for me... and then spring break. I can't believe how fast it goes.
13:56:02 <warlord> Heh
13:57:13 <andrewsw> I'm gloating -- I could skip both my finals and still pass both classes with C's or better...
13:57:36 <warlord> Hahah..
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23:00:24 <ebzzry> We have >10 years worth of Quickbooks accounting data, and the version we use now is Quickbooks 2003. Unfortunately Quickbooks 2003 can only export in IIF format. Is there a way to import the information contained in our files to Gnucash without loss of data? Yes, I've searched the MLs first regarding that matter.
23:02:00 <dbreiser> I don't think so
23:02:17 <dbreiser> Intuit works hard at fencing people in
23:03:58 <ebzzry> dbreiser: Ok. Do you think it would be a good idea to use an intermediate application, say Quickbooks 2008 to import the exported IIF files (from Quickbooks 2003) then from Quickbooks 2008, export it in a format that Gnucash can readily read?
23:04:28 <dbreiser> I'd be worried that quickbooks 2008 still has no real exporting capabilities
23:05:30 <ebzzry> dbreiser: Ok. So what do you think is an ideal way to import the data from Quickbooks 2003 to Gnucash?
23:06:59 <dbreiser> I'd look for an external converter that was written by folks leaving Quickbooks to generate some intermediate file (cvs, qif, or qfx/ofx)
23:07:44 <ebzzry> dbreiser: Do you have any in mind?
23:07:46 <dbreiser> I'd still be worried about holes in gnucash's imports thereof, because there haven't been many (any?) reported cases where people have brought in large chunks of quickbooks data
23:07:55 <dbreiser> looking at google at the moment
23:08:43 <ebzzry> dbreiser: Ok. That would be IIF to something to Gnucash
23:08:57 <dbreiser> hmm looks like most of them are qif -> IIF, not the other way around
23:09:03 <dbreiser> yes, I think so
23:09:35 <dbreiser> there must be a bunch of fields/constructs in IIF that aren't in qif. Not a good sign, if true
23:11:18 <ebzzry> dbreiser: QIF -> IIF? Why would people do that? O.o
23:12:00 <dbreiser> small companies finally growing big enough to need more power and not willing to break the Intuit stranglehold on their data ?
23:13:02 <ebzzry> Do you think Quickbooks 2008 is able to read files exported by Quicbooks 2003?
23:13:29 <ebzzry> dbreiser: Are there any formats that Quickbooks 2008 exports that Gnucash can handle?
23:14:14 <dbreiser> I have no idea. I've only ever looked at one trial Quickbooks program (and that was a Mac version, so it didn't resemble the windows version much)
23:15:09 <dbreiser> here's one that's only $49 http://www.bigredconsulting.com/aboutdatalink.htm
23:15:37 <dbreiser> can't tell if it will 'outload' everything, though
23:16:22 <dbreiser> the trial version might even get the whole job done :)
23:16:40 <ebzzry> dbreiser: Thanks for the link. Anyway, if Gnucash is not able to readily read IIF files, then I must find another way to convert these IIF files, say via Quickbooks 2008, then do some exporting again.
23:17:31 <dbreiser> Whatever path gets you something that gnucash imports.
23:18:24 <ebzzry> dbreiser: Ok. Thank you for responding.
23:18:37 <dbreiser> you're welcome
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