#148 QIF parsing improvements

[Mad Kan]

Hi I wasn't aware of this.
The QIF spec itself (from intuit) doesn't mention this, and thus was not implemented in MMEX.

This looks more like just a notation a few QIF implementors have standardized upon.But having said that, this can be added to MMEX.

Best Regards,
-Madhan

----- Original Message ----
From: engie <engie@gmx.net>
To: zealsupport <zealsupport@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Monday, May 28, 2007 2:04:48 PM
Subject: [ZealSupport: 1195] Re: Import of QIF files with non-English characters

Hi Madhan,

I think that good import is very important for this kind of
applications. Please improve QIF import. As I derived from my QIF
files and then find a confirmation in the following notes, account
names are always in square brackets.

GnuCash QIF format notes
http://svn.gnucash.org/trac/browser/gnucash/branches/1.8/src/import-export/qif-import/file-format.txt

The "L" line of most transactions specifies the category, transfer
account, and class (if any) of the transaction. Square brackets
surrounding the contents mean the transaction is a transfer to the
named account. A forward slash separates the category/account from
the class. So overall, the format is one of the following:

LCategory of transaction
L[Transfer account]
LCategory of transaction/Class of transaction
L[Transfer account]/Class of transaction

I would also recommend looking at GnuCash QIF import. In GnuCash you
can select several files to import. And you don't have to create
accounts; it can create them for you during import. You can get
account name from the first transaction in QIF file:
POpening Balance
L[This account]

Engie