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Bug 112516 - Cannot import old data files with international chars
Cannot import old data files with international chars
Status: VERIFIED WONTFIX
Product: GnuCash
Classification: Other
Component: Engine
1.8.x
Other Linux
: High critical
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Assigned To: linas
linas
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2003-05-07 19:41 UTC by Nicolas Dorfsman
Modified: 2018-06-29 20:31 UTC
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Description Nicolas Dorfsman 2003-05-07 19:41:10 UTC 
I used to use gnucash 1.6.x . I'm french, so I use extended ascii chars.

   I've upgraded my station to RH9...which includes gnucash 1.8.x .

   I tried to open my precedent xac files....many errors appear on my
terminal :

Error: gnc_mbstowcs: bad multi-byte conversion
Error: gnc_quickfill_insert: bad text conversion


....and my file is unusable ! I can read data, but I can't write new
transactions (some of my accounts have intl chars in their names).
Comment 1 Nicolas Dorfsman 2003-05-09 13:29:21 UTC 
  I've tried to create a new account hierachy.

  ......accentued chars aren't displayed in wizard (translated) screens !
Comment 2 Christian Stimming 2003-05-13 08:07:19 UTC 
I think this is related to bug #110437 . Anyway I totally agree that
this is a rather grave bug in that it makes it impossible to read
1.6.x data files.
Comment 3 Christian Stimming 2004-12-23 10:18:36 UTC 
It is now over two years that the 1.8.x series has been released. We can
probably close this bug.
Comment 4 John Ralls 2018-06-29 20:31:39 UTC 
GnuCash bug tracking has moved to a new Bugzilla host. This bug has been copied to https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=112516. Please update any external references or bookmarks.