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Bug 495216 - QIF-Importer should auto-convert encodings to UTF8
QIF-Importer should auto-convert encodings to UTF8
Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 396665
Product: GnuCash
Classification: Other
Component: Import - QIF
2.2.x
Other Windows
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: Derek Atkins
Derek Atkins
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2007-11-09 07:40 UTC by Christoph Becker
Modified: 2018-06-29 21:54 UTC
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Description Christoph Becker 2007-11-09 07:40:48 UTC 
The QIF-Importer does ignore German Umlaute (äöü,ÄÖÜ).
Comment 1 Derek Atkins 2007-11-09 13:49:03 UTC 
The problem is that there's no encoding documentation on QIF files.  Most likely you're running in a UTF-8 locale but the QIF file is encoded in ISO-8859.  In order to protect you, gnucash drops all "invalid UTF8" characters from all input strings.  This means that it's going to drop your accented ISO-8859 characters.  Convert the QIF to UTF8 and then gnucash wont drop them.

Ideally GnuCash should let you choose the encoding format for your QIF and auto-convert it for you.  So I've left this bug open and changed the summary.
Comment 2 Christian Stimming 2007-11-09 15:07:12 UTC 
Already recorded as enhancement request.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 396665 ***
Comment 3 John Ralls 2018-06-29 21:54:06 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=495216. Please update any external references or bookmarks.