Bug 473308

Summary: Kmymoney does not open the file anymore
Product: [Applications] kmymoney Reporter: Paulo Fonseca <paulojfonseca>
Component: fileAssignee: KMyMoney Devel Mailing List <kmymoney-devel>
Status: RESOLVED UNMAINTAINED    
Severity: major CC: ralf.habacker
Priority: NOR    
Version: 5.0.0   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Other   
OS: Linux   
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Description Paulo Fonseca 2023-08-12 06:11:34 UTC
SUMMARY
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when open the file (previously opened) returns the fallowing warning: "The file /home/paulo/Documents/Finanças Casa 2023.kmy contains an older KMyMoney binary format. Please use an older version (0.8.x) of KMyMoney that accepts this format to convert it to the new XML format."
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SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS

Linux/KDE Plasma: Zorin OS Lite 32bit
Comment 1 Jack 2023-08-12 19:17:45 UTC
Please give a little history.   (I don't know if it matters, but which version of Zorin are you using?)
Are you saying that you have previously opened this same file with the same 5.0.0 that you are now using?  If that is the case, then perhaps the file has been damaged.  Do you have any backups?
Have you just upgraded from a prior version (either of Zorin or of KMM?)  If so, what version?  For it to have not actually upgraded from that old data format, but actually read it seems unlikely unless it was an extremely old version.
Note that the currently released version of KMM is 5.1.3, so 5.0.0 is considered extremely old, and no longer directly supported, other than helping you get your data successfully open in a recent version.
Comment 2 Paulo Fonseca 2023-08-13 10:55:23 UTC
(In reply to Jack from comment #1)
> Please give a little history.   (I don't know if it matters, but which
> version of Zorin are you using?)
> Are you saying that you have previously opened this same file with the same
> 5.0.0 that you are now using?  If that is the case, then perhaps the file
> has been damaged.  Do you have any backups?
> Have you just upgraded from a prior version (either of Zorin or of KMM?)  If
> so, what version?  For it to have not actually upgraded from that old data
> format, but actually read it seems unlikely unless it was an extremely old
> version.
> Note that the currently released version of KMM is 5.1.3, so 5.0.0 is
> considered extremely old, and no longer directly supported, other than
> helping you get your data successfully open in a recent version.

Hi Jack, Thanks for helping,

I'm using Zorin Lite 32bit (is an old netbook ,compaq mini CQ-10), and i've just opened the file with the same SO an the same KMM. One thing i've just remembered is that i've used the pendrive where the file is on a windows PC, before KMM came up with that warning. I will try to install a   newer version of the SO on 64bit PC with the newer virsion of the KMM. Thanks in advance.
Best regards,
Paulo Fonseca
Comment 3 Ralf Habacker 2024-08-28 21:56:23 UTC
If there are still problems when updating the file to version 5.1.3, please reopen the ticket with the relevant information.