Re: Not a valid text file

["Almer S. Tigelaar" <almer1 dds nl>]

Dear John,

John Kiff wrote:
> I've been exporting and importing comma-separated-value (csv) files in gnumeric
> for some time now, up through various versions up to the current 0.56 that I'm
> now using. However, this week, right out of the blue, gnumeric will no longer
> import csv files. Basically, after selecting the file, as usual I tell it to
> "Text File Import", press "OK" and it comes back with the following error
> message:"Could not import file home/j.... This file does not seem to be a valid
> text file".
>
> I've even tried opening old gnumeric spreadsheets and exporting them as csv
> files, and I can't even open these ones? Has anyone else run into this same
> problem? How can I get back into the csv file business?

This seems odd, maybe you could try Gnumeric 0.57 see what results you
get there.
Gnumeric 0.57 will at least tell you on what character it bases the
conclusion that
the file you are trying to import is not a valid text file.

If you have recently changed your system locale this also has influence
in the validation check that is run right before a file is actually
imported.
So maybe that is causing your troubles....

Yours sincerely,

Almer S. Tigelaar