OFX support

[John Reynolds]

On 19 Jan 2003 10:12:30 -0800, "chris" <slaterson32@earthlink.net> said:
> I was looking at the feature list for the upcoming release and saw that
> it support OFX.  Will the OFX support simply be importing and exporting
> of statements/transactions from a file, or will there also be an
> interface to directly download and sync statements from an online
> source?
> 
> I.e., my stock broker offers a service called DirectDownload (uses
> OFX).  This doesn't let you download your statments/transactions to a
> file and place it on your hard drive, but it does allow you to download
> into an application (such as MS Money or Quicken) and then sync up the
> transaction there.
> 
> Will the OFX support in GnuCash allow similar functionality?  I have
> been using 1.6.x since it was released and love it.  I think being able
> to write checks for online bill paying and synchronize statements
> directly from within GnuCash (without having to download a statement and
> then import it) would be a very valuable and widely used feature by many
> people.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> 

Chris,

Please read the mail list archive from earlier this month... There was a
lengthy discussion about this very topic, which I cannot summarize
adequately. 

...But the a quick answer is "no", gnucash with OFX support will not
retrieve the file and import it automatically. There is some work around
this, but from what I remember of the discussion, there are many
challenges to implementing this feature, if implementation is possible.

John