QIF matching a problem too?

[Derek Atkins]

Hi,

The QIF importer uses completely different code than OFX or HBCI.  Eventually
I'd like to fix that.  So comparing the QIF and OFX importers is comparing
apples to oranges.  They work (mostly) differently.

As for your QIF file not being recognized; what's the first line of the file? 
As for why nobody else has the problem, that's probably because quicken is
designed to handle stupid banks.  :)

-derek

Quoting JUNIPER <snijuniper at comcast.net>:

> I don't know if QIF poses the same kinds of matching problems that OFX 
> poses, but I do know that I have trouble with matching (may well be 
> operator ignorance and/or error). My solution (if a bit low tech and 
> awkward) is to not enter transactions as I go, instead just enter them 
> after downloading. That way ALL of the transactions are new. (Would make 
> it easier if payees would be downloaded in place of check numbers.) 
> Dates don't exactly match dates of checks/charges, but that matters 
> little. One thing I need to be careful about is to be sure there is 
> sufficient money in checking accounts to cover any possible transaction 
> ("Don't forget that automatic mortgage payment that goes out the 6th!"). 
> But then, monthly total of downloadable transactions is probably not 
> more than 30 or so.
> 
> I also contacted BankOne about a problem wherein downloaded VISA QIF 
> file not recognized. Someone here said it looked like something missing 
> from first part of file, but BankOne support said others not having a 
> problem. There I just open the file with a text reader and enter them 
> manually. Not very elegant but the best I can do now...
> 
> SteveJ
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