aqHBCI Wizard help file?

[Derek Atkins]

Please add any documentation you need to the gnucash wiki so it
doesn't get lost.   http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/

Thanks,

-derek

David Reiser <dbreiser at earthlink.net> writes:

> On Jan 26, 2006, at 8:15 PM, Don Levey wrote:
>
>> Is there any sort of help file, FAQ, or other documentation for the
>> aqHBCI
>> Wizard?  I did indeed try the aqhcbi-qt-tools package and was able
>> to start
>> the wizard, but now (in addition to needing the bank code and server
>> address, neither of which my bank seems to be willing to provide) I
>> am asked
>> for both a User ID and a Customer ID (but no password).  I'm trying
>> to see
>> what these are...
>>
>>  -Don
>
> I've been experimenting. I believe the User ID is the ID the bank  
> expects you to log in with in the online banking function, it is  
> usually the same as your web login ID (but not always -- ameritrade  
> ofx login is not my web login). At the moment, I don't think customer  
> ID matters.
>
> The password is requested by a pop up dialog when you initiate a  
> session.
>
> I'm currently experimenting in gnucash2 with aqbanking 1.9.x, so I  
> don't know what differences exist with earlier aqbanking with gnucash  
>> = 1.8.10 or .11. (for whatever reason, my attempts to get hbci
> working on the 1.8 gnucash didn't work; but I'm having better luck  
> with gnucash2). There are still some bugs to work out, but things are  
> really looking up (thanks Martin and Christian!).
>
> As to needing the bank code and server, you have to look up that in  
> some of the online banking sleuthing results. I doubt that the front  
> line customer service people even know the info. Try: http:// 
> www.jongsma.org/gc/ for a howto on getting web addresses of ofx  
> servers. I recommend trying the data in one of the older data stores  
> on that site. But you may have to run the script to get newer  
> information. For instance Chase has just moved all its quicken online  
> stuff to a new server (looks to me like they're using the FirstUSA  
> infrastructure that they acquired via the BankOne purchase...).
>
> Good luck.
> --
> David Reiser
> dbreiser at earthlink.net
>
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