Downloading transactions

[Doug Laidlaw]

Here in Oz, OFX is not in general use.  Apparently only one bank supports it, 
and incompletely at that.  QIF is still the standard.  I do what you do, Ron.  
My wife's program supports CSV only, and only for importing statements into 
the Bank Reconciliation.  Downloading into the ledger isn't supported at 
all!!  Nor is importing files from any other format.  It is one guy making a 
packet out of his own personal creation, warts and all, which has the support 
of Aussie accountants.  But tell them that...

Doug.

On Friday 17 October 2008 12:01:37 am Ronal B Morse wrote:
> On Thu, 2008-10-16 at 07:27 -0400, David Reiser wrote:
> > On Oct 15, 2008, at 11:53 PM, Coco wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > If my banks say they only "support" Quicken and MS Money, is there a
> > > way I can connect to them anyway to download transactions directly
> > > into GnuCash?
> > > Coco
> >
> > If you can find the necessary ofx server address and a couple other
> > parameters to enter in aqbanking's online banking setup wizard
> > (launched from gnucash's Tools->Online Banking Setup... menu), then
> > generally, yes you can. See:
> >
> > http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Setting_up_OFXDirectConnect_in_GnuCash_2
> >
> > Dave
> > --
> > David Reiser
> > dbreiser at earthlink.net
>
> Another alternative (and the one I use): Even if you can't download
> transactions directly from your bank into Gnucash, you may be able to
> download transactions made over a specified period as a .ofx or .qif
> format file to your desktop and import that into Gnucash from there.
>
> Takes very little time and the entire process is only slightly
> inconvenient.
>
> Ron Mrose
>
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