Question in regard to OFX 1.0.2 or 1.0.3

[John Ralls]

On Dec 6, 2012, at 9:25 AM, "Medlin, Lisa" <Lisa.Medlin at capitalone.com> wrote:

> We will be requiring ClientUID or versions 1.0.3 to connect to Capital One for DirectConnect.
> 
> We have a large population of users using GNUCash, is there anything that needs to be changed on the data file or in the sever config?
> 
> The change will take place on December 15th to reject all users sending a 1.0.2 and/or ClientUID not included in data file.
> 
> Can you assist me with understanding the impact to these users or is there something we can adjust for?

This is really a user question, so it should have gone to gnucash-user. I've changed the CC to that list for your convenience. Please subscribe there. This list is for Gnucash's developers to discuss Gnucash's code and documentation. Unless you're interested in working on the project in some way, you'll probably want to unsubscribe.

It's really great to hear from a major bank's support group! Thanks for supporting your Gnucash users.

Changing the header version to 103 and setting a Client UID are easily done from the Online Banking setup:

* Select Tools>Online Banking Setup... from the menu
* Click "Next" on the Wizard to move to the second page, then click on "AQBanking Setup"
* Select the AQBanking User associated with the Capital One account
* Client UID is at the bottom of the "User Settings" tab and Header Version is on the "Application Settings" tab. The latter should be entered as "103", not "1.0.3".

The one thing I'm not sure about is whether AQBanking can generate or retrieve a Client UID on its own.  Martin?

Regards,
John Ralls