GNUCash Import QIF - Help Please!
GT-I9070 H
gti9070h at gmail.com
Thu Jun 25 14:33:20 EDT 2015
2015-06-25 13:18 GMT-04:00 GT-I9070 H <gti9070h at gmail.com>:
Dear Derek,
>
> 2015-06-25 10:10 GMT-04:00 Derek Atkins <warlord at mit.edu>:
>
>> > The fact GnuCash not import exchange rates of any file format is a major
>>
> > problem that must be solved someday and that day may be coming.
>> >
>> > My suggestion is to create a field in the QIF file that does not affect
>> > existing and pass the call this QIF format changed to another name as
>> Eg QIG
>> > (QIF to GnuCash Exchange rate import) and enable the import of this new
>> field
>> > in GnuCash importer for QIG format.
>>
>> And what, pray tell, would actually generate QIF with this random, non
>> standard field? Quicken wont. Banks wont. Other QIF-emitting
>> applications wont. Basically, nothing will actually create a QIF with
>> this proprietary custom field, so it seems silly to spend time on it.
>>
>
> My simple VB/VBA code can !!! And that I can change and share.
> I expected this your answer.
> My expectation was that you might find interesting open a gateway to
> off-line exchange rates.
>
>
> Honestly, it would probably be better to update the CSV importer to add
>> that feature. At least CSV is an open format. This, however, would
>> require working in C code, but it's more likely to be acceptable
>> en-masse.
>>
>
> This was my next suggestion.
> Update the CSV importer to import exchange rates and CATEGORIES.
> It would also be very very GOOD!
>
>
> > So you will have already created an entryway for off-line exchange rate
>> data!
>>
>> I don't see the point.
>>
>
I will say one thing before I forget the third time:
Until GnuCash Desktop to open a gateway to import Exchange Rates, GnuCash
Android is impaired to support multiple currencies.
GnuCash Android with few modifications could also generate files "QIG"
format.
Regards
GTI
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