[GNC] Suggested source for LibOFX?

[Bennie]

Hi John - I have checked ofxhome.   I did not build GnuCash myself but 
when I went to ACTIONS/GET TRANSACTIONS, it was grayed out.  In reading 
the userlist archive, I came across a thread indicating I needed to 
start GNUCash with --enable-hbci.  Sounds like I've found an old thread 
and need to back track into the GNUCash documentation on how to get 
transactions online.  I'll llook at installing AQBanking and see if that 
gets me where I want.

Appreciate the feedback

On 1/7/2020 12:42 PM, John Ralls wrote:
> What you read is clearly obsolete because `--enable-hbci` is for the autotools build system that we don't use anymore. We now use cmake and AQBanking is enabled by default if AQBanking is found.
>
> Have you built GnuCash yourself from source?
>
> Have you checked with https://ofxhome.com to make sure that your banks even support OFX DirectConnect? Be sure to check the verification at the bottom, about 1/3 of the banks in there no longer support it.
>
> Regards,
> John Ralls
>
>
>
>
>> On Jan 7, 2020, at 9:29 AM, Bennie <benniegibson56 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi John,
>>
>> I'm trying to get direct downloads working from my bank/credit card companies.  In reading the info about GNUCash, I read that I need to --enable-hbci which further indicated I need libofx and AQBanking.  I'm researching sources as I found multiple repositories with libofx in it when I google libofx.
>>
>> On 1/7/2020 10:49 AM, John Ralls wrote:
>>>> On Jan 7, 2020, at 8:43 AM, Bennie <benniegibson56 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> John - thanks for the response.  I was looking for libOFX as I thought it was listed as a prerequisite (along with AQBanking) for direct connection to bank accounts.  Did I miss something on the pre-reqs?
>>>>
>>>> On 1/7/2020 10:42 AM, John Ralls wrote:
>>>>>> On Jan 6, 2020, at 9:33 AM, Bennie Gibson <benniegibson56 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>      I'm a new GNUCash user and would like to get OFXDirect working.  Wondering where most folks get LibOFX.  SourceForge seems the most "official" looking but want to feel more comfortable about the source of this library.
>>>>> libofx doesn't support OFX DirectConnect. We use AQBanking for that.
>>>>>
>>>>> That aside, Benoit isn't using SourceForge any more, he's moved the project to Github: https://github.com/libofx/libofx
>>> It's a prerequisite for importing OFX files and unlike AQBanking it's not optional.
>>>
>>> What exactly do you want to do? Studying sources isn't normal user activity.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> John Ralls
>>>