[GNC] Starting from scratch

[Elliot Graham]

As in managing your money (the dos app)? Why wouldn’t you print to file and
then simply parse it?

On Tue, 28 Apr 2026 at 15:59, Clint Chaplin <joatmon at gmail.com> wrote:

> MYM 12.  I don't think such scripts exist.
>
> On Mon, Apr 27, 2026 at 2:49 PM Elliot Graham <elliotgraham94 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Clint, what platform are you importing from? There’s a good chance
>> someone has written a script
>>
>> On Mon, 27 Apr 2026 at 22:36, Clint Chaplin <joatmon at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi, (soon to be) new user here.  I have almost 40 years of transactions,
>>> in
>>> programs that are incapable of exporting, so I'll have to start entering
>>> them in manually.
>>>
>>> What strategies have people used in the past when starting up GnuCash?  I
>>> sorta understand for normal "cash" transactions I can probably just start
>>> entering in transactions for the current year, but can the starting
>>> balance
>>> be changed as I work my way backwards?
>>>
>>> For stocks and mutual funds, should I start at the beginning and work my
>>> way forward?  I'm not sure just how clean it is to start entering current
>>> transactions and then work my way backwards, especially given that
>>> account
>>> fees are taken FIFO from the first purchase in the mutual fund.
>>>
>>> Mortgage may be interesting, or simple.
>>>
>>> BTW, USA user.
>>>
>>> Any advice would be greatly appreciated.  Thank you.
>>
>>
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