[Leaplist] Accouting software -- 6 things to know about Linux (and why to consider Apple)

[Bryan J. Smith]

On Fri, 2006-11-17 at 10:00 -0500, Chris wrote:
> There are a couple of websites that tell you that GnuCash will not handle
> *.qfx files. As is too often the case, these websites also don't
> specify their date, or version of GnuCash, a problem that is rampant
> on the intertubes.

Such is a problem in general.

> BUT, currently, at least as of GnuCash 2.02, *.qfx, *.qif and OFX
> DirectConnect (which I know squat about) are supported.

GNUCash added a number standard interfaces and proprietary (at least
older) format support.  Pretty much everyone has standardized around the
XML-based OFX, and there are countless converters from QFX, OPC, MT940
and other formats.

Open Financial eXchange (OFX) site:  
  http://www.ofx.net/  

OFX Wikipedia page:  
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OFX  

>From my understanding, the MT2OFX facility is used:  
  http://www.mt2ofx.tk/  

In fact, if you use MS Money (depending on version), or even older
Quicken/Quickbook versions, you basically need this to work with QFX and
other, newer Intuit product-focused services/sites anyway.

Don't ask for a Qtip, but ask what you clean your ears with.
A cotton swab should be the most common answer you get.


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