On Sep 25, 2006, at 1:00 AM, Martin Preuss wrote:

> [...]
>
>> Can Aqbanking/OFXDC handle a server-side forced PIN change? When I
>> signed up at my bank for Quicken access to a checking account, they
>> sent me a PIN by mail with the explanation that I would have to
>> change my PIN the first time I logged in. Within Quicken, that all
>> went well. Things get a little more interesting, though, if I
>> consider the gnucash/aqbanking community.
>>
> [...]
> Currently this isn't implemented in LibOFX, so no, it is not yet  
> implemented.
> If you have some documentation maybe we could add it to LibOFX...

Hmm. I'll see if the log of my initial checking account contact from  
Quicken is reasonably decipherable.

>
> [...]
>> My bank is one that uses Yodlee as a branding intermediary between
>> Quicken and the bank. The FIData files from the MSMoney development
>> web site only give Yodlee data for such banks. That server data is
>> useless for retrieving account and transaction data. However, once
>> one connects in Quicken (and presumably MSMoney), the OFXLOG file
>> written by Quicken contains the ofx server data required to connect
>> via a normal ofx connection ( server url, <FID>, and <ORG> of the
>> 'real' server).
> [...]
> Wow, but how do you get this data?

Unfortunately, one bank at a time from someone with an account and  
Quicken or MSMoney.

http://fi.intuit.com/support/logfileslocation.cfm

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/911941/

describe how to find the ofx log files for the respective programs.  
They're inside Quicken these days, but readily accessible. MSMoney is  
more convoluted, but the logs are supposedly available. I will be  
adding something about this to the gnucash wiki sometime soon.

If I weren't paranoid, I might even try putting in a bogus account  
number for a different bank to see if Quicken would give me a valid  
ofx log with a login failure, but containing the rest of the ofx tag  
information. I have learned that at least two banks use the same  
checkfree (oasis.cfree, actually, but I'm pretty sure that the server  
originally belonged to checkfree) server address for checking  
accounts. That tells me that if I sat around trying to compile  
addresses for institutions using bad account numbers, that I might  
incur the wrath of the banking or law enforcement entities on the  
grounds that I was sending multiple inquiries to a common server  
trying to break in.


>
> [...]
>> I've written some documentation with respect to the AqBanking setup
>> wizard accessed from GnuCash. The screenshots haven't made it up yet,
>> but if you'd like to take a look and either comment or edit, it's at:
>>
>> http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Setting_up_OFXDirectConnect_in_GnuCash_2
> [...]
>
> Very nicely done! I could use the data from that page even in  
> AqBanking's help
> system...

feel free to copy and paste as desired. The screenshots are stuck in  
bugzilla #357282 at the moment. If you'd like me to try to figure out  
the help system, I might even give it a whirl.

>
>
> Regards
> Martin

Dave
--
David Reiser
[EMAIL PROTECTED]


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