I just hit reply in my mailer, and forgot to change the "To" field to
the gnucash list....
Sorry for that,
alex.
>>>>> "Paul" == Paul L Lussier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Paul> In a message dated: 15 Oct 1999 17:11:47 +0300 Alexandru
Paul> Harsanyi said:
>> How does Quicken deal with 2 or more formats?
Paul> This I don't know. I'mm using a very old version of Quicken
Paul> (4) which uses the original (I think) file spec. I'm
Paul> guessing that newer versions of Quicken have an import
Paul> option to import the file as either the older version, or
Paul> the newer version.
>> I believe the diferent file formats are not radically
>> different, so most of the code can be merged.
Paul> Quite possibly true, but I don't know.
>> From the messages I saw on the list, qif import seems quite
>> important. It seems that a lot of people are using Quicken and
>> would like to transfer their accounts to GnuCash...
Paul> Please don't misunderstand me, I don't think it's not
Paul> important, it is. But currently GNUCash doesn't seem
Paul> completely stable enough for normal users (i.e.
Paul> non-developers). Therefore, I think it's *more* important
Paul> for the developers to be concentrating on getting GNUCash to
Paul> the point where non-programmers can reliably use the program
Paul> with ease (both of mind and use :) and not worry about
Paul> things like core dumps and lost data. Once this level of
Paul> stability has been reached, and GNUCash is at an easily
Paul> usable point, then concentrate on perfecting the qif import
Paul> features. IMO, it's more important to be able to *reliably*
Paul> enter new data into the system than it is to be able to
Paul> import old data. Technically, once could manually enter all
Paul> the old data in if there were no import feature, but if the
Paul> data entry mechanism isn't reliable, then what's the point?!
>> And a more concrete question: is somwhere on the Net the
>> specification of a Qif format?
Paul> Well, I've found a little bit at Intuit's web site, but
Paul> nothing that actual says "Quicken QIF File Format
Paul> Specification". This is what I've been able to find at
Paul> Intuit:
Paul> http://www.intuit.com/support/quicken/faqs/win/1178.html
Paul> http://www.intuit.com/support/quicken/faqs/win/1179.html
Paul> http://www.intuit.com/support/quicken/faqs/win/1180.html
Paul> In addition, I've found this:
Paul> http://www.respmech.com/MYM2QIFW/QIF_NEW.htm
Paul> But I don't know if it refers to the old version of QIF, or
Paul> the new. Also, there's "The Unofficial Quicken 2000 Web
Paul> Page":
Paul> http://www.defaria.com/Quicken/
Paul> That may or may not have any info on it. --
Paul> Seeya, Paul ---- Depression is merely anger without
Paul> enthusiasm. There cannot be a crisis today; my schedule is
Paul> already full. A conclusion is simply the place where you
Paul> got tired of thinking. If you're not having fun, you're not
Paul> doing it right!
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