On Wed, May 15, 2002 at 07:37:16PM +1000, Darius Powell wrote: > > > Apart from those details, online banking deals with just a few different > > > data types, and I'm going to describe which ones they are and where they > > > should belong to inside Gnucash, IMHO. This is meant to kick off a > > > discussion for both the HBCI developers as well as other Gnucash developers > > > (especially if they are working on yet more online banking standards) on > > > whether this seems to be the "right way" of implementing online banking in > > > Gnucash. > > > > I dont know if I have the "right way" anymore than you do, but I am currently > > working on OFX support, so here are my thoughts. > > I'm currently working on a script to automatically download > transactions. Currently it generates qif files for import. > > However I would like to have more direct plumbing with Gnucash instead > of manually importing qif files. > > It would be good if transactions were downloaded in the background at > scheduled times (even if Gnucash is not running). Also the user > should be able to request transactions be downloaded from within > Gnucash. > > If transactions are downloaded and Gnucash is not running then when it > is started next the transactions are imported automatically. > > If transactions are downloaded (either scheduled or user request) and > Gnucash is running then Gnucash imports them immediately. > > Perhaps what is needed is a module similar to the Quotes module for > online banking? Or does something like this already exist? > > This module could then (based on the account) interface to the > appropriate external program to perform online banking actions. > > Comments / Ideas? >
I think this is an area to be approached gingerly, because it probably gets into a lot of operating system and distribution specific dependencies. Some people have continuous connections; others don't. As far as I know there isn't really a standard way to initiate a dial-up connection in Linux. And some people may want their computer to dial up without them telling it, while others don't. _______________________________________________ gnucash-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.gnucash.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel
