Re: [GNC] Trying to use gnucash need to convert .qdf to /qif

[Annie Delyth Stratton]

Thanks for the heads up, David. My plan is to create and rename a copy of the 
qif file, and isolate the process from Quicken. I tend to keep clean records, 
but if as you say, quicken allowed for variability, I could have some entries 
that might create problems. Plus the fact that I'm something of a hoarder and 
keep records that go back quite a way. This is going to be fun. Or not. We'll 
see.



Annie Delyth Stratton


From: David Carlson 
Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2018 6:44 PM
To: anniestrat...@outlook.com
Cc: John Ralls; Gnucash Users
Subject: Re: [GNC] Trying to use gnucash need to convert .qdf to /qif

The developers cannot guarantee anything.  Many users have had good results, 
but many of us needed to run tests with about a month's data at a time mostly 
because Quicken allowed sloppy records that do not import very well.  If that 
is your situation you might be better served to manipulate transactions in 
Quicken before exporting to the QIF format.  Experiment freely before 
committing.

David C

On Tue, Nov 27, 2018 at 5:35 PM Annie Delyth Stratton 
mailto:anniestrat...@outlook.com>> wrote:
Thanks, John. I thought that might be the case, but I need the explicit 
reassurance that if I jump in, something won't go blooey on me (having had that 
happen a few times in my life...). And thanks for the tip about doing just a 
month at a time. Sounds like a learning curve for both me and GnuCash. Fun 
coming up.

>

Annie Delyth Stratton


From: John Ralls 
mailto:jra...@ceridwen.fremont.ca.us>>
Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2018 6:25 PM
To: Annie Delyth Stratton
Cc: gnucash-user@gnucash.org
Subject: Re: [GNC] Trying to use gnucash need to convert .qdf to /qif



On Nov 28, 2018, at 12:52 AM, Annie Delyth Stratton 
mailto:anniestrat...@outlook.com>>>
 wrote:

RE David's comment:   "As far as I know, qdf files have no conversion options. 
Period. You will have to export qif from quicken."


Older versions of Quicken used qdf.  Newer versions use gif. In order to 
translate gdf to qif, you need to use an intermediate version of Quicken to 
import into.  I used Quicken 2007 for so long that when I went to the 2016 
version, it could no longer recognize qdf. The workaround was to download a 
version which CAN recognize qdf and translate it into a qif file.

I think I used Quicken 10, recommended to me by another user.  It was easy to 
find free downloads of older Quicken software then, not sure about now. One 
could ask around.  I did a quick search just now and found a conversion utility 
by Intuit that might also do the job. It's free, so might be worth a try.
https://en.freedownloadmanager.org/Windows-PC/Quicken-Converter-FREE.html>
Quicken Converter (free) download Windows 
version>
Download Quicken Converter for free. Quicken Converter allows you to convert 
Quicken files from an older release of Quicken (2011 and below) to the newer 
Quicken format which can then be read by QuickBooks 2012 or later.
en.freedownloadmanager.org


The main reason I went 

Re: [GNC] Trying to use gnucash need to convert .qdf to /qif

[David Carlson]

The developers cannot guarantee anything.  Many users have had good
results, but many of us needed to run tests with about a month's data at a
time mostly because Quicken allowed sloppy records that do not import very
well.  If that is your situation you might be better served to manipulate
transactions in Quicken before exporting to the QIF format.  Experiment
freely before committing.

David C

On Tue, Nov 27, 2018 at 5:35 PM Annie Delyth Stratton <
anniestrat...@outlook.com> wrote:

> Thanks, John. I thought that might be the case, but I need the explicit
> reassurance that if I jump in, something won't go blooey on me (having had
> that happen a few times in my life...). And thanks for the tip about doing
> just a month at a time. Sounds like a learning curve for both me and
> GnuCash. Fun coming up.
>
> 
>
> Annie Delyth Stratton
>
> 
> From: John Ralls 
> Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2018 6:25 PM
> To: Annie Delyth Stratton
> Cc: gnucash-user@gnucash.org
> Subject: Re: [GNC] Trying to use gnucash need to convert .qdf to /qif
>
>
>
> On Nov 28, 2018, at 12:52 AM, Annie Delyth Stratton <
> anniestrat...@outlook.com> wrote:
>
> RE David's comment:   "As far as I know, qdf files have no conversion
> options. Period. You will have to export qif from quicken."
>
>
> Older versions of Quicken used qdf.  Newer versions use gif. In order to
> translate gdf to qif, you need to use an intermediate version of Quicken to
> import into.  I used Quicken 2007 for so long that when I went to the 2016
> version, it could no longer recognize qdf. The workaround was to download a
> version which CAN recognize qdf and translate it into a qif file.
>
> I think I used Quicken 10, recommended to me by another user.  It was easy
> to find free downloads of older Quicken software then, not sure about now.
> One could ask around.  I did a quick search just now and found a conversion
> utility by Intuit that might also do the job. It's free, so might be worth
> a try.
> https://en.freedownloadmanager.org/Windows-PC/Quicken-Converter-FREE.html<
> https://nam05.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.freedownloadmanager.org%2FWindows-PC%2FQuicken-Converter-FREE.html=02%7C01%7C%7Cec0b1aaa25494b24f73908d654bfa3d8%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435%7C1%7C0%7C636789579389772069=V2pe5w00hAfZk1V%2F2BryUvrgXedDcVqz0T8q0xVx2mQ%3D=0
> >
> Quicken Converter (free) download Windows version<
> https://en.freedownloadmanager.org/Windows-PC/Quicken-Converter-FREE.html>
> Download Quicken Converter for free. Quicken Converter allows you to
> convert Quicken files from an older release of Quicken (2011 and below) to
> the newer Quicken format which can then be read by QuickBooks 2012 or later.
> en.freedownloadmanager.org
>
>
> The main reason I went to 2016 was that I was afraid of ending up with a
> file that would be obsolete.  Gnu was suggested to me, but at the time I
> wasn't ready to take it on. I am pretty fed up with Quicken at this point,
> and ready to trash it.
>
> I just downloaded Gnucash. Read the entire manual last night, but I saw
> NOTHING in it that steps through importing a qif file. Since you guys
> clearly have some experience with that, can you help me out?
>
>
>
> File>Import...>QIF. The assistant will lead you through the process. Do a
> month’s worth of data at a time to train the transaction matcher until it’s
> correctly matching nearly everything.
>
> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Quicken_Migration<
> https://nam05.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwiki.gnucash.org%2Fwiki%2FQuicken_Migration=02%7C01%7C%7Cec0b1aaa25494b24f73908d654bfa3d8%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435%7C1%7C0%7C636789579389772069=flgOWk4hEBRsVF1lodRbX4tY3f3DMG%2FY4T33QPJQQ7Q%3D=0>
> for more detail.
>
> Regards,
> John Ralls
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Re: [GNC] Trying to use gnucash need to convert .qdf to /qif

[Annie Delyth Stratton]

Thanks, John. I thought that might be the case, but I need the explicit 
reassurance that if I jump in, something won't go blooey on me (having had that 
happen a few times in my life...). And thanks for the tip about doing just a 
month at a time. Sounds like a learning curve for both me and GnuCash. Fun 
coming up.



Annie Delyth Stratton


From: John Ralls 
Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2018 6:25 PM
To: Annie Delyth Stratton
Cc: gnucash-user@gnucash.org
Subject: Re: [GNC] Trying to use gnucash need to convert .qdf to /qif



On Nov 28, 2018, at 12:52 AM, Annie Delyth Stratton 
mailto:anniestrat...@outlook.com>> wrote:

RE David's comment:   "As far as I know, qdf files have no conversion options. 
Period. You will have to export qif from quicken."


Older versions of Quicken used qdf.  Newer versions use gif. In order to 
translate gdf to qif, you need to use an intermediate version of Quicken to 
import into.  I used Quicken 2007 for so long that when I went to the 2016 
version, it could no longer recognize qdf. The workaround was to download a 
version which CAN recognize qdf and translate it into a qif file.

I think I used Quicken 10, recommended to me by another user.  It was easy to 
find free downloads of older Quicken software then, not sure about now. One 
could ask around.  I did a quick search just now and found a conversion utility 
by Intuit that might also do the job. It's free, so might be worth a try.
https://en.freedownloadmanager.org/Windows-PC/Quicken-Converter-FREE.html
Quicken Converter (free) download Windows 
version
Download Quicken Converter for free. Quicken Converter allows you to convert 
Quicken files from an older release of Quicken (2011 and below) to the newer 
Quicken format which can then be read by QuickBooks 2012 or later.
en.freedownloadmanager.org


The main reason I went to 2016 was that I was afraid of ending up with a file 
that would be obsolete.  Gnu was suggested to me, but at the time I wasn't 
ready to take it on. I am pretty fed up with Quicken at this point, and ready 
to trash it.

I just downloaded Gnucash. Read the entire manual last night, but I saw NOTHING 
in it that steps through importing a qif file. Since you guys clearly have some 
experience with that, can you help me out?



File>Import...>QIF. The assistant will lead you through the process. Do a 
month’s worth of data at a time to train the transaction matcher until it’s 
correctly matching nearly everything.

https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Quicken_Migration
 for more detail.

Regards,
John Ralls
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Re: [GNC] Trying to use gnucash need to convert .qdf to /qif

[John Ralls]

> On Nov 28, 2018, at 12:52 AM, Annie Delyth Stratton 
>  wrote:
> 
> RE David's comment:   "As far as I know, qdf files have no conversion 
> options. Period. You will have to export qif from quicken."
> 
> 
> Older versions of Quicken used qdf.  Newer versions use gif. In order to 
> translate gdf to qif, you need to use an intermediate version of Quicken to 
> import into.  I used Quicken 2007 for so long that when I went to the 2016 
> version, it could no longer recognize qdf. The workaround was to download a 
> version which CAN recognize qdf and translate it into a qif file.
> 
> I think I used Quicken 10, recommended to me by another user.  It was easy to 
> find free downloads of older Quicken software then, not sure about now. One 
> could ask around.  I did a quick search just now and found a conversion 
> utility by Intuit that might also do the job. It's free, so might be worth a 
> try.
> https://en.freedownloadmanager.org/Windows-PC/Quicken-Converter-FREE.html
> Quicken Converter (free) download Windows 
> version
> Download Quicken Converter for free. Quicken Converter allows you to convert 
> Quicken files from an older release of Quicken (2011 and below) to the newer 
> Quicken format which can then be read by QuickBooks 2012 or later.
> en.freedownloadmanager.org
> 
> 
> The main reason I went to 2016 was that I was afraid of ending up with a file 
> that would be obsolete.  Gnu was suggested to me, but at the time I wasn't 
> ready to take it on. I am pretty fed up with Quicken at this point, and ready 
> to trash it.
> 
> I just downloaded Gnucash. Read the entire manual last night, but I saw 
> NOTHING in it that steps through importing a qif file. Since you guys clearly 
> have some experience with that, can you help me out?
> 


File>Import...>QIF. The assistant will lead you through the process. Do a 
month’s worth of data at a time to train the transaction matcher until it’s 
correctly matching nearly everything.  

https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Quicken_Migration 
 for more detail.

Regards,
John Ralls
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[GNC] Trying to use gnucash need to convert .qdf to /qif

[Annie Delyth Stratton]

RE David's comment:   "As far as I know, qdf files have no conversion options. 
Period. You will have to export qif from quicken."


Older versions of Quicken used qdf.  Newer versions use gif. In order to 
translate gdf to qif, you need to use an intermediate version of Quicken to 
import into.  I used Quicken 2007 for so long that when I went to the 2016 
version, it could no longer recognize qdf. The workaround was to download a 
version which CAN recognize qdf and translate it into a qif file.

I think I used Quicken 10, recommended to me by another user.  It was easy to 
find free downloads of older Quicken software then, not sure about now. One 
could ask around.  I did a quick search just now and found a conversion utility 
by Intuit that might also do the job. It's free, so might be worth a try.
https://en.freedownloadmanager.org/Windows-PC/Quicken-Converter-FREE.html
Quicken Converter (free) download Windows 
version
Download Quicken Converter for free. Quicken Converter allows you to convert 
Quicken files from an older release of Quicken (2011 and below) to the newer 
Quicken format which can then be read by QuickBooks 2012 or later.
en.freedownloadmanager.org


The main reason I went to 2016 was that I was afraid of ending up with a file 
that would be obsolete.  Gnu was suggested to me, but at the time I wasn't 
ready to take it on. I am pretty fed up with Quicken at this point, and ready 
to trash it.

I just downloaded Gnucash. Read the entire manual last night, but I saw NOTHING 
in it that steps through importing a qif file. Since you guys clearly have some 
experience with that, can you help me out?


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Re: [GNC] Trying to use gnucash need to convert .qdf to /qif

[D via gnucash-user]

On November 2, 2018, at 6:58 PM, Paul Kinzelman  wrote:

>Perhaps your Quicken had no transfers between accounts?

Nope. I had numerous accounts and thousands of transfers and transactions. I 
exported the entire file (using the then-available "export accounts, 
categories, and transactions", don't know if it's still available), and 
imported it all at once. I had to go through and correct many quicken oddities 
(transactions without categories, etc.), which I did in quicken, and 
re-exported again until it just worked.

>I posted in this list and was told that's how it is because the transfer
>appears in two places in the QIF file and figuring out that it's the
>same transaction was not worth implementing in the import code.

My experience was that the matcher was able to connect them up.

David

>I also tried editing the QIF code manually but finally gave up because
>that merely moved the manual intervention, didn't eliminate them.
>Best thing to do is be aware of the issue and just try it and see
>what happens, then post your results here.
>
>On 11/2/2018 9:17 AM, D wrote:
>
>On November 2, 2018, at 5:59 PM, Paul Kinzelman  wrote:
>
>>Yes, there should be an Export... QIF function in Quicken.
>>I did that recently for a club account which was pretty straight-forward,
>>no stocks, etc.
>>The main problem I found was that when your Quicken database
>>has a transfer from one account to the other, when you import
>>the QIF file into Gnucash, all the transfers will be duplicated.
>>You have to manually go through and
>>delete one of the duplicated transactions for every transfer.
>
>Many years ago, I made the jump with a quicken file that had all sorts of 
>accounts. I had no problems with duplicates, although capital gains were a 
>challenge.
>
>David T.
>
>>On 11/2/2018 8:12 AM, David Carlson wrote:
>>> If I recall correctly QDF format is a proprietary and encrypted format
>>> owned by Intuit.  The only way to extarct the data is to use the Guicken
>>> program to open the file and then export to QIF format.  Hang on to Quicken
>>> until you have experimented with importing the QIF files into GnuCash to be
>>> sure that you are getting satisfactory results.
>>>
>>> David C
>>>
>>> On Fri, Nov 2, 2018 at 4:17 AM Mark Schwomeyer via gnucash-user <
>>> gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote:
>>>
 GreetingsWe have for years used Quicken, (1998 at least) (latest is 2008)
 they have went to a paid subscription service. (I think is overpriced)That
 said I have used Open Office for a while and thought to look for a open
 source financial program.The search for programs listed that GNUCASH would
 be compatible with .qdf
 GNUCASH was chosen and downloaded. I need to import the latest file
 (backup).The only choice was to import a .qif file. Our version of Quicken
 used .qdf as a working extension and as backup files.I have downloaded a
 conversion program attached to Mozilla, but the convert button only wants
 to convert pdf .doc
 compress, .jpg, .ppt.  Maybe a couple others, but no .qdf.The program I
 downloaded, under further investigation, is a .pdf conversion program. [
 fileconverter.org] Although it listed .qdf on the page.
 Does anyone know of a conversion for .qdf to .qif so I can use gnucash.
 Thanks Mark
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Re: [GNC] Trying to use gnucash need to convert .qdf to /qif

[Paul Kinzelman]

Perhaps your Quicken had no transfers between accounts?

I posted in this list and was told that's how it is because the transfer
appears in two places in the QIF file and figuring out that it's the
same transaction was not worth implementing in the import code.
I also tried editing the QIF code manually but finally gave up because
that merely moved the manual intervention, didn't eliminate them.

Best thing to do is be aware of the issue and just try it and see
what happens, then post your results here.

On 11/2/2018 9:17 AM, D wrote:


On November 2, 2018, at 5:59 PM, Paul Kinzelman  
wrote:


>Yes, there should be an Export... QIF function in Quicken.
>I did that recently for a club account which was pretty straight-forward,
>no stocks, etc.
>The main problem I found was that when your Quicken database
>has a transfer from one account to the other, when you import
>the QIF file into Gnucash, all the transfers will be duplicated.
>You have to manually go through and
>delete one of the duplicated transactions for every transfer.

Many years ago, I made the jump with a quicken file that had all sorts 
of accounts. I had no problems with duplicates, although capital gains 
were a challenge.


David T.

>On 11/2/2018 8:12 AM, David Carlson wrote:
>> If I recall correctly QDF format is a proprietary and encrypted format
>> owned by Intuit.  The only way to extarct the data is to use the 
Guicken
>> program to open the file and then export to QIF format.  Hang on to 
Quicken
>> until you have experimented with importing the QIF files into 
GnuCash to be

>> sure that you are getting satisfactory results.
>>
>> David C
>>
>> On Fri, Nov 2, 2018 at 4:17 AM Mark Schwomeyer via gnucash-user <
>> gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote:
>>
>>> GreetingsWe have for years used Quicken, (1998 at least) (latest 
is 2008)
>>> they have went to a paid subscription service. (I think is 
overpriced)That
>>> said I have used Open Office for a while and thought to look for a 
open
>>> source financial program.The search for programs listed that 
GNUCASH would

>>> be compatible with .qdf
>>> GNUCASH was chosen and downloaded. I need to import the latest file
>>> (backup).The only choice was to import a .qif file. Our version of 
Quicken
>>> used .qdf as a working extension and as backup files.I have 
downloaded a
>>> conversion program attached to Mozilla, but the convert button 
only wants

>>> to convert pdf .doc
>>> compress, .jpg, .ppt.  Maybe a couple others, but no .qdf.The 
program I
>>> downloaded, under further investigation, is a .pdf conversion 
program. [

>>> fileconverter.org] Although it listed .qdf on the page.
>>> Does anyone know of a conversion for .qdf to .qif so I can use 
gnucash.

>>> Thanks Mark
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Re: [GNC] Trying to use gnucash need to convert .qdf to /qif

[D via gnucash-user]

On November 2, 2018, at 5:59 PM, Paul Kinzelman  wrote:

>Yes, there should be an Export... QIF function in Quicken.
>I did that recently for a club account which was pretty straight-forward,
>no stocks, etc.
>The main problem I found was that when your Quicken database
>has a transfer from one account to the other, when you import
>the QIF file into Gnucash, all the transfers will be duplicated.
>You have to manually go through and
>delete one of the duplicated transactions for every transfer.

Many years ago, I made the jump with a quicken file that had all sorts of 
accounts. I had no problems with duplicates, although capital gains were a 
challenge.

David T.


>On 11/2/2018 8:12 AM, David Carlson wrote:
>> If I recall correctly QDF format is a proprietary and encrypted format
>> owned by Intuit.  The only way to extarct the data is to use the Guicken
>> program to open the file and then export to QIF format.  Hang on to Quicken
>> until you have experimented with importing the QIF files into GnuCash to be
>> sure that you are getting satisfactory results.
>>
>> David C
>>
>> On Fri, Nov 2, 2018 at 4:17 AM Mark Schwomeyer via gnucash-user <
>> gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote:
>>
>>> GreetingsWe have for years used Quicken, (1998 at least) (latest is 2008)
>>> they have went to a paid subscription service. (I think is overpriced)That
>>> said I have used Open Office for a while and thought to look for a open
>>> source financial program.The search for programs listed that GNUCASH would
>>> be compatible with .qdf
>>> GNUCASH was chosen and downloaded. I need to import the latest file
>>> (backup).The only choice was to import a .qif file. Our version of Quicken
>>> used .qdf as a working extension and as backup files.I have downloaded a
>>> conversion program attached to Mozilla, but the convert button only wants
>>> to convert pdf .doc
>>> compress, .jpg, .ppt.  Maybe a couple others, but no .qdf.The program I
>>> downloaded, under further investigation, is a .pdf conversion program. [
>>> fileconverter.org] Although it listed .qdf on the page.
>>> Does anyone know of a conversion for .qdf to .qif so I can use gnucash.
>>> Thanks Mark
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Re: [GNC] Trying to use gnucash need to convert .qdf to /qif

[D via gnucash-user]

On November 2, 2018, at 5:44 PM, David Carlson  
wrote:

>If I recall correctly QDF format is a proprietary and encrypted format
>owned by Intuit.  The only way to extarct the data is to use the Guicken
>program to open the file and then export to QIF format.  Hang on to Quicken

Indeed, https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Quicken_Migration supports what you are 
saying here. 

As far as I know, qdf files have no conversion options. Period. You will have 
to export qif from quicken.

David


>until you have experimented with importing the QIF files into GnuCash to be
>sure that you are getting satisfactory results.
>David C
>On Fri, Nov 2, 2018 at 4:17 AM Mark Schwomeyer via gnucash-user <
>gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote:
>> GreetingsWe have for years used Quicken, (1998 at least) (latest is 2008)
>> they have went to a paid subscription service. (I think is overpriced)That
>> said I have used Open Office for a while and thought to look for a open
>> source financial program.The search for programs listed that GNUCASH would
>> be compatible with .qdf
>> GNUCASH was chosen and downloaded. I need to import the latest file
>> (backup).The only choice was to import a .qif file. Our version of Quicken
>> used .qdf as a working extension and as backup files.I have downloaded a
>> conversion program attached to Mozilla, but the convert button only wants
>> to convert pdf .doc
>> compress, .jpg, .ppt.  Maybe a couple others, but no .qdf.The program I
>> downloaded, under further investigation, is a .pdf conversion program. [
>> fileconverter.org] Although it listed .qdf on the page.
>> Does anyone know of a conversion for .qdf to .qif so I can use gnucash.
>> Thanks Mark
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Re: [GNC] Trying to use gnucash need to convert .qdf to /qif

[David Carlson]

If I recall correctly QDF format is a proprietary and encrypted format
owned by Intuit.  The only way to extarct the data is to use the Guicken
program to open the file and then export to QIF format.  Hang on to Quicken
until you have experimented with importing the QIF files into GnuCash to be
sure that you are getting satisfactory results.

David C

On Fri, Nov 2, 2018 at 4:17 AM Mark Schwomeyer via gnucash-user <
gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote:

> GreetingsWe have for years used Quicken, (1998 at least) (latest is 2008)
> they have went to a paid subscription service. (I think is overpriced)That
> said I have used Open Office for a while and thought to look for a open
> source financial program.The search for programs listed that GNUCASH would
> be compatible with .qdf
> GNUCASH was chosen and downloaded. I need to import the latest file
> (backup).The only choice was to import a .qif file. Our version of Quicken
> used .qdf as a working extension and as backup files.I have downloaded a
> conversion program attached to Mozilla, but the convert button only wants
> to convert pdf .doc
> compress, .jpg, .ppt.  Maybe a couple others, but no .qdf.The program I
> downloaded, under further investigation, is a .pdf conversion program. [
> fileconverter.org] Although it listed .qdf on the page.
> Does anyone know of a conversion for .qdf to .qif so I can use gnucash.
> Thanks Mark
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[GNC] Trying to use gnucash need to convert .qdf to /qif

[Mark Schwomeyer via gnucash-user]

GreetingsWe have for years used Quicken, (1998 at least) (latest is 2008) they 
have went to a paid subscription service. (I think is overpriced)That said I 
have used Open Office for a while and thought to look for a open source 
financial program.The search for programs listed that GNUCASH would be 
compatible with .qdf
GNUCASH was chosen and downloaded. I need to import the latest file 
(backup).The only choice was to import a .qif file. Our version of Quicken used 
.qdf as a working extension and as backup files.I have downloaded a conversion 
program attached to Mozilla, but the convert button only wants to convert pdf 
.doc 
compress, .jpg, .ppt.  Maybe a couple others, but no .qdf.The program I 
downloaded, under further investigation, is a .pdf conversion program. 
[fileconverter.org] Although it listed .qdf on the page.
Does anyone know of a conversion for .qdf to .qif so I can use gnucash.
Thanks Mark
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