G. Roderick Singleton wrote:
Thanks, Rod.
I still think that Intuit, if it accepts MSO files, should also accept
OOo files. If it does not, then that is why an issue should be filed at
Intuit. In the meantime, providing there is sufficient info, like an API
or file format specification, then a macro can probably suffice. Seems
to me that Calc2qif would be a good start.
I don't think they do (accept MSO files). Ten years or so ago, Intuit devised and openly published a file format called Quicken Interchange Format specifically to allow exchange of financial data between applications. AFAIK, Quicken itself can neither read nor write xls files.
I just did a little web-surfing on the subject, and Intuit is dropping support in their products for the qif format. It's getting a little long in the tooth. Instead, they, Microsoft, and another company devised and openly published the OFX format. It is plain-text XML, no restrictive liscencing, and much more flexible than qif. Gnucash, for instance, as well as Quicken and MSMoney can all read OFX files. Primarily they are used at banking and brokerage websites for downloading financial statements. It is also used for initiating transfers and such. The whole thing is very like the OASIS ODF paradigm and I have to say that Microsoft is uncharacteristically open with all this. It looks like something the OS community can embrace.
I think the OP was sort of confused in that the qdf format is simply Quicken's own proprietary file storage format. It was never meant for data interchange; that's what QIF and now OFX are about.
Rod
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