Comments on: Replacing Microsoft Money, Part 5: OFX Scripts

By: TFB

TFB — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 22:06:01 +0000

@Rich S – No it won’t work for Quicken. In the main article, toward the end, I showed the error Quicken 2006 displayed when I tried to import the file. At that time, the download feature in Quicken 2006 already expired.

By: Rich S.

Rich S. — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 21:46:40 +0000

Can anyone tell me if these downloaded OFX files will work with Quicken (like 2009) once Quicken downloads “expire” after three years? Do I need to convert them to QFX files with the OFX to QFX converter that I found online?

Pardon me if this has already been answered.

By: Greg

Greg — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:25:32 +0000

RDT2, I’m trying the script with these new modifications and it works fine (on accounts that also worked before). One account I still can’t get working is Vanguard. You say you’ve tested it on Vanguard–what settings are you using (fiorg, url, etc)? thanks.

By: RDT2

RDT2 — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 14:11:29 +0000

FYI, these couple modifications will change the script to use OFX 2.00 which is XML compliant. This has been tested successfully on vanguard and Fidelity Netbenefits. I tried to do version 2.11, however Vanguard does not seem to support it, so version 2.00 it is. Change the header to: def _header(self): return join("\r\n",[ "", "", ""]) And change the field tags to: def _field(tag,value): return "<"+tag+">"+value+""

By: Vijay

Vijay — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 18:17:54 +0000

In ofx-ba-tfb-auto.py, shouldn’t the following line:

_field(“BANKID”,sites [argv[1]] ["bankid"]),

really be:

_field(“BANKID”, config["bankid"]),

I am not sure why are referring to argv[] from within OFXClient. This is not a problem as it is, but will sneak up on you if ever decide to change the argument list order or contents (which was exactly what I was trying to do). Thanks.

By: G

Tue, 25 Oct 2011 01:19:25 +0000

My first attempt just updating the settings in the ofx-ba-auto file produced this error:
OFXHEADER:100
DATA:OFXSGML
VERSION:102
SECURITY:NONE
ENCODING:USASCII
CHARSET:1252
COMPRESSION:NONE
OLDFILEUID:NONE
NEWFILEUID:17b86c99197a4c0b826263bbd95e05d8

15500 ERROR


20111025011640

ENG

19700101000000

19700101000000
Wells Fargo

3001
5583b6cdf53f4e88aacf2071873966d7

15500 ERROR

Does the signon detail change in the bat file when I shift banks? i was able to use my old username and password after they did the wells conversion, so didn’t update any of that.

By: G

Tue, 25 Oct 2011 01:13:44 +0000

Anyone done the conversion from using this with Wachovia to Wells Fargo? They just converted NC last weekend and it’s been a while since I put all these together, so trying to shake the fog out on what settings I need to update. Thx

By: Mark

Mark — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 20:31:59 +0000

I have the same problem with Fidelity Netbenefits. I have a few other accounts, and I have had great luck with them, but I have yet to get Fidelity Netbenefits to work, I’ve been putting those transactions in manually. Like you, for me it just tells me the new positions. Ironically, I have normal Fidelity brokerage accounts as well, and those work fine. It’s just the 401k through Netbenefits that I cannot get working yet. The downloaded file looks like it might have the transactions in it, money is just not processing them.

By: ameridan

ameridan — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 14:42:53 +0000

Vijay,

Here are the settings that work with PocketSense for Fidelity NetBenefits, so either translate them to TFB’s settings, or try out PocketSense. see my blog for more…
http://microsoftmoneyoffline.wordpress.com/2010/10/06/cal-learners-review-fidelity-401k-citi-card-and-vanguard-account-info/

SiteName : FIDELITY NET BENEFITS
AcctType : INVSTMT
fiorg : nbofx.fidelity.com
BrokerID : nbofx.fidelity.com
fid : 8288
url : https://nbofx.fidelity.com/netbenefits/ofx/download
appid :
appver :
minInterval: 30

By: Vijay

Vijay — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 23:39:29 +0000

First of all, thanks a millon for this website and the scripts. I have been looking for these ever since MS pulled the plug on me … I have been able to use these scripts to import my credit card statements without a hitch, but for investment accounts, this doesn’t seem to work. MS Money only manages to tell me how the positions have changed with respect to my local file, but does not import the buy/sell transactions that are apparently included in the downloaded OFX file.

In the past, I used to do this by downloading investment data into a QIF file and then importing them into Money by using “Recover Accounts…” instead of “Downloaded Statement …”. But, unfortunately, “Recover Accounts …” only seems to work with QIF files. So, I am not sure if I am missing something here. Since people here have been successfully using this method to import investment transactions, can someone please point me as to what I am doing wrong? I am sure I am missing something pretty basic … I am using MS Money Plus Deluxe with Fidelity Netbenefits. Thanks !