It looks as though I do indeed have a good OFX file. Reads:
OFXHEADER:100
DATA:OFXSGML
VERSION:102
SECURITY:NONE
ENCODING:USASCII
CHARSET:1252

I did go through the file in notepad - just in case I could recognize
anything out of the ordinary. All quite straight forward. Also tried
opening it with Money Import Handler with Money closed. Same message
about communications error. I did save the same statement earlier as
a QIF file. This file was imported with no problem. I deleted all
traces of any OFX files, downloaded a fresh copy. No change. Same
message about a communications problem.

Mysteries can be a bit of a challenge.

Barbara


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In microsoft.public.money, Barbara L Braden wrote:

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If you open the OFX file with wordpad or notepad, does it start
similar to
========================
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="US-ASCII"?<?OFX OFXHEADER="200" VERSION="200" ....
==========or==========================
OFXHEADER:100
DATA:OFXSGML
VERSION:102
......
=====================================
????

This will show that the file is readable and that it is an OFX file.





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I have sent an email to Microsoft support, but on the first pass they
answered the wrong question for all practical purposes and I have yet
to hear a response to my reply trying to clarify the issue.

Thanks for trying. I am also a bit mystified.

Barbara

[also looks like my attempts to reply that were described as not
accepted, were, in fact, accepted. Now too much clutter.]


via_newsgroup[at]please.tnx(Cal Learner-- MVP) wrote in message news:<6aqoo0ls5rqh0a5qvtfbq0v2m2cu81rlm7[at]4ax.com> ...
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In microsoft.public.money, "Barbara L Braden" <Barbara L
Braden[at]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

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You get the OFX file on your disk drive already. You then
File-> Import-> DownloadStatement, select that file, and you get that
communication error?

I don't understand why that would happen. You might want open a
support case with Microsoft.





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Although the credit card is not enabled for online services, I did
follow your suggestion to remove the bank association.

When importing a saved OFX file, now I get an error message that says:
A communication error occured. Contact your financial institution.

Next step?



via_newsgroup[at]please.tnx(Cal Learner-- MVP) wrote in message news:<gl6no0h62cg5lehpudu1rgapqetiqt3cni[at]4ax.com> ...
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Although the credit card is not enabled for online services, I did follow
your suggestion to remove the bank association.

When importing a saved OFX file, now I get an error message that says: A
communication error occured. Contact your financial institution.

Next step?

"Cal Learner-- MVP" wrote:

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Although the credit card is not enabled for online services, I did follow
your suggestion to remove the bank association.

When importing a saved OFX file, now I get an error message that says: A
communication error occured. Contact your financial institution.

Next step?

"Cal Learner-- MVP" wrote:

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The credit card is not enabled for online access, but I did remove the
financial institution association through "specify where accounts are held".

Now when I try to import the downloaded statement, I get an error message
saying: a communication error occured. Contract your financial institution."
I am using a saved OFX file.

Next step?

(No accounts are enabled for online access.)


"Cal Learner-- MVP" wrote:

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In microsoft.public.money, Barbara L Braden wrote:

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If the credit card is enabled for online access, disable that.
[M05]Banking-> AccountTools-> ManageOnlineServices. Click the credit
card account, and choose StopUsingOnlineServices....

Right-click the name of the credit card account on the Account
List. Select SeeAccountSettings. Select the name of the Financial
Institution and press the Delete key.

Click Done at the bottom.

Now when you download, Money should ask where that statement goes.
Select the proper account, which Money will remember. Now you can
restore the Financial Institution for the credit card.

Using Money 2005, downloaded statement in OFX format from Bank not in
Money/MSN network. Importing file goes to a credit card account. How
does one redirect a downloaded statement to the correct account?

Download of OFX file not a problem. Before this version Money 2005
downloaded OFC files, no problem.

Upgraded from a standard version of Money 2004.