I experienced an error message when attempting multiple QIF file imports.
The message was something like "file name length on imported file cannot
exceed about 1500 characters". I never found an answer to what this meant
but assume the file name length is the result of concatenations of all QIF
file names. I'd try to keep the QIF file names as sort as possible.


"Cal Learner-- MVP" <via_newsgroup[at]please.tnx> wrote in message
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In microsoft.public.money, Dick Watson wrote:

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You will have to have your existing version of Money installed when
you export each of your accounts to a loose QIF file. You will
have one file for each account. For an investment account, you
will have a file for the investment transactions, and a separate
file for the cash transactions.

A non-obvious thing: Richard Bollar has discovered that it is
important that the investment accounts be imported first in the
process. How? Name the QIF files such that they come first
alphabetically. So you could, for example, lead off each
investment account's QIF file name with an underscore. That will
alphabetize before numbers and letters.


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Ctrl+Click (multi-select of all of the QIF files) applies to any accounts
that involve transfers from one to another. There is also some order
dependence, but I don't recall what it is. Cal would.

"Jonathan" <liljonny[at]comcast.net> wrote in message
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You also have to use Ctrl click to highlight all investment accounts
first to import them at the same time. Then use Ctrl click to
highlight all other accounts to import them at the same time. If you
don't do this, you will end up with duplicate transactions. Another
limit on QIF import is no stock splits are imported.

Jonathan.



On Fri, 31 Dec 2004 07:24:54 -0700, "Dick Watson"
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The issues with your proposal include:

1) You will have to hand-edit each QIF file to eliminate the old data. QIF
export is all or nothing, on an account-by-account basis. You will also have
to somehow compute the starting balance for the accounts you are going to
recreate from that arbitrary date.

2) QIF export/import has limits like no Loan accounts.

3) You will have to recreate any scheduled bills/DRP/Lifetime Planner/BP etc
info.

By itself, the size of your file is not a certain problem. Mine's pushing
54MB.

"Tom" <tom[at]nospam.com> wrote in message
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I think I am having some issues with my Money 2005 file that just doing a
file repair is not going to fix. These issues include error messages when
cashing in a CD; online problems with just one account; random crashes, etc.
My file is 40MB and contains a number of years of data; some of which I
really no longer need. Basically, what I am thinking of doing is completely
rebuilding my data file. This would (1) Give me a fresh copy which may
resolve some of my issues; and (2) Allow me to import only the last 5 years
of data, which is really all that I want to use now (but keep the rest for
archival purposes); and (3) Reduce the size of my data file.

Anyone have ideas or instructions on doing a complete rebuild of Money's
data file? Basically, I believe I need to do something like this: Create the
new data file; Create all the accounts, categories, payees, etc as my old
file; then reimport each account based upon the date (i.e. everything
starting with 1/1/2000).

Any advice appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Tom