In microsoft.public.money, Angie wrote:

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I think there may be your problem. When you do File-> Export in Money
2005, you enter a filename for the QIF, then get a popup box asking
if you are exporting a regular or an investment account. To export
the cash portion of an investment account, you have to select
"Regular".

"Cal Learner-- MVP" wrote:

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I was not given the option of exporting the cash account. It did not appear
on the list of accounts that could be exported.

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I did select all the QIFs when I imported so that it was done at one time.

I have also tried going back to earlier backups -- but non of the older
backups will let me open them. It wants a password using a single line
versus the account, password I see from .Net. I can't figure out how to get
it to open. I did change my passport during that time - -but it doesn't even
let me enter a different passport.

In microsoft.public.money, Angie wrote:

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When you did your QIF exports, you should have done two exports for
each investment account: the investment transactions, and the cash
transactions. Did you?

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You did import all of the QIF files all at once using Ctrl+<shift> ,
right?

I have already tried both the quick and the standard repair. That did not
solve the issue.

I tried your suggestion to switch to the 2 field category (I was using 1).
It autocompletes if I enter the "Pay to" name -- and have already done a
similar transfer. However, when I tried doing a transfer by saying
"withdrawal" -- it wanted to setup the account for Charles Schwab One. I
figured I'd try -- but it did not give me an option to setup an investment
account as one of the options.

I have also tried importing the investment account into a new money file as
the only file. I was hoping I'd see the transactions for the checks I had
written as they did not involve any transfers. However, I don't see those
transactions either. I assume I should at least see those.

I could either live with the situation and use the workaround -- or finish
the rebuilding process. My concern is that my investment accounts may be
corrupt or have some bigger problem later. It sure would be many fewer hours
to live with the problem.


Do you see any other options I could try -- or am I really left with needed
to find a way to manually rebuild the file? I can see the accounts after I
import the QIFs. Just wish I had all the transaction history in the account
as well.

Thanks for your help.

Angie


"Cal Learner-- MVP" wrote:

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In microsoft.public.money, Angie wrote:

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Strange.

You might try changing the
Tools-> Options-> Categories-> UseASingleListForCategoriesAndSubcategories....
to the opposite that it is now.

Also try typing transfer:accountName.... and see if it autocompletes
as you type. Perhaps that will shake something loose.

I assume you have already tried
File-> RepairMoneyFile-> QuickFileRepair

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A really 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.

I don't know that that would have accounted for your symptom. But if
you still have your QIF files, you could try that into a new Money
file.



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The .m12 file that I referred to is that Money 2005 made a *.m12
copy of your Money 2004 file when it converted your Money 2004 file.
That file would not have later transactions in it however.

"Cal Learner-- MVP" wrote:

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I checked each account -- and they all had the check box checked. I can see
the account names with (cash) if I run an account balances report -- but it
does not show up on the account drop down list when I want to transfer.

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Support asked me to export all my accounts via QIF and then make a new Money
file. I am aware of some of the limitations of QIF in that it doesn't export
employee stock option accounts or any calls/puts within an investment
account. However, in my case it did not export any of the transactions in my
cash account (Schwab One (Cash)). I have

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I am doing an QIF export/import thing from the backup that 2005 created
before it started the conversion. So - I am using .m12 versions of files.

In microsoft.public.money, Angie wrote:

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For each investment account, go to the Account Details. Click
Rename. Check the box for AllowAccountTransactions.

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I don't know what you mean by that.


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Was that a QIF export/import thing, or reverting to your .m12 copy?
If QIF, can you re-import those?

I no longer see a list my investment account's associated cash accounts in
the drop down when I go to transfer money from my checking account to a cash
account associated with an investment account. I can work around it by
knowing what to type -- but that isn't any fun.

After doing all the salvage stuff to no avail -- MS Support has suggested
that I rebuild my money file by exporting to QIF and importing. I now see
the accounts -- but have lots of cleanup to do to get my data accurate. (8
years of information) The resulting problem I am experiencing is that none of
the non-investment transactions in the cash accounts get exported. For
example, non of the checks drawn on my Schwab One account.

Is the lack of transfer of checks by design? (I am already painfully aware
of the lack of stock options and calls/puts) If not -- is there a fix?

Is there some other way to address the original problem of not seeing the
cash accounts? (I don't see any investment accounts for which I download
statements. I do see the one account that does not get downloaded.)

(I am using Money 2004 Premium. Problem originated when I tried to move
back to a backup after having tried Money 2005. It is a long story -- but
hopefully has a simple ending.)

Any help would be greatly appreciated!!!