My problem was that although I was able to download and save .OFC
files via the web, when I opened Money, it automatically loaded the
most recent statement with the prompts for me to accept or reject the
new entries. I wanted to control the loading of the new statement
into Money.

After I posted my question, I noticed that another MVP had mentioned a
web article (http://money.mvps.org/faq/article/178.aspx) dealing with
"Resetting the file association for importing Money statements", and I
looked at it. That reminded me of the solution I had heard of
years before when I first ran into this question on my old machine.
That was to delete the association of .OFC files with Money via
Tools/Folder Options/File Types. I then re-opened Money and to my
delight it did not revert to automatically importing and opening the
statement.

Thank you, Cal, for your prompt response.

Musawwir Spiegel
musman[at]aprilfool.info




via_newsgroup[at]please.tnx(Cal Learner-- MVP) wrote:



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In microsoft.public.money, Musawwir Spiegel wrote:

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Are you saying that you went to your bank's website, and rather than
the OFC file being saved as a file, the file got handled by Money
2000? If you want to change that, see below.

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If so, go to Windows Explorer-- NOT IE.
View-> FolderOptions-> FileTypes

Select Open Financial Exchange File -- OFC.

Click Edit. Un-check Confirm Open After Download unless
you would like to choose as I do.

The rest of the things, you do not have to change probably, so you
can stop here. Just in case, here is what you could continue with if
you are making other changes:

Content type should be "text/ofc".

Default extension should be ".ofc".

See that the "Actions" box contains "Open".

I would check the Always Show Extension, but
you may choose not to.

When you click edit the application should be
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Money\System\mnyimprt.exe" %1
WITH the quotes-- unlike the others. Adjust to your situation.

I am using Money Standard 2000. I have always downloaded my bank
statements via the web and then, when I have chosen to do so, imported
the downloaded statements into Money for reconciliation. That way, I
can wait to import the statements until after I have hand entered the
transactions for a particular period, which is what I prefer.

I recently bought a new computer and installed Money. I had not
entered data into Money since last April, although I had downloaded
..ofc statements from my bank at regular intervals. When I opened
Money today, it immediately opened my most recently downloaded
statement for reconciliation. I can’t figure out how to configure the
program not to do that, and don’t recall how I so configured it on my
old computer. I can’t find anything in Tools/Options that covers
this.

Can anybody advise me as to how to so configure the program?

Musawwir Spiegel
musman[at]aprilfool.info