Washington Mutual Download Problem With &

#2 12-23-2005, 08:49 PM

In microsoft.public.money, Douglas Jones wrote:

- quote -

> Trouble is, the program has always worked until just recent, so this issue is
> something brand new. WAMU says this as well, something MS did recently in
> some update presumably. As I said, I suspect it has to do with some critical
> update but I don't know. There are bound to be a zillion users out there
> with exactly the sam problem, you would think MS would get off its collective
> butt and fix it.

Sorry. I apparently had you confused with somebody else.

- quote -

> "Cal Learner-- MVP" wrote:
> > In microsoft.public.money, "Douglas Jones" <Douglas
> > Jones[at]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> > > > I have MS Money 2004 which has worked fine with WAMU online banking downloads
> > > until just recently. I have been informed that some upgrade that MS pushed
> > > now prevents the & from being downloaded (either in the file name or in the
> > > file itself). The work around offered by WAMU is to download specific dates
> > > that do not have that filename in them. So the problem is with MS (per
> > > usual). I have no idea what I downloaded to make it start doing this. I
> > > suspect it is some critical update. I cannot find any information on any of
> > > the MS webpages which might offer a solution. Has anyone out there solved
> > > this problem??
> > > If you are downloading an OFX file either from a web site or direct
> > download, they are never, and never have been, permitted to have an
> > ampersand that is not part of an XML-style escape sequence such as:
> > > &
> > > > <
> > "
> > '
> > > > The reason is that this supports the use of the '<' and '> '
> > characters as special in the OFX files.
> > > If you, for example, had AT&T, the OFX file should actually contain
> > AT&T instead. You could use a text editor to examine the OFX
> > file. To see how to get the OFX file if you are doing direct
> > download, which I believe WAMU provides, see
> > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/911941/en-us
> > > > If you used to have SBC stock, you could now find yourself owning
> > AT&T stock recently. Or perhaps you recently dined at Max & Ermas.
> > The institution should "escape" the ampersand with the
> > five-character sequence.
> > > >

#1 12-23-2005, 08:42 PM

Trouble is, the program has always worked until just recent, so this issue is
something brand new. WAMU says this as well, something MS did recently in
some update presumably. As I said, I suspect it has to do with some critical
update but I don't know. There are bound to be a zillion users out there
with exactly the sam problem, you would think MS would get off its collective
butt and fix it.

"Cal Learner-- MVP" wrote:

- quote -

> In microsoft.public.money, "Douglas Jones" <Douglas
> Jones[at]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> > I have MS Money 2004 which has worked fine with WAMU online banking downloads
> > until just recently. I have been informed that some upgrade that MS pushed
> > now prevents the & from being downloaded (either in the file name or in the
> > file itself). The work around offered by WAMU is to download specific dates
> > that do not have that filename in them. So the problem is with MS (per
> > usual). I have no idea what I downloaded to make it start doing this. I
> > suspect it is some critical update. I cannot find any information on any of
> > the MS webpages which might offer a solution. Has anyone out there solved
> > this problem??
> If you are downloading an OFX file either from a web site or direct
> download, they are never, and never have been, permitted to have an
> ampersand that is not part of an XML-style escape sequence such as:
> &
> > <
> "
> '
> The reason is that this supports the use of the '<' and '> '
> characters as special in the OFX files.
> If you, for example, had AT&T, the OFX file should actually contain
> AT&T instead. You could use a text editor to examine the OFX
> file. To see how to get the OFX file if you are doing direct
> download, which I believe WAMU provides, see
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/911941/en-us
> If you used to have SBC stock, you could now find yourself owning
> AT&T stock recently. Or perhaps you recently dined at Max & Ermas.
> The institution should "escape" the ampersand with the
> five-character sequence.

12-23-2005, 07:25 PM

In microsoft.public.money, "Douglas Jones" <Douglas
Jones[at]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

- quote -

> I have MS Money 2004 which has worked fine with WAMU online banking downloads
> until just recently. I have been informed that some upgrade that MS pushed
> now prevents the & from being downloaded (either in the file name or in the
> file itself). The work around offered by WAMU is to download specific dates
> that do not have that filename in them. So the problem is with MS (per
> usual). I have no idea what I downloaded to make it start doing this. I
> suspect it is some critical update. I cannot find any information on any of
> the MS webpages which might offer a solution. Has anyone out there solved
> this problem??

If you are downloading an OFX file either from a web site or direct
download, they are never, and never have been, permitted to have an
ampersand that is not part of an XML-style escape sequence such as:

&
>
<
"
'

The reason is that this supports the use of the '<' and '> '
characters as special in the OFX files.

If you, for example, had AT&T, the OFX file should actually contain
AT&T instead. You could use a text editor to examine the OFX
file. To see how to get the OFX file if you are doing direct
download, which I believe WAMU provides, see
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/911941/en-us

If you used to have SBC stock, you could now find yourself owning
AT&T stock recently. Or perhaps you recently dined at Max & Ermas.
The institution should "escape" the ampersand with the
five-character sequence.

#-1 12-23-2005, 06:55 PM

I have MS Money 2004 which has worked fine with WAMU online banking downloads
until just recently. I have been informed that some upgrade that MS pushed
now prevents the & from being downloaded (either in the file name or in the
file itself). The work around offered by WAMU is to download specific dates
that do not have that filename in them. So the problem is with MS (per
usual). I have no idea what I downloaded to make it start doing this. I
suspect it is some critical update. I cannot find any information on any of
the MS webpages which might offer a solution. Has anyone out there solved
this problem??

Thanks!

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