"Kevern" <Kevern[at]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Consider some of the third-party convertors that translate data to OFX. I
think QFX is just OFX with an extra header line. You can add that with
Notepad. You'll still lose whatever Money won't export to QIF. That's stuff
like loan accounts.

Whatever you do will be a major task, but that's true of any significant
data conversion. The issue to consider is whether the result (including data
quality and program cost and functionality) justifies the effort.
--
Chris Cowles
Gainesville, FL

I suggested the scanning and associating external files (bills) to both
Microsoft and Intuit for a couple of years. Looky who did it.

On a side note, I DL'd Quicken Premier 2007, but the export function wasn't
up to par, even still. They happily refunded my money. My initial work with
the Intuit product makes me think it's superior to MS Money, but the three
years of data I have that cannot be easily exported exists as a huge barrier
to change. Lucky MS, for now.

Kevern

"The Merg" wrote:

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Yeah, I've put in the request every year. I figure maybe someday one of the
programmers will be like "Hey, that's not a bad idea!".

Quicken had the savings goal feature down pat--I just wish Microsoft would
try to imitate it. I remember in M$04, they said they had one, but it was
just a place you said I wanted to save money for a goal and then you would
check it off the list when it was done. Not much of a savings goal monitor.

- Merg

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Today's problems don't worry me,
I haven't solved yesterday's yet.


"Dick Watson" <littlegreengecko[at]mind-enufalready-spring.com> wrote in
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This has been on my list, and those of others, for a decade or so.
Apparently they just aren't interested. Even when they re-did bills in M02
they didn't improve the recurrence model. And the better model is already
99% there in Outlook. Go figure.

"The Merg" <howard_mergler[at]NOSPAMthemerg.net> wrote in message
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Just a couple of suggestions for the Money developers...

1) Creating a true savings goal feature. This would allow a user to earmark
money within an account for a particular expense and continue to add/subtract
to/from it. When viewing the account, you could then see what your current
balance was with the savings goal money removed from the account or with the
money in the account. The savings goal account would look like a separate
account (although it really isn't) so you could view it in itself. This would
also allow you to add to a savings goal from different accounts. In setting
up the savings goal, you would be able to specify what your target amount is
and when you want to reach that goal by. Money would then help you telling
you if you are on pace to reaching your goal as time goes on by monitoring
your "deposits" into the savings goal.

2) Change the recurrence engine for bills to something more in depth. You
should be able to select any type of recurrence for bills that you want and
not just some preset items. I have bills that recur every 3 weeks--there is
no way to truely do that kind of recurrence with the current engine.

Just a thought.

Thanks,
Merg


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