2013-03-29 GnuCash IRC logs

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00:04:37 <Pafnoutios_> Is the cutecash build maintained?
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18:43:46 <santiago112> Hello Everyone, I have a question about the software, can anyone help me? I'm trying to link it for online banking using webconnect instead of direct connect
18:44:03 <santiago112> can anyone help me with the settings needed or links to pages explaining?? thanks
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20:02:48 <fell> santiago112: I fear, AqBanking has no webconnect module. You can find some info in http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/AqBanking .
20:04:07 <santiago112> Thanks fell, for the answer, i was trying to emulate quicken and everything but has not been working, guess will have to do it manually, i'm new to accounting too, so its kind of hard
20:05:05 <fell> What is your bank?
20:05:35 <santiago112> pnc bank
20:05:53 <santiago112> in United States
20:06:13 <santiago112> the problem is that they charge 15/month for direct connect they told me
20:06:26 <santiago112> and webconnect is free using the online user/pwd for online banking
20:06:43 <santiago112> i know quicken or quickbook has it, but i don't want to buy it ,at least not for now
20:08:53 <fell> For DirectConnect you could use the settings from http://www.ofxhome.com/index.php/institution/view/634
20:11:12 <fell> There is also an entry in http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/OFX_Direct_Connect_Bank_Settings
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20:15:03 <santiago112> yes, thre is something i might be doing wrong i'll try it tomorrow, took like 5 hrs already, but they told me the charge 15/month and i need them to first activate it most likely
20:16:52 <fell> Eventually you should ask on the gnucash-user mailing list, if somebody has some expirience with them.
20:19:08 <fell> And probably you could search for a cheaper bank. Here in EU online banking is usually free of charge.
20:22:20 <santiago112> web based online banking is free, is direct connect what they charge
20:22:31 <santiago112> the web connect option is free, but can't make it work in gnucash
20:28:00 <fell> But it would be a pain to program a module, which extracts the right fields from the https stream. And each bank has a different design for their site.
20:28:46 <warlord> santiago112: web connect is just a fancy way of saying "screen scraping"
20:29:04 <warlord> you can do the same thing by downloading the ofx file(s) from their website and then importing it into gnucash
20:29:14 <warlord> it's a little bit more work for you, but the same effect.
20:31:53 <santiago112> i see, i still can't find how to download from the website, i can't find it, but thats good enough thanks for the info
20:33:53 <warlord> web-connect implies there is *some* way to do it.
20:40:01 <santiago112> yes, i found it thanks, for the help, might come back later, gnu cash seems bit complicated, thanks for your help warlord
20:40:13 <santiago112> thenks fell for your info too
20:41:12 <fell> You are welcome, santiago112.
20:44:29 <warlord> you're welcome.. and it may SEEM complicated but really it's pretty straightforward and once you figure it out you'll realize it's much more powerful than the alternatives.
20:44:32 <warlord> good luck
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