Importing QIF files

Posted by JIP on July 15, 2008, 12:48 pm

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Hi - I just tried importing a credit card QIF file (201K), created from from
Quicken 2000, into 2008 Home & Business, and although there is an option to
import QIF files, when I get to the "QIF import" dialogue box, I can select
the QIF file, but under "Quicken account to import into" the only option is
"all accounts", and to the right of that there is a message that QIF import
is not available for various account types.

Am I doing/understanding something wrong? Why have a QIF import option, only
to be told it doesn't work?

Thanks

Posted by John Pollard on July 15, 2008, 4:13 pm

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JIP wrote:

> Hi - I just tried importing a credit card QIF file (201K),

> created

> from from Quicken 2000, into 2008 Home & Business, and

> although there

> is an option to import QIF files, when I get to the "QIF

> import"

> dialogue box, I can select the QIF file, but under "Quicken

> account

> to import into" the only option is "all accounts", and to the

> right

> of that there is a message that QIF import is not available

> for

> various account types.

> Am I doing/understanding something wrong? Why have a QIF

> import

> option, only to be told it doesn't work?

There is a QIF import option because it does work ... for
certain account types, as the "message" said (the message also
tells you which accounts you can no longer import QIF files
into).

Starting with Q2005, QIF file imports have been restricted; a
subject disussed probably more than any other Quicken subject.

Create a dummy "cash" (or "liability") account, import the QIF
file to that account, select all the transactions in the dummy
account (as you would select a group of files in Windows
Explorer), and use "Edit > Transaction > Move Transaction" or
"Edit > Transaction > Cut/Paste Transaction" to put the
transactions into the desired credit card account.

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Posted by JIP on July 15, 2008, 4:51 pm

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> JIP wrote:

>> Hi - I just tried importing a credit card QIF file (201K), created

>> from from Quicken 2000, into 2008 Home & Business, and although there

>> is an option to import QIF files, when I get to the "QIF import"

>> dialogue box, I can select the QIF file, but under "Quicken account

>> to import into" the only option is "all accounts", and to the right

>> of that there is a message that QIF import is not available for

>> various account types.

>> Am I doing/understanding something wrong? Why have a QIF import

>> option, only to be told it doesn't work?

> There is a QIF import option because it does work ... for certain account

> types, as the "message" said (the message also tells you which accounts

> you can no longer import QIF files into).

> Starting with Q2005, QIF file imports have been restricted; a subject

> disussed probably more than any other Quicken subject.

> Create a dummy "cash" (or "liability") account, import the QIF file to

> that account, select all the transactions in the dummy account (as you

> would select a group of files in Windows Explorer), and use "Edit >

> Transaction > Move Transaction" or "Edit > Transaction > Cut/Paste

> Transaction" to put the transactions into the desired credit card account.

> --

> John Pollard

> First initial underscore Last name at mchsi dot com

> Please reply to newsgroup

Thanks John - I had googled all around this issue and got lost. I just tried
your process with a QIF file from one of the accounts in my old file. It
sort of worked, but the dates are all to pot, and the data itself isn't
accurate.

I think I'll just start over and archive the old stuff. My next problem
though is that my new computer is based on 64 bit Vista, and although
everything else seems to work, I can't print anything or even get into
printer options. Been Googling on that as well, with no real answers yet.

Thanks for the reply though.

Posted by XS11E on July 15, 2008, 5:47 pm

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> my new computer is based on 64 bit Vista, and although everything

> else seems to work, I can't print anything or even get into

> printer options. Been Googling on that as well, with no real

> answers yet.

When you say you can't print anything do you mean in Quicken or you
can't print at all?

If it's the latter, can you open the printers folder?

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Posted by JIP on July 15, 2008, 7:14 pm

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>> my new computer is based on 64 bit Vista, and although everything

>> else seems to work, I can't print anything or even get into

>> printer options. Been Googling on that as well, with no real

>> answers yet.

> When you say you can't print anything do you mean in Quicken or you

> can't print at all?

> If it's the latter, can you open the printers folder?

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Hi - see my next reply to John Pollard