That would be my guess. Regards, John Ralls
> On Jan 7, 2020, at 3:05 PM, Bennie <benniegibso...@gmail.com> wrote: > > John - thanks to your guidance. I think I'm on the right track. I assume the > ONLINE ACTIONS/GET TRANSACTIONS was actually grayed out as I had not yet set > up a userid/account. Working on that now. > > On 1/7/2020 4:59 PM, John Ralls wrote: >> Bennie, >> >> Thanks, I've removed that part and modernized the rest of the intro a bit. >> >> Regards, >> John Ralls >> >>> On Jan 7, 2020, at 1:36 PM, Bennie <benniegibso...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> John - one other point of information to highlight how I would up where I >>> am. Looking at the URL: >>> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Setting_up_OFXDirectConnect >>> >>> I find the below - based on reading the below, I still come away thinking I >>> need to --enable-hbci. Based on your input, I'll trying installing >>> AQBanking, start GNUCash the usual way and see what happens. >>> >>> Thanks again for the input >>> >>> AqBanking >>> >>> GnuCash now uses AqBanking as a means to handle connections to financial >>> institutions. GnuCash must be configured using --enable-hbci and >>> --enable-ofx in order for OFXDirectConnect to be available. Note: >>> --enable-hbci is really two things at once. It means --enable-aqbanking and >>> --enable-hbci. Although there isn't an --enable-aqbanking per se. But you >>> need AqBanking for DirectConnect, which is why you need to --enable-hbci. >>> >>> AqBanking has its own setup wizard for the purpose of setting up account >>> identification and user login ID for your online connections. This page is >>> intended to document how to use this wizard to enable you to download data >>> directly from your bank or credit card company into the appropriate GnuCash >>> register. >>> >>> You must have Libofx 0.8.2 or higher and AqBanking 2.0.0 or higher to user >>> OFXDirectConnect in Gnucash >>> >>> On 1/7/2020 12:42 PM, John Ralls wrote: >>>> What you read is clearly obsolete because `--enable-hbci` is for the >>>> autotools build system that we don't use anymore. We now use cmake and >>>> AQBanking is enabled by default if AQBanking is found. >>>> >>>> Have you built GnuCash yourself from source? >>>> >>>> Have you checked with >>>> https://ofxhome.com >>>> to make sure that your banks even support OFX DirectConnect? Be sure to >>>> check the verification at the bottom, about 1/3 of the banks in there no >>>> longer support it. >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> John Ralls >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> On Jan 7, 2020, at 9:29 AM, Bennie <benniegibso...@gmail.com> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hi John, >>>>> >>>>> I'm trying to get direct downloads working from my bank/credit card >>>>> companies. In reading the info about GNUCash, I read that I need to >>>>> --enable-hbci which further indicated I need libofx and AQBanking. I'm >>>>> researching sources as I found multiple repositories with libofx in it >>>>> when I google libofx. >>>>> >>>>> On 1/7/2020 10:49 AM, John Ralls wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>> On Jan 7, 2020, at 8:43 AM, Bennie <benniegibso...@gmail.com> >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> John - thanks for the response. I was looking for libOFX as I thought >>>>>>> it was listed as a prerequisite (along with AQBanking) for direct >>>>>>> connection to bank accounts. Did I miss something on the pre-reqs? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On 1/7/2020 10:42 AM, John Ralls wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On Jan 6, 2020, at 9:33 AM, Bennie Gibson <benniegibso...@gmail.com> >>>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> I'm a new GNUCash user and would like to get OFXDirect working. >>>>>>>>> Wondering where most folks get LibOFX. SourceForge seems the most >>>>>>>>> "official" looking but want to feel more comfortable about the source >>>>>>>>> of this library. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> libofx doesn't support OFX DirectConnect. We use AQBanking for that. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> That aside, Benoit isn't using SourceForge any more, he's moved the >>>>>>>> project to Github: >>>>>>>> https://github.com/libofx/libofx >>>>>> It's a prerequisite for importing OFX files and unlike AQBanking it's >>>>>> not optional. >>>>>> >>>>>> What exactly do you want to do? Studying sources isn't normal user >>>>>> activity. >>>>>> >>>>>> Regards, >>>>>> John Ralls >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
