Closed Bug 63614 Opened 24 years ago Closed 22 years ago

Downloaded .qif file won't import to Quicken

Categories

(Core :: Networking: HTTP, defect)

x86
Other
defect
Not set
normal

Tracking

()

VERIFIED WORKSFORME
Future

People

(Reporter: clayton, Assigned: darin.moz)

Details

At last week's ECMA meeting, a delegate who loves Netscape asked me to file a bug that blocks him using NS6. He cannot open .qif files from his bank, nor from amex. If this isn't sufficient data, I can contact him for the a specific test case. Windows platform, I don't know which OS.
Perhaps he just needs to associate a helper application, for the .qif mime type, in the preferences?? Is this supposed to happen automatically if Windows knows how to open a .qif file? Is that the bug? Thanks.
Target Milestone: --- → Future
I can provide more information on this bug (though I'm not the one who reported it originally). In the helper applications, I've set up mime type "application/vnd.intu.qfx" to execute "C:\Program Files\Intuit\Quicken\Qw.exe -X" In Communicator, this works perfectly fine. When one selects to download transactions from the Bank or credit cards, Quicken is started and it imports the data. If Quicken is already open, a "Downloading..." screen comes up and it imports the data. In Mozilla and Netscape 6 nothing happens. Quicken doesn't appear to be started at all, but no errors are reported. If Quicken is already started, it doesn't switch to the Downloading... screen. According to Intuit tech support, the program would start, regardless of the validity of the data supplied -- then complain if it didn't like the input. So it appears that the program is never being executed. If it wasn't for this bug, I would have removed Communicator from my system months ago. At this time, I only have Communicator so that I can do my banking ;-( I've added myself to the CC list. I'd be happy to do any tests you would like to get this resolved.
mscott: any idea who should own this?
This was reported recently re. Mozilla 1.0: i just downloaded the current version of mozilla. i was using the www.firstusa.com website to download my credit card transactions. i downloaded the qif file to my desktop but it was not accessible to quicken. when i tried to import it to quicken it would not appear to be on the desktop even though it was. i then downloaded with microsoft explorer and had no problem. so far i have had good luck with the previous version of mozilla. it doesn't crash all the time like explorer. thanks
My reply: I just used OFX [using Gecko/20020607 on Win2k] and also imported .QIF files from 3 different online services I use, and had no problem with the files being saved to my desktop and importing to Quicken. I have been importing .qif files to Quicken with 0.9.4-1.0 builds with no problems. I never set a preference and do not have to append .qif to the file name when saving them. The person who reported the issue hasn't replied to me but I will check again to see if it's replicable.
Summary: Quicken file won't open → Downloaded .qif file won't import to Quicken
This bug got fixed sometime around .96? In my case it wasn't an association problem -- the helper would start, but wouldn't get the data appropriately until that beta. It's been working fine ever since. If the user can't load a .QIF from his desktop then it has nothing to do with Mozilla -- that's a Windows association problem. But he might want to make sure that Mozilla has the right association for the mime type. I think I checked the Windows associations and built a Mozilla association by hand ;-)
marking WORKSFORME.
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 22 years ago
Resolution: --- → WORKSFORME
per comments 5 and 6, verified wfm
Status: RESOLVED → VERIFIED
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