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.
