KF5 Questions About Online Banking

[Brendan Coupe]

I have been testing this fix and I think the provider needs to be
changed to "ofximporter" (not "ofximport"). Not sure if something
changed since this was posted.

Thanks for the tip. I'm one step closer to upgrading to KMM5.

----
Brendan Coupe


On Sun, Jul 1, 2018 at 3:06 AM,  <ralf.habacker at freenet.de> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> kmymoney supports updating fom older file versions (see  VERSION AND FIXVERSION tag in kmymoney files), which is currently used  to handle main file format changes
>
> I guess this (and other  related issues) could be solved by introducing plugin versions stored  into the file or database. On reading kmymoney files or openening  databases the related plugin could check its version and handle outdated  structures.
>
> In this case finding no ofximport plugin version (which refers to pre 5.x version) in the kmymoney file (or the connected database) let the importer change "provider" from "KMyMoney OFX" to "ofximport"  and should display a message after file load finish, that the file has  be upgrated to plugins xxx and will not work for older versions, if  saved.
>
> Regards
> Ralf
>
>> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
>> Von: Jack
>> Gesendet: Sa. 30.06.2018 18:53
>> An: kmymoney-devel at kde.org
>> Betreff: Re: KF5 Questions About Online Banking
>>
>> Anyone who runs into this problem can either edit the xml file as you
>> did, or unmap and remap the accounts.  If you read the thread you
>> quote, you can see the change was an unintentional side effect of
>> changes to otherwise improve the code.  I suspect if the problem it
>> caused was recognized earlier, it might have been reversed, but at this
>> point, I think it would be worse to change it back.  While it would be
>> nice for a file to be usable in both 4.8 and 5.0, I think the decision
>> is to get everyone moved to 5.0 as soon as possible.  I think we are
>> finally getting close to releasing a 5.0 version for Windows, so that
>> only leaves those Long Term Support versions of Linux Distributions
>> which have not converted to KF5.
>>
>> Jack
>>
>> On 2018.06.30 08:23, Jeff Lundblad wrote:
>>> I have recently started testing KF5 (on Windows) and found that the
>>> online mapping for OFX disappears because the "provider" name changed
>>> from "KMyMoney OFX" to "ofximporter". If you edit your xml file in a
>>> text editor you can change the
>>>
>>>      provider="KMyMoney OFX"
>>> to
>>>      provider="ofximport"
>>>
>>> and KF5 will recognize the old mapping. But this will make the
>>> mapping stop working in 4.8.
>>>
>>> I'll let the powers-that-be decide if this is a good thing.
>>>
>>> Jeff.
>>>
>>>
>>> On 4/1/2018 11:03 AM, Brendan Coupe wrote:
>>> > I never left 4.8. I have been testing 5 and will stick with 4.8 for
>>> > now. Updating less often is not a good option since it's how I make
>>> > sure no fraudulent changes appear on my credit cards or in other
>>> > accounts. I have too many accounts that I download to live with it
>>> and
>>> > be patient which is why I worked with Thomas 9 years ago to change
>>> the
>>> > behavior. Big step backwards for the way I use KMM so I'll just stay
>>> > ahead by not moving forward:-)
>>> >
>>> > ----
>>> > Brendan Coupe
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > On Sat, Mar 31, 2018 at 4:12 AM, Łukasz Wojniłowicz
>>> > wrote:
>>> >> Dnia piątek, 30 marca 2018 20:03:11 CEST Brendan Coupe pisze:
>>> >>> It's not a kwallet problem. Accounts that are mapped in 4.8 do not
>>> >>> work when I open them on the same computer with the master or 5.0
>>> >>> branch. I have to unmap and remap the accounts and then it works
>>> the
>>> >>> next time I open the files if I save the file.
>>> >>>
>>> >>>
>>> >>> ----
>>> >>> Brendan Coupe
>>> >> I broke it trying to make code more portable. Previous code wasn't
>>> portable
>>> >> and was buried in a big mass of various code. I hope it won't be
>>> difficult to
>>> >> return this feature and for now you can:
>>> >> 1) return to 4.8,
>>> >> 2) update less,
>>> >> 3) live with it and be patient :)
>>> >>
>>> >> Cheers
>>> >> Łukasz>
>>
>> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht Ende-----
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