Hi guys,

Thanks for reporting this! We fixed it, the next version won't update
amount if existing transaction is split.

Alex
MechCAD Software

--- In acemoney@yahoogroups.com, "ajramsayjaneway"
<ajramsayjaneway@...> wrote:
>
> --- In acemoney@yahoogroups.com, "Michael" <r853okg-NoSpYg@> wrote:
> >
> > I have a split that nets the total transaction to $0.00. With the
> > transaction window open, when I click on the Split button to see
the
> > splits (click and hold to see this also), the Amount field
switched
> > from 0.00 to a different amount. The amount that it changes to is
an
> > amount from a prior transaction with the same payee (the same
amount
> > that would autofill on a new transaction).
> >
>
> This happens to me all the time and it is pretty annoying.
>

Hi John,

Thank you for bringing this issue to our attention!

Yes, this is a bug and we fixed it. The next version will treat a
cash portion of your partial reinvest transaction as deposit.

As a workaround today I would recommend you to use two transactions:
just "dividend" and them "buy shares", this should fix the problem.

Alex
MechCAD Software


--- In acemoney@yahoogroups.com, "jhorv" <jhorv@...> wrote:
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> I am not sure if this question has already been asked. I did a quick
> search and didn't find it, so if the problem/answer already exists,
> please let me know where to find it and sorry for repeating this
question.
>
> My question has to do with reinvesting dividends, more precisely a
> partial reinvestment. My bank offers the option that it will
reinvest
> as much of the dividend as possible but leave enough so I have some
> cash on hand to cover account expenses.
>
> The way I can do this in AceMoney is to do two separate entries: the
> first is to reinvest part of the amount and the second to receive
the
> rest as a dividend. This is ok, but why is it that if I try to do
all
> this as one entry it puts the leftover amount as a withdrawal entry
in
> my investment account? Here's a concrete example:
>
> I will receive a dividend from my XYZ fund.
> The dividend is $394.00
> In portfolio->transactions I select New Transaction and then
Reinvest
> Dividend
> The fields are filled out as follows:
> Dividend: $394.00
> Number of shares: 3
> Price: $117.43
> Commission: $0.00
> Total: $41.70
>
> This is perfect so far. However, after I save this and then go to
the
> investment account which is connected to the XYZ fund, the Category
> field shows the following: Reinvest 394.00 3.00 XYZ@... This is
> also ok, but then it shows 41.70 in the Withdrawal field and my
total
> for the account is 41.70 less than my previous balance. Shouldn't
the
> 41.70 be placed in the Deposit field so that the total for my
account
> shows 41.70 more than my previous balance?
>
> Any help or explanations about this would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks in advance for your time and help and happy new year to all!
>
> All the best,
> John
>

Hi everybody.

I found the following problem (maybe not a real problem but something
to mention).

I was a Quicken user until 1995 when I started with Money (Spanish)
and got along up to now ending with Money 2006 (English).
But I need a Spanish program, so AceMoney was the choice!!!

I made a (loose QIF) export from an account in Money 2006, and
everything went OK.

In AceMoney, I
- created a new account when importing the QIF file (all defaults
kept). This account is in CLP (Chilean pesos)
- saved the new .mmw file
- Import ended perfectly, no problems at all

BUT:
That account had transfers, thus Acemoney created the additional
account with all transfers (nothing else as I did not export that
particular account in QIF from Money).
The problem is that that account is in USD (values are ok tho).
So I need to go to the properties of that account, change the currency
to from USD to CLP and say "NO" to the offering of updating the
currency (USD -> CLP).
Then, i have everything allright..

I tried another import in QIF format with an account that was making
transfers to 5 different accounts. They were all created in Acemoney
with the correct values BUT all in USD, so I have to do the same
procedure for each one.

I would suggest perhaps that, if the account (originating the QIF
file) is in a foreign currency, ALL transfer accounts created
automatically have to be created in that particular currency. The user
would have less work to do as probably he would have less "other"
currencies than the imported one.

In my case, CLP is "my" normal currency for my jobs BUT i have my
personal stuff where I am using CLP (12 accounts) and EUR (3 accounts)
If I wish to export everything to Acemoney, I will have the USD
problem mentionned hereabove... (little grin).

By the way, is it possible to make a little more "room" for the
amounts in the reports? It is all right for USD or EUR but not for CLP
(1 USD = 650 CLP so we need at least room for amounts like 999,999,999
CLP in each column. (no decimals used in CLP).

I am very happy to be the owner (yes, I bought it!!!) of Acemoney,
keep up with the splendid job.
I will give some Excel tricks that could be helpful if people wants to
use pivot tables with the csv or txt data from acemoney... hope people
will enjoy them

Regards
Tom

Alex,

Any luck reproducing this? I'd like to try and get it fixed. Let me
know if I can provide anything more to help.

--- In acemoney@yahoogroups.com, "Michael" <michael919@...> wrote:
>
> I have Windows Vista Enterprise Edition and I can make it do the
same thing.  When I have the task bar located on the bottom of the
screen, AceMoney will always open in the same spot I left it.  When I
move the taskbar to left side of the screen, it opens where I last
exited it the first time, then each additional time it moves to the
left.  With the taskbar on the right side of the screen, AceMoney
opens just where I left it each time.  When the taskbar is at the top
of the screen, AceMoney opens where I left it the first time, then it
keeps moving up with each opening till it hits the top of the
screen.
>
> I launch Ace from a shortcut on the Quick Launch bar.  I do not
have the taskbar locked and I have Keep the taskbar on top of other
windows.  I'm not using AceMoney maximized.
>
> Just thought I would chime in since I could reproduce.

I sometimes have bills that are in either Euros or Dollars, is there a
way of AceMoney converting these automatically to my home currency
Pounds Sterling.
If not can we add it to the Wishlist

Michael,

We have not looked into this yet, but this issue is our short term
todo list.

Alex
MechCAD Software.

--- In acemoney@yahoogroups.com, "Michael" <r853okg-NoSpYg@...> wrote:
>
> Alex,
>
> Any luck reproducing this? I'd like to try and get it fixed. Let me
> know if I can provide anything more to help.
>
> --- In acemoney@yahoogroups.com, "Michael" <michael919@> wrote:
> >
> > I have Windows Vista Enterprise Edition and I can make it do the
> same thing.  When I have the task bar located on the bottom of the
> screen, AceMoney will always open in the same spot I left it.  When I
> move the taskbar to left side of the screen, it opens where I last
> exited it the first time, then each additional time it moves to the
> left.  With the taskbar on the right side of the screen, AceMoney
> opens just where I left it each time.  When the taskbar is at the top
> of the screen, AceMoney opens where I left it the first time, then it
> keeps moving up with each opening till it hits the top of the
> screen.
> >
> > I launch Ace from a shortcut on the Quick Launch bar.  I do not
> have the taskbar locked and I have Keep the taskbar on top of other
> windows.  I'm not using AceMoney maximized.
> >
> > Just thought I would chime in since I could reproduce.
>

Hi Terry,

Your suggestions sound reasonable. Could you please provide two-three
sample investments (funds and stocks) provided by MSN Money UK?

Also, if possible I'd like to see a sample CSV file that you will be
importing into AceMoney.

Thank you,

Alex
MechCAD Software.


--- In acemoney@yahoogroups.com, "TERRY_WOODWARD66"
<terry_woodward66@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Alex & thanks for your positive reply.
>
> Before answering your specific question.
>
> Can I expain a little more about my request.
>
> As I write this reply it is 7th January yet the latest price update
> for Yahoo UK & Ireland mutual Funds is 24th December. Yes I know there
> has been the Xmas period in between BUT still.... Yahoo price service
> gets worse. Over 2008 there have been changes to format affecting all
> software providers and the long periods of absence of up to date
> pricing information is turning people away in droves (Just look at the
> finance forums)
>
> To answer your questions
>
> 1) Yes any other data provider would be welcome. You mention Google
> (UK) In the medium term yes. At this moment there are whole swathes of
> Mutual funds that are listed with NO PRICES SHOWING.
>
> Another source that is pretty reliable is MSN Money UK
> http://money.uk.msn.com/
>
> 2) I would prefer csv format because my experience is that it is
> simpler. I find qfx format messy
>
> 3)I simply need to be able to download a set of prices for a given
> date (say from an online portfolio)so that my portfio is updated at
> one fell swoop (about 40 mutual fund & 20 stocks. I DO NOT need to
> update via CSV on a per investment basis. That would be using your
> resources unnecessarily. In fact I can update the odd investment on an
> ad hoc basis now.
>
> So, ideally the best route is to get the right providers so I can do
> an internet download. Yahoo is a basket case. Google will eventually
> get it right.
>
> WHAT WOULD I LIKE?
>
> A) MSN Money
>
> B) CSV price import on a per file basis, say from an on line portfolio
>
> If you can do it all UK users of your software can have at least two
> reliable options as in A & B above
>
> Thank you very much Alex
>
> Can you post your views please
>
> Terry
>
>
>
>
> --- In acemoney@yahoogroups.com, "MechCAD Software" <acemoney@> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Terry,
> >
> > We would be happy to introduce another data source for the UK market.
> > Doesn't Google (http://finance.google.com) provide quotes from London
> > Stock Exchange?
> >
> > Could you please describe how exactly you would like AceMoney to
> > import CSV files? Should it be import per investment or single file
> > for the whole portfolio?
> >
> > At the moment AceMoney will not import historical prices from the QIF
> > files, but this import sounds like an easy thing to do. Would you
> > prefer QIF import over CSV?
> >
> > Alex
> > MechCAD Software
> >
> > --- In acemoney@yahoogroups.com, "TERRY_WOODWARD66"
> > <terry_woodward66@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi Alex
> > >
> > > Yahoo UK has been a particular pain over the last two years in terms
> > > of the poor quality data output. Not being able to get fund
price data
> > > over extended periods. Then short term inconsistencies over long
> > > periods of time. Contrast this with web sites that allow
portfolios to
> > > be downloaded into spreadsheets consistently every week, price data
> > > spot on and no charge.
> > >
> > > Unfortunately I am tied to Yahoo UK, that is,  if I want to use
> > > AceMoney, which I do.
> > >
> > > SO
> > >
> > > Questions
> > >
> > > 1) Any likelihood of being able to import fund and share price data
> > > into acemoney via CSV files
> > >
> > > 2) Can Price data be imported via a qif file into AceMoney? My
> > > experience using OO Calc 3 and a utility macro called Calc2Qif 1.03
> > > has been mixed to say the least.
> > >
> > > Which means that I have either not been able to convert, or import a
> > > qif file into AceMoney. If this could be achieved it could be a
better
> > > option than the current hand method of updating prices I have to go
> > > through at the moment
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > > Terry
> > >
> >
>

sorry to bother, but i cant seem to find that config.ini file.

Im using windows vista, does this affect the location of the file?

Pete Brooks



--- In acemoney@yahoogroups.com, "MechCAD Software" <acemoney@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Pete,
>
> AceMoney stores column widths in
> %APPDATA%\MechCAD\AceMoney\config.ini. Make sure that when this file
> is not read only and that AceMoney actually changes values in
> IDD_FORMACCOUNT section each time you resize a column.
>
> Alex
> MechCAD Software
>
>
> --- In acemoney@yahoogroups.com, "fbf20003" <pete_brooks@> wrote:
> >
> > Hi - ive got a problem with AceMoney.
> >
> > Whenever i open up the program, the columns have resized themselves,
> > so for example the date of each transaction looks like this:
> >
> > 09/08/2...
> > 10/08/2...
> > 10/08/2...
> >
> > This happens with all the columns and is quite annoying, as i have to
> > resize them everytime i open it to see the full ammounts of
> > transactions, etc...
> >
> > Is this a general problem or is there something i can do to fix it?
> >
> > cheers, Pete Brooks
> >
>

I found the file, but it seems to reset the values for the widths
everytime i open it.

When i change the widths in the program and then close it down, i can
check the values in the config.ini file and they are the new wider
values. However, as soon as i open Acemoney back up the column widths
revert to these 'default' values. any idea how i can stop this happening?

BTW the config.ini file's location is:

AppData\Roaming\MechCAD\AceMoney

is this correct that its in roaming?

regards,

Pete Brooks




--- In acemoney@yahoogroups.com, "MechCAD Software" <acemoney@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Pete,
>
> AceMoney stores column widths in
> %APPDATA%\MechCAD\AceMoney\config.ini. Make sure that when this file
> is not read only and that AceMoney actually changes values in
> IDD_FORMACCOUNT section each time you resize a column.
>
> Alex
> MechCAD Software
>
>
> --- In acemoney@yahoogroups.com, "fbf20003" <pete_brooks@> wrote:
> >
> > Hi - ive got a problem with AceMoney.
> >
> > Whenever i open up the program, the columns have resized themselves,
> > so for example the date of each transaction looks like this:
> >
> > 09/08/2...
> > 10/08/2...
> > 10/08/2...
> >
> > This happens with all the columns and is quite annoying, as i have to
> > resize them everytime i open it to see the full ammounts of
> > transactions, etc...
> >
> > Is this a general problem or is there something i can do to fix it?
> >
> > cheers, Pete Brooks
> >
>

I track credit card usage with one account and decrease another
account by the same amount to keep above the balance for the second
account.  Is it possible to link a line item from one account to another?

Thank you, jp

Hi Jp,

> I track credit card usage with one account and decrease another
> account by the same amount to keep above the balance for the second
> account.  Is it possible to link a line item from one account to
> another?

You need to one transfer transaction instead of one withdrawal and one
deposit.

Usually you have a separate credit card account and record all credit
card transactions as withdrawal into it. At the end of the cycle you
have some negative balance on this account. As soon as you get a
statement you reconcile transactions, write a check and record is as a
transfer from checking account to the credit card account. If you are
paying the statement in full, the balance on the card account should
become zero, unless you already recorded new transactions which are
not in the statement.

Alex
MechCAD Software.

Hi Pete,

Thank you for the information! Unfortunately we still can't reproduce
the problem. Could you please contact our support server at
http://support.mechcad.net and submit %TEMP%\AceMoney.log file?

Your config file is in the right place, it is the same place that I
mentioned in my other e-mail (%APPDATA%\MechCAD\AceMoney\config.ini).
APPDATA is an environment variable usually pointing to C:\Users\<your
account>\AppData\Roaming.

Alex
MechCAD Software.

--- In acemoney@yahoogroups.com, "fbf20003" <pete_brooks@...> wrote:
>
>
> I found the file, but it seems to reset the values for the widths
> everytime i open it.
>
> When i change the widths in the program and then close it down, i can
> check the values in the config.ini file and they are the new wider
> values. However, as soon as i open Acemoney back up the column widths
> revert to these 'default' values. any idea how i can stop this
happening?
>
> BTW the config.ini file's location is:
>
> AppData\Roaming\MechCAD\AceMoney
>
> is this correct that its in roaming?
>
> regards,
>
> Pete Brooks
>
>
>
>
> --- In acemoney@yahoogroups.com, "MechCAD Software" <acemoney@> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Pete,
> >
> > AceMoney stores column widths in
> > %APPDATA%\MechCAD\AceMoney\config.ini. Make sure that when this file
> > is not read only and that AceMoney actually changes values in
> > IDD_FORMACCOUNT section each time you resize a column.
> >
> > Alex
> > MechCAD Software
> >
> >
> > --- In acemoney@yahoogroups.com, "fbf20003" <pete_brooks@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi - ive got a problem with AceMoney.
> > >
> > > Whenever i open up the program, the columns have resized themselves,
> > > so for example the date of each transaction looks like this:
> > >
> > > 09/08/2...
> > > 10/08/2...
> > > 10/08/2...
> > >
> > > This happens with all the columns and is quite annoying, as i
have to
> > > resize them everytime i open it to see the full ammounts of
> > > transactions, etc...
> > >
> > > Is this a general problem or is there something i can do to fix it?
> > >
> > > cheers, Pete Brooks
> > >
> >
>

Hello,

> I sometimes have bills that are in either Euros or Dollars, is there
> a way of AceMoney converting these automatically to my home currency
> Pounds Sterling. If not can we add it to the Wishlist

This feature already is in our development plan and will be
implemented in the future.

Alex
MechCAD Software

Hi Tom,

Thanks for the feedback! Your qif related suggestions sound very
reasonable, but unfortunately cannot be implemented because qif file
itself doesn't specify currency neither for the account, nor for the
transfer. I hope that changing the currencies of the automatically
created accounts is not a big deal, because you are doing it only
once, during initial setup.

Alex
MechCAD Software.

--- In acemoney@yahoogroups.com, "Thomas van der Straten Waillet"
<tstraten@...> wrote:
>
> Hi everybody.
>
> I found the following problem (maybe not a real problem but something
> to mention).
>
> I was a Quicken user until 1995 when I started with Money (Spanish)
> and got along up to now ending with Money 2006 (English).
> But I need a Spanish program, so AceMoney was the choice!!!
>
> I made a (loose QIF) export from an account in Money 2006, and
> everything went OK.
>
> In AceMoney, I
> - created a new account when importing the QIF file (all defaults
> kept). This account is in CLP (Chilean pesos)
> - saved the new .mmw file
> - Import ended perfectly, no problems at all
>
> BUT:
> That account had transfers, thus Acemoney created the additional
> account with all transfers (nothing else as I did not export that
> particular account in QIF from Money).
> The problem is that that account is in USD (values are ok tho).
> So I need to go to the properties of that account, change the currency
> to from USD to CLP and say "NO" to the offering of updating the
> currency (USD -> CLP).
> Then, i have everything allright..
>
> I tried another import in QIF format with an account that was making
> transfers to 5 different accounts. They were all created in Acemoney
> with the correct values BUT all in USD, so I have to do the same
> procedure for each one.
>
> I would suggest perhaps that, if the account (originating the QIF
> file) is in a foreign currency, ALL transfer accounts created
> automatically have to be created in that particular currency. The user
> would have less work to do as probably he would have less "other"
> currencies than the imported one.
>
> In my case, CLP is "my" normal currency for my jobs BUT i have my
> personal stuff where I am using CLP (12 accounts) and EUR (3 accounts)
> If I wish to export everything to Acemoney, I will have the USD
> problem mentionned hereabove... (little grin).
>
> By the way, is it possible to make a little more "room" for the
> amounts in the reports? It is all right for USD or EUR but not for CLP
> (1 USD = 650 CLP so we need at least room for amounts like 999,999,999
> CLP in each column. (no decimals used in CLP).
>
> I am very happy to be the owner (yes, I bought it!!!) of Acemoney,
> keep up with the splendid job.
> I will give some Excel tricks that could be helpful if people wants to
> use pivot tables with the csv or txt data from acemoney... hope people
> will enjoy them
>
> Regards
> Tom
>

Hi Tom,

Thanks for the feedback! Your qif related suggestions sound very
reasonable, but unfortunately cannot be implemented because qif file
itself doesn't specify currency neither for the account, nor for the
transfer. I hope that changing the currencies of the automatically
created accounts is not a big deal, because you are doing it only
once, during initial setup.

Alex
MechCAD Software.

--- In acemoney@yahoogroups.com, "Thomas van der Straten Waillet"
<tstraten@...> wrote:
>
> Hi everybody.
>
> I found the following problem (maybe not a real problem but something
> to mention).
>
> I was a Quicken user until 1995 when I started with Money (Spanish)
> and got along up to now ending with Money 2006 (English).
> But I need a Spanish program, so AceMoney was the choice!!!
>
> I made a (loose QIF) export from an account in Money 2006, and
> everything went OK.
>
> In AceMoney, I
> - created a new account when importing the QIF file (all defaults
> kept). This account is in CLP (Chilean pesos)
> - saved the new .mmw file
> - Import ended perfectly, no problems at all
>
> BUT:
> That account had transfers, thus Acemoney created the additional
> account with all transfers (nothing else as I did not export that
> particular account in QIF from Money).
> The problem is that that account is in USD (values are ok tho).
> So I need to go to the properties of that account, change the currency
> to from USD to CLP and say "NO" to the offering of updating the
> currency (USD -> CLP).
> Then, i have everything allright..
>
> I tried another import in QIF format with an account that was making
> transfers to 5 different accounts. They were all created in Acemoney
> with the correct values BUT all in USD, so I have to do the same
> procedure for each one.
>
> I would suggest perhaps that, if the account (originating the QIF
> file) is in a foreign currency, ALL transfer accounts created
> automatically have to be created in that particular currency. The user
> would have less work to do as probably he would have less "other"
> currencies than the imported one.
>
> In my case, CLP is "my" normal currency for my jobs BUT i have my
> personal stuff where I am using CLP (12 accounts) and EUR (3 accounts)
> If I wish to export everything to Acemoney, I will have the USD
> problem mentionned hereabove... (little grin).
>
> By the way, is it possible to make a little more "room" for the
> amounts in the reports? It is all right for USD or EUR but not for CLP
> (1 USD = 650 CLP so we need at least room for amounts like 999,999,999
> CLP in each column. (no decimals used in CLP).
>
> I am very happy to be the owner (yes, I bought it!!!) of Acemoney,
> keep up with the splendid job.
> I will give some Excel tricks that could be helpful if people wants to
> use pivot tables with the csv or txt data from acemoney... hope people
> will enjoy them
>
> Regards
> Tom
>

--- In acemoney@yahoogroups.com, "MechCAD Software" <acemoney@...>
wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> > I sometimes have bills that are in either Euros or Dollars, is
there
> > a way of AceMoney converting these automatically to my home
currency
> > Pounds Sterling. If not can we add it to the Wishlist
>
> This feature already is in our development plan and will be
> implemented in the future.
>
> Alex
> MechCAD Software
>
Glad to hear it's in the pipeline :-)

Hi,
Consider the example:
Catergory: Groceries
Budgetted period: 1 week
Budget limit: $70

By simple maths, this would mean $10 for Groceries per day or $70 for 7
days. If you run a report say for example Groceries expenses from 12th
Jan to 18th Jan (7days), the budgeted amount shows $60 whereas it
should show $70 as I have selected 7 day period. Please correct me if I
have missed something. Cheers!

Hi Alex

As requested Ex MSN UK:

1) Mutual Funds

a)Jupiter Income Trust Inc

Symbol GB000479138      Alternative 047913

b) Artemis European Growth

Symbol GB000660084   Alternative 066008

c) JPM Emerging Markets A Acc

Symbol GB003088155  Alternative 308815

2) Investment Trusts

Alliance Trust

Symbol ATST  Alternative  GB00B11V7W98

3) Stocks

Royal Dutch Shell (B)

Symbol RDSB  Alternative GB00B03MM408

SAMPLE CSV file

Will try to download one tonight and send it to you

Terry




--- In acemoney@yahoogroups.com, "MechCAD Software" <acemoney@...>
wrote:
>
> Hi Terry,
>
> Your suggestions sound reasonable. Could you please provide two-
three
> sample investments (funds and stocks) provided by MSN Money UK?
>
> Also, if possible I'd like to see a sample CSV file that you will be
> importing into AceMoney.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Alex
> MechCAD Software.
>
>
> --- In acemoney@yahoogroups.com, "TERRY_WOODWARD66"
> <terry_woodward66@> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Alex & thanks for your positive reply.
> >
> > Before answering your specific question.
> >
> > Can I expain a little more about my request.
> >
> > As I write this reply it is 7th January yet the latest price
update
> > for Yahoo UK & Ireland mutual Funds is 24th December. Yes I know
there
> > has been the Xmas period in between BUT still.... Yahoo price
service
> > gets worse. Over 2008 there have been changes to format affecting
all
> > software providers and the long periods of absence of up to date
> > pricing information is turning people away in droves (Just look
at the
> > finance forums)
> >
> > To answer your questions
> >
> > 1) Yes any other data provider would be welcome. You mention
Google
> > (UK) In the medium term yes. At this moment there are whole
swathes of
> > Mutual funds that are listed with NO PRICES SHOWING.
> >
> > Another source that is pretty reliable is MSN Money UK
> > http://money.uk.msn.com/
> >
> > 2) I would prefer csv format because my experience is that it is
> > simpler. I find qfx format messy
> >
> > 3)I simply need to be able to download a set of prices for a given
> > date (say from an online portfolio)so that my portfio is updated
at
> > one fell swoop (about 40 mutual fund & 20 stocks. I DO NOT need to
> > update via CSV on a per investment basis. That would be using your
> > resources unnecessarily. In fact I can update the odd investment
on an
> > ad hoc basis now.
> >
> > So, ideally the best route is to get the right providers so I can
do
> > an internet download. Yahoo is a basket case. Google will
eventually
> > get it right.
> >
> > WHAT WOULD I LIKE?
> >
> > A) MSN Money
> >
> > B) CSV price import on a per file basis, say from an on line
portfolio
> >
> > If you can do it all UK users of your software can have at least
two
> > reliable options as in A & B above
> >
> > Thank you very much Alex
> >
> > Can you post your views please
> >
> > Terry
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --- In acemoney@yahoogroups.com, "MechCAD Software" <acemoney@>
wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi Terry,
> > >
> > > We would be happy to introduce another data source for the UK
market.
> > > Doesn't Google (http://finance.google.com) provide quotes from
London
> > > Stock Exchange?
> > >
> > > Could you please describe how exactly you would like AceMoney to
> > > import CSV files? Should it be import per investment or single
file
> > > for the whole portfolio?
> > >
> > > At the moment AceMoney will not import historical prices from
the QIF
> > > files, but this import sounds like an easy thing to do. Would
you
> > > prefer QIF import over CSV?
> > >
> > > Alex
> > > MechCAD Software
> > >
> > > --- In acemoney@yahoogroups.com, "TERRY_WOODWARD66"
> > > <terry_woodward66@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Hi Alex
> > > >
> > > > Yahoo UK has been a particular pain over the last two years
in terms
> > > > of the poor quality data output. Not being able to get fund
> price data
> > > > over extended periods. Then short term inconsistencies over
long
> > > > periods of time. Contrast this with web sites that allow
> portfolios to
> > > > be downloaded into spreadsheets consistently every week,
price data
> > > > spot on and no charge.
> > > >
> > > > Unfortunately I am tied to Yahoo UK, that is,  if I want to
use
> > > > AceMoney, which I do.
> > > >
> > > > SO
> > > >
> > > > Questions
> > > >
> > > > 1) Any likelihood of being able to import fund and share
price data
> > > > into acemoney via CSV files
> > > >
> > > > 2) Can Price data be imported via a qif file into AceMoney? My
> > > > experience using OO Calc 3 and a utility macro called
Calc2Qif 1.03
> > > > has been mixed to say the least.
> > > >
> > > > Which means that I have either not been able to convert, or
import a
> > > > qif file into AceMoney. If this could be achieved it could be
a
> better
> > > > option than the current hand method of updating prices I have
to go
> > > > through at the moment
> > > >
> > > > Thanks
> > > >
> > > > Terry
> > > >
> > >
> >
>

Hello,

This is a bug and we fixed it. The next version will handle this case
correctly.

Alex
MechCAD Software

--- In acemoney@yahoogroups.com, "m8tobe" <m8tobe@...> wrote:
>
> Hi,
> Consider the example:
> Catergory: Groceries
> Budgetted period: 1 week
> Budget limit: $70
>
> By simple maths, this would mean $10 for Groceries per day or $70
for 7
> days. If you run a report say for example Groceries expenses from
12th
> Jan to 18th Jan (7days), the budgeted amount shows $60 whereas it
> should show $70 as I have selected 7 day period. Please correct me
if I
> have missed something. Cheers!
>

I am using 3.12.3 and when I try to print an Account using Ctrl/P or the
Print option from the File Menu, I get a blank page. If I print using Print
Preview and then use the Print button from there, it prints fine.

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Dear Team,
In account view, totals are generally wrong and do not recalculate upon ordering
by a
column, say, by number, or payee.
And please make more room for printing as we need at least space for 999,999,999
and -
999,999,999 ( no decimals, but could be used).
Perhaps also another font size selection???

Totals appear sometimes wrong in adding a new transaction, but after it seems
ok, tho.
I am experiencing this with lots of input with same date but different
transaction numbers.

Could it be possible to have the cursor in the Number field instead of the
Payee? We
would only need Tabs to move in other fields instead of havin always to make a
shift-tab
to put my transaction number ( i don't have automatic numbering activated)

Thanks a lot
Tom

Hi Tom,

> In account view, totals are generally wrong and do not recalculate
> upon ordering by a column, say, by number, or payee.

Yes, and they should not be recalculated. Total represents your
account balance on the specific date, it should not change when you
sort transactions by payee or category.

> And please make more room for printing as we need at least space
> for 999,999,999 and - 999,999,999 ( no decimals, but could be used).
> Perhaps also another font size selection???

We will improve printing in the future, as a workaround you can export
data to csv or html file with File->Export, open the export file with
Excel or Internet Explorer and print from there.

> Totals appear sometimes wrong in adding a new transaction, but
> after it seems ok, tho. I am experiencing this with lots of input
> with same date but different transaction numbers.

I believe the reason is the same as above: try to sort transactions by
date and only then total will match your expectations.

> Could it be possible to have the cursor in the Number field instead
> of the Payee? We would only need Tabs to move in other fields
> instead of havin always to make a shift-tab to put my transaction
> number ( i don't have automatic numbering activated)

Most of our users leave Number field empty, this would create
inconvenience for them. We might make default field of the transaction
dialog configurable in the future releases.

Alex
MechCAD Software

You can change font face and size, along with some color options, by going
to Tools > Fonts and Colors.

Thanks,
Jeremy Landes
jlandes@...

On Wed, January 14, 2009 4:25 pm, Thomas van der Straten Waillet wrote:
> Dear Team,
> In account view, totals are generally wrong and do not recalculate upon
> ordering by a
> column, say, by number, or payee.
> And please make more room for printing as we need at least space for
> 999,999,999 and -
> 999,999,999 ( no decimals, but could be used).
> Perhaps also another font size selection???
>
> Totals appear sometimes wrong in adding a new transaction, but after it
> seems ok, tho.
> I am experiencing this with lots of input with same date but different
> transaction numbers.
>
> Could it be possible to have the cursor in the Number field instead of the
> Payee? We
> would only need Tabs to move in other fields instead of havin always to
> make a shift-tab
> to put my transaction number ( i don't have automatic numbering activated)
>
> Thanks a lot
> Tom
>
>
>

Very prompt response and thank you for fixing the issue!
Ash


--- In acemoney@yahoogroups.com, "MechCAD Software" <acemoney@...>
wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> This is a bug and we fixed it. The next version will handle this
case
> correctly.
>
> Alex
> MechCAD Software
>

Hi Alex

I now have the csv files data in a Zip file for you. How do I get
them to you there does not appear to be an upload facilty on the
Yahoo user group. Do you have an email address?

Thanks

Terry

--- In acemoney@yahoogroups.com, "TERRY_WOODWARD66"
<terry_woodward66@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Alex
>
> As requested Ex MSN UK:
>
> 1) Mutual Funds
>
> a)Jupiter Income Trust Inc
>
> Symbol GB000479138      Alternative 047913
>
> b) Artemis European Growth
>
> Symbol GB000660084   Alternative 066008
>
> c) JPM Emerging Markets A Acc
>
> Symbol GB003088155  Alternative 308815
>
> 2) Investment Trusts
>
> Alliance Trust
>
> Symbol ATST  Alternative  GB00B11V7W98
>
> 3) Stocks
>
> Royal Dutch Shell (B)
>
> Symbol RDSB  Alternative GB00B03MM408
>
> SAMPLE CSV file
>
> Will try to download one tonight and send it to you
>
> Terry
>
>
>
>
> --- In acemoney@yahoogroups.com, "MechCAD Software" <acemoney@>
> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Terry,
> >
> > Your suggestions sound reasonable. Could you please provide two-
> three
> > sample investments (funds and stocks) provided by MSN Money UK?
> >
> > Also, if possible I'd like to see a sample CSV file that you will
be
> > importing into AceMoney.
> >
> > Thank you,
> >
> > Alex
> > MechCAD Software.
> >
> >
> > --- In acemoney@yahoogroups.com, "TERRY_WOODWARD66"
> > <terry_woodward66@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi Alex & thanks for your positive reply.
> > >
> > > Before answering your specific question.
> > >
> > > Can I expain a little more about my request.
> > >
> > > As I write this reply it is 7th January yet the latest price
> update
> > > for Yahoo UK & Ireland mutual Funds is 24th December. Yes I
know
> there
> > > has been the Xmas period in between BUT still.... Yahoo price
> service
> > > gets worse. Over 2008 there have been changes to format
affecting
> all
> > > software providers and the long periods of absence of up to date
> > > pricing information is turning people away in droves (Just look
> at the
> > > finance forums)
> > >
> > > To answer your questions
> > >
> > > 1) Yes any other data provider would be welcome. You mention
> Google
> > > (UK) In the medium term yes. At this moment there are whole
> swathes of
> > > Mutual funds that are listed with NO PRICES SHOWING.
> > >
> > > Another source that is pretty reliable is MSN Money UK
> > > http://money.uk.msn.com/
> > >
> > > 2) I would prefer csv format because my experience is that it is
> > > simpler. I find qfx format messy
> > >
> > > 3)I simply need to be able to download a set of prices for a
given
> > > date (say from an online portfolio)so that my portfio is
updated
> at
> > > one fell swoop (about 40 mutual fund & 20 stocks. I DO NOT need
to
> > > update via CSV on a per investment basis. That would be using
your
> > > resources unnecessarily. In fact I can update the odd
investment
> on an
> > > ad hoc basis now.
> > >
> > > So, ideally the best route is to get the right providers so I
can
> do
> > > an internet download. Yahoo is a basket case. Google will
> eventually
> > > get it right.
> > >
> > > WHAT WOULD I LIKE?
> > >
> > > A) MSN Money
> > >
> > > B) CSV price import on a per file basis, say from an on line
> portfolio
> > >
> > > If you can do it all UK users of your software can have at
least
> two
> > > reliable options as in A & B above
> > >
> > > Thank you very much Alex
> > >
> > > Can you post your views please
> > >
> > > Terry
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --- In acemoney@yahoogroups.com, "MechCAD Software" <acemoney@>
> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Hi Terry,
> > > >
> > > > We would be happy to introduce another data source for the UK
> market.
> > > > Doesn't Google (http://finance.google.com) provide quotes
from
> London
> > > > Stock Exchange?
> > > >
> > > > Could you please describe how exactly you would like AceMoney
to
> > > > import CSV files? Should it be import per investment or
single
> file
> > > > for the whole portfolio?
> > > >
> > > > At the moment AceMoney will not import historical prices from
> the QIF
> > > > files, but this import sounds like an easy thing to do. Would
> you
> > > > prefer QIF import over CSV?
> > > >
> > > > Alex
> > > > MechCAD Software
> > > >
> > > > --- In acemoney@yahoogroups.com, "TERRY_WOODWARD66"
> > > > <terry_woodward66@> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Hi Alex
> > > > >
> > > > > Yahoo UK has been a particular pain over the last two years
> in terms
> > > > > of the poor quality data output. Not being able to get fund
> > price data
> > > > > over extended periods. Then short term inconsistencies over
> long
> > > > > periods of time. Contrast this with web sites that allow
> > portfolios to
> > > > > be downloaded into spreadsheets consistently every week,
> price data
> > > > > spot on and no charge.
> > > > >
> > > > > Unfortunately I am tied to Yahoo UK, that is,  if I want to
> use
> > > > > AceMoney, which I do.
> > > > >
> > > > > SO
> > > > >
> > > > > Questions
> > > > >
> > > > > 1) Any likelihood of being able to import fund and share
> price data
> > > > > into acemoney via CSV files
> > > > >
> > > > > 2) Can Price data be imported via a qif file into AceMoney?
My
> > > > > experience using OO Calc 3 and a utility macro called
> Calc2Qif 1.03
> > > > > has been mixed to say the least.
> > > > >
> > > > > Which means that I have either not been able to convert, or
> import a
> > > > > qif file into AceMoney. If this could be achieved it could
be
> a
> > better
> > > > > option than the current hand method of updating prices I
have
> to go
> > > > > through at the moment
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks
> > > > >
> > > > > Terry
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
>

Dear Alex



I've used the registered version of AceMoney since 2005 and find it a must
have piece of software. I have noticed that when running under XP the
program shows the update progress of stocks during the update process.
However, this nice function does not seem to work under Vista. Namely the
update process freezes the screen until all stocks have been updated. Is
there any chance of improving the Vista interface for the next update?



Many thanks



Sam

After saving the current file as a new name, the name in the title bar
remains the same as the name of what was the current file, so it is
impossible to tell if modifications to the file currently open will be
made to the 'new' file or the 'old' file.

I do a 'Save As' at the end of a calendar year to create a new file for
the new calendar year and then proceed to delete all transactions,
etc., so the problem does not create too much of a problem, since I can
close the current file then open the new file, but it would be good to
know which file AceMoney was referring to after a 'Save As'.

Also, for a new file, I would like the ability to delete prior entries
in the 'Num' field.  I sthere any way of doing this?

Have you tried AceMoney's new archive function?  It's available in the
File menu.

Thanks,
Jeremy Landes
jlandes@...

On Fri, January 16, 2009 8:42 pm, Bill Hunt wrote:
> After saving the current file as a new name, the name in the title bar
> remains the same as the name of what was the current file, so it is
> impossible to tell if modifications to the file currently open will be
> made to the 'new' file or the 'old' file.
>
> I do a 'Save As' at the end of a calendar year to create a new file for
> the new calendar year and then proceed to delete all transactions,
> etc., so the problem does not create too much of a problem, since I can
> close the current file then open the new file, but it would be good to
> know which file AceMoney was referring to after a 'Save As'.
>
> Also, for a new file, I would like the ability to delete prior entries
> in the 'Num' field.  I sthere any way of doing this?
>
>

Here's some info from the help file about the archive function:

Archive dialog can be invoked using File->Archive menu item. The dialog
box allows to pick a date and check if AceMoney should delete archived
data from the currently loaded file. Depending on the value of that flag,
AceMoney will copy or move data from the past until the selected date
(including that date) to the separate archive file. Once you click Ok,
AceMoney will display standard file save dialog and you would have to
enter the name of the archive file.

Archives are saved as mmw files, so they can be opened later as regular
data files using File->Open. When AceMoney saves data to archive, it
writes only the information relevant to the archived transactions. For
instance, if archive doesn't have any transactions that use category
"Food:Groceries", this category won't be written to archive. The same rule
applies to accounts, payees, transaction categories and investments.

AceMoney never copies future bills or deposits to archive.

If you checked an option to delete archived data from the file, then
AceMoney will modify initial balances on all the accounts that had
transactions in the archived period. For instance, if the last day in
archive is December 31, 2006 and balance on the account at the end of that
day was $1000.00, then initial balance will be set to $1000.00 in order to
make up for the removed transactions.

Since investment transactions are moved from the current document to
archive, investment purchase history may be lost. AceMoney will
automatically add "Add shares" transactions on the last day of archive
plus one (January 1, 2007 for the example above). The number of added
shares will be the same as number of shares that you had before archiving
data. Since old transactions don't exist anymore, AceMoney won't be able
to determine the actual cost of investments and gain values on Portfolio
Page may change. It will look like you just received a lot of shares as a
gift with zero cost associated with it.

Thanks,
Jeremy Landes
jlandes@...

On Fri, January 16, 2009 9:06 pm, Jeremy Landes wrote:
> Have you tried AceMoney's new archive function?  It's available in the
> File menu.
>
> Thanks,
> Jeremy Landes
> jlandes@...
>
> On Fri, January 16, 2009 8:42 pm, Bill Hunt wrote:
>> After saving the current file as a new name, the name in the title bar
>> remains the same as the name of what was the current file, so it is
>> impossible to tell if modifications to the file currently open will be
>> made to the 'new' file or the 'old' file.
>>
>> I do a 'Save As' at the end of a calendar year to create a new file for
>> the new calendar year and then proceed to delete all transactions,
>> etc., so the problem does not create too much of a problem, since I can
>> close the current file then open the new file, but it would be good to
>> know which file AceMoney was referring to after a 'Save As'.
>>
>> Also, for a new file, I would like the ability to delete prior entries
>> in the 'Num' field.  I sthere any way of doing this?
>>
>>
>
>
>

I didn't see a switch in config.ini for selecting a browser alternate
to IE.  IE comes up automatically when going to the web from AM.  Is
there a way to set AM to go to the web by opening Firefox?

Thanks,
Bob G.