noksagt said:kmith said:It retrieved my accounts correctly, but had "backend errors" when parsing the retrieved balances and transactions.
How do I follow up?... Search for these errors with google and on the mailing list and in the bug tracker. ...


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Error executing backend's queue.

Invalid token at 's queue,

Google shows others having the same error, but it's a very generic error message.

noksagt said:kmith said:It retrieved my accounts correctly, but had "backend errors" when parsing the retrieved balances and transactions.
How do I follow up?... Search for these errors with google ...
My apologoes for providing all of these details, but I reall want the subject of this thread, Free and Open Source Finance Applications, to work. Online banking is a big deal.

From Google I get:

Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2007 11:28:29 -0700
Subject: OFX problem, windows GNUCash, only one action allowed
Message-ID: <46C0A2CD.4@HotPOP.com>
I'm trying to test out GNUCash for windows and decided to try out the online banking part since that is the most important to me.
GnuCash 2.2.0 Windows 2000 It looks like I can only do one online banking operation then I must quit GnuCash and start it again.
When setting up accounts and downloading account lists I had to do this: Request account list, accept SSL certificate restart GnuCash Request account list, get account list restart GnuCash Get Balance restart GnuCash Get Transactions restart GnuCash
If I don't restart I get: Get Transactions Error executing backend's queue. What shall we do? [Continue] [Abort]
Any idea what might be wrong or how to troubleshoot?

These seem to be current problems. The "restart solution" for 2.2.0 doesn't work in 2.2.1, though. GnuCash still fails.

DavidScubadiver said:... just works out of the box and does everything needed, even if it does force them on the upgrade treadmill. In the end, even spending $70 every three years ($1.94 per month) seems worthwhile given the time saved by not having to learn how to make these open-source programs work. Of course, I continue to hope that something gets developed that is both hassle-free and free-free, as I don't have the time to deal with the hassle.

good point.
but i hope you're not thinking of Quicken as that program. while Quicken has web connect working, there are rough edges. i recall spending numerous calls [and hours] with tech support trying to get my stock records straight. i had numerous lots bought at different times and different prices. Quicken couldn't get it straight. i finally sold the stock (i'm an indexer now) and the irs hasn't audited me [yet]. that experience taught me a big lesson. keep it simple. don't expect a computer to bail you Out.

@kmith:
You might consult this bug. It has a few debugging steps that may give you more info. You can then comment in that bug (if you have the same issue & the comments don't help you resolve it) or can post a new bug (referencing how it is different from the first bug).

noksagt said:Manual entry & import tends to 'just work' in all of the popular programs..
While I certainly want to agree with you, the nightmare scenario I described earlier was based on manual input.
Now I have just five funds based on the BHB model.

Found another java personal finance app for linux and windows (and probably elsewhere with Java).

MJRZ Personal Finance Manager uses double-entry accounting in a package "designed and written to be intuitive and easy to use for home and small business users not familiar with accounting principles".

It looks promising, and is currently under active development.

sdb

noksagt said:Gnucash for MS Windows has been released.

I was thinking about to try before spending time to learn how to install it in Mac OSX (I also have a PC). But the installation file for Windows version is very big (about 49MB)!

Does anyone know if these come with the ability to sync with online accounts like Quicken? I know about the security risks and all that jazz, but there's pretty much no way I'll use one of these pieces of software if I need to download from 10-20 websites each time I want to do my accounting.

Nor am I willing to do that and invest the time to setup mint/yodlee/whatever as the one-view. One-stop shop or nothing

Anyone familar with HomeBank (a former Amiga software)?

It looks promising... It claims to import OFX/QFX but no download and no windows version. (yet?)

sdb