Greetings:
 
 I'm helping someone with an interesting problem.  They have a huge
Quicken file dating back to the year 1999 extending right up to the
present.
 They also have a Quicken file containing info on a cash account for
the whole year of 2000.  This information is inexplicably missing from
the main Quicken file.
 How can we fold that data for the year 2000 into the main file?
 I already tried exporting the data as a .qif file, and it didn't work...

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Request for Question Clarification by aceresearcher-ga on 02 Jan 2004 14:58 PST

Greetings!

Can you explain what you did, step-by-step, in attempting to import
the 2000 data as a .qif file?

Thanks,

aceresearcher

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Clarification of Question by pcventures-ga on 03 Jan 2004 06:35 PST

In Quicken 99, I brought up the old file, and selected the "Cash 2000"
account.  I did the export.
 Again in Quicken 99, I opened up the main day to day file, and tried
to import this .qif file, but it simply added it to the total cash
balance of this person's finances, rather than inserting a "cash 2000"
account into his chart of accounts.

Hi, pcventures!

What you will need to do is to open the Quicken file with the Cash
2000 account and check the "Account Overview" tab to determine if
there is any special information that was entered for that account. If
there is any special information (all I have on my Cash Account is a
name and a description), you will want to do a screen print of that
information, cut-and-paste it to an editor like Notepad or Word, or
just write it down by hand. Then choose "Export", to a .qif file, and
assign to the file a name like "Cash2000". Make sure that the "Quicken
file to export from" shows the name of the Cash 2000 account, that the
transaction dates that you specify include *all* of the transactions
in that account, and write down or memorize the folder where you save
the exported .qif file.

Then open the Quicken file with all the rest of the accounts in it.
You will need to create a new account using the information you saved
from the Account Overview in the other file -- you should be able to
do this by clicking the "Accts" icon in the Toolbar along the top of
the screen. Use account type "Cash", and enter the name and
description of the account. For a start date, use a date before the
first transaction in the Cash 2000 account, and enter a starting
amount of $0.00. That should be all that is required for new account
setup.

Then open up the new Cash 2000 account on the screen. Choose "Import"
from a .qif file, and Browse to find the file you exported. That
should cause all the exported transactions to appear in this account.
In my version of Quicken, I have to click "Accept All" to complete the
Import process.


This Answer was prepared using my own knowledge as an 8-year user of
various versions of Quicken.

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longer free, some free Quicken resources can still be found on the
Internet.

Intuit's online support database:
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Search Results for Quicken 99:
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Sage Tech Tutorials on:
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Before Rating this Answer, if you have any questions about the
information that I have presented, please post a Request for
Clarification, and I will see what I can do for you.

Best wishes,

aceresearcher

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Request for Answer Clarification by pcventures-ga on 06 Jan 2004 06:11 PST

Is it OK if I try this first before rating and closing out the question?

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Clarification of Answer by aceresearcher-ga on 09 Feb 2004 18:59 PST

Hello again, pcventures!

Sorry it's taken me so long -- things have been very hectic. Thanks
for the 5 stars and the nice tip, despite the fact that you haven't
been able to try this yet.

As soon as you do get to try this, if you're still having problems,
please come back here and post a Request for Clarification listing
exactly what steps you took, and exactly what error messages (if any)
you got, as well as the results of the steps you took. I want to be
sure that you are taken care of, and that everything is working
properly.

Best wishes,

ace

I won't be able to try this out for a while - I don't want to hold up
payment any longer.
Sounds like it will work - thanks so much!

pcventures - apologies for wandering far afield from this question,
but I had some thoughts on one of your expired questions ("Is this
District Attorney crossing the line?") which you may find helpful.

Many jurisdictions have significantly changed their approach to
entrapment, particularly since the "DeLorean case", where John
DeLorean successfully argued an entrapment defense against charges of
cocaine smuggling. At that time, the test was, in short, would the
crime have occurred but for the government conduct. Now, the typical
question asked is instead, "Was the defendant inclined to commit a
crime of this nature, regardless of how the opportunity presented
itself?" Under this new standard, even if a jury concludes that the
crime would not have occurred but for the government's soliciting the
defendant into criminal conduct, it is still possible to achieve a
conviction. Under this new standard, pretending to be a kid in an
Internet chat room, then setting up an offender for an arrest when he
shows up at a designated location to "meet" the fictitious kid, isn't
"entrapment" and thus isn't "crossing the line".

In terms of trying to keep on top of this type of investigation, while
you may be able to use the Freedom of Information Act to gain some
general information about the program, it is unlikely that you will be
able to obtain information about specific investigations before an
arrest has been made. Police agencies do not have to share information
about pending investigations, and almost always refuse to do so. This
means that any watchdog efforts will likely have to be retrospective -
looking at cases where people are arrested, and trying to figure out
if any lines were crossed.