Analyzing OFX files

Microsoft Money is quite strict on the correct format for OFX (Open Financial eXchange) files. Sometimes you will receive files from the financial institution which do not import into your MS Money file, and it is not clear what the problem is. These problems could cause unexpected crashes or freezing in the account register.

One way of determining whether the problem is with the OFX file, is to put it into the OFX Analyzer tool that Microsoft created which will validate the conformance of the file to the standard used.

For each version of Money, up until Money 2005, Microsoft produced a separate download, after this there is a combined one.

• OFX Analyzer (for 2005 and 2006)
• Money 2004
• Money 2003
• Money 2002
• Money 2001
• Money 2000
• Money 99
• Money 98

Typical problems with OFX include the bank or financial institution not expaning ampersand (&) characters correctly, as these should be specified as & in the file.

You can obtain additional information on OFX on Article 8.