Hi all, I've been in the middle of writing an extension in Python, and I thought I'd share some of my learnings since some of the documentation is a little outdated now that MD2017 is out. I have to say, I've been very impressed with the access that the MD APIs provide to my data, and look forward to finally getting my financial data under my own control. Keep up the great work, MD team!

You can see my examples at http://virantha.com/2016/11/28/moneydance-python-extension-tips/

They include things like

• popping up a window via a Python extension
• persisting data in the encrypted .moneydance file (for example, a pickled object)
• importing third-party JARs (like a Swing layout library MigLayout)

I'll keep updating it as I learn more. Hope someone finds this helpful! On another note, does anyone know if it's possible to build a pure Python extension that can be compiled and distributed as a .mxt file? If so, any tips on the ANT build process? (It's been a while since I used Java and I'm not completely familiar with the nuts and bolts of Jython, although I've been using Python for over a decade)