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Lionel

10 Jan, 2026 01:08 AM

I see that there is a moneydance.exportAllAccountsIntoQIF() function, but I don't see where it is documented. All I could tell from calling it is that it expects five arguments. Didn't show up in a search of the API docs. Can anyone provide enough details to use it?

1. 1 Posted by dwg on 10 Jan, 2026 01:40 AM

   

   This question is probably best asked in the Extension Development Forum:

   https://infinitekind.tenderapp.com/discussions/moneydance-development

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2. 2 Posted by Stuart Beesley ... on 10 Jan, 2026 10:58 AM

   

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3. 3 Posted by Stuart Beesley ... on 10 Jan, 2026 10:58 AM

   

   The parameters are:

   com.moneydance.apps.md.controller.AccountBookWrapper wrapper
   java.io.File qifFile
   com.infinitekind.moneydance.model.CurrencyType currencyType
   com.infinitekind.moneydance.model.TxnFilter txnFilter
   com.infinitekind.moneydance.model.AcctFilter acctFilter
   

   The latter two filters can be supplied as null (None)

   Here is a basic script:

   from com.moneydance.apps.md.controller import AccountBookWrapper
   from com.infinitekind.moneydance.model import CurrencyType
   from com.infinitekind.moneydance.model import TxnFilter
   from com.infinitekind.moneydance.model import AcctFilter
   from java.io import File
   
   m=moneydance
   mdGUI=m.getUI()
   wrapper=m.getCurrentAccounts()
   book=moneydance.getCurrentAccountBook()
   baseCurrency=book.getCurrencies().getBaseType()
   
   class MyAcctFilter(AcctFilter):
    def __init__(self):
     pass  # perhaps store some variables here
   
    def matches(self, acct):
     return True  # check Account and then return True or False
   
    def format(self, acct): return acct.getAccountName()
   
   class MyTxnFilter(TxnFilter):
    def __init__(self):
     pass  # perhaps store some variables here
   
    def containsTxn(self, txn):
     return True  # check AbstractTxn and then return True or False
   
   qifFile=File("/Users/XXX/Downloads", "test-qif-file.qif")
   
   # passing account and txn filters
   m.exportAllAccountsIntoQIF(wrapper, qifFile, baseCurrency, MyTxnFilter(), MyAcctFilter())
   
   # or 
   #m.exportAllAccountsIntoQIF(wrapper, qifFile, baseCurrency, None, None)
   
   mdGUI.showInfoMessage("Export to QIF: '%s' COMPLETED" %(qifFile))
   

   I have not dug into this further, but should be enough to get you going. Let me know?

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4. 4 Posted by Lionel on 11 Jan, 2026 06:05 AM

   

   That's what I was looking for, thanks! Output for me matches a default QIF export done via "File/Export..." in the GUI.

   I started posting here under "Problems" because the function wasn't showing up when using the search box of the API docs (https://infinitekind.com/dev/apidoc/index.html).

   I overlooked the Extension Development Forum because I'm coming at this from the automation standpoint (i.e. Python/Jython scripting). If that's also the right place for scripting, I'll go there rather than General Questions or somewhere else in the future.

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5. 5 Posted by dwg on 11 Jan, 2026 07:35 AM

   

   Personally, I would tend to post anything about programming Moneydance whether by a Java extension or by a python script in the Extensions forum.

   In both cases you are likely to be using the Moneydance API, it is just whether it is being done in Java or python.

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