Microsoft KB Archive/139176

Money: Money Does Not Support ShrsIn or ShrsOut

PSS ID Number: Q139176 Article last modified on 08-19-1998

WINDOWS:3.0,3.0a,4.0,4.0a,5.0,98

WINDOWS

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The information in this article applies to:

 Microsoft Money 98 Microsoft Money version 5.0 for Windows 95 Microsoft Money versions 4.0, 4.0a for Windows 95 == Microsoft Money versions 3.0, 3.0a == 

= SYMPTOMS =

Importing QIF files that contain ShrsOut or ShrsIn action can produce erroneous results affecting various account information such as account balances and capital gains.

= CAUSE =

Money does not support the ShrsOut or ShrsIn action provided by Quicken. Money does not have a way of handling transactions of this type.

If an account is imported that contains the ShrsOut action, Money will interpret the transaction as a sell with a value of zero. The value of the sell is zero because Quicken does not require a monetary value to enter this action. A sell with zero value may causes inaccurate capital gains or losses to be calculated in reports.

When you are importing a file, you might receive the following message:

Some of your Sell activities or stock splits have been imported as VOIDED transactions to avoid creating a negative quantity of investment shares.

This message will display if the last transaction in the exported file is a ShrsOut and the balance of the account is negative.

= RESOLUTION =

After you have imported your investment account(s), you might have to update security prices if the last transaction in the exported file was a ShrsOut type of transaction.

= STATUS =

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the products listed at the beginning of this article.

For additional information on importing files from Quicken, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

ARTICLE-ID: Q136112 TITLE : Money: Bringing Quicken Files into Money

ARTICLE-ID: Q136998 TITLE : Quicken to Money 4.0: Import/Export Hints, Tips and Help

= Additional query words: w_money 97 6.0 rex =

Keywords : kb3rdparty kbdta kbconversion kbfaq Version : WINDOWS:3.0,3.0a,4.0,4.0a,5.0,98 Platform : WINDOWS Issue type : kbbug Solution Type : kbpending ============================================================================= Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1998.