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Hello Peter,

I have a CD from QuotesPlus, so I belive I have all those files you mentioned.

Best regards,
Tomasz Janeczko
===============
AmiBroker - the comprehensive share manager.
http://www.amibroker.com


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter Gialames" <investor@xxxx>
To: <amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2001 5:24 PM
Subject: RE: [quotes-plus] FW: [amibroker] Re: QP2 Fundamental Data


> Hello Tomasz,
> 
> This is one of the reasons I kept on using the old DLL that was used before
> they implemented COM. I can make my code scream with the DLL - it will
> allow me to set the amount of data retrieved and what data to load.
> 
> I can send you a copy of the DLL files I am using, I believe C++ is your
> flavor (about 4.5 Megs worth of headers, libraries, source and HTML
> documentation). I'm not sure if this is what your looking for, but then
> again, you are probably spending more time on this than you anticipated ;)
> 
> Peter Gialames
> 
> PS In your 'To-Do' section of the web site you have 'support for external
> plug-in DLLs' - will this address these type of issues?
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tomasz Janeczko [mailto:amibroker@x...]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2001 11:06 AM
> To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [quotes-plus] FW: [amibroker] Re: QP2 Fundamental Data
> 
> 
> Dear Peter,
> 
> Thank you for the information this is really helpful.
> 
> When I ran AmiBroker from the debugger I have
> seen lots of initializations of various DLLs including Access JET
> engine, VBA runtime and so on.
> Therefore there is no surprise that the process is slow.
> 
> As I probably can not count on that Quotes Plus will address
> this issue I have to solve it by myself (again) ;-))))
> 
> Thank you once more for your help, Peter.
> 
> Best regards,
> Tomasz Janeczko
> amibroker.com
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Peter Gialames" <investor@xxxx>
> To: <amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: 31 July, 2001 15:44
> Subject: FW: [quotes-plus] FW: [amibroker] Re: QP2 Fundamental Data
> 
> 
> Tomasz,
> 
> Here is the response I got from Quotes Plus.
> 
> Peter Gialames
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gary [mailto:gary@x...]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2001 9:01 AM
> To: 'quotes-plus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'
> Subject: RE: [quotes-plus] FW: [amibroker] Re: QP2 Fundamental Data
> 
> 
> Hi -
> 
> When you create a new qp2 object, the process must initialize the qp dll
> each time. This is a very slow process as it creates internal temporary
> tables, and opens a variety of tables.
> 
> The only way to speed it up is to perform the create once, and use the same
> object each time.
> 
> Gary
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter Gialames [mailto:investor@x...]
> Sent: Monday, 30 July, 2001 3:38 AM
> To: Quotes-Plus Mailing List
> Subject: [quotes-plus] FW: [amibroker] Re: QP2 Fundamental Data
> 
> 
> Gary or Janene,
> 
> Below is a thread over at the AmiBroker list that relates to Quotes Plus and
> the speed that the QP data is accessed using JScript/VBScript.
> 
> Could you please comment on what can be done for faster access? Are we
> doing something wrong?
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> Peter Gialames
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tomasz Janeczko [mailto:amibroker@x...]
> Sent: Monday, July 30, 2001 3:10 AM
> To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [amibroker] Re: QP2 Fundamental Data
> 
> 
> Dear Peter,
> 
> What is slow is CreateObject/new ActiveXObject (initialization) call for QP2
> objects.
> I have never found another COM that is SO SLOW in initialization.
> This is not AmiBroker's fault, because I have tried many different objects
> including AmiBroker's own OLE objects from AFL (there are used by Dimitris
> also everyday) and they
> run very fast. I tried also FileSystemObject and a number of other COM
> objects.
> None of them were anyway near that slow.
> 
> You have not noticed that in your code since you call CreateObject only once
> and a second does not make a difference for you. (But since scripting engine
> is initialized
> on stock-by stock basis I can not use this approach yet)
> 
> See the following code that performs CreateObject only and demonstrate the
> slowness
> (this time in VBScript):
> 
> 
> EnableScript("vbscript");
> <%
> Set oCompanyInfo = CreateObject("QuotesPlus.CompanyInfo")
> %>
> buy=sell=cum(1) == lastvalue( cum(1) );
> 
> Now compare the performance with the following code that does EXACTLY the
> same but creates Microsoft File system object:
> 
> EnableScript("vbscript");
> <%
> Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
> %>
> buy=sell= cum(1) == lastvalue( cum(1) );
> 
> The second code is hundred times faster. From the AFL/AmiBroker side there
> is no
> difference in handling both cases. The only difference is the object being
> created.
> 
> Errors on your machine: will try to find the reason, but I haven't noticed
> any
> problem on my 2 machines that I use for testing.
> 
> Best regards,
> Tomasz Janeczko
> ===============
> AmiBroker - the comprehensive share manager.
> http://www.amibroker.com
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Peter Gialames" <investor@xxxx>
> To: <amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2001 11:33 PM
> Subject: RE: [amibroker] Re: QP2 Fundamental Data
> 
> 
> > Hello Tomasz,
> >
> > I don't know why there is a performance penalty with AmiBroker. I know
> that
> > I can access this data in milliseconds through Excel VBA (and VB - I
> bought
> > 6.0). I can send you this code (Excel Spreadsheet) if you like.
> >
> > I am trying to see the performance problem you are talking about but I
> > cannot get the script you posted to work, I keep getting errors (see
> > attached & I sent you a bug report). The errors are in the following
> lines:
> >
> > column0 = Float;
> > column1 = EPS;
> > column2 = ROE;
> > column3 = Dividend;
> >
> > Like I said in a prior email, I work primarily with the DLL, but that is
> not
> > accessible in scripting languages. I am very familiar with the COM add-in
> > though (I did testing between the two). One item that might cause the
> > problem is the COM add-in loads 'all data available' for each symbol.
> This
> > is one of the reasons I stuck with the DLL - you can specify the amount of
> > data to load (number of days to load).
> >
> > Gary Lyben (Quotes Plus Owner) said that he is going to add the ability to
> > limit the amount of data loaded in the next update to the COM add-in ...
> but
> > there was no date specified.
> >
> > You can drop Gary an email if you wish (gary@xxxx), although he
> > has not answered any of my private emails lately (not very typical of
> their
> > tech support). I will help as much as I can.
> >
> > Peter Gialames
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Tomasz Janeczko [mailto:amibroker@x...]
> > Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2001 4:41 PM
> > To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: Re: [amibroker] Re: QP2 Fundamental Data
> >
> >
> > Peter,
> >
> > I guess you talked a lot with QP2 people, do they have any hint
> > about improving the speed of accessing fundamental data?
> >
> > The problem might be with that, that I create the instance
> > of the QP2 object for every stock in the script, but it really
> > should not have THIS performance penalty.
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Tomasz Janeczko
> > ===============
> > AmiBroker - the comprehensive share manager.
> > http://www.amibroker.com
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Tomasz Janeczko" <amibroker@xxxx>
> > To: <amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2001 10:24 PM
> > Subject: Re: [amibroker] Re: QP2 Fundamental Data
> >
> >
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > Here comes a working example (exploration mode only) in AFL/ JScript:
> > >
> > > EnableScript("jscript");
> > >
> > > filter = cum( 1 ) == lastvalue( cum( 1 ) );
> > > // this is to show only one entry per stock
> > >
> > > ticker = name();
> > > numcolumns = 4;
> > >
> > > <%
> > > CInfo = new ActiveXObject("QuotesPlus.CompanyInfo");
> > > CInfo.Symbol = AFL("ticker");
> > >
> > > AFL("Float") = Number( CInfo.Float() );
> > > AFL("EPS") = Number( CInfo.TTMEPS() );
> > > AFL("ROE") = Number( CInfo.ROE() );
> > > AFL("Dividend") = Number( CInfo.AnnualDividend() );
> > > %>
> > >
> > > column0 = Float;
> > > column0name = "Float";
> > > column1 = EPS;
> > > column1name = "TTM EPS";
> > > column2 = ROE;
> > > column2name = "ROE";
> > > column3 = Dividend;
> > > column3name = "Dividend";
> > >
> > > ------------
> > > Note it seems that QP2 object is very slow in accessing company info
> data.
> > >
> > > Best regards,
> > > Tomasz Janeczko
> > > ===============
> > > AmiBroker - the comprehensive share manager.
> > > http://www.amibroker.com
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Peter Gialames" <investor@xxxx>
> > > To: <amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2001 9:26 PM
> > > Subject: [amibroker] Re: QP2 Fundamental Data
> > >
> > >
> > > > Steve,
> > > >
> > > > I am not that good with VBScript (yet?) and most of my work is with
> > > > the QP DLL (you can't use DLL's with VBScript ... I think), but you
> > > > should can use the COM add-in supplied by Quotes Plus to get what you
> > > > want(you use CreateObject("Projectname.Classname")).
> > > >
> > > > Once I find out how to 'hack' this I will let the list know ...
> > > > although Tomasz might be able to help faster.
> > > >
> > > > Peter Gialames
> > > >
> > > > --- In amibroker@xxxx, Steve Wiser <slwiserr@xxxx> wrote:
> > > > > Tomasz or anyone:
> > > > >
> > > > > How would I go about coding an indicator that used some fundamental
> > > > data
> > > > > from the QP2 database that is something other that C, O, H, L and
> > > > V? I
> > > > > would like to do some testing using EPS data and such inside
> > > > > Amibroker. Using VB or Java scripting this seems like it should be
> > > > > doable. And if so would be a great feature for Amibroker to brag
> > > > about.
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks
> > > > >
> > > > > Steve
> > > >
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