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This is one of the greatest ideas!
thanks a lot
nand
--- In amibroker@xxxx, "Richard Alford" <richard.alford@xxxx> wrote:
> Greetings - after being hammered unmercifully by TBL and BSX
following
> earnings announcements ( one was better, one was worse - both
dropped by
> 4-8%!) I decided I need easier access to the anticipated earnings
date.
>
> As such, I spent the day in the NerdNest and built a function to
report the
> alleged earnings date via a yahoo query. It is packaged as a dll
that need
> to be placed in the .../AmiBroker/Plugins directory can be called
in the
> Commentary:
>
> / April 24th, 2002 - requires rmaAFLObjects.dll
in .../AmiBroker/Plugins
> directory
> // Queries Yahoo for earnings date, parses html and reports the
date.
>
> rmaObj = CreateObject("rmaAFLObjects.EstEarnDate");
> Name() + " Estimated Earnings Date: " + rmaObj.EarningsDate(Name
());
>
> The zip file has the text above for cut and paste in the commentary.
>
> This is my first attempt at communicating a dll and if there are
problems
> let me know. I created the dll in VB6 and following TJ's
instructions had
> very few problems with the packaging - getting the yahoo data was
another
> thing all together.
>
> btw: Is there a file location on the AB site for dll's I realize
there is
> more risk to the user - damage could be done by a malicious poster,
or by an
> unskilled programmer (perhaps I should advise to use at your own
risk - I
> will say I am using it myself :)
>
> Cheers,
>
> Richard
>
> www.AnalyticInvestor.com
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