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Thank you, Tomasz. Much appreciated.
Bill
--- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Tomasz Janeczko" <tj@xxxx> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> A new version of AmiQuote 1.54 has been just released to
> http://www.amibroker.com/bin/aq1540.exe
>
> This is mainly bug-fix release.
>
> Best regards,
> Tomasz Janeczko
> amibroker.com
>
>
> AmiQuote Read Me
>
> AmiQuote 1.54 Read Me ( April 11, 2003 )
>
> INTRODUCTION
>
> AmiQuote is a companion program to AmiBroker stock
charting/analysis software.
>
> The main purpose of AmiQuote is to simplify and automate
downloading
>
> a.. current day and historical EOD quotation data from Yahoo!
Finance sites (FREE)
> b.. delayed intraday/daily bars data from Quote.com servers.
(LiveCharts subscription required)
> c.. historical EOD quotes from MSN Money Central (FREE)
> d.. historical EOD quotes from eSignal Central (FREE)
> AmiQuote performs downloads using multiple threads allowing you
to fully utilise your connection bandwidth.
>
>
> WHAT'S NEW IN VERSION 1.54?
>
> a.. fixed problem with sometimes misleading "import
failed", "aqe.format missing" messages
> b.. Source: eSignal Central stays selected between sessions
> c.. other bug fixes
> WHAT'S NEW IN VERSION 1.53?
>
> a.. added new EOD data source: eSignal Central featuring all US
exchanges, European exchanges, Futures, Currencies / Forex.
> b.. added data-source sensitive symbol search (Tools->Symbol
Search) - automatically opens web page with symbol lookup for data
source selected in the "Source" combo-box.
> WHAT'S NEW IN VERSION 1.52?
>
> a.. added initial delay between requests (delay that is added
before attempt to download each new symbol data) to the Settings
page. It is defined in milliseconds (1/1000 part of the second). It
should help the owners of very fast connections to slow down AmiQuote
and avoid problems with Yahoo rejecting too frequent requests.
> WHAT'S NEW IN VERSION 1.51?
>
> a.. Added support for MSN Money Central. End-of-day historical
stocks, mutual funds, currencies US, Canada, Japan, Australia and
major European exchanges. See
http://moneycentral.msn.com/investor/common/find.asp?NextPage=%
2Fscripts%2Fwebquote%2Edll%3FiPage%3Dqd
> and this http://moneycentral.msn.com/investor/research/welcome.asp
> to learn about symbols used by MSN. You have to have aqm.format
file (supplied with this install) copied to AmiBroker's Formats
subdirectory to make auto-import from MSN feature work)
> b.. Added symbol translation table ( Tools->Symbol Translation
Table menu ) that allows to get symbols from alternative source
without need to rename tickers in AmiBroker. It can be used for
example to update Yahoo database from MSN. If you define ^DJI, $INDU
pair AmiQuote will issue request for $INDU to MSN server when the
ticker list contains ^DJI (Yahoo-style symbol). A sample translation
is included (msn.translations file - loaded automatically at
startup).
> c.. Added some checks for Quote.com mode so it displays correct
error message if "feature available to subscribers" is received from
Quote.com server
> d.. Added check for operating system reserved names like PRN.AX -
they are renamed to PR_.AX to allow storing such file in windows
(should I say MSDOS) operating system.
> e.. removed obsolete "country" combo box and other cleanups.
>
> WHAT'S NEW IN VERSION 1.50?
>
> a.. Retrieving ticker list from AmiBroker is 10 times faster now
(requires AmiBroker 4.00 or higher), so Tools->Auto-update quotes
start in 2-3 seconds for 7000+ symbols
> WHAT'S NEW IN VERSION 1.49?
>
> a.. New URL for requesting historical data from Yahoo is used.
> b.. Appropriate error message is displayed if downloaded file
contains HTML tags (message: "Error in downloading") or has only one
header line (message "No data for this symbol")
> WHAT'S NEW IN VERSION 1.48?
>
> a.. Definable proxy server, port, user name and password in the
Settings dialog allows using AmiQuote in corporate environments
> b.. (experimental) ability to specify Livecharts user/password
for intraday Quote.com server (Setting page) - the Livecharts
password needs to be entered in the encrypted form see
http://www.amibroker.com/members/ for the details.
> WHAT'S NEW IN VERSION 1.47?
>
> a.. AmiQuote now supports 3 different intraday Quote.com servers.
You can select one in Tools->Settings "Intraday server"
> WHAT'S NEW IN VERSION 1.46?
>
> a.. bug fix: solved problem with renaming of tickers
with "COM", "AUX", "LPT" substrings. Now only full ticker symbol is
matched (not substring)
> b.. bug fix: "Number of symbols per request (current mode)" does
not switch back to 1 anymore when the settings page is opened
> WHAT'S NEW IN VERSION 1.45?
>
> a.. rewritten downloading code - more robust - closes "dead"
connections and includes auto-retry feature
> b.. settings dialog now allows to define the number of auto-
retries, delay between retries, connection and receive timeouts used
to detect not responding connections
> c.. colon character ':' in the ticker name is automatically
replaced by underscore '_' to avoid problems with file system not
allowing colon in the file name.
> WHAT'S NEW IN VERSION 1.41?
>
> a.. 5-min and larger intervals work correctly now
> b.. daily interval added for downloads from Quote.com servers
(allowing you to get quotes of E-minis for example not supported by
Yahoo)
> WHAT'S NEW IN VERSION 1.4?
>
> a.. Download delayed intra-day bar data (1-min, 5-min, 15-min, 60-
min, 120-min bars) for US securities
> b.. Simplified download historical and daily data from 50
international exchanges (one setting works for all exchanges)
> c.. Ability to run downloads automatically in user-defined
intervals
> d.. AmiQuote is now shareware. The evaluation version is FULLY
functional and has NO time limit, so you can use it as long as you
wish, but if you like the program and use it often you are encouraged
to purchase life-time license for only $25. Click here to buy
> WHAT'S NEW IN VERSION 1.3?
>
> a.. Retrieving multiple symbols data in one request (current mode
only) - provides huge speed-up for download in "current" mode. Number
of symbols definable in the Settings.
> b.. User-definable number of simultaneous downloads
> WHAT'S NEW IN VERSION 1.2?
>
> a.. Fully automatic updates of AmiBroker database (US & Canada
markets only)
> b.. Editing and saving ticker lists
> c.. Integration with AmiBroker (retrieving ticker lists and last
update date)
> d.. Better error handling and greatly improved stability
> e.. Selective downloads
> f.. Support for updating mutual fund quotes (close price only)
> g.. Support for appending data files
> h.. User-defined destination folder
> i.. Settings are preserved between sessions
> j.. added support for Argentina, Brazil, China, Denmark, Hong
Kong, India, Japan, Mexico, Norway, Sweden, Singapore, Spain, Taiwan
(version 1.21)
>
> INSTALLATION
>
> If you have installed AmiBroker already, no special installation
of AmiQuote is required. Just unzip AmiQuote package to a separate
directory (the default is "C:\Program Files\AmiBroker\AmiQuote"). If
you haven't installed AmiBroker yet it is recommended to do so,
because AmiQuote uses MFC libraries (version 6.0) that are supplied
with AmiBroker.
>
> QUICK START
>
> Note: this procedure works only if you have AmiBroker installed:
>
> 1.. Launch AmiBroker and AmiQuote
> 2.. Choose Tools->Auto-update AmiBroker database (or
corresponding toolbar button)
> HOW IT WORKS
>
> AmiQuote loads (or retrieves from AmiBroker) a ticker list file
(.TLS) which is simple ASCII file with ticker symbols, then parses it
and downloads data from either Yahoo Finance or Quote.com servers.
Then, when you start the download process, it requests the data from
Yahoo and stores downloaded data in the separate .AQD (daily) or .AQH
(historical) or .AQI (intraday bar) files for each ticker. After
download, if AmiBroker is running, AmiQuote will import the quotes
into AmiBroker automaticaly.
>
> USAGE
>
> Below you will find some tips on using AmiQuote 1.2 with and
without AmiBroker. More detailed instructions will be provided with
the upcoming AmiBroker 3.65.
>
> Using AmiQuote in stand-alone mode
>
> Although AmiQuote is provided as a companion program to AmiBroker
it is however possible to use it without AmiBroker. Here is a simple
procedure of downloading quotes using stand-alone AmiQuote:
>
> 1.. Launch AmiQuote
> 2.. Open supplied example file DJIA.TLS in the directory DJIA
> This will load example ticker list (components of Dow Jones
Industrial Average)
> 3.. Choose between downloading current or historical or
intraday interval bar quotes (intraday interval bars are available
only for US exchanges)
> 4.. Click on green arrow toolbar button (Start download)
> now for a couple of minutes you can watch the download
operation progress
> 5.. When all downloads are complete you can close the program
and find appropriate .AQD (daily quotes) or .AQH (historical) or .AQI
(intraday) files stored in the directory where TLS file is located.
> Using AmiQuote with AmiBroker
>
> Automatic update
>
> The easiest method to work with AmiQuote and AmiBroker is to use
the procedure given in Quick Start section of this document. Just run
AmiBroker and AmiQuote and choose Tools->Auto-update AmiBroker
database. This method updates historical quotes from the last date
present in AmiBroker upto today. When performing automatic update,
AmiQuote performs internally 4 steps a) retrieves the ticker list
from AmiBroker (all stocks loaded currently in AmiBroker);
> b) gets the last quotation date available in AmiBroker;
> c) performs historical download from last date upto today;
> d) instructs AmiBroker to import downloaded files.
>
> AmiQuote now supports over 50 international exchanges
in "historical" and "daily" modes.
>
> Note that AmiQuote currently supports a new command line
parameter: /autoupdate. This option forces AmiQuote to perform
automatic update procedure without user intervention.
> You may setup you custom tools menu in AmiBroker to call AmiQuote
with this argument:
>
> C:\Program Files\AmiBroker\AmiQuote\Quote.EXE /autoupdate
>
> If you do so, you will be able to update your database with a
single click.
>
> Manual operation
>
> Automatic mode is nice but there are cases when you have to
perform some tasks manually. There is a good old document describing
that mode of operation at: http://www.amibroker.com/docs/ab304.html .
Everything written in this document remains valid with one exception -
now importing to AmiBroker are performed automatically if you have
Automatic import checkbox marked.
>
> There are also several cases when you prefer to do things
manualy, then please don't forget about some useful tools available
at your fingertips:
>
> File->Open, File->Save, File->Save As
>
> These functions enable you to load and save your edited ticker
lists for future repeated use.
>
> Edit->Add tickers
>
> This function allows you to add the tickers to the list. Just
type space separated tickers into the field that will show up when
you choose this function.
>
> Edit->Delete tickers
>
> This function allows you to delete tickers from the list. Just
select the items you want to delete from the list view (multiple
selection possible by holding SHIFT or CTRL key while clicking on
items), and choose this function.
>
> Edit->Mark all, Edit->Unmark all, Edit->Toggle, Edit->Mark
selection, Edit->Unmark selection
>
> These functions allow you to mark the tickers for download.
Please note that AmiQuote puts a checkmark before ticker name in the
list view. ONLY MARKED items will be downloaded. This allows you to
perform selective downloads/updates.
>
> View->Refresh
>
> Basically AmiQuote handles refreshes by itself when needed. For
example if you changed the date range, the list will be refreshed
before starting download. But there are some cases when you may want
to refresh the list by yourself. For example if you downloaded and
imported quotes once and want to do this again you would need to
choose this function. The Refresh function simply applies all date
and type settings to the URLs listed, and MARKS all tickers for a new
download.
>
> Tools->Import into AmiBroker
>
> This function is useful if you want to import just downloaded
quotes into AmiBroker but you have Automatic import checkbox cleared.
>
> Tools->Get tickers from AmiBroker
>
> This function retrieves all stocks from currently loaded
AmiBroker database and fills the AmiQuote ticker list with them.
>
> Tools->Get last update date
>
> This function retrieves the date of the most recent quotation
of the first stock present in currently loaded AmiBroker database and
sets the From date to this date.
>
> Tools->Settings
>
> Displays the settings window where you can define the
destination directory where all downloads are stored. Note that blank
destination directory means that downloads will be stored in the
current working directory (in most cases this is the folder from
where current .TLS file was loaded).
>
> In this window you can also change the mode of writing the
files. By default historical files are overwritten while daily files
get appended. This is recommended setup. Appending daily files simply
allows you to create intra-day historical files when you do the
updates daily. You may change this behaviour for your particular
purpose.
>
> LIMITATIONS
>
> Intraday interval bar data (1-min, 5-min, 15-min, 60-min and 120-
min) are available for US securities only.
> Historical data for international exchanges are usually much
shorter than for US markets.
>
> Because intraday bar data are downloaded from Quote.com servers
the ticker symbols for indices are different than those used by
Yahoo. For complete reference please check
http://finance.lycos.com/home/misc/symbol_search.asp?options=i
>
> Intraday bar data are limited to 500 bars regardless of bar
interval. In other words you always get 500 bars data, whenever these
are 1-min, 5-min, 15-min, 60-min or 120-min data - so by choosing
bigger interval you get data from more days. This is the limitation
imposed by free delayed Quote.com server.
>
> SUPPLIED EXAMPLE FILES
>
> AmiQuote 1.2 with the following example ticker lists:
>
> a.. DJIA.tls - components of Dow Jones Industrial Average (USA)
> More example ticker lists could be downloaded from
http://www.amibroker.com/starter/ .
>
> DISTRIBUTION
>
> AmiQuote is distributed as shareware. The evaluation version is
FULLY functional and has NO time limit, so you can use it as long as
you wish, but if you like the program and use it often you are
encouraged to purchase life-time license for only $25. Click here to
buy
>
> DISCLAIMER
>
> This software is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind.
Any use of the program is at your own risk. The author disclaims any
implied warranty of merchantability and/or fitness for a particular
purpose.
>
> LEGAL
>
> AmiQuote 1.4. Copyright (C)2000-2002 by Tomasz
Janeczko/AmiBroker.com.
> All rights reserved.
> All trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
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