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Yes, its Mike writing. If Taylor (3 yrs old) was writing then I'd
really be impressed.
Mike
--- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Joe Landry" <jelandry@xxx> wrote:
>
> Bless you mikelaurataylor, for sharing this.
> I'm gong to use an Access table to track holdings with columns
> holding ticker, no of shares, divd, date split (wow it gets
complicated)
> in order to generate a weighted equity curve.
>
> Best regards
> JOE
> P/S. Is it Mike who's writing?
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "mikelaurataylor" <mikelaurataylor@xxx>
> To: <amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, August 06, 2006 2:46 PM
> Subject: [amibroker] Re: AmiBroker 4.84.0 BETA released
>
>
> > The code to hook up to the Access database is below. Before you can
> > use it there are two things you need to do.
> >
> > 1. You need to have an access database with the data you want in it
> > (obviously). In this case I have a database called "earnings" with
> > a table called "Selected" in it that has 1 record per symbol
> > containing fields with company name, ticker, float, earnings for each
> > of the last 8 quarters, sales for each of the last 8 quarters.
> > There are a ton of posts in the last 30 days about where to get this
> > info, I use the AAII data from the software I pay $200 / yr for.
> >
> > 2. You need to set up an ODBC connection to that database. On a 32
> > bit version of windows you can do it under "Administrative Tools"
> > under "Control Panel". In this case you'd set a connection with a
> > name of "earningsdb" (what I used below) to the physical database
> > called "earnings" (what I used). In my case I'm running xp64 which
> > created a complication into it but I found ways around it and managed
> > to set the connection up by finding the 32 bit odbc executable.
> >
> > 3. Once that is done, here is the code. I added some comments here.
> >
> >
> >
> > //establishes the connection to the odbc source. you need to have
> > //first set up this through control panel
> > odbcOpenDatabase("DSN=earningsdb");
> >
> > // tells amibroker what field to look for the ticker in (first field)
> > //and the date, which in this case was not relevant
> > odbcSetFieldNames("ticker", "datenum" );
> >
> > // sets individual fields. First value is the table, 2nd value
> > // is the ticker. Since I want it to use the ticker that AmiBroker is
> > // on, I leave this blank. 3rd value is the field I am calling
> > coname = odbcGetValue( "selected", "", "company" );
> > indus = odbcGetValue("selected","","industry");
> > q1e = odbcGetValue("selected","", "q1e");
> > q2e = odbcGetValue("selected","","q2e");
> > q3e = odbcGetValue("selected","","q3e");
> > q4e = odbcGetValue("selected","","q4e");
> > q5e = odbcGetValue("selected","","q5e");
> > q6e = odbcGetValue("selected","","q6e");
> > q7e = odbcGetValue("selected","","q7e");
> > q8e = odbcGetValue("selected","","q8e");
> > s1 = odbcGetValue("selected","","q1s");
> > s2 = odbcGetValue("selected","","q2s");
> > s3 = odbcGetValue("selected","","q3s");
> > s4 = odbcGetValue("selected","","q4s");
> > s5 = odbcGetValue("selected","","q5s");
> > s6 = odbcGetValue("selected","","q6s");
> > s7 = odbcGetValue("selected","","q7s");
> > s8 = odbcGetValue("selected","","q8s");
> > float = odbcGetValue("selected","","float");
> > Coname = odbcGetValue("selected","","company");
> > /// from here you can set your own code.
> > // for instance to do a canslim type screen that looks for 100%
> > // earnings growth quarter over quarter, plus revenue growth
> > // plus an increase in volume, plus an increase in price
> > // this works very well.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "dingo" <dingo@> wrote:
> >>
> >> How about showing the code you use to "hook up" to the Access DB?
> >>
> >> d
> >>
> >> > -----Original Message-----
> >> > From: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> > [mailto:amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of mikelaurataylor
> >> > Sent: Sunday, August 06, 2006 10:45 AM
> >> > To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> > Subject: [amibroker] Re: AmiBroker 4.84.0 BETA released
> >> >
> >> > THanks for the continual flow of new versions!
> >> >
> >> > For what it's worth I have managed to do 2 things with recent
> >> > versions. First, with the realtime tabbed pain I managed to work
> >> > most of last week without loading Tradestation, which I'm trying to
> >> > get away from. The multiple tabs plus an AA Explore I wrote
that I
> >> > run now and then to identify key changes, allows me to get away
from
> >> > the Tradestation radarscreen. This is a big help.
> >> >
> >> > Also, yesterday I managed to create a first (rough) version
> >> > of a graph I can display on the screen that shows the 8
> >> > quarterly earnings and 8 quarterly revenue trends alongside a
> >> > price graph. I was able to use the new SQL plugin and
> >> > downloaded data into an Access database that I
> >> > access through the plugin. It's still rough but ultimately
I think
> >> > will be a big help.
> >> >
> >> > THanks!
> >> >
> >> > --- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Tomasz Janeczko"
> >> > <groups@> wrote:
> >> > >
> >> > > Hello,
> >> > >
> >> > > AmiBroker 4.84.0 BETA is released now.
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> >
http://www.amibroker.com/devlog/2006/08/06/amibroker-4840-beta-relased
> >> > > /
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > > Best regards,
> >> > > Tomasz Janeczko
> >> > > amibroker.com
> >> > >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Please note that this group is for discussion between users only.
> >> >
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> >> >
> >> > For other support material please check also:
> >> > http://www.amibroker.com/support.html
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