Hi Ton,
thanks for the tip on Stockbrowser, I'm an mL user, but
always
interested in trying new and useful software. I downloaded S B
tonite
and haven't yet got it set up but it looks very
good.
Ken
--- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxps.com,
"Ton Sieverding"
<ton.sieverding@...> wrote:
>
> Hi
Pete. Although MLDownloader for me is a nice download program,
> I have
some practical remarks. Most items can be downloaded with
> AmiQuote
from Yahoo, MSN etc. In case you will not find the data on
these
>
sources, my experience with MLDownloader is that you will not get the
>
data with this program either. The problem is that to find a source
is
only
> one side of the medal. To get the data from a Page is the other
side.
> You therefore need to write a very simple definition script
that
instructs the
> program ( Parser ) how to get the data from the
Page. You cannot do this
> with AmiQuote and you cannot do this with
MLDownloader either ...
>
> This is the reason why I am using a
program called StockBrowser. Already
> for many ( 12 ) years and without
any serious problems. In case I
find a Page
> somewhere that has
important data for me and that is not coming from
Yahoo,
> MSN etc.
etc. , all I do is writing the Source and Definition file
for Stockbrowser
> and let the program automatically download the data during the
night
with the
> StockBrowser scheduler. Of course the program is
not cheap ...
> IT'S FOR FREE ...
>
> You can find it in
Holland on many WebSites like :
>
> http://members.home.nl/d.koek/download.html
>
> I hope to see the same functionality in AmiQuote somewhere,
somehow,
> some day in the near future. Just because I prefer 'all in
one'
applications ...
>
> Regards, Ton.
>