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-jim >>When I click on HELP,ABOUT,in Amiquote it says "unregistered".Could
this have something to do with it?I know for sure that Amibroker is
registered,I thought that Amiquote would be too.
I have not been following this, but MAKE ABSOLUTELY SURE that your version
of ami>"BROKER" is registered. It is my understanding that unregistered
amibroker will not save. Ron D
----- Original Message -----
From: "brian_z111" <brian_z111@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2008 7:27 PM
Subject: [amibroker] Re: quote download?
> Jim,
>
> IMO the most important thing of all, is that when AB is installed
> everyone can setup a database - that is why I went to so much trouble
> to write extra notes on the subject.
>
> Yes, it is totally frustrating if you aren't getting data.
>
> I can't guarantee that I can help but I will try everything I know -
> I suggest we try everything we can one more time.
> If we still have no success then it is time to go to Ami Support.
>
> I have found AB incredibly stable and even though I am rather naive
> about OS etc I never have this type of problem.
>
> It is unlikely to be a stability issue (always possible I suppose) -
> let's eliminate all other possibilities first.
>
>> When I click on HELP,ABOUT,in Amiquote it says "unregistered".Could
>> this have something to do with it?I know for sure that Amibroker is
>> registered,I thought that Amiquote would be too.
>
> No, that is nothing to do with it.
> Registration allows users to access some additional features but
> basic downloading/importing data works fine.
>
> You might have accidentally changed something from the install
> condition but before we do a reinstall could you please try something.
>
> STEP 1
>
> Please open the database that AB was shipped with and tell me if you
> can see charts in daily view?
>
> STEP 2
>
> a) create a new blank database - EOD - local enabled - check load
> this database at startup.
>
> b) call it Data_Test so we are both talking about the same thing.
>
> c) go to Symbol >> new and type in ^DJI, BA, CAT then hit OK (the
> symbols will appear in your ALL list.
>
> d) leave AB open and open AmiQuote
>
> e) open AmiQuote and select Tools >> get tickers from AmiBroker
>
> Do you get the tickers ^DJI, BA, CAT in the AQ window?
>
> f) download data for those tickers exactly as shown by Tomasz (I know
> you said you did and I know you aren't stupid - I'm just being
> careful with our communication because this is our one and only go at
> it).
>
> i.e - the tickers are waiting to download
> - change the "From" date to get one month of data (the to date will
> automatically be today).
> - check automatic import
> - select Yahoo historical server
> - hit the green "start download" arrow
>
> I have just done that and I am lookng at my charts for those three
> symbols.
>
> When you say:
>
> "> I made sure that the file name in Amiquote matched the name of the
>> file that was open in Amibroker(MyNewData)."
>
> What do you mean?
> What did you do there?
> (I have never had to bother with things like that).
>
> Try the above and see where we get to.
>
> I will be in all day today and tomorrow.
> When I give up I will let you know and then you can email support
> about firewalls etc.
>
>
>
> brian_z
>
>
>
> --- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "triangle702000" <jkra70@xxx> wrote:
>>
>> Hello everyone,I'm back.Unfortunately I've not made any progress
> with
>> my problem.
>>
>> First,I followed the instructions from the video that Tomasz left a
>> link to,but still had no data in Amibroker when finished.
>>
>> I made sure that the file name in Amiquote matched the name of the
>> file that was open in Amibroker(MyNewData).It goes through the
> whole
>> list,seemingly downloading and importing as it goes,but when it's
>> done,I click on a symbol on the list in Amibroker and it says not
>> enough data.However,"MyNewData" in Amiquote has a little over 300
>> symbols in it,but when I click the ALL tab in the Amibroker
>> list ,there are only 4 symbols,but even thse aren't getting any
>> data.Why would there be a different Number of symbols for the same
>> file?
>>
>> When I click on HELP,ABOUT,in Amiquote it says "unregistered".Could
>> this have something to do with it?I know for sure that Amibroker is
>> registered,I thought that Amiquote would be too.
>>
>> Also,I have a file in Amiquote which I named "biglist"but I can't
>> find the file in Amibroker.Do I need to coordinate Amibroker and
>> Amiquote to have the same file open at the same time when I'm
> trying
>> to download data?I have a file called "MyNewData" in both,but I
> still
>> can't get any data to it.
>>
>> Could there be a conflict with my anti virus or Windows security
>> settings that would prevent me from getting data?I'm using Windows
>> XP.When Amiquote is doing it's thing,it seems to be working normally
>> (does the whole completed-imported thing)but I can't get the data
>> into Amibroker.Tickers that I have added have a blank chart that
>> says"not enough data",and Djia tickers that came with the program
>> have a date of 4/10/2006 as the last day of data.(I have Amiquote
> set
>> for Yahoo historical,EOD,with a start date in 1998) My feeling is
>> that I'm downloading ok,it's just ending up somewhere and I can't
>> find it.If you run a list in Amiquote will the data automatically
> end
>> up in the database that is open in Amibroker?
>>
>> I've had this thing for three days now and I haven't been able to
>> load a single bit of data.I've been createing files,changing
>> settings,anything to try to get things going.If I uninstall,re-
>> install,and re-register would it be easier? That way I could start
>> off with a blank slate and not have to try to figure out what's
> being
>> downloaded and where it's going to ,and if the database I'm trying
> to
>> open in Amibroker is the same one I've just updated in
> Amiquote.Would
>> this be a good thing to try?
>>
>> Also I received an email from someone who suggested to not download
>> more than 6 months at a time from Yahoo.I tried this with the same
>> results.
>>
>> You can probably tell I'm a bit frustrated.I apologize for the long
>> post,I'm just wanting to get things going.It's like having a new
> car
>> in the driveway and not being able to drive it.Sorry for being so
>> clueless,I hope someone can help.Thanks. -jim
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "brian_z111" <brian_z111@> wrote:
>> >
>> > Tomasz,
>> >
>> > > It is not reflected in the global "From" date (which is in fact
>> set
>> > >from first symbol),
>> >
>> >
>> > So what is the function of the global "From" date now?
>> >
>> >
>> > brian_z
>> >
>> > --- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Tomasz Janeczko" <groups@>
>> > wrote:
>> > >
>> > > When using auto-update tool, AmiQuote asks AmiBroker for last
>> date
>> > for each symbol separately.
>> > > It is not reflected in the global "From" date (which is in fact
>> set
>> > from first symbol), but it is handled internally
>> > > so each symbol downloads from its own "last" date.
>> > >
>> > > Best regards,
>> > > Tomasz Janeczko
>> > > amibroker.com
>> > > ----- Original Message -----
>> > > From: wavemechanic
>> > > To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > > Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2008 1:42 PM
>> > > Subject: Re: [amibroker] Re: quote download?
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > With respect to the update process, I don't use AQ at this
>> time,
>> > but when I did I do not recall any problem with different symbols
>> > having different last dates (not holes in data) for auto update.
>> My
>> > impression was that AQ gets the earliest last available date for
>> the
>> > entire symbol list (I suspect this would be easier and faster
> than
>> > keeping track of individual ending dates) and then gets
> historical
>> > data from that date forward for all symbols. As I recall, there
>> was
>> > never a problem with getting all data when different symbols had
>> > different ending dates (can occur for a number of reasons) which
> is
>> > consistent with the earliest last date scenario. If one is
>> > interested, this could easily be checked by creating a small
> dummy
>> > database containing all data through the current date, delete a
>> > different number of quotes from different symbols, and then run
>> auto
>> > update to see if all symbols are updated properly through the
>> current
>> > date. I have used a number of downloaders through the years and
>> this
>> > is the way they seem to function which makes correcting data for
>> > distributions, etc. relatively easy.
>> > >
>> > > Bill
>> > >
>> > > ----- Original Message -----
>> > > From: "brian_z111" <brian_z111@>
>> > > To: <amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> > > Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2008 10:36 PM
>> > > Subject: [amibroker] Re: quote download?
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > snip
>> > >
>> > > >
>> > > > In this case Tomasz chose to use the end date of the first
>> > symbol as
>> > > > the default start date for auto download i.e. it is an
>> updater
>> > and
>> > > > assumes we start with clean data, have an index as the
> first
>> > symbol
>> > > > (indexes will always trade) and that we constantly update
>> (keep
>> > > > building the database).
>> > > >
>> > >
>> > > snip
>> > >
>> >
>>
>
>
>
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