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Walter:
This looks fine.
I have one question which is can be serious if we are downloading daily
updates from "free" internet sites: If we are away for a few days, ae
there sites where we can access historical data, say 1 day to 2 or 3 weeks?
Lionel
-----Original Message-----
From: Walter Lake <wlake@xxxxxxxxx>
To: Metastock bulletin board <metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tuesday, March 16, 1999 1:08 PM
Subject: data download template
>I've been asked to put this out for comments.
>
>Attached is a sample spreadsheet that contains no macros or code or
>anything. It's just documentation as to what approach we would take in
>making a generalized approach to the "data download situation".
>
>Even though it is organized with Futures contracts listed, it could just
as
>easily be stocks, funds, etc. Please ignore the contract symbols and
"think"
>of your own symbols.
>
>This is just the start of things and the items on the layout page will
>increase as time goes on.
>
>I also envision a toolbar totally devoted to this project: a buttons to
fire
>up the download process; a button to maintain the symbol list (and the
>sheets that will contain the data); a button to fire up a
>form that will show most of the parametric info on the layout; etc.
>
>The "download" worksheet allows easy insertion or deletion of stocks,
funds,
>contracts, etc. ROWS
>
>Each stock, fund or contract will have a separate worksheet, i.e.,
>"SymbolAAA", SymbolZZZ", etc.
>
>The "layout" worksheet lists possible things and actions the workbook will
>do.
>
>For those of you with larger universes of tradeables (250) pages per
>workbook, other approaches or workarounds will need to be suggested.
>
>One "Trading system" workbook is in the works that will be designed to
"call
>up" the data worksheet from a drop down list rather than endless
duplication
>of indicators etc..
>
>Please post comments.
>
>Best regards
>
>Walter
>
>
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