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Re: this is for the eSignal peron on the list



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Colin,

Do you know of any way to "push" data to excel on another computer on a
real-time basis?



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "cwest" <cwest@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Omegalist" <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, February 23, 2004 1:20 PM
Subject: this is for the eSignal peron on the list


> I noticed that eSiganl offers a service--MarketCenter (base price $14.95
> per month)--which pushes prices for stocks, options, and futures to
> Internet Explorer, however, there isn't an interface/API offered so that
> the data can "arrive" in Excel (using a RTD COM add-in). Obviously if
> data is pushed to a user through port 80, it can be trapped and sent to
> any other software that knows how to parse such streams.
>
> If I develop a tool that does this so that users can look at real-time
> prices in Excel, would there be any objection? There's little if
> anything I'd need from eSiganl to do this, although the more knowledge
> and cooperation provided the easier and quicker a tool could be
> developed. Also, would there be any objection to making a tool that does
> this available to anyone?
>
> Hope to hear from you.
>
> Colin West
>