Good idea. I'm looking at rewriting it so it can be released. Probably put it in vb.net or c#.net then I can release the source and exe to all like you say. I don't have a timetable for it, but I think I will put it on the list of things to do.
Jim --- In [email protected], "dingo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Yepper - a pain in the ascii for sure. > > Just as an FYI - I've written a vb6 app that does most of what you're doing > but with a GUI. I've also got plans to do what you describe for solving the > updating of tickers. > > If you're interested we could exchange some info and I'll go ahead and write > that and release the exe and the source code to the AB community. I recall > that you can't release the script as you wrote it for someone else But I'd > be glad to so that everyone can run their own and you won't have to keep > running it and maintaining your site. > > I can send you some docs and a sample of the app so you can take a look at, > if you'd like. Just contact me off line if interested. > > d > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of jrswindle2001 > > Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2007 4:56 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [amibroker] Re: OT: Yahoo data downloads > > > > Very true here. I run across the very same problem when I run my > > scripting to do the extracts for the database. My biggest problem is > > trying to clean up the data. What you say below, is exactly what I > > have ran across too. > > > > On the new tickers, I have been considering building a utility that > > would read a csv file then verify it with the AB Database, outlining > > the changes that need to be done, instead of just a complete > > overwrite, but haven't gotten to it yet. > > > > Jim > > > > --- In [email protected], "dingo" <dingo@> wrote: > > > > > > Brian, Ronald, et al: > > > > > > I don't think this particular problem is a good one for > > scripting. The > > > reasons for saying that are: > > > > > > 1. In writing some scripting, I found that the data > > supplied by Yahoo is > > > very "dirty". By that I mean that there are a number of tickers that > > they > > > list on the industry, etc. pages that are either out of date or > > just plain > > > wrong. I had to develop a routine to gather all of the > > tickers and then > > > submit them to another part of Yahoo just to see if they > > were valid. In > > > doing so I would get messages that some of them had been changed to > > > something else or they didn't exist. I ran it last nite > > and got a new > > > oddball situation: for one ticker it said that it had been changed > > but the > > > new ticker it gave was the exact same as the old one and I hadn't > > programmed > > > for that so I got into an infinite loop in that routine. Its been > > fixed now > > > but you see the problem. > > > > > > 2. You'll also get a lot of chaff - tickers for the pink sheets, > > etc. Some > > > people may want them others not - so you've got to provide a way for > > them to > > > cherry pick the ones they want. Doing a GUI in script will > > add a higher > > > level of complexity to the project. > > > > > > 3. After all of the tickers have been verified you can still have > > tickers > > > that Yahoo says are "OK" but when you do to download the quotes they > > may not > > > have any. So, you've got to figure out which one's they > > are. AQ doesn't > > > tell you - you have to look at all of the files that are > > downloaded and > > > detect the missing ones. > > > > > > 4. Then there's the ongoing maintenance problems - new > > tickers, deleted > > > tickers, changed tickers, etc. > > > > > > All, in all - for a scripting project (beginning or otherwise) this > > one is > > > very complicated and I think you should learn to crawl first. > > > > > > d > > > > > > > > > _____ > > > > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > On Behalf > > > Of Ronald Davis > > > Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2007 1:25 PM > > > To: [email protected] > > > Subject: Re: [amibroker] Re: OT: Yahoo data downloads > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > This is just the kind of project I have been hoping to find. > > > > > > I have no scripting experience at all, but next week, I am starting > > a home > > > study of scripting. The links below came up instantly on a google > > search, > > > so I am sure that I will have no problem finding enough > > study material. > > > > > > If this yahoo data project involves a huge amount of repetitive > > typing of > > > symbols, then I would like to join in on developing the > > thousands of sub > > > routines that are probably, required. I learn best when I am > > working on a > > > project that will benefit me. I am willing to devote a substantial > > time to > > > this project. > > > > > > I know that the time of experienced scripters is valuable, so would > > ask a > > > question only when I can't find the answer in a google search. > > > > > > Maybe there are others wanting to learn at least a little about > > scripting, > > > and would be willing to dovote a substantial amount of time to > > helping. Ron > > > D > > > > > http://searchwincomputing.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289 > > 142,sid68_gci1 > > > 077544,00.html > > > > > > http://www.asptutorial.info/ > > > > > > > > http://www.windowsitpro.com/Windows/Article/ArticleID/20376/20376.html > > > > > > > > http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/topics/beginner/ > > firststeps.msp > > > x > > > > > > http://webdeveloper.com/javascript/javascript_beginners_guide.html > > > =============================================================== > > > > > > brian_z321 <brian_z321@> wrote: > > > > > > --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > <mailto:amibroker%40yahoogroups.com> ps.com, > > > "dingo" <dingo@> wrote: > > > > > > > > Check your mail. > > > > > > > > d > > > > > > Why did your name spring to mind when I said *kind hearted > > > scripters*? ;-) > > > > > > I'll look into it. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Brian. > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:amibroker%40yahoogroups.com> > > ps.com > > > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:amibroker%40yahoogroups.com> > > ps.com] > > > On Behalf Of brian_z321 > > > > > Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2007 10:23 PM > > > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > <mailto:amibroker%40yahoogroups.com> ps.com > > > > > Subject: [amibroker] Re: OT: Yahoo data downloads > > > > > > > > > > If any one is interested let's make the first target an > > easy one. > > > > > Ee could start with something simple like a script to download > > > all of > > > > > the a* or a-aa listings for the NYSE. > > > > > > > > > > >From there we could progress to getting all of the b* listings > > > and > > > > > then try another market for the a*'s. > > > > > > > > > > Possibly target2 could be to get sectors/inustries for > > all of the > > > > > NYSE a* listings. > > > > > > > > > > With that info I am sure people could work their way up the > > > ladder. > > > > > > > > > > No need for anything fancy to start. > > > > > Just get an example list and export it to a .CSV file with a > > > script. > > > > > > > > > > Any kind hearted scripters out there? > > > > > > > > > > Brian. > > > > > > > > > > --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:amibroker%40yahoogroups.com> > > ps.com, > > > "brian_z321" <brian_z321@> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > At the time of writing Yahoo!Finance lists 37,696 > > tickers from > > > > > approx > > > > > > 523 exchanges world wide. > > > > > > > > > > > > They even list the NZ exchange when nobody, except those from > > > Rugby > > > > > > Union playing nations, even know that the country exits. > > > > > > > > > > > > My programming expertise doesn't extend past what I > > have learnt > > > > > from > > > > > > AmiBroker in one single year but I am seriously > > thinking that I > > > > > could > > > > > > manage to learn how to scrape that list for my own use. > > > > > > > > > > > > Instead of depending on others why not do it for ourselves? > > > > > > > > > > > > How about a public project, right on this site, where a > > > community > > > > > > effort lays out the script, or an example of it, so > > that we can > > > all > > > > > > learn how to do it and manage our own updates and > > script tuning > > > in > > > > > > future. > > > > > > > > > > > > Pie in the sky? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Positions vacant: > > > > > > > > > > > > Project leader, programmers, secretary and working bees. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Put up now or for ever hold your peace. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://biz.yahoo. <http://biz.yahoo.com/i/> com/i/ > > > > > > > > > > > > http://finance. <http://finance.yahoo.com/exchanges> > > > yahoo.com/exchanges > > > > > > > > > > > > Brian. > > > > > > > > > > > > P.S. in the unlikely event that we actually do > > something I will > > > be > > > > > > watching from the bleaches; sorry I'm too bsuy elsewhere and > > > lack > > > > > the > > > > > > skill-set for a public effort. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Please note that this group is for discussion between > > users only. > > > > > > > > > > To get support from AmiBroker please send an e-mail directly to > > > > > SUPPORT {at} amibroker.com > > > > > > > > > > For NEW RELEASE ANNOUNCEMENTS and other news always > > check DEVLOG: > > > > > http://www.amibroke <http://www.amibroker.com/devlog/> > > r.com/devlog/ > > > > > > > > > > For other support material please check also: > > > > > http://www.amibroke <http://www.amibroker.com/support.html> > > > r.com/support.html > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _____ > > > > > > Be a better Heartthrob. Get > > > > > <http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=48255/*http://answers.yahoo.com/di > > r/_ylc=X3oDMTI > > > > > 5MGx2aThyBF9TAzIxMTU1MDAzNTIEX3MDMzk2NTQ1MTAzBHNlYwNCQUJwaWxsY > > XJfTklfMzYwBHN > > > sawNQcm9kdWN0X3F1ZXN0aW9uX3BhZ2U-?link=list&sid=396545433> better > > > relationship answers from someone who knows. > > > Yahoo! Answers - Check it out. > > > > > > > > > > > > > Please note that this group is for discussion between users only. > > > > To get support from AmiBroker please send an e-mail directly to > > SUPPORT {at} amibroker.com > > > > For NEW RELEASE ANNOUNCEMENTS and other news always check DEVLOG: > > http://www.amibroker.com/devlog/ > > > > For other support material please check also: > > http://www.amibroker.com/support.html > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > >
