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. BTW : StockBrowser can export in whatever file format you define or you can even work with the by StockBrowser supported DDE communication. It's a pity that AmiBroker doesn't let StockBrowser send her the data by DDE but also this can be done in a different way ... ----- Original Message ----- From: pcmoxon To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, July 23, 2007 11:37 AM Subject: [amibroker] Re: Data Downloaders I too use MLDOWNLOADER. Great product. This weekend I posted an empty Amibroker Database file to this group that was created from the MLDownloader files (.MLD). It was quite simple to do because MLDownloader has 1 file for each market/group/sector etc... that you want to look at. I took the standard MLD files (plus a few of my own), converted them into CSV files and used a JScript to update the Amibroker DB. NLDownloader = Very usefull tool. the only thing it lacks, is that it doesn't downloader fundamental data which is where AmiQuote comes in very usefull. Regards, Pete --- In [email protected], "Don Lindberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Read the Manual! It has very detailed explanation of how to connect > QuoteTracker to AmiBroker! > > > > _____ > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of vikas soni > Sent: Sunday, July 22, 2007 12:26 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [amibroker] Re: Data Downloaders > > > > I want to use Qoute tracker to download data into Amibroker. AmiBroker have > plug-in also for QT. Is anyone have any Idea how to connect Qt and > Amibroker. > I want to download data for Indian Markets.. > > thanks in advance > > vikas > > asawindaeng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I second that. > > With MLDownloader, I've done a pretty good job of assembling two- year > Metastock databases for three markets, from Yahoo and MSN data. You > can combine symbol lists into a single database and set different > symbols for reference and download. It's a good companion for AB and > support's been good. > > After I bought MLD, I did discover that there is another program which > says it enables IB clients to download a year of data from IB. I > haven't tried it yet but it resides at > http://home. <http://home.cidadevirtual.pt/jtwsdump/> > cidadevirtual.pt/jtwsdump/ if anyone wants to check it out. > > I figured this could be useful to me at some point if keeping the > database updated on days when Yahoo and MSN are a little clunky gets > too tiresome. > > Cheers, > T > > --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:amibroker%40yahoogroups.com> ps.com, > "ken.thorland" <ken.thorland@> wrote: > > > > Thanks, David > > > > For those looking for free downloads that cover a variety of markets I > > can't speak too highly of MLDownloader. It downloads most foreign > > markets, has an autoupdate feature. Converts data to Amibroker and > > Metastock for you. I would have purchased Amiquote but it doesn't > > easily (if at all) convert data to metastock which is a common format > > I use for data in other programs. I made the mistake of starting out > > by purchasing databull, I soon discovered that this is not a user > > friendly program and there is virtually no support, they just take > > your money and run. > > > > Cheers Ken > > > > > > > > _____ > > Get the Yahoo! toolbar and be > <http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=48225/*http:/new.toolbar.yahoo.com/toolbar /featu > res/mail/index.php> alerted to new email wherever you're surfing. >
