GetStocks (fetch stock data)

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Re: GetStocks (fetch stock data)

Postby EViews Gareth » Mon Mar 07, 2011 9:10 am

We changed the options a bit. If you change your program so that it has "cl" rather than "c" it will work with the new version.
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Re: GetStocks (fetch stock data)

Postby terrya » Mon Mar 07, 2011 12:09 pm

After my post earlier about the revised add-in, I downloaded the quick-fix you posted. I've not re-installed the new version of the add-in as if it's the same as before it won't address the problem of mixed currencies. It's alright if you want single currency indices or a single index, which is often what I want. I was aware that the "c" option had to be changed. It didn't work because the add-in kept demanding a single currency in the command line form. So I'm sticking with the older version because it's more flexible.

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Re: GetStocks (fetch stock data)

Postby EViews Gareth » Mon Mar 07, 2011 12:11 pm

I'm not sure I follow, sorry. If you enter no currency choice, then the behaviour should be exactly the same as it was before (other than changing "c" to "cl"). The sample program you posted above seems to work fine with that change made.
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Re: GetStocks (fetch stock data)

Postby terrya » Mon Mar 07, 2011 12:34 pm

Against my better judgement, I re-installed the add-in. I changed the option to cl on a similar programme and ran it. I immediately got the message "No workfile exists- use new or open to create or load a workfile". You'll appreciate that using the older version, there was no need to do that. I've tried 1,i=1 and key=1 to get it to create a new workfile. So what don't I understand? Can you get me back to older version as before?

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Re: GetStocks (fetch stock data)

Postby EViews Gareth » Mon Mar 07, 2011 12:36 pm

Ah, that's a good catch.

But sure, you can always re-download the one I posted up before if you want (its still there).
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Re: GetStocks (fetch stock data)

Postby terrya » Mon Mar 07, 2011 2:16 pm

I've tried a various times over the past hour to download the old version from the link in a previous post. I keep getting told that Windows Explorer can't open the page. Is the link broken?

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Re: GetStocks (fetch stock data)

Postby EViews Gareth » Mon Mar 07, 2011 2:29 pm

Nope, its still up. Your security settings might be blocking it.

The error message you were getting before is due to a bug in EViews itself, rather than the Add-in. We'll be releasing a patch for EViews soon.
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Re: GetStocks (fetch stock data)

Postby terrya » Mon Mar 07, 2011 2:42 pm

Can't be my security settings since they've not been changed since I downloaded it before.

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Re: GetStocks (fetch stock data)

Postby EViews Gareth » Mon Mar 07, 2011 2:56 pm

Just tried on three different connections, and they were all able to get it (and nothing has changed since I first put it up either).
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Re: GetStocks (fetch stock data)

Postby EViews Gareth » Mon Mar 07, 2011 3:16 pm

There's yet another version of the Add-in up.
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Re: GetStocks (fetch stock data)

Postby terrya » Mon Mar 07, 2011 3:38 pm

The problem might be my end as the computer I was using appears to be playing up. It won't switch on suddelny. This one is running XP and has no trouble with link.

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GetStocks (fetch stock data)

Postby EViews Gareth » Mon Mar 07, 2011 3:43 pm

Great, although if I can persuade you to redownload the add-in again and try it...., :)
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Re: GetStocks (fetch stock data)

Postby terrya » Mon Mar 07, 2011 3:52 pm

Will do on this one even though it's much slower.

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Re: GetStocks (fetch stock data)

Postby terrya » Mon Mar 07, 2011 3:56 pm

Just ran 3 different programmes and things worked well.

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Re: GetStocks (fetch stock data)

Postby EViews Gareth » Mon Mar 07, 2011 4:40 pm

Awesome sauce.
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