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The Mutual Fund Tracker Historical Data Importer
Version 3.5, FNN
>> ALWAYS BACK UP YOUR EXISTING DATA BEFORE RUNNING THIS PROGRAM <<
This program is straight forward and instructions have been placed
above each question asked by the program. This documentation will only
explain what files are needed and where they need to be.
FNN-MFT.EXE: The Mutual Fund Tracker Historical Data Importer program,
hereafter referred to as "the program". The program should
be placed in the C:\MFTRACK directory. When you run the
program you can specify where the program looks for the
existing data files. For example, if the data files are
in directory C:\MFTRACK\DATA1 you would type at the DOS
prompt:
FNN-MFT C:\MFTRACK\DATA1 and press [ENTER].
The program will then look for the original data files in that
directory.
MFTRACK.CFG: The Mutual Fund Tracker configuration file. The program looks
for this file to determine if you have registered The Mutual
Fund Tracker. The program will look for this file in the same
directory that the program is in.
MFTA1C.DAT: These are The Mutual Fund Tracker price history files.
MFTA2C.DAT: Using the example above, these files should be in the
MFTA3C.DAT: C:\MFTRACK\DATA1 directory.
MFTA4C.DAT:
MFTA5C.DAT: The program will not effect the date files. Provisions have
MFTA6C.DAT: been made in The Mutual Fund Tracker to automatically add and
update the date files.
FMAGX.PRN: The historical price history file to be imported. This file
can be a different name. Make sure that this file is in the
same directory as the program. This file must be in the
following format: date,CLOSE"
Fields shown in lower case may be different but the 'CLOSE'
field, or second position, must contain the closing price.
Also each column must contain two fields, no more, no less.
920610,14.95
920901,15.01
920902,15.03
920903,14.85
920904,14.80
920908,14.75
920909,14.82
920910,14.90
920911,14.93
920914,14.95
920915,15.02
and so on.....
If you are importing historical data for an index, like
the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the historical data file
format is different than that of a mutual fund historical
data file. An index historical data file must be in the
following format: date,high,low,CLOSE,volume
Fields in lower case may be different but the 'CLOSE' field,
or forth position, must contain the closing price. Also each
column must contain five fields, no more, no less.
940523,3770.65,3711.4,3742.41,0
940524,3786.3,3707.11,3745.17,0
940525,3768.19,3710.79,3755.3,0
940526,3798.58,3721.53,3753.46,0
940527,3772.18,3723.68,3757.14,0
940531,3786.98,3718.99,3758.37,0
940601,3785.14,3717.76,3760.83,0
940602,3791.6,3732.83,3758.99,0
940603,3792.22,3732.52,3772.22,0
940606,3812.83,3749.75,3768.52,0
940607,3788.52,3733.14,3755.91,0
and so on.....
If your historical data file contains something different,
or if you need further help, please contact Keith at (512)
858-5206 so that we can customize the program for you.