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The Wall Street Tracker Historical Data Importer
Version 7.1, FNN
>> ALWAYS BACK UP YOUR EXISTING DATA BEFORE RUNNING THIS PROGRAM <<
Before using this program, initialize a new data group or have a data group
ready to work with. Then run The Wall Street Tracker. Load each data set
individually. While working with each data set, use the Rename option, found
under Utilities (function number 7), to add your new stock names. This is
accomplished by renaming the default '.', or whatever name might be in the
data set, to the name of the stock you will be tracking in that data set
position.
While working with each data set, why not go ahead and add the new dates you
will eventually need to add anyway. Select function number 1. Add new data
and choose to Add new dates. The Wall Street Tracker will automatically
calculate and add the new dates for you.
At this point, you should save the data set that you have been working with.
Follow these steps for as many data sets as you need. Be sure to save each
data set before going on to another. It is a good idea to record or print the
position of each stock, in each data set, so that when you run The Historical
Data Importer, you will know where to place each stocks historical data. You
are now ready to import your historical data.
The Historical Data Importer 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-WST.EXE: This is The Wall Street Tracker Historical Data Importer,
hereafter referred to as "the program". The program must be
placed in the directory where you installed The Wall Street
Tracker (usually C:\WALLSTRT). When you run the program you
can specify where the program looks for your existing data
files. For example, if the data files you want to work with
are in directory C:\WALLSTRT\DATA1 you would type at the
DOS prompt:
FNN-WST C:\WALLSTRT\DATA1 and press [ENTER].
The program would then look for and work with the data files
in directory C:\WALLSTRT\DATA1.
WALLSTRT.CFG: The Wall Street Tracker configuration file. The program looks
for this file to determine if you have registered The Wall
Street Tracker. If this file is not present, or you have not
registered The Wall Street Tracker, the program will end
without processing any historical data.
DATA1C.WST: These are The Wall Street Tracker price history files.
DATA2C.WST: Using the example above, these files should be in the
DATA3C.WST: C:\WALLSTRT\DATA1 directory.
DATA4C.WST:
DATA5C.WST: The program will not effect the date files. Provisions have
DATA6C.WST: been made in The Wall Street Tracker to automatically add and
DATA7C.WST: update the date files.
PDQ.PRN: The historical price history file to be imported.
PLEASE NOTE: This file can be named any valid DOS file name.
Make sure that this file is in the same directory as the
program. This file must be in the following format:
date,high,low,CLOSE,volume
Fields shown 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.
920610,0.375,0.3125,0.3438,286
920901,2,1.875,1.875,111
920902,1.875,1.875,1.875,169
920903,2,1.75,2,1771
920904,2,1.875,2,28
920908,2,1.875,1.875,224
920909,2,1.75,1.875,278
920910,1.875,1.875,1.875,50
920911,2,1.875,1.875,603
920914,2,1.875,1.875,11
920915,1.875,1.875,1.875,570
and so on.....
If your historical data supplier furnishes data in a different format, or if
you need further help, please contact Keith at (512) 858-5206 so that we can
customize the program for you.