SSChart™ - Menu Items

File Menu
 

New creates a new empty chart window with default chart properties.

Open brings up the stardard Windows File Open dialog box. The default directory is the Data directory where all saved stock data resides. File names for stock symbols are composed of the stock symbol and a suffix indicating the time period. The current time periods and suffices are .itd for intraday, .dyd for dayly, .wyd for weekly, and .mym for monthly chart data.

Close closes the current chart window.

Save and Save As save the current window layout of all chart windows so that you can restore a particular set of charts at a later time.

The remaining menu items perform the standard Windows functions.


Edit Menu
   Favorites brings up the Chart Favorite Dialog from which you can edit the list of saved chart templates.


View Menu
 

Display of Panes: The chart window can display a maximum of 3 panes with different information. The default chart window is set up to show the stock price and studied in the top pane, studies in the second pane, and the volume and studies in the third pane. This layout can be changes from the Chart Properties Dialog. The display of the Top, Middle, and Bottom pane can be toggles from this menu as well as from the context specific popup menu.

Grid Lines toggles the display of grid lines on the chart windows. This flag applies to all chart windows and is saved in the Registry.

The Status Messages menu item opens and closes a dialog which records informative as well as error messages. A check will appear beside the menu item if the Status Messages are visible. See the Status Messages Dialog for more information.

The Toolbar contains selected items from the SSChart menus. A check will appear beside the menu item if the Toolbar is visible. The state of the Toolbar (visible/invisible) will be saved in the Registry and will be preserved across program invocations.

The Status Bar is a standard Windows items and can be toggled on and off. A check will appear beside the menu item if the Status Bar is visible. The state of the Status Bar (visible/invisible) will be saved in the Registry and will be preserved across program invocations.


Chart Menu
 

New creates a new empty chart window with default chart properties.

Properties enables you to change the stock symbol, time period, chart type, and the window layout. See the Chart Properties Dialog for more information.

Color allows you to change the color of the background as well as every chart item, i.e. candlestick colors, chart lables. See the Chart Color Dialog for more information.

Add to Favorites adds the current chart to the list of Chart Favorites. See the Save As Favorites Dialog for more information. Once a chart has been added to the Favorites it also gets added as a menu item. There will be a maximum of 4 chart favorites listed in addition to the Default chart. If there are more than 4 chart favorites an button titled "More..." will be displayed, which when pressed, displays the Chart Favorites Dialog. One of the listed chart favorites has a check next to it. When the Chart | New or File | New button is pressed a chart will be created of the same type as the checked chart favorite. If you press any of the chart favorites a chart of that type will be created.


Studies Menu
 

Setup allows you to create studies from a list of available studies. In addition it enables you to change the color of studies as well as delete unwanted studies. (Currently studies cannot be reassigned from their predefined Overlay assignment. See the Select Studies Dialog for more information.

For detailed information on the available studies and their parameters see the respective dialogs: Moving Average, Bollinger Band, MACD, Stochastics, RSI, On Balance Volume, Price Volume Trend, Accumulation Distribution Line, Chaikin Oscillator.



Data Menu
 

Auto Update will automatically update all stock price data which is out of date. Note that this flag updates all charts which are currently loaded when they become the active chart.

Update will get the current price data for the active chart window.

Reload will get all the data for the stock symbol for the current time period as specified in the Chart Properties Dialog. This function is useful in the event that the data for a stock symbol has been corrupted.

You need an internet connection for any of these items to function.

Data Sources... is used to select the internet data source that data will be retrieved from.



Window Menu
   All menu items perform the standard Windows functions.


Help Menu
 

Install License enables you to request a free trial key, record the trial or permanent key to enable the program. View License shows you the license statement, and Purchase Online points you to the web site where you may purchase a copy of the program.

Uninstall SSChart Software will remove all originally installed files and directories and delete program registry entries. See Uninstall for more information.


Control Menu
  The control box (the tiny SSChart icon in the extreme upper left corner of the window, at the left end of the title bar) provides access to the control menu, which contains window system commands such as Restore and Move. The control box on each chart window is a small icon located in the upper left corner of the title bar that looks like the icon you click to open that window. The Restore, Minimize, Maximize, and Close commands in the control menu work just like the buttons for those functions. The Move and Size commands require you to use your arrow keys.

Popup Menu
 

The menu items in the popup menu ar the same as found on the menu bar and work they same. The popup menu is active when the mouse cursor is over a chart window.

Click the right mouse button and the popup appears under the cursor. Move the cursor down the menu items until you find the one you want to use and click the left mouse button or alternately hold down the right mouse button, drag the cursor to the item you want to use and release the right mouse button.


Toolbar
   The toolbar contains currently only a couple of standard icons like New, Open, Save, Print, and Help.

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