File Menu
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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
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Favorites brings up the Chart
Favorite Dialog from which you can edit the list of saved
chart templates. |
View Menu
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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
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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. |
Data Menu
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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
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All menu items perform the standard
Windows functions. |
Help Menu
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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
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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
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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
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The toolbar contains currently only
a couple of standard icons like New, Open, Save, Print, and Help. |
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