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- CvtQuote 1.0a Documentation
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- R.G. Brickner, CIS:[76530,1456]
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- TITLE: Convert Fractional Securities Quotes to Decimal
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- KEYWORDS: CONVERT QUOTE FRACTION DECIMAL WINDOWS DOS FILTER
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- ABSTRACT:
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- CvtQuote is a simple but sophisticated program to convert securities quotes
- from fractional form to decimal form. The input is assumed to consist
- of a standard DOS text file, most probably a capture or log file from an
- information service session, which contains securities quotes in fractional
- form. The output is a DOS text file with the fractional amounts converted
- to decimal amounts. CvtQuote is supplied as both a Windows 3.1 application
- and as a DOS command-line application. Version 1.0a allows "volume" data
- containing embedded commas.
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- DESCRIPTION:
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- CvtQuote is a simple but sophisticated program to convert securities quotes
- from fractional form to decimal form. The input is assumed to consist
- of a standard DOS text file, most probably a capture or log file from an
- information service session, which contains lines of the form
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- mm/dd/yy v i i/i i i/i i i/i
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- where the date may or may not include leading zeroes, 'v' is the volume
- which may or may not contain embedded commas, and i is an integer.
- (For example: Date, Volume, High/Ask Low/Bid Close/Avg). The fractional
- part of the amounts need not exist; CvtQuote handles equally well quotes
- of the form
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- mm/dd/yy v i i/i i i i/i
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- and so on. The output is in the form
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- mm/dd/yy v i.ii i.ii i.ii
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- where the decimal forms of the amounts are the correct conversions from
- the fractional forms. Lines which do not contain quotes of this form
- are copied unchanged to the output. Note the parser also recognizes
- some quotes of the above form with extra embedded characters, so
- occasional 'noise' may not prevent the parser from recognizing these
- lines.
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- Only global replacement of lines of the above form is currently
- supported. Other functionality, such as conversion of selected text or
- find-and-replace, could be implemented if there is a demand.
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- Do not convert a file twice - the results will not be what you want!
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- Both DOS and Windows 3.1 versions of the program are provided.
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- INSTALLATION AND USAGE - WINDOWS 3.1 VERSION:
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- CvtQuote has been developed for Windows 3.1. To install, uncompress the
- distribution file, and copy the Windows executable file 'CVTQ_W.EXE'
- to a suitable directory. Add the executable as a new program item in a
- suitable group, or choose 'File/Run' from the Program Manager and fill in
- the path of CVTQ_W.EXE. CVTQ_W.EXE will take a file name as a
- command-line argument.
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- Once you have started CvtQuote, it behaves much like a simple text
- editor such as Notepad. The quote conversion capability is accessed by
- means of the 'Edit/Convert All Quotes' menu item. Choosing this menu item
- will convert all lines from fractional to decimal form.
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- CVTQ_W.EXE, the Windows version of this program, has a rather limited
- text-file capacity. If that capacity is exceeded for a given file, it
- cannot recover the memory. You must restart CvtQuote. Ample warning
- dialogs are provided. The DOS version of CvtQuote does not have these
- memory limitations. You may use it in a DOS window or full-screen DOS
- session to convert large files.
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- INSTALLATION AND USAGE - DOS VERSION:
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- CvtQuote has been developed for DOS 5.0, but it should work with most
- earlier versions of DOS. To install, uncompress the distribution file,
- and copy the DOS executable file 'CVTQ.EXE' to a suitable directory
- which is included in your execution path. The DOS version of CvtQuote
- runs in two modes, as a filter and with file name arguments.
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- CvtQuote as a filter:
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- CVTQ < INFILE.TXT > OUTFILE.TXT
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- CvtQuote with command-line arguments:
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- CVTQ INFILE.TXT OUTFILE.TXT
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- Any other usage will give you a usage hint.
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- REVISION HISTORY:
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- 1/17/93 Original Version 1.0
- 2/ 8/93 Version 1.0a, adds ability to parse "volume" data containing
- embedded commas.
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- "LICENSE":
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- This software is provided mainly to see if anyone has a use for such
- things. Your comments on the functionality and interface, and suggestions
- for extensions or improvements are actively sought. Send EMAIL to
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- CIS:[76530,1456]
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- However, if you find CvtQuote useful, it would be kind of you to make a
- small financial contribution:
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- Send $5 to:
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- R.G. Brickner
- PO Box 9840
- Santa Fe, NM 87504
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- CvtQuote is Copyright 1993 by R.G. Brickner
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