Release history
V2.9.1.0 - 3/28/2009
- experimental QuoteMedia datasource plug-in
V2.9.0.3 - 3/25/2009
- various plug-in improvements:
- faster MSN downloads
- fixed bug in MSN plug-in, causing last bar to be lost
- plug-in memory usage fixes in multi-connection mode
- correctly calling the plug-in API freeString after using strings
allocated by plug-ins
- handling of several new http errors (retry when error 503 in MSN mode,
report data error when error 400 in Google mode)
V2.9.0.1 - 3/22/2009
- optionally copy all data files to one output file
- additional command line arguments for the above feature
V2.8.0.3 - 2/12/2009
- service release - updated the Google plug-in to conform to the new
Google data download URL.
V2.8.0.2 - 1/13/2009
- first official release of the MSN data plug-in
- improved stability
- improved error handling
- more responsive cancel
- faster downloads
- connection timeout handling
- internally, replaced WinInet library with libcurl
- added proxy server settings
- fixed memory leak in the symbol handling code)
- handling downloading errors when http connection attempts fail, usually
during very fast sessions, when many connections are created
V2.7.0.1 - 11/24/2008
- fixed a bug where a symbol may get duplicate bars in update mode. Thanks
forums member sfun28 for reporting it.
- increased data update speed by optimizing the most recent data reading.
V2.7.0.0 - 10/28/2008
-
plug-in API v 1.0.0.0 with support for data source plug-ins
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added data source plug-ins page in the settings dialog showing the list of
available data source plug-ins and their properties.
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replaced the built-in Google and Yahoo data sources with data source plug-ins
using the new API
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new API for setting the YGQD data source plug-in
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new command line options for setting the YGQD data source plug-in
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added button on the main window to open and edit the current symbols list file
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added button on the main window to explore the output folder
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added help menu item to open the current settings file
- fixed bug where
duplicate symbols were not removed from the list of symbols to download
V2.6.4.2 - 09/30/2008
- fixed a bug where the Google data source could not be set from the command
line
V2.6.4.1 - 05/24/2008
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added several new command line arguments and APIs for:
- data sorting
- date field padding
- adding a data file header
- invalid data handling
- volume 0 handling
- prepending and appending strings to data file names
- setting the data file extension
- fixed a bug that prevented the data file header from being added to data
files in some cases
V2.6.3.0 - 04/27/2008
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added the option to set the date separator to a user defined character, or no
separator at all
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added several new command line arguments (-f to set the date format, -y to
enable/disable the symbol in the data file, -m to set the symbol column in the
data file) and the corresponding APIs
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fixed a bug preventing the correct use of the command line argument -v
V2.6.2.1 - 04/15/2008
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fix for a data formatting bug - lines were terminated by \n (0x0A) instead of
\r\n (0x0D 0x0A) causing problems in some applications using them.
V2.6.2.0 - 04/13/2008
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added a volume multiplying factor option (in settings/formatting)
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added a file header option (in settings formatting) - this will add user defined
text at the top of each data file
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fix for an API and command line bug where setEndDate would set the start date
instead of the end date
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fix for crashes happening in some controls when clicking or pressing certain
keys
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fix for a bug where a dialog would pop-up notifying the user there are n days
left of unlicensed use.
V2.6.0.0 - 02/07/2008
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New output data date format (yyyy/mm/dd)
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Field separator option
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New command line parameters for setting various downloading options (Update, All
available, Adjust etc).
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A completely reworked API offering a higher level of control over the YGQD
settings and behavior.
V2.5.1.0 - 01/05/2008
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Added option to map characters from symbol characters to file name characters. Now symbols that
contains illegal file name characters, such as TSE:ABX (currently valid on Google)
can still be saved by mapping the illegal character (:) to a legal
character ("_" for example).
V2.5.0.4 - 11/19/2007
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Better handling of several connection or data error cases
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Added diagnostic logging option to the Logging Setting page
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Fixed data formatting bug happening in case the option to add the symbol to the
data file was set to column 6 (last column).
V2.5.0.2 - 11/11/2007
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Fixed empty start/end date behavior - empty dates are now accepted and are
considered to be the earliest or most recent date in range.
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Fixed crash happening when updating a date file containing user defined strings.
V2.5.0.1 - 11/03/2007
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Fixed a crash happening when one of the start/end dates was left empty. Now the
user is prompted to enter a valid date.
V2.5.0.0 - 10/27/2007
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All product features are now enabled and available to all users free of charge.
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Fixed a progress bar color error.
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Reorganized the About dialog box
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Added several new help menus (link to forums and to the site).
V2.4.0.3 - 10/22/2007
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Reduced the size of several components and of the install executable (setup.exe)
by removing unused resources.
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Fixed a bug in the desktop documentation style - code and samples now have the
right color, the same as the online documentation.
V2.4.0.2 - 10/20/2007
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Made the Tradery banner less intrusive
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Added What's New and Release History pages to the documentation
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Updated the application icon
V2.4.0.1 - 10/18/2007
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Cleaned up the main window UI (controls consistent with the general UI theme,
less clutter, easier to use)
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Added toolbar and taskbar with frequently used commands
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Implemented list of most recently used symbols files and output paths as side
link on the respective buttons
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Cleaned up the Settings dialog - now each category of settings is in its own
pane
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New option to use the symbols file directory as output directory by default
V2.3.0.2 - 09/17/2007
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Enhanced split/dividend adjustment detection logic in case of data update.
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Enhanced handling and reporting of various adjustment, update, date range
related cases
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Added data loading retry in case of ambiguous response from the server. This has
improved downloading success rate when using Google as a data source.
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Fixed bug where Google limitations (oldest bar, period, adjustment) were also
affecting Yahoo.
V2.3.0.1 - 09/16/2007
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Increased the width of the percentage statistics fields on the main window
V2.3.0.0 - 09/16/2007
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Added Google as data source
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Renamed to "Yahoo & Google Quotes Downloader" (YGQD)
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Added percentages to the session statistics
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New help button on the main window
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Several minor fixes
V2.2.4.0 - 08/13/2007
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Removed the 100 symbols limitation in the User version.
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Reduced the threshold used to determine if a split or dividend event has
happened since the last update, from 0.5% to 0.1%.
V2.2.3.3 - 06/26/2007
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Fixes bug where when close price 0, adjusted data shows unexpected strings. Now,
if close price is 0, adjustment factor is 1.
V2.2.3.0 - 06/24/2007
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Fixed API to work with Visual Studio VB as well as Excel VB. Updated doc to
reflect the changes.
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GUI changes (extended main window height, extended session status window height
in registered version, link to www.tradery.com
in unregistered version)
V2.2.2.0 - 06/21/2007
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Added several new options for fine tuning the handling of invalid data, when
price validation is enabled. It is now possible to handle invalid data as
warning or error. Also, volume 0 can be optionally interpreted as valid or
invalid data.
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Modified API parameters. Now the API can be called from VB as well as C/C++.
V2.2.1.0 - 06/17/2007
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fixes a bug where the start date wasn't saved on systems with locale different
than US
V2.2.0.0 - 06/16/2007
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re-implemented the downloading engine to adapt to new changes
in the Yahoo data format, and to make it more adaptable to such changes in the
future
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increased downloading speed by using better algorithms
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simplified adjustment options - split and dividend are now linked
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removed quarterly and yearly data options.
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fixed bug that limited volume to 4 billion shares
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removed "Downloading" modal dialog.
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downloading status feedback on the main window
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main window can now be minimized during downloading
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the User version now downloads data for a limited number of symbols per session
V1.11.00 - 02/12/2007
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offering the free pro version options
V1.10.00 - 01/30/2007
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service release - a date format change was causing downloading to fail for all
symbols. Now supporting the new date format
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changed the UI theme to blue
V1.09.00 - 10/14/2006
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fixed bug that was causing unnecessary reloading of data in update mode, based
on unreliable split/dividend information
V1.08.00 - 09/26/2006
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added command line utility sympreproc.exe (symbol pre-processor).
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fixed several issues related to session status reporting and statistics
V1.07.00 - 09/22/2006
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fixes issue with dividend adjusted values
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new logging and data saving options
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various fixes and enhancements
V1.06.00 - 03/01/2006
V1.05.00 - 12/18/2005
V1.04.01 - 08/14/2005
- new option to prepend and/or append strings to
data file names
- new option to automatically check for updates at
startup
- fixed bug - the main window was flickering when
moved - fixed.
V1.04 - 07/23/2005
- Symbols file and data path can now be specified
on the command line also
- Symbols file and data path can be dragged and
dropped from a windows explorer directly onto the respective fields
- Bars can new be saved in any order: most recent
bars at the top or at the bottom of the data file
- Date format can now be selected to be US
(2/25/05) or European (25/2/05)
- The time is not saved in the data file any more
- The application new detects if there is an
Internet connection, and it won't initiate the downloading if there isn't
one.
- Other changes
V1.03 - 05/04/2005
- Bug fix - when updating, some files
were overwritten
V1.02 - 05/03/2005
- Using the new TA-LIB 0.1.4 which fixes
the volume split/dividend adjusted bug
- Now option to enable/disable data
validation
- Improved UI
- Other minor fixes and enhancements
V1.01 - 02/18/2005
Added several new options:
- update
- autostart
- autoexit (on the command line)
V1.0 - 02/10/2005
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