ASCII Data

   BullCharts is an excellent product but one reason I don't use it as much as I might is 'cause it won't read ASCII data. Is this something that can be added?
rgds McDirt  

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mcdirt Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 07 Oct 2004 Posts: 11	Post Options Post Reply Quote mcdirt Report Post Quote Reply Topic: ASCII Data Posted: 25 Mar 2006 at 11:53pm
	BullCharts is an excellent product but one reason I don't use it as much as I might is 'cause it won't read ASCII data. Is this something that can be added? rgds McDirt Edited by mcdirt

Brendon Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List BullCharts Staff Joined: 10 Sep 2004 Location: Australia Posts: 126	Post Options Post Reply Quote Brendon Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 27 Mar 2006 at 11:35am
	You can request a key to read Metastock formatted data. Gives you access to data from other markets.


mcdirt Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 07 Oct 2004 Posts: 11	Post Options Post Reply Quote mcdirt Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 27 Mar 2006 at 1:01pm
	Brendon, I have the key and can read MetaStock data but I get a lot of my intra-day, Futures and Forex data in ACSII (.CSV) format and I'd like to be able to use it in Bullcharts. rgds McDirt

Brendon Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List BullCharts Staff Joined: 10 Sep 2004 Location: Australia Posts: 126	Post Options Post Reply Quote Brendon Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 27 Mar 2006 at 3:31pm
	ASCII comes in many formats (I know of 50 different formats) so it is unpredictable what it will be. MS is a world wide format so it is easy to read and support from a programming point of version.


mcdirt Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 07 Oct 2004 Posts: 11	Post Options Post Reply Quote mcdirt Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 27 Mar 2006 at 8:37pm
	Brendon, Yes, I know you'd have to incorporate an ASCII dialog for the user to tell Bullcharts how the data is formatted - TradeStation and MTPedictor do exactly this. Considering the elegance with which your programer has written most other aspects of the program, I would have thought it an easy enough task. Of course, I may be the only one interested in such a feature, in which case it wouldn't be important to you. rgds McDirt

Brendon Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List BullCharts Staff Joined: 10 Sep 2004 Location: Australia Posts: 126	Post Options Post Reply Quote Brendon Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 28 Mar 2006 at 9:07am
	Shall keep in mind - it does depend on demand - most enquiries are regarding Metastock as their data provider can modify the files for splits etc.