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Re: [amibroker] Re: New, fixed TC2000/TCNet/TC2005 data plugin



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Hello,

Just select View->Refresh All menu and your database will be updated
with new quotes from TC2005.

Best regards,
Tomasz Janeczko
amibroker.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "dbirru" <dbjunk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, June 25, 2005 3:36 AM
Subject: [amibroker] Re: New, fixed TC2000/TCNet/TC2005 data plugin


> Thanks for this. The problem is fixed.
> 
> However, I am not able to see the difference b/n this and the old one.
> I use EOD data.  Is this update for realtime/intra-day date?
> 
> What I have been looking for is a way to reduce the time that takes to
> convert the TC2005 data to the native database. Normally, I first
> dawnload using TC2005. I then start AB and run scan over the whole
> databse. I then close AB so that the data is saved in AB native
> database. I then restart AB. Change the database to local. Then
> continue my backtesting. This whole process takes about 15-20minutes.
> 
> 
> 
> --- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Tomasz Janeczko" <amibroker@xxxx>
> wrote:
>> Hello,
>> 
>> A new, fixed TC2000/TCNet/TC2005 data plugin version 1.4.3 is
> available now
>> for download from:
>> http://www.amibroker.com/bin/TC2K.dll
>> 
>> Installation:
>> Download and copy to Plugins subfolder. Please OVERWRITE old copy
>> ( if you keep two copies then older one will be loaded ).
>> 
>> Changes:
>> + fixed crash occuring when "Number of Bars to Load" was set to 4000
> or higher (15 years)
>>    and given symbol had longer history in TC2000 (mainly indices)
>> 
>> + workaround for TCDK problem of not returning entire history available:
>>   if "number of bars" specified by the user is 5000 or higher than
> TCDK is
>>   queried with size = 0, which in TCDK-speak means "all quotes".   
>>   To get all quotes set "Number of bars" to value equal or higher
> than 5000 
>>    (note that some indices (Sp-500) have about 11000 bars)
>>   To get better performance specify LESS than 5000 bars (19 years
> worth of data)
>> 
>> + View->Refresh All menu causes re-initialization of TCDK and
> getting updated quotes for today
>>   (even during trading session)
>> 
>> 
>> How to get new quotes during trading session and after close:
>> Now in order to get fresh quotes you need to choose View->Refresh All
>> menu from AMiBroker after running download in TC2000.
>> 
>> In order to get fresh quotes the plugin needs to internally restart
> TC2000 API (TCDK),
>> it is done automatically by the plugin but takes about 5-15 seconds
> (depending on machine speed)
>> 
>> This is due to the design of TC2000 API that feeds all external
> applications 
>> with old quotes until entire API (TCDK) is restarted, which is
> unfortunatelly long process.
>> 
>> By the way, people looking for EOD data source for extensive data
> mining 
>> should take a look at Quotes Plus (QP2) which is several times
> faster and less
>> resource consuming than TC2000.
>> (there is a link to QP2 on AmiBroker page)
>> 
>> 
>> Best regards,
>> Tomasz Janeczko
>> amibroker.com
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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