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YQD Release History

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

  • 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

  • added the option to set the date separator to a user defined character, or no separator at all
  • 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
  • fixed a bug preventing the correct use of the command line argument -v

V2.6.2.1 - 04/15/2008

  • 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

  • added a volume multiplying factor option (in settings/formatting)
  • added a file header option (in settings formatting) - this will add user defined text at the top of each data file
  • fix for an API and command line bug where setEndDate would set the start date instead of the end date
  • fix for crashes happening in some controls when clicking or pressing certain keys
  • 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

  • New output data date format (yyyy/mm/dd)
  • Field separator option
  • New command line parameters for setting various downloading options (Update, All available, Adjust etc).
  • A completely reworked API offering a higher level of control over the YGQD settings and behavior.

V2.5.1.0 - 01/05/2008

  • 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

  • Better handling of several connection or data error cases
  • Added diagnostic logging option to the Logging Setting page
  • 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

  • Fixed empty start/end date behavior - empty dates are now accepted and are considered to be the earliest or most recent date in range.
  • Fixed crash happening when updating a date file containing user defined strings.

V2.5.0.1 - 11/03/2007

  • 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

  • All product features are now enabled and available to all users free of charge.
  • Fixed a progress bar color error.
  • Reorganized the About dialog box
  • Added several new help menus (link to forums and to the site).

V2.4.0.3 - 10/22/2007

  • Reduced the size of several components and of the install executable (setup.exe) by removing unused resources.
  • 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

  • Made the Tradery banner less intrusive
  • Added What's New and Release History pages to the documentation
  • Updated the application icon

V2.4.0.1 - 10/18/2007

  • Cleaned up the main window UI (controls consistent with the general UI theme, less clutter, easier to use)
  • Added toolbar and taskbar with frequently used commands
  • Implemented list of most recently used symbols files and output paths as side link on the respective buttons
  • Cleaned up the Settings dialog - now each category of settings is in its own pane
  • New option to use the symbols file directory as output directory by default

V2.3.0.2 - 09/17/2007

  • Enhanced split/dividend adjustment detection logic in case of data update.
  • Enhanced handling and reporting of various adjustment, update, date range related cases
  • 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.
  • Fixed bug where Google limitations (oldest bar, period, adjustment) were also affecting Yahoo.

V2.3.0.1 - 09/16/2007

  • Increased the width of the percentage statistics fields on the main window

V2.3.0.0 - 09/16/2007

  • Added Google as data source
  • Renamed to "Yahoo & Google Quotes Downloader" (YGQD)
  • Added percentages to the session statistics
  • New help button on the main window
  • Several minor fixes

V2.2.4.0 - 08/13/2007

  • Removed the 100 symbols limitation in the User version.
  • 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

  • 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

  • Fixed API to work with Visual Studio VB as well as Excel VB. Updated doc to reflect the changes.
  • 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

  • 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.
  • Modified API parameters. Now the API can be called from VB as well as C/C++.

V2.2.1.0 - 06/17/2007

  • fixes a bug where the start date wasn't saved on systems with locale different than US

V2.2.0.0 - 06/16/2007

  • 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
  • increased downloading speed by using better algorithms
  • simplified adjustment options - split and dividend are now linked
  • removed quarterly and yearly data options.
  • fixed bug that limited volume to 4 billion shares
  • removed "Downloading" modal dialog.
  • downloading status feedback on the main window
  • main window can now be minimized during downloading
  • the User version now downloads data for a limited number of symbols per session

V1.11.00 - 02/12/2007

  • offering the free pro version options

V1.10.00 - 01/30/2007

  • service release - a date format change was causing downloading to fail for all symbols. Now supporting the new date format
  • changed the UI theme to blue

V1.09.00 - 10/14/2006

  • fixed bug that was causing unnecessary reloading of data in update mode, based on unreliable split/dividend information

V1.08.00 - 09/26/2006

  • added command line utility sympreproc.exe (symbol pre-processor).
  • fixed several issues related to session status reporting and statistics

V1.07.00 - 09/22/2006

  • fixes issue with dividend adjusted values
  • new logging and data saving options
  • various fixes and enhancements

V1.06.00 - 03/01/2006

  • internal release

V1.05.00 - 12/18/2005

  • greatly improved downloading speed thanks to support for multiple connections to Yahoo (configurable)

  • session logging to file - useful for unattended sessions
  • new data formatting options
  • enhanced "Downloading" dialog
  • session statistics
  • various other enhancements and bug fixes

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

  • initial release

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