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1999 05/11

What’s New in Service Pack 2?

GlobalServer

  • Volume discrepancies for DTN have been resolved.
  • Automatic sampling of best bid and best ask resolutions is being handled correctly.
  • HISTORYBANK.COM’s User Interface is now much easier to use and will provide more information during the download and distribution of data. You will now see bytes downloaded vs. total bytes in the status bar performing a download.
  • When you download from HISTORYBANK.COM, the default has been changed so that it will not automatically add symbols to your portfolio.
  • When downloading from the Internet, your Internet connection will now close immediately after the download is complete instead of after the processing and distribution of the data is finished, freeing up your connection line much sooner.
  • We’ve added support for higher speed baud rates, specifically 230400 and 460800 for DTN.
  • You will no longer receive errors from the GlobalServer looking for weekend data from HISTORYBANK.COM.
  • If the Internet connection is dropped during a download from HISTORYBANK.COM, we will attempt to re-establish the connection and continue the download.
  • You can now choose different dates for daily and intraday within the Download Data dialog in HISTORYBANK.COM.
  • Back-adjusted continuous futures contracts are now available.
  • HISTORYBANK.COM can now automatically determine the date you last downloaded.
  • We’ve enhanced functionality to allow you to choose whether to import obsolete stocks and/or expired futures from HISTORYBANK.COM Financial Database CD.
  • History requests from the GlobalServer have been optimized for speed.
  • You will now receive a warning message if you are collecting regional stock data or redundant tick data using the Data Manager.
  • Symbols are now not automatically connected in Internet datafeeds, giving you the option to select only the symbols for which you wish to collect data and still maintain a large portfolio.
  • When setting up the GlobalServer, the programs will now check if any installed datafeeds support news in order to automatically register/unregister the NewsMonitor accurately.
  • You can now import expired future options into the GlobalServer for Signal (DBC).
  • Your portfolio will now refresh after downloading from HISTORYBANK.COM.
  • Events in the eventlog are now sorted in chronological order on startup of the GlobalServer.
  • We now prevent AOL users from being disconnected (by AOL) if the download (FTP download) lasts more than 45 minutes.
  • The calculation of up tick and down tick counts has been modified to resolve discrepancies in EasyLanguage calculations.
  • OptionStation now accurately requests all U.S. futures option chains from PC Quote.

Charting

  • The System Report can now be saved to either an Excel file (it will save all tabs) or an ASCII tab delimited file (only saves first tab).
  • TradeStation systems can now send their information through both e-mail and pager messaging.
  • TradeStation now supports 3 digit years for CSI, MetaStock/CT and TC2000 data formats, resolving the Year 2000 issue for these areas.
  • The products now request trade days back instead of calendar days back for GlobalServer data.
  • The color of the open and close price on status line now uses the same color scheme as net and percent change.
  • The sticky vertical cursor tool now has an added horizontal line when you hold down your left mouse button to increase accuracy of placement.
  • Default colors for both Candlestick and Point & Figure charts have been modified for easier differentiation of values.
  • A define button has been added to the Insert - Analysis Technique dialog.
  • New menu items have been added to the Format menu making it easier for you to find charting options.
  • Indicator values have been added to data tip when using it to view information on the chart.
  • The Bullseye icon was added back to the system report. This icon will save the individual report and spawn Portfolio Maximizer. If Portfolio Maximizer is not installed it brings up a message.
  • There are now new default toolbars for the browser and charting making it easier for you to use the products.

Work Area Changes

  • Smart-Styling has been added to Filters
  • New Filter Indicators have been added

EasyLanguage Changes

  • We’ve added a Find in Files feature to the PowerEditor. This feature allows a user to click on a word or phrase in the current Study and select the Find in Files icon to search for that word or phrase in any type of Analysis Technique.
  • A new Output Window has been implemented. This a dockable window serves a dual purpose. The first is to display EasyLanguage verification errors (which replaces the existing View Errors window). The second purpose is to display the results of the Find in Files feature.
  • A Find Combo box has been added to the Toolbar to allow you to locate all occurrences of a word or phrase within the open Analysis Technique.
  • The Password dialog is no longer case sensitive.

OptionStation

  • Now you are able to hide and show the reference rows without going to the Format Window.
  • OptionStation Analysis and Search have been enhanced to start much faster.
  • Added the Definition button to the Insert Indicator and Format Indicator dialogs. This button will bring up the help for the selected indicator. When multiple indicators are selected, the Definition button will be disabled.
  • Now by holding down the mouse cursor in the Position Chart, you will see a cross hair and tool tip displayed.
  • Position charts plot lines now have three thickness choices.

RadarScreen

  • The Format Indicator and Format Symbol Column choices are now always present in the main menu.
  • Added the Definition button to the insert indicator/format indicator dialogs. This button will bring up the help for the selected indicator. When multiple indicators are selected, the Definition button will be disabled.
  • Enhanced Tool Tip Definition dialog now makes it easier to format custom tool tips for a symbol column.
  • There is now added support for Implied Volatility as a primary field in the compression page of Insert Symbol and Format Symbol dialogs.
  • There is now a Find in Pages menu item under the Edit menu. This feature allows the user to find a symbol across multiple pages.