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Author	Topic: Check Symbol (5 messages, Page 1 of 1)
kleelof -Interested User- Posts: 23 Joined: May 30, 2010	Posted: May 30, 2010 05:42 AM Msg. 1 of 5 Hello, What would be the best technique for checking a symbol? It seems I have to enter it into the watch list and wait for a message telling me it is not valid or a Fundamental Message which would show it is good. take care, lee
DTN_Steve_S -DTN Guru- Posts: 2093 Joined: Nov 21, 2005	Posted: Jun 1, 2010 09:54 AM Msg. 2 of 5 We provide a symbol lookup in the feed, as well as on our website here: http://www.iqfeed.net/symbolguide/index.cfm?symbolguide=lookup&displayaction=support§ion=guide&web=iqfeed We also provide a complete downloadable symbol list that is updated daily on our website here: http://www.dtniq.com/product/mktsymbols_v2.zip If this is not what you mean, please let me know what information you what to find by "checking" a symbol.
kleelof -Interested User- Posts: 23 Joined: May 30, 2010	Posted: Jun 1, 2010 05:29 PM Msg. 3 of 5 Hello, I just looked at the IQFeed calls available for .NET; • RegisterClientApp() • RemoveClientApp() • TurnOnNews() • TurnOffNews() • WatchSymbol() • RemoveSymbol() • WatchRegionals() • RemoveRegionals() • RequestEcho() • SetAutoLogin() • ClearAutoLogin() • RequestDisconnect() • RequestReconnect() Which one is the call for looking up the symbols? I was hoping there is a live look-up that I can use directly. take care, lee Edited by kleelof on Jun 1, 2010 at 05:31 PM
DTN_Steve_S -DTN Guru- Posts: 2093 Joined: Nov 21, 2005	Posted: Jun 3, 2010 03:11 PM Msg. 4 of 5 Sorry for the delay in responding. You can retrieve any of the information available in the feed via .NET (not just the data available in the calls you mention). Unfortunately the example for C# (I'm assuming you looked at the example to get those methods) is not as complete as the examples for VC++ or VB.NET. As I mentioned above, we have a Symbol Lookup available in the feed. Take a look at the documentation pages for Symbol Lookup via COM or Symbol Lookup via TCPIP. Also, if you would email developer support, I can send you a few more C# examples (although I don't currently have any that do symbol Lookup) which might help out in integrating with IQFeed.
kleelof -Interested User- Posts: 23 Joined: May 30, 2010	Posted: Jun 5, 2010 12:20 AM Msg. 5 of 5 Hello, Thanks. Next time I'll scroll all the way down the pages. When you have time, could you take a look at this thread: http://forums.iqfeed.net/index.cfm?page=topic&topicID=2805 take care, lee