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Szymon

Market Calendar !!!FreeWare!!! for All.

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Hello Everyone,

 

Here is an Market Calendar application that I developed this afternoon, please use it for your trading needs and it has a lot of features like opacity so you can see it at the same time as your charting software you can also set it to automatically refresh every xxx minutes or seconds.

 

I have attached a few screenshots of it in action.

 

Installation is very simple just place all three files into a directory and create a shortcut to the desktop.

 

Right-Click on the running clocks to see the context-menu, I think this application is very user friendly so no need for manuals.

 

I do not take any responsibility if it does not work on your computer or if it does something else. I have tested it on my Vista machine works great.

 

If you have some ideas on expanding this little freeware, then use this thread and post your comments.

 

I will see what can be done to include your ideas in it.

 

Regards

 

Simon :missy:

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Very nice Szymon. My suggestions are:

1. Minimizable to Clock display only (with Hr:Min:Sec)

2. Synchronize clock to NTP server so that it is accurate to the second.

Thank you.

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Yes, very nice.

 

I'm in a rush but since you asked here are a few other suggestions off the top of my head ;)...

 

Allow the user to change the text settings. For example, you are calling the site

 

http://www.forexfactory.com/excal.php?show=1&color1=transparent&color2=transparent&color3=transparent&color4=%23FFFFFF&color5=%23000000&color6=%23FFFFFF&color7=%23FFFFFF&color8=%23000000&color9=&fontsize=12&dark_icons=1

You can view the text settings available here: http://www.forexfactory.com/excal.php

 

This can be done two ways...

1) Allow the user to change the link settings via the program.

2) Allow the user to insert their OWN url into the program. The user could then go to the second link, select their choices, and then paste the generated url into the program (the easiest way).

 

For the opacity, it would be nice if there was an option to make the window solid when you mouse over. Then you can quickly have the best of both worlds.

 

An alarm for news would be very nice. A user could select the impact level and desired amount of warning. Programming wise this would need to extract the data displayed into tables to compare time, etc. Data mining would take the complexity to another level though and I don't know if you want to go past the iframe simplicity approach. However once this programming is done it would open up much more personalization for the end user. Just something to think about.

 

Instead of having pre selected numbers for refresh and opacity, it might be easier to just have a box to enter the desired level (1-100 for opacity and time in seconds) and a "disable" selection (which would grey out the box when selected).

 

The ability to save settings is probably the biggest suggestion I have. This should include the ability for it to position itself correctly on the screen as well.

 

I like the fact that you can move the window to a position and then "stick" it there by removing the border. :)

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  thrunner said:
Very nice Szymon. My suggestions are:

1. Minimizable to Clock display only (with Hr:Min:Sec)

2. Synchronize clock to NTP server so that it is accurate to the second.

Thank you.

 

Hi Thrunner,

 

Thanks for your feedback.

 

I Will see what can be done.

 

Regards

 

Simon

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  Hlm said:
Yes, very nice.

 

I'm in a rush but since you asked here are a few other suggestions off the top of my head ;)...

 

Allow the user to change the text settings. For example, you are calling the site

 

http://www.forexfactory.com/excal.php?show=1&color1=transparent&color2=transparent&color3=transparent&color4=%23FFFFFF&color5=%23000000&color6=%23FFFFFF&color7=%23FFFFFF&color8=%23000000&color9=&fontsize=12&dark_icons=1

You can view the text settings available here: http://www.forexfactory.com/excal.php

 

This can be done two ways...

1) Allow the user to change the link settings via the program.

2) Allow the user to insert their OWN url into the program. The user could then go to the second link, select their choices, and then paste the generated url into the program (the easiest way).

 

For the opacity, it would be nice if there was an option to make the window solid when you mouse over. Then you can quickly have the best of both worlds.

 

An alarm for news would be very nice. A user could select the impact level and desired amount of warning. Programming wise this would need to extract the data displayed into tables to compare time, etc. Data mining would take the complexity to another level though and I don't know if you want to go past the iframe simplicity approach. However once this programming is done it would open up much more personalization for the end user. Just something to think about.

 

Instead of having pre selected numbers for refresh and opacity, it might be easier to just have a box to enter the desired level (1-100 for opacity and time in seconds) and a "disable" selection (which would grey out the box when selected).

 

The ability to save settings is probably the biggest suggestion I have. This should include the ability for it to position itself correctly on the screen as well.

 

I like the fact that you can move the window to a position and then "stick" it there by removing the border. :)

 

Hi Hlm,

 

Thanks for your detailed feedback.

 

I was thinking about giving the user the option of entering their own urls, and yes saving it to a small text file what be good.

 

Also notice that when the page refreshes it goes back to the position where it was before, not like internet explorer where it goes all the way to the top, so I think that is a big plus.

 

Next time I have some free hours I will make something better and work with some of your suggestions.

 

My next little project will be using dukascopy free stuff in the same manner, but with more options because they have a lot to offer for the forex trader, but that's another new thread.

 

Thanks again all for your suggestions and comments.

 

Regards

 

Simon

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You da man, Simon! I kept thinking this was created by some other freeware place, but you rock! I'm very impressed! Thanks for the contribution, definitely a plus in this forum! You must be a genius if you only devoted a few hours to this freeware!

 

An alarm is a plus feature for me, especially for the Big Impact (red) news.

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Hi Gang,

 

I am working on version 2 of this freeware. I will upload it when i am done.

 

It will have more functionality and some ideas from the above feedback.

 

Simon

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Thank you Szymon,

Sorry to report an error after setting refresh rate (the app doesn't seem to update to the next day as well after overnight):

See the end of this message for details on invoking 
just-in-time (JIT) debugging instead of this dialog box.

************** Exception Text **************
System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException (0x80004005): Unspecified error
  at SHDocVw.IWebBrowser2.Refresh2(Object& Level)
  at AxSHDocVw.AxWebBrowser.Refresh2(Object& level)
  at MarketNews.MarketNews.RefreshTimer_Tick(Object sender, EventArgs e)
  at System.Windows.Forms.Timer.OnTick(EventArgs e)
  at System.Windows.Forms.Timer.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr idEvent, IntPtr dwTime)


************** Loaded Assemblies **************
mscorlib
   Assembly Version: 1.0.5000.0
   Win32 Version: 1.1.4322.2407
   CodeBase: file:///c:/windows/microsoft.net/framework/v1.1.4322/mscorlib.dll
----------------------------------------
MarketNews
   Assembly Version: 1.0.3018.27639
   Win32 Version: 1.0.3018.27639
   CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files/MarketNews%26clock/MarketNews.exe
----------------------------------------
System.Windows.Forms
   Assembly Version: 1.0.5000.0
   Win32 Version: 1.1.4322.2032
   CodeBase: file:///c:/windows/assembly/gac/system.windows.forms/1.0.5000.0__b77a5c561934e089/system.windows.forms.dll
----------------------------------------
System
   Assembly Version: 1.0.5000.0
   Win32 Version: 1.1.4322.2407
   CodeBase: file:///c:/windows/assembly/gac/system/1.0.5000.0__b77a5c561934e089/system.dll
----------------------------------------
System.Drawing
   Assembly Version: 1.0.5000.0
   Win32 Version: 1.1.4322.2032
   CodeBase: file:///c:/windows/assembly/gac/system.drawing/1.0.5000.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/system.drawing.dll
----------------------------------------
AxInterop.SHDocVw
   Assembly Version: 1.1.0.0
   Win32 Version: 1.1.0.0
   CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files/MarketNews%26clock/AxInterop.SHDocVw.DLL
----------------------------------------
Interop.SHDocVw
   Assembly Version: 1.1.0.0
   Win32 Version: 1.1.0.0
   CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files/MarketNews%26clock/Interop.SHDocVw.DLL
----------------------------------------
Accessibility
   Assembly Version: 1.0.5000.0
   Win32 Version: 1.1.4322.573
   CodeBase: file:///c:/windows/assembly/gac/accessibility/1.0.5000.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/accessibility.dll
----------------------------------------
Microsoft.VisualBasic
   Assembly Version: 7.0.5000.0
   Win32 Version: 7.10.6001.4
   CodeBase: file:///c:/windows/assembly/gac/microsoft.visualbasic/7.0.5000.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/microsoft.visualbasic.dll
----------------------------------------

************** JIT Debugging **************
To enable just in time (JIT) debugging, the config file for this
application or machine (machine.config) must have the
jitDebugging value set in the system.windows.forms section.
The application must also be compiled with debugging
enabled.

For example:

<configuration>
   <system.windows.forms jitDebugging="true" />
</configuration>

When JIT debugging is enabled, any unhandled exception
will be sent to the JIT debugger registered on the machine
rather than being handled by this dialog.


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Thanks THrunner,

 

My computer is switched off during that time, so I have not experienced this error.

 

Basically you telling me that when you leave it on overnight with the refresh switched on, to the next day, that is when the error happens.

 

Please confirm this to me.

 

Regards

 

Simon

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That's right Simon. There doesn't seem to be a check mark next to the refresh setting, so I am not sure if the refresh was on. In any case, I noticed after running overnight, the next day's data was not being displayed. So I right click on the app, chose refresh and pick 30 seconds I think and the application crashed with the error I posted.

Thanks.

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Hi Thrunner,

 

Thanks for the screenshot.

 

I will fix that in the new version. And I have already implemented the tick marks in the menus, so you know whats selected.

 

Regards

 

Simon

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Hi Simon,

Thanks again for all the good work. The attached screen shot may have something to do with the error, because it happened again overnight with no user input. It showed that an error has occurred with a script from forexfactory together with the previous error shown above.

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  thrunner said:
Hi Simon,

Thanks again for all the good work. The attached screen shot may have something to do with the error, because it happened again overnight with no user input. It showed that an error has occurred with a script from forexfactory together with the previous error shown above.

 

Hi Thrunner,

 

Thanks for the error report, I think I know where the issue is, this happens when forex factory calendar changes to a new day, the script only refreshes the pages it does not reload it, so I will fix this in the new version, for now please persist with this.

 

I will have some time today to do the programming of this software, it will have a lot more features than the first version. Better menus with indicators what is ticked and a advanced section where it will give you a option to save it to a file. I am thinking also to implement a mouse over routine that will hide the program when you put your mouse over it so you can access the charting functionality and vice versa.

 

So stay tuned.

 

Simon

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Hi Guys,

 

I have finished programming the new version of this freeware. It works great on my Vista and Windows 2000 development machine, not sure how it would work on other machines. It has more features like saving of the settings and other bits.

 

Have a look and let me know what you think.

 

With regards to software bugs I tried my best to eliminate them, but your never know what might pop up.

 

And as always I do not take any responsibility for this software if it does something else or crashes your system.

 

Regards

 

Simon

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The new version allows you to customise colours, font size, the window location and size of window and it allows you to save this, so next time you open it, it will use your personal settings.

 

Simon

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  brownsfan019 said:
Simon - any progress on that countdown timer? :)

 

Hi Brownsfan,

 

I just finished the current project.

 

This one will be for premium members only.

 

I will start a thread on the premium section of this forum.

 

Simon

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  Blu-Ray said:
Thanks Simon for your good work, would it be possible to have a choice to display the calendar in local time.

 

Cheers

 

Blu-Ray

 

Hi Blu-Ray

 

Can you give me more information screenshots what, where, etc....

 

Regards

 

Simon

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Hi Simon

 

Thanks for the quick response, what I basically want is to view the calendar in my local time rather than EST/EDT. So in your properties section where it say's "EasternTime Zone", would it be possible to add "Local Time" as well.

 

I've attached a photo to explain what I mean, the top calendar is from the forexfactory site and the lower is your calendar.

 

( Basically it's just me being lazy and I want to see it in my local time :o)

 

attachment.php?attachmentid=6082&stc=1&d=1208448054

 

Cheers

 

Blu-Ray

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