WUPS guess that's it! There's no NewsDownloader anywhere.

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DislikedHi, Please let me know where I can find a link to the latest version of NewsDownloader. The above dropbox links don't work. Thx.Ignored
DislikedSince FF's parent company now has two more sister sites, MetalsMine and EnergyExchange Calendars that appear to be formatted identically, is it possible to put the calendar url(s) in the ini file? This way, the scraper can be repurposed for the other calendars. I suppose the plot news MT4 indicator could also use a similar update. And of course update the pdf or provide a post/text to explain how to scrape the other sites. Hopefully you can...Ignored
Dislikedit looks like the News Downloader is have the "Unable to Process Calendar" issue againIgnored
DislikedNews Downloader has the usual error message when FF changes format.Ignored
Dislikedfor me it was Windows Defender (with Windows 10). When I updated Windows Defender it then passed ok, if my memory serves. Plus ok when ran though other checkers. If you look at your myfxbook indi thread, the more recent post on this again mentions Windows Defender (& Windows 10) as generating the alert.Ignored
QuoteDislikedIf anybody knows which virus checker is causing this problem, please let me know, so that I can run some tests myself to establish which part of my code is triggering it
Disliked{quote} {quote} Not a good start to 2020.The year is not obtainable from the body of the FF calendar, and at the start of each new year I have to manually update the code. I will patch the code temporarily** once again, and then fix it permanently later, when I get some time. ** I've attached the ZIP file to post #1, because I can't email EXEs, nor ZIPs that contain EXEs; and will remove it after a couple of days, before FF discovers the (non-existent) "virus" again, and removes it themselves. I have a programmer friend who is willing...
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DislikedI've just downloaded the upcoming weeks' news on my computer without any obvious issues (see news plotted for Jan 3 in screenshot). However, I've received a couple of emails saying that the downloader is still failing. Can anybody confirm whether the version that I uploaded to post #1 recently is working ok? Thanks, David {image}Ignored
I am still using your News indicator after all these years, so thank you very much!
Eventually, I'll get around to implementing a few more ideas I have on the topic, but for now, it's a lower priority to other work. I would point out that some other news plot indicators have apparently figured out a way to avoid any separate news downloader script. It's all built-in to the single indicator. I have no recommendations, especially since some cost money (and I won't be able to customize it as I want without source), but one can search the mql5 Market, for MT4 indicators, with keywords "news on chart".
Thank you, David,
Kent (pips4life)
DislikedNo, Not working. it still loads last years news but nothing shows up on chart for jan 2 and jan 3.Ignored
DislikedI have been using an older version of Recent News that I modified........Ignored
Disliked{quote} Hi Kent, Your post appears daunting for a tired old man like me. So many items to investigate and fix! Recent News has been obsolete for years, ...Ignored
DislikedI have been using an older version of Recent News that I modified.......Ignored
DislikedFound the ThurDate.....its in the Plot News Presets. Got it man Thks.Ignored
DislikedFor me, the scraper continued to work until 05 Jan 2020. I only use the News Downloader.exe to re-scrape the latest calendar info daily. I can confirm the latest quick fix to the News Downloader.exe (uploaded 31 Dec 2019 from hanover) works on windows 10 x64 and win 2012 r2 x64 without any problems. and I don't receive the "Unable to download news" error anymore. .....Ignored
DislikedDid you tested your software(downloaded data) with Eastern European timezone ? I've downloaded three years data with +7 hours shift but I think there is some daylight saving shift hours in March and October for this particular timezone.. Can you fix timezone issues ?Ignored