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  • #41
  • Aug 28, 2011 6:13am Aug 28, 2011 6:13am
What is the delete button for ?
You can delete the next event. Let's say there are four events before the NFP, then you can delete these and concentrate on the NFP. You can press [reload] in top left to repopulate the table, if you deleted too many.

How do you add your own sound file ?
I thought about adding this option, but since i was using My.Audio object at the time and it only plays wav files, i decided to negate this option. I could embed a media player, so users can upload their own sound file and it can then play mp3's, vid et al, when the alarm fires up. I've put this in my feature request list.

Enable currency symbols to be deselectable ?
Yep, i'll assimilate the FF filter for next release.
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  • #42
  • Aug 28, 2011 6:14am Aug 28, 2011 6:14am
Thanks for the prompt replies.
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  • #43
  • Aug 28, 2011 7:12am Aug 28, 2011 7:12am
hi OP

seems very useful app. unfortunately it demands .net framework 3.5 atleast which is to be downloaded now (size 197 mb) as i am running XP SP2.

i wish you would upload a user manual which consists the above FAQ as well on your website, along with system requirements.

many thanks.

regards
.Hawk.
  • #44
  • Aug 28, 2011 7:30am Aug 28, 2011 7:30am
Quoting .Hawk.
hi OP

seems very useful app. unfortunately it demands .net framework 3.5 atleast which is to be downloaded now (size 197 mb) as i am running XP SP2.

i wish you would upload a user manual which consists the above FAQ as well on your website, along with system requirements.

many thanks.

regards
.Hawk.
Strange, i have it configured for the base level .net 2.0; let me look into that as it doesn't require 3.5. I also use XP SP2 and understand why you shouldn't have to install a huge patch for a 3rd party install. I may have overlooked an obscure setting in Visual Studio as i'm more of a designer than a programmer.

I'll work on a user manual once it's past alpha release, thanks for the suggestion.
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  • #45
  • Aug 28, 2011 11:31am Aug 28, 2011 11:31am
FiatFap, I was just killing some time today and came up with this skin design. It's not far different from your own design, but it cuts down on some screen clutter by placing the "set once and forget" settings in the lower area, and keeps only the more important functions visible at all times. Some icons are also a bit smaller.

Just my .02 offered to the project.
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  • #46
  • Aug 28, 2011 11:46am Aug 28, 2011 11:46am
Quoting forexhard
FiatFap, I was just killing some time today and came up with this skin design. It's not far different from your own design, but it cuts down on some screen clutter by placing the "set once and forget" settings in the lower area, and keeps only the more important functions visible at all times. Some icons are also a bit smaller.

Just my .02 offered to the project.
That's great input, thanks forexhard.

I think even the volatility indies are redundant as the latest release has the LED flash different colours depending on news activity.

I'm wondering if i could add a skin icon to the toolbar, so users can flick between the two formats, but in the long run it means double the maintenance.

Let me finish off the sound settings and currency filter for alpha 1.3 and we'll address the skin issue for a1.4 onwards.
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  • #47
  • Aug 28, 2011 11:54am Aug 28, 2011 11:54am
Just wanted to add another news reference site, to give context to the app and the objective i'm trying to accomplish.

It's okay to be presented with data in this format, but when trading you want to concentrate on feeding the sharks with your hard earned cash, so the last thing you want to be doing is remembering when events occur and on what pair, etc.

The app will make it easy to know when shtf for an event you may otherwise forget to check on a news site(s).
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  • #48
  • Aug 28, 2011 3:52pm Aug 28, 2011 3:52pm
Hi FiatFap,
I really like your news alert program especially the different alerts, i haven,t tried it yet but i like what i see.

If i may be so bold there is one request.
could you add a filter that allows you to just see the high news alerts with alerts.
Or just the medium or low news alerts or a combination of 2 news alerts.
Thanks in advance
JTH
  • #49
  • Aug 29, 2011 7:48am Aug 29, 2011 7:48am
is there a function to mute the alarm?
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  • #50
  • Aug 29, 2011 8:19am Aug 29, 2011 8:19am
Quoting jurn_e
is there a function to mute the alarm?
You can either delete the event or chose a smaller snooze, so set the button to 1min for example.

I disabled the mute in ver1.2, i'll bring it back for version ver1.3...to be released very soon.
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  • #51
  • Aug 29, 2011 8:21am Aug 29, 2011 8:21am
Quoting jth
Hi FiatFap,
I really like your news alert program especially the different alerts, i haven,t tried it yet but i like what i see.

If i may be so bold there is one request.
could you add a filter that allows you to just see the high news alerts with alerts.
Or just the medium or low news alerts or a combination of 2 news alerts.
Thanks in advance
JTH
Next release will have this feature.
Politics is the womb in which war develops.
  • #52
  • Aug 29, 2011 9:12am Aug 29, 2011 9:12am
Can't wait for v1.3 . Great software. Thanks!
Make this into an ipad/iphone app and sell it : )
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  • #53
  • Aug 29, 2011 3:25pm Aug 29, 2011 3:25pm
This is an awesome tool. Thank you for your efforts here.

I agree with the mute button. It would be better than deleting the event. So the mute button would just stop the ringing, correct ?? That way there would be nothing to reset a few minutes later.

Again, Thanks for the software !!
  • #54
  • Aug 29, 2011 3:41pm Aug 29, 2011 3:41pm
Quoting Price
This is an awesome tool. Thank you for your efforts here.

I agree with the mute button. It would be better than deleting the event. So the mute button would just stop the ringing, correct ?? That way there would be nothing to reset a few minutes later.

Again, Thanks for the software !!
Thanks for the comments.

Yes, the mute just stops the ringing but the alarm is still going on behind the scenes.

I'll add both mute and delete in the same space on the form, so the user can decide their preference.

Been working on the filter for a few days now and it's bloody doing my head in...almost tamed the beast though.
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  • #55
  • Aug 29, 2011 4:51pm Aug 29, 2011 4:51pm
* UPDATE *

 

  1. Updated filter
  2. Allow user to add their own alarm sound
  3. Allow users to delete and/or mute event


Caveat
Probably opened up a big can of worms by i) allowing audio input and ii) allowing the user to change the alarm configuration. Although, I'm more interested to see if it installs and works okay as it references windows media player.

If you notice the alarm doesn't fire up and change the events table when it should, then the alarm is set too long. You could set it to 200secs (3.30mins) for example and then chose your favourite song and it should be okay to play between events.

The filter was a right pain so i expect bugs but the code seems quit robust to cope with anomalies. It's difficult to test this week as there's only one event that's 'non-economic', that's today's bank holiday in UK.

Let me know of any bugs and here's the latest screenshots:

Sounds:
http://i.imgur.com/gPKP1.png

Filter:
http://i.imgur.com/tTo4g.png

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  • #56
  • Aug 29, 2011 5:09pm Aug 29, 2011 5:09pm
Thanks so much for this simple but very effective tool.

Is it possible to have the oucome of the news displayed as well??

This will make it even better especially for the data releases.

cheers.

ibuks

Quoting FiatFap
* UPDATE *

 

  1. Updated filter
  2. Allow user to add their own alarm sound
  3. Allow users to delete and/or mute event


Caveat
Probably opened up a big can of worms by i) allowing audio input and ii) allowing the user to change the alarm configuration. Although, I'm more interested to see if it installs and works okay as it references windows media player.

If you notice the alarm doesn't fire up and change the events table when it should, then the alarm is set too long. You could set it to 200secs (3.30mins) for example...

  • #57
  • Aug 29, 2011 5:21pm Aug 29, 2011 5:21pm
Quoting Ibuks
Is it possible to have the oucome of the news displayed as well??
Not easy, I'd have to screen scrape a news site and there's usually server loads around high impact events, so it means a lot of effort for little gain.

I'd then have to dynamically populate the table on the fly, so even more effort. So the answer to your question is no, purely because of the effort it would take.

It's handy to have the 'Forex News Sites' open in tandem with the app and then hit refresh when your alarm goes off

Addendum:
Thinking about it, i could add a latency object that sniffs a site 5mins after the alarm was triggered and then populate the events table the next time the user does something to refresh the contents. Again, it sounds like too much effort.
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  • #58
  • Aug 29, 2011 5:31pm Aug 29, 2011 5:31pm
Windows 7. Loaded fine. Love all the new features. Hopefully the volume control will keep me in my seat this time!
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  • #59
  • Aug 29, 2011 5:38pm Aug 29, 2011 5:38pm
Quoting forexhard
Windows 7. Loaded fine. Love all the new features. Hopefully the volume control will keep me in my seat this time!
Thanks Forexhard, that's the kind of feedback i need to know.

Can other people let me know if it works on their system; I say this as I'm wary of using the media player as it opens up more possibilities of bugs and incompatibility.
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  • #60
  • Aug 29, 2011 7:16pm Aug 29, 2011 7:16pm
Quoting FiatFap

It's handy to have the 'Forex News Sites' open in tandem with the app and then hit refresh when your alarm goes off
I would agree here, it seems to me that the alarm is the useful and necessary component. I can't see a need to add economic results to it. That's what FF is for.

The shark sound works fine for me. (default #2) Adding our own wave files would be handy, but not if it causes problems and/or excess cpu demands.

I mentioned earlier that I thought mute would be better than delete.... now in rethinking it, delete seems just as well. I can see the complete list below in the expanded view.

In short, awesome software.... my suggestion here would be to keep the additional bells and whistles at a level where the benefit justifies the complexity. (Just my humble opinion from the other side of the world)
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