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Question |
How can I create a quotepage that contains all the
symbols listed in two quotepages? Similarly, how can I add all the
symbols from another quotepage into an existing quotepage? |
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Answer |
Users of the Professional Version of Investor/RT can do
this kind of quotepage merging easily using a scan. Suppose you have two
quotepages named “PageA” and “PageB” and you wish to create a new
quotepage that contains all symbols that reside in either PageA or PageB.
Run this scan on all your symbols:
QP = “PageA” OR QP = “PageB”
This scan produces a quotepage containing symbols that reside either in
PageA or PageB. After the scan runs, simply save this resulting page
giving it a name of your choice. You could even save the resulting page
as “PageA”, replacing the former PageA, in effect augmenting PageA with
symbols from PageB.
If you do not have the Professional version, there is a little known
feature called “##Tickers” that can be used to accomplish quotepage
merging. A ##Ticker is an instrument of type “Cash” whose ticker symbol
begins with ## (2 pound signs). These special symbols can be used in
Investor/RT to insert section headers into a quotepage. They can also be
used to define an instrument that serves to identify a group of symbols,
the symbols that reside in a named quotepage.
This is done by creating the ##Ticker and specifying the “Name” of the
instrument as the name of the quotepage that the ##Ticker represents.
Create two ##Tickers using the Setup: Instruments window. Give them ##A
and ##B as ticker symbol. Setup both instruments with security type
“Cash” and setup the “Name” of ##A as “PageA”. Setup the “Name” of ##B
as “PageB”. Note that the ticker symbol does not have to match match the
name; it is the name that must precisely match the name of the
corresponding quotepage. The instrument ##A now represents the symbols
of PageA, and ##B the symbols of PageB.
Create a new empty quotepage (File: New: Quotepage). Click the Add
Instruments to Quotepage button on the quotepage toolbar. Normally, the
ensuing “Add to Quotepage” window is used to add individual symbols to
the front quotepage. In this case however, click the mouse in the “+”
button in the upper right corner of the “Add to Quotepage” window;
choose “Show Cash Symbols” from the ensuing popup menu. The Add to
Quotepage window will now list only the Cash instruments, and this list
should include the ##A and ##A symbols you created above. Double-click
on ##A and all the symbols of PageA will be added to your new quotepage.
Double-click on ##B to add PageB’s symbols to your new quotepage. |
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