File Menu
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New - Create a new empty chart window with default
chart properties.
Open - Brings up the stardard Windows File Open dialog
box. The default directory is the Data directory where all saved
stock data resides. File names for stock symbols are composed
of the stock symbol and a suffix indicating the time period.
The current time periods and suffices are .1min and 5min for
intraday data, .dyd for daily, .wyd for weekly, and .mym for
monthly chart data.
Close - Closes the current chart window.
Save and Save As - Save the current window layout
of all chart windows so that you can restore a particular set
of charts at a later time.
Import - Open the standard Windows File Open dialog
box and allows the user to select any file for importing. Additional
information about the type of data in the file, etc. will be
requested from the Import File Settings dialog box. See the Import File Dialog for more information.
Preferences - Shows the current user preferences which
can be changed, including the starting dates for acquiring price
data from the internet, the price display format, etc. See the
User Preferences Dialog for more information.
The remaining menu items perform the standard Windows functions.
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Edit Menu
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Favorites - Brings up the Chart
Favorite Dialog from which you can edit the list of saved
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View Menu

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Display of Panes - The chart window can display a maximum
of 3 panes with different information. The default chart window
is set up to show the stock price and studied in the top pane,
studies in the second pane, and the volume and studies in the
third pane. This layout can be changes from the Chart
Properties Dialog. The display of the Top, Middle,
and Bottom pane can be toggles from this menu as well
as from the context specific popup menu.
CandleSize - Changes the size of each candle to be
small , medium (default), or large depending on how many data
points should be visible.
TimeSpan - Selects the time units which a single candle
represents. 1 day is the default.
Hide Studies - Toggles the display of the current studies
in the price pane. This flag is not saved in the registry.
Hide Vertical Scales - Hides both left and right price,
volume, and study scales. This is useful to show a chart as small
as possible.
Scale Price Only - Toggles the scaling of the price
candles without taking the visible price studies into consideration
(moving averages for example). This has the effect of enlarging
the candles in cases where the viewing of the studies causes
the price candles to be difficult to see because they are too
small.
Scale Most Recent Price - Toggles the scaling of the
most recent price data points. In effect it zooms into the number
of points specified in the User Preferences
Dialog.
The Status Messages menu item opens and closes a dialog
which records informative as well as error messages. A check
will appear beside the menu item if the Status Messages are visible.
See the Status Messages Dialog for
more information.
The Toolbar and The
Symbol List File (SLF) Toolbar contain selected items
from the SSChart menus. A check will appear beside the menu item
if the Toolbar is visible. The state of the Toolbar (visible/invisible)
will be saved in the Registry and will be preserved across program
invocations.
The Status Bar is a standard Windows items and can
be toggled on and off. A check will appear beside the menu item
if the Status Bar is visible. The state of the Status Bar (visible/invisible)
will be saved in the Registry and will be preserved across program
invocations.
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Chart Menu
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New - Creates a new empty chart window with default
chart properties.
Properties - Enables you to change the stock symbol,
time period, chart type, and the window layout. See the Chart
Properties Dialog for more information.
Color - Allows you to change the color of the background
as well as every chart item, i.e. candlestick colors, chart lables.
See the Chart Color Dialog for more
information.
Add to Favorites - Adds the current chart to the list
of Chart Favorites. See the Save
As Favorites Dialog for more information. Once a chart has
been added to the Favorites it also gets added as a menu item.
There will be a maximum of 4 chart favorites listed in addition
to the Default chart. If there are more than 4 chart favorites
an button titled More... will be displayed, which when
pressed, displays the Chart Favorites
Dialog. One of the listed chart favorites has a check next
to it. When the { Chart | New } or { File | New }
button is pressed a chart will be created of the same type as
the checked chart favorite. If you press any of the chart favorites
a chart of that type will be created.
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Data Menu

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Get Single Quote - Contacts the internet data source
and requests a one time quote update for all symbols which are
currently open, either in a chart or SLFMap window. Unless
you configure SSChart to always retrieve data from import files,
you need an internet connection for any of these items to function.
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Get Continuous Quotes - Contacts the internet data
source and requests continuous quote updates for all symbols
which are currently open, either in a chart or SLFMap window.
Unless you configure SSChart to alway retrieve
data from import files, you need an internet connection for any
of these items to function. ???
Slide Show - Cycle through all symbols in the currently
selected symbol list file in the current chart window. May be
combined with Auto Update On.
Auto Update On - Automatically update all stock price
data which is out of date. Note that this flag updates all charts
which are currently loaded when they become the active chart.
Update - Get the current price data for the active
chart window.
Reload - Get all the data for the stock symbol for
the current time period as specified in the Chart Properties
Dialog. This function is useful in the event that the data for
a stock symbol has been corrupted. Unless
you configure SSChart to alway retrieve data from import files,
you need an internet connection for any of these items to function.
Purge - Deletes
either todays intraday data, all but today's intrayday data or
all intraday data for the current symbol. This function
is useful in the event that the intraday data for a stock symbol
has been corrupted or is incomplete.
Internet Sources - Select the internet data source that data
will be retrieved from. Separate source are specified for daily,
weekly, monthly, and quote data. The quote data is used to create
intraday charts.
Import Settings
- Brings up a dialog box which is used to set the list of directories
to search for import files, set the import file attributes, and
also specify the search order for acquiring data. See the Import Dialog for
more information.
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Indicators Menu
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Previous Day's Close - Draws a horizontal line at the
previous day's closing price (intraday charts only).
Day's Open - Draws a horizontal line at the day's opening
price (intraday charts only).
Day's High - Draws a horizontal line at the day's high
price (intraday charts only).
Day's Low - Draws a horizontal line at the day's low
price (intraday charts only).
Day's Midpoint - Draws a horizontal line halfway between
the day's high and low price (intraday charts only).
All Indicators - Draws all above listed indicator lines.
Delete All -
Deletes all above listed indicator lines.
The line type and line width of these lines can be modified.
See the Indicators Lines study types
for more information.
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SLFMap Menu
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Sort by % Chg Prev Close - Sorts the symbol cells by
the percentage change from the previous day's closing price.
Sort by $ Chg Prev Close - Sorts the symbol cells by
the dollar change from the previous day's closing price.
Sort by % Chg Open - Sorts the symbol cells by the
percentage change from the day's opening price.
Sort by $ Chg Open - Sorts the symbol cells by the
dollar change from the day's opening price.
Sort by Symbol - Sorts the symbol cells by the symbol
name in ascending order.
You need an internet connection for
any of these items to function.
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Window Menu
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All menu items perform
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Help Menu
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Install License enables you to request a free trial
key, record the trial or permanent key to enable the program.
View License shows you the license statement, and Purchase
Online points you to the web site where you may purchase
a copy of the program.
Uninstall SSChart Software will remove all originally
installed files and directories and delete program registry entries.
See Uninstall for
more information.
About SSChart shows the current version number and
license information.
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Control Menu
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The control box (the tiny SSChart icon in the
extreme upper left corner of the window, at the left end of the
title bar) provides access to the control menu, which contains
window system commands such as Restore and Move. The control
box on each chart window is a small icon located in the upper
left corner of the title bar that looks like the icon you click
to open that window. The Restore, Minimize, Maximize, and Close
commands in the control menu work just like the buttons for those
functions. The Move and Size commands require you to use your
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Popup Menu
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The menu items in the popup menu are the same as found on
the menu bar and work they same. The popup menu is active when
the mouse cursor is over a chart window.
Click the right mouse button and the popup appears under the
cursor. Move the cursor down the menu items until you find the
one you want to use and click the left mouse button or alternately
hold down the right mouse button, drag the cursor to the item
you want to use and release the right mouse button.
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Standard Toolbar
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This toolbar contains a couple of SSChart specific
buttons. These are [ScalePriceOnly] and [ScaleMostRecent].
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SLFMap Toolbar
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This toolbar contains a selection box which lists all symbol
list files in the SLF subdirectory. If no slf file has been selected
it shows "--none--" and the buttons are disabled.
The [Chart] button opens a Chart
window. The symbol showing in the chart window is the first
one listed in the slf file.
The [SLFMap] buttons opens an SLFMap
window.
The right-most button is [Data Collection On/Off] which
toggles the continuous retrieval of quote data on and off.
You need an internet connection for
the last two of these items to function.
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Status Bar
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This statusbar shows status messages about files
being loaded, symbol data being fetched and any error messages.
These same messages are also visible in the Status
Messages Dialog. |
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