F.A.Q.

Here you find responses to frequently asked questions. Should you still miss a question or a response should be not detailed enough, please send us an e-mail. We will contact you with pleasure to answer your question (s).

• Is DAGOBERT-DACHS Windows Vista compatible?

  Q:Yes, however, you must make sure that the program is started with administrative rights.
  Click for this with the right mouse button on the DAGOBERT-DACHS program icon.
  Choose then RUN AS ADMINISTRATOR.
  Now the program starts with full administrative rights.
  

• I miss a technical indicator, how can I integrate this into the program?
  Q:The program has no open application programming interface.Nevertheless, we will try to insert your new indicator for you promptly in the program.Simply write to us e-mail with your wishes. Best use for this the form of suggestion for improvement.
  
  
  
  
• Which data sources (market prices) are used by the program?
  Q:Exclusively free market price dates are used. These become either from
  Yahoo of Finance or Google Finance covered. The historical EoD (End-of-Day)
  Dates are used. At the moment no other data sources can be used.
  
  All market prices are loaded exclusively in $ currency and are displayed.
  
  
  
• Which data format (for quotes) is used by the program?
  Q:Historical stock quotes are stored for every stock separately in a file. The file is to be found in the data Directory of the program. The name of the file corresponds to the stocksymbol (followed by the .csv).
  Example:
  The file C:\Program Files\Dagobert_DACHS\DATA\Kurse\MSFT.csv contains all stock quotes for the Microsoft stock.
  

  
  

  The historical stock quotes have the following format:

  Date

  Open

  High

  Low

  Close

  Volumes

   

  No header within the file is used.

  Example of the file structure:
  

  2008/03/24	59.8578	60.3459	59.4693	59.6884	1805600
  2008/03/25	60.8041	61.8999	60.7443	60.9535	3451300
  2008/03/26	60.6547	60.7244	59.9773	60.3957	5875450
  2008/03/27	60.6049	61.1727	60.2164	60.9535	7363900
  2008/03/28	60.9535	62.2784	60.8639	61.8237	8025700

  
  
  
  
• Which system files are used by the program?
  Q:The program uses system files which are typically stored in the Windows\System32 directory. Because these files are used under some circumstances also by other programs, it could come in same cases to version conflicts. To prevent this conflict required system files will be directly copied into the program directory of the Dagobert-Dachs Installation. Typically you find the program directory in  C:\Program files\Dagobert_Dachs
  (depending on the path you have specified during the installation).
  
  The system files are stored in the program directory - so it is in the same folder where also the executable program D-DACHS.EXE is.
  
  You should find there the following system files:
  

  Filename	Version number
  Comcat.dll	5.0.2195.1
  Comctl32.ocx	6.0.80.22
  Comdlg32.ocx	6.0.88.77
  MSCHRT20.OCX	6.0.88.4
  MSCOMCTL.OCX	6.1.97.82
  MSCOMCT2.OCX	6.1.97.82
  MSINET.OCX	6.1.97.82
  TABCTL32.OCX	6.1.97.82

  
  If you lack one of the files listed mentioned above - this could lead to conflicts, because the program uses then the files from the Windows\System32 directory. Copy then please the being absent file (s) - while you click with a right mouse click on the above filename and save the file in your program directory ("save as").
  A new installation also fulfils this purpose.
  TIP: A renewed program installation can overwrite, possibly, files in the DATA directory. There are, e.g., from you created portfolios or other program preferences (tradingsystems etc.). For this reason save this directory please before you start a new installation (e.g., while you rename the directory DATA in DATA_Copy.
  
  
• At which time of day new quotes are available?
  Q:The stock exchange closes in the USA at 22.00 o'clock MET. Then it takes some hours before the dates are available for the download. End of day quotes (also called an EoD (End of Day)) are available from 2.00 o'clock at night for downloading.
  
  
• How many stocks are available in the program?
  Q:In principle all stocks that are available at Yahoo-Finance can be imported into the program.
  All important indexes have already been installed.
  At the moment (Oct., 2009) more than 9,000 stocks are available and grouped into lists / sectors and portfolios and are available therefore in the program.
  
  At the moment currencies are not available.
  
  
• How long does it take to update the stock quotes ?
  Q:On a standard PC with a DSL 6000 connection it takes approx. 5-8 minutes to update the stock quotes of 10,000 stocks.