YCurrency Ticker

[rajeshontheweb]

Hi guys,i may post the full source code later on , i am trying to develop further on the small piece of work i have done..

Description:

• A small Currency ticker, based on Yahoo! Finance Data.

Why did i do this?

• wanna prove i have a little bit of brain (lol: )
• wanted a currency ticker that would have a portable version
• wanted a customisable ticker that is very resource friendly
• wanted a way of monitoring bullion rates. (there is tooo little number of apps that do it now:( )

Please post some feedback, thanks a lot.

• 15 apr - v 0.3.13.2 - bugfix?? just noticed after user changed the currency pairs, it doesnt open the relevant webpage. now fixed..
• 16 Apr - v 0.3.19.4 - attachment now available as 4shared link
• hmm 35 downloads already, thanks guys i am heftily working on this.
• 03 Jun - havent had time to look into it much lately, but will resume work shortly. just came back here to post info its available on Softpedia now! thanks to autoit again.

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YCurrencyTicker 0.3.19.4 (released as 0.3.19.3)-Softpedia

YCurrencyTicker.exe 0.3.19.4 (released as 0.3.19.3) - 4shared

(Changelog)

YCurencyTicker.exe 0.3.13.2

Edited June 3, 2010 by rajeshontheweb

[FinalVersion]

Why make 2 threads?

[rajeshontheweb]

sorry some double post , something went wrong in my firefox earlier... i think post had already been submitted

<First Release 15 Apr 2009>

Features:

• Resource friendly (millions of thaks to wOuter because i wont have spent too many hours on this script if i had no option to overcome ram consumption - i hate ram eating programs :-) )
• doesnt have a taskbar button, thanks to this thread.
• I was working for weeks on this , on any spare time i get, before i release it , i had to make it friendly to users who need other currencies. for the moment it shows QAR and INR as initial pair, u can set them to be changed to choose from a few listed in there.
• its a portable application.
• can be minimised to run from tray
• opens the currency page on yahoo finance in case u want to check historical data, etc.
• uses last available data if u dont have internet connection at the given point of time (anyways thats the first data available after the application started. - if u have no connection when app starts u wont see any data probably

Future plans:

• i am trying to decide on a logo for my applications i would add the icon soooon.
• i might release the source code soon.
• Need to create a settings file so that user options are remembered viz., currencies (Most Important), desktop position, on top behaviour, previously retrieved data, etc
• will soon increase the number of currency pairs
• first of all, i am gonna include gold and silver bullion rates, coz most currency tickers out there, dont show you the precious metal market rates if u want to see...
• need to consider how many copies of the application can run at a time. now any number can be run.
• most important of all, i need to check with yahoo if this doesnt violate their data usage terms. anyways to avoid anyone thinking i have some special system, i have linked it to yahoo website and i have left a note saying its based on the yahoo finance data. lets see....

Edited April 16, 2009 by rajeshontheweb

[rajeshontheweb]

Now available on Softpedia! (since a few months now, but i have been too busy to attend to myself ) Will resume my work shortly. sorry for being away so long.. Edited June 3, 2010 by rajeshontheweb