Quick
Start
Step 1. Download the software
Click here
to download the evaluation version of the
HDLoader software. You may select any directory on your machine
to save the copy of the software.
Step 2. Install the software
Installing the software is simple: open a windows explorer, locate the
downloaded HDLoader.zip file, and double click on it. Most
windows system will automatically expand the zip file into a HDLoader
direcory (select "extract all files"). You may go to http://free-backup-software.net/index.htm
to download a free and excellent software to unzip the downloaded
HDLoader.zip if you machine does not have a zip compression software
installed. Double click on HDLoader.zip after you install the JustZipIt
software. Make sure you read and understand the terms in the
"license.txt" file.
Step 3. Run the software
Double click the HDLoader.jar file in the HDLoader directory. A
HDLoader frame will appear. You've successfully
started the software! You may create a shortcut on your desktop
by right clicking
on the HDLoader.jar
and selecting "Create shortcut". Double click on the shortcut
will start the software.
You might need to set up a Java Runtime Environment (JRE) to run
the HDLoader software. The Netscape or IE Explorer may have
installed
a JRE for you to run Java software such as Java Applet, but the version
is too old and you may have to install a newer JRE version (above
1.4.0) to run HDLoader. Download a
free JRE at http://www.java.com/en/download/download_the_latest.jsp.
Remove the old JRE if any, and install the new one. Double click
the HDLoader.jar
to start the software.
Step 4. Configure the software
Press the "configure" button (move your cursor over a button you will
see the button's name) as shown in the following screenshot, a
configuration dialog will pop up. Type in the directory that you
want to save the downloaded historical data. Select "load all" or
"updae" to specify the time interval of data you want to
download. "update" automatically set the end date to be your
today's date. The format for the date is "MM/dd/yy", e.g., "05/11/05"
for May 11,
2005. Click "Ok" to close the dialog.
Step 5. Add symbols / open a symbol list
Press the "add" button will add rows in the symbol list table.
Enter the symbols of interest in the table. The symbol can either
be a stock symbol or an option symbol. You can go to http://finance.yahoo.com/l to
look up the stock symbol of a company. For options symbol of a
company, you should click on the stock symbol and then click on
"options" to get the symbol series of option chain of that company.
Step 6. Delete symbol from the symbol list
Select the row that contains the symbol and press the "delete" button
to delete it.
Step 7. Save the symbol list in the table.
Press "save" or "save as" button to save the symbol list you typed in
the table.
Step 8. Download historical data
Press the "load" button to download historical data of all the symbols
in the table from the Internet. The data will be saved in the
directory you chose in Step 4. You can press the "configure" button to
check the directory you configured for data storage.
To download the historical data of a symbol in the table, you may
select the row that contains the symbol and then press "load selected"
button.
Step 9. Create a new symbol list.
Press the "new" button. The symbol list in the table will be
closed. Press "add" button to add symbols to the list.
Step 10. Exit
Click the "Close" button on the right-top of the frame to exit the
software.
Step 11. Uninstall the software
Delete the HDLoader folder uninstalls the software.
Step 12. Order a registered version of the software
Send an
email at support@shantech.com
to order a registered version of the
software. Your check should write to Shantech Technologies. We will
send you a registered version of the software upon
receiving your payment. Mail to:
Shan
Technologies, LLC
1754 39th. St. SW, #209
Fargo, ND 58103
Phone: 701-3062459
Fax: 701-3642923
Email: support@shantech.com
Data
Conversion
If
you are using MetaStock software for technical analysis and want to
save hundreds of dollars for data feeding service, you may use
the data
downloaded with HDLoader. Follow the steps below to covert the data
into a
format that MetaStock accepts.
Step
1. Run
the MetaStock Downloader in the MetaStock
software you are using (the “Tools” menu).
Fig. 1
Step
2. Select "Tools" - >
"Convert" on the menu bar. A “Convert Securities” dialog will appear.
Select data folder
for HDLoader
and set the extension to *.txt. Specify output folder for the converted
files
to be saved at, e.g. "C:\My MetaStock Data".
Click Browse button and add the data files you downloaded with
HDLoader. You
may use "Shift" or “Ctrl” and arrow keys on your keyboard to select
the data files to convert.
Step
3. Press "Options.."
button. A “Conversion Options” dialog
will appear.
Fig. 2
Step
4. Click "Source" tab on the
"Conversion Options" dialog shown above. Select
desired "Date
Range",
put a checkmark against "Traverse folders" and specify
"Daily" periodicity.
Step
5. Click
"Destination Tab". Choose whether you want to append
data to existing MetaStock files or overwrite them and set the rest of
the
options as shown below. Click "Apply" and "Ok" to exit the
“Conversion Options” dialog.
Fig. 3
Step
6. Select
an output folder to store data for MetaStock software to use (see
Fig. 1). Make sure that you have a
backup of your data when selecting existent MetaStock folder as an
output
folder. Press "Ok" button to exit the “Convert Securities”
dialog.
