ASPEN_ApplyBar

Purpose

Place a bar in an Aspen server database.

Call Syntax

#include <aspen.h>

…

AspenRequest(GLOBAL_session, ASPEN_ApplyBar, &bar_input, NULL);

…

Parameters

Input

A pointer to an ASPEN_APPLY_BAR_INPUT structure.

Output

None.

Structures

typedef struct

{

   ASPEN_INUM inum;

   ASPEN_BAR bar;

   short bar_width;

}ASPEN_APPLY_BAR_INPUT;

Remarks

bar_width identifies the duration of bar in minutes (usually 15).

Return Value

See Also

AspenRequest()

ASPEN_APPLY_BAR_INPUT

ASPEN_BAR

Example

int CAspenRequestDlg::DoASPEN_ApplyBar()

{

   ASPEN_APPLY_BAR_INPUT   bar_input;

   server_list             *slp = list;

   char                    symbol_xlat[ASPEN_SYMBOL_SIZE];

   int                     retval;

   strcpy(symbol_xlat,strSymb);

   retval = AspenRequest(slp->server_session,

                     ASPEN_GetInstrumentNumber,

                     symbol_xlat,

                     &a_inum);

   if (retval == ASPEN_OK)

   {

      time_of_day = time(NULL);

      localTime = gmtime(&time_of_day);

      localTime->tm_hour = atoi(strHour);

      localTime->tm_min = atoi(strMinute);

      localTime->tm_mday = atoi(strDay);

      localTime->tm_sec = 0;

      localTime->tm_mon = atoi(strMonth) -1;

      localTime->tm_year = atoi(strYear) - 1900;

      ANSITimeToAspenTime(localTime,

                     localTimeZone,

                     &bar_input.bar.time);

      bar_input.bar.volume = atol(strVolume);

      bar_input.bar.open_interest = atol(strOI);

      bar_input.bar.close = atol(strClose);

      bar_input.bar.low = atol(strLow);

      bar_input.bar.high = atol(strHigh);

      bar_input.bar.open = atol(strOpen);

      bar_input.bar_width = barwidth;

      bar_input.inum = a_inum;

      retval = AspenRequest(slp->server_session,

                       ASPEN_ApplyBar,

                       &bar_input,

                       NULL);

   }

   return retval;

}