/// <summary>
/// code that executes when user clicks the go button
/// </summary>
/// <param name="sender"></param>
/// <param name="e"></param>
private void go_button_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
// Initialize variables
string full_url = "";
string resolution = "";
string stock_ticker = stockTickerBox.Text;
const string url = "http://ichart.yahoo.com/table.csv?s=";
// variables to hold start and end dates for download url (1/1/1990 - today)
string start_month = "01";
string start_day = "01";
string start_year = "1990";
string start_date = "01/01/1990";
string end_month = DateTime.Now.Month.ToString();
string end_day = DateTime.Now.Day.ToString();
string end_year = DateTime.Now.Year.ToString();
// Look to see if download button is checked
if (download_radio_button.Checked)
{
// make sure that end date is not before the start date
if (validRange(startDatePicker.Value, endDatePicker.Value) && startDatePicker.Value < DateTime.Now.AddDays(-1) && endDatePicker.Value <= DateTime.Now)
{
// if all is valid, pull data from Yahoo's API
welcomeLabel.Text = "Downloading...";
full_url = url + stock_ticker + "&a=" + start_month + "&b=" + start_day + "&c=" + start_year + "&d=" + end_month + "&e=" + end_day + "&f=" + end_year;
resolution = "";
char[] resolutions = { 'd', 'w', 'm' };
string[] directories = createDirectories();
foreach (char res in resolutions)
{
// set the correct resolution
if (res == 'd')
{
resolution = "daily";
}
else if (res == 'w')
{
resolution = "weekly";
}
else
{
resolution = "monthly";
}
// initialize the aStock object with period type, dates, and resolutions as arguments
aStock.aPeriodType period = (aStock.aPeriodType)Enum.Parse(typeof(aStock.aPeriodType), resolution.ToUpper());
List<aCandlestick> cStick = new List<aCandlestick>();
aStock newstock = new aStock(DateTime.Parse(start_date), DateTime.Now, period, cStick);
// build the download link
string download_link = full_url + "&g=" + res + "&ignore=.csv";
// read the stock from yahoo and download it to a file
newstock.ReadFromURL(download_link);
foreach (string directory in directories)
{
if (Char.ToUpper(res) == directory[17]) // 17 is the position of the resolution in the directory
{
string filename = directory + stock_ticker + ".CSV"; // append .CSV to the end of the filename
newstock.SaveToFile(filename); // finally, save data to csv file
}
}
}
welcomeLabel.Text = "Successfully downloaded data for " + stock_ticker + ".";
//MessageBox.Show("Successfully downloaded data for " + stock_ticker + ".");
}
else
{
// Throw an error
MessageBox.Show("Please enter a valid date range.");
return;
}
}
else
{
welcomeLabel.Text = "Welcome! Please select an option below.";
// make sure date range for displaying data is valid
if (validRange(startDatePicker.Value, endDatePicker.Value) && startDatePicker.Value < DateTime.Now.AddDays(-1) && endDatePicker.Value <= DateTime.Now)
{
// if daily resolution button is checked
if (daily_radio_button.Checked)
{
// set resolution name to daily
resolution = "Daily";
// create filename
full_url = url + stock_ticker + "&a=" + start_month + "&b=" + start_day + "&c=" + start_year + "&d=" + end_month + "&e=" + end_day + "&f=" + end_year;
string filename = "C:\\DEV\\STOCKDATA\\" + resolution.ToUpper() + "\\" + stock_ticker + ".CSV";
// pull data from stock file if it exists
if (File.Exists(filename))
{
// create an aStock oject and populate it
aStock.aPeriodType period = (aStock.aPeriodType)Enum.Parse(typeof(aStock.aPeriodType), resolution.ToUpper());
List<aCandlestick> cStick = new List<aCandlestick>();
aStock newstock = new aStock(startDatePicker.Value.Date, endDatePicker.Value.Date, period, cStick);
newstock.ReadFromFile(filename);
// create a modeless form that will display the stock data
Form2 f = new Form2();
f.Owner = this;
f.Show(this);
f.createCandleStickChart(); // create a new candlestick chart for the modeless window
// display the data
f.displayData(newstock.Candlestick, stock_ticker, period.ToString(), newstock.StartingDate, newstock.EndingDate); //pull data from CSV and populate the chart
return;
}
else
{
// ... otherwise instruct user to download the data first
MessageBox.Show("Please download the stock data first.");
return;
}
}
else if (weekly_radio_button.Checked)
{
// set resolution
resolution = "Weekly";
// create filename
full_url = url + stock_ticker + "&a=" + start_month + "&b=" + start_day + "&c=" + start_year + "&d=" + end_month + "&e=" + end_day + "&f=" + end_year;
string filename = "C:\\DEV\\STOCKDATA\\" + resolution.ToUpper() + "\\" + stock_ticker + ".CSV";
// pull data from stock file if it exists
if (File.Exists(filename))
{
aStock.aPeriodType period = (aStock.aPeriodType)Enum.Parse(typeof(aStock.aPeriodType), resolution.ToUpper());
List<aCandlestick> cStick = new List<aCandlestick>();
aStock newstock = new aStock(startDatePicker.Value.Date, endDatePicker.Value.Date, period, cStick);
newstock.ReadFromFile(filename);
Form2 f = new Form2();
f.Owner = this;
f.Show(this);
f.createCandleStickChart(); // create a new one
f.displayData(newstock.Candlestick, stock_ticker, period.ToString(), newstock.StartingDate, newstock.EndingDate); //pull data from CSV and populate the chart
return;
}
else
{
MessageBox.Show("Please download the stock data first.");
return;
}
}
else
{
// set resolution
resolution = "Monthly";
// create filename
full_url = url + stock_ticker + "&a=" + start_month + "&b=" + start_day + "&c=" + start_year + "&d=" + end_month + "&e=" + end_day + "&f=" + end_year;
string filename = "C:\\DEV\\STOCKDATA\\" + resolution.ToUpper() + "\\" + stock_ticker + ".CSV";
// pull data from stock file if it exists
if (File.Exists(filename))
{
aStock.aPeriodType period = (aStock.aPeriodType)Enum.Parse(typeof(aStock.aPeriodType), resolution.ToUpper());
List<aCandlestick> cStick = new List<aCandlestick>();
aStock newstock = new aStock(startDatePicker.Value.Date, endDatePicker.Value.Date, period, cStick);
newstock.ReadFromFile(filename);
Form2 f = new Form2();
f.Owner = this;
f.Show(this);
f.createCandleStickChart(); // create a new one
f.displayData(newstock.Candlestick, stock_ticker, period.ToString(), newstock.StartingDate, newstock.EndingDate); //pull data from CSV and populate the chart
return;
}
else
{
MessageBox.Show("Please download the stock data first.");
return;
} // end else
} // end else
} // end if
else
{
// otherwise throw an error
MessageBox.Show("Please enter valid date range.");
return;
}
} // end else
}
