/// <summary>
/// Creates a Spark.Stock reference for the specified security and exchange.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="symbol">Security symbol</param>
/// <param name="exchange">Security exchange</param>
/// <param name="stock">Stock reference generated by the method</param>
/// <returns>TRUE if Spark was able to create the specified stock, else FALSE</returns>
internal static bool GetSparkStock(string symbol, string exchange, out Spark.Stock stock)
{
//Get internal spark security symbol
Tuple <string, string> sparkSymbolExchange = ApiFunctions.GetSparkSymbolExchange(symbol, exchange);
//Get reference to stock
string identifier = sparkSymbolExchange.Item1 + "." + sparkSymbolExchange.Item2;
Debug.WriteLine(DateTime.Now.ToString("HH:mm:ss.fff") + "\t" + "Initiating event feed for " + identifier);
stock = new Spark.Stock();
if (!Spark.GetStock(ref stock, sparkSymbolExchange.Item1, sparkSymbolExchange.Item2))
{
Console.WriteLine("Can't get {0}: {1}", identifier, Spark.DescribeError(Spark.GetLastError()));
return(false);
}
//Wait to allow Spark API to data access
System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(1000);
return(true);
}
