Includes release notes for the Client , Server and Cache apps.

Version 8.18.5250

Cache, Client and Server app updates

Cache

• Add support for caching futures data.

Client and Server app updates

• Enable client to update the cache list of available futures.

• Enable disabling the cache processing for futures data.

• Enable assigning a future to an index to use for pre-market and after hours charts.

• Automatically convert an index selection in a pre-market or after hours chart to it’s associated future.

Version 8.17.5250

Client and Server app updates

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• REQUIRES the latest XPF with changes made Nov 17, 2021.

• Charts

  • primarily changes to improve charting consistency with a focus on the 5 day and intraday charts.

  • handle a no-data found request for Bitcoin data better.

Version 8.16.5250

Client and Server app updates

November 10, 2021

• REQUIRES the latest XPF with changes made Nov 8, 2021.

• Charts

  • first draft of the 24 hour option

  • Currency (bitcoin) - improve handling of the currency data retrieval. Data requests must be UTC date based.

  • FIX: for index charts not having the user provided display name applied

• Playlists - when restoring a playlist, mark chart scenes with no data as invalid and disabled.

• Backgrounds

  • FIX: for charts not be able to turn off the background

  • swap the location of the preview and program buttons for the backgrounds

    • to be consistent with the PRG and PVW buttons used for charts and bugs

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• Cache: provide a summary of available data for each stock.

  • includes the number of available data points for current pre and post markets

  • includes the time of the first and last data point for today and yesterday

• Cache (via client): implement check-for-updates functionality.

• Client: create a new Cache menu item for cache related actions. Cache Config and Cache Stock List items were moved over from the File menu.

• Client: implement check-for-updates functionality.

• Client: chart generation improvements for custom time frame charts (especially where the time frame involves cache and/or intraday data)

• Client: chart preview window now maintains the aspect ratio the generated chart when it is displayed and resized.

• Server: change main layout colors

• Server: add menu option to enable Debug and Performance log messages where available.

• Server: log changes to text messages and scene on/offline changes.

• Server: delay loading the XPression project until the user clicks the start service button.

• Server: fix for project not being found in XPression because of case-sensitivity.

• Server: implement check-for-updates functionality.

Version 7.8.x

Cache

August 10, 2020

• Improve error logging of the GetExtendedQuotes data retrieval method used by the cache.

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Version 7.1.x

July 3, 2018

Cache

• Improve the apps ability to recover from a lack of internet connection and a bad api key. It will keep retrying instead of being stuck in a state where it doesn’t check for data.

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Cache

• This is the inaugural release of the cache service. 

• Checks for new off-hours data for list of stocks every few seconds.

• Saves a copy of cached data occasionally.

• Saves a copy of data stocks.

• Keeps data to provide stock data for

  • current day pre-market

  • current day post-market

  • Last 24 hours

• Uses the Xignite API Key from the client app.

• Can enable debug and performance log options from the client app.

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