Trading on the Edge/Trading On The Edge - CD-ROM Toolkit (Wayzata Technology)(2031)(1994).bin/pc/pc_files/venddemo/stocks/smaddel1.hs1

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    ADD/DELETE STOCKS PROGRAM - Description of Stock Select Screen (1 of 5)

The stock select screen can display information for up to 13 stocks at a time.
On the left side of the stock select screen there will be a pointer that looks
like this:  ->  A stock is selected (for making changes, etc.) when the pointer
is on the same line as the name of that stock.  The pointer can be moved
through the list of stocks by means of the cursor keys on the right side of the
keyboard as described below.  If you press the wrong key, an error message will
flash on the bottom of the screen until you press another correct key.

If you are just starting a new data diskette, the stock select screen will
automatically start prompting you to type information about the first stock.
There is more information about this under the Add function, described later
in this series of screens.

Down-arrow: moves the pointer down one line.  If necessary, the display will
      scroll towards the end of the list.  The pointer can be moved one line
      below the end of the list to permit adding a new stock at the end of the
      list (see the Add function, described later in this series of screens).

Up-arrow: moves the pointer up one line.  If necessary, the display will
      scroll towards the beginning of the list.

Press ENTER to see next Help screen, or Esc key to go back to select screen.
    ADD/DELETE STOCKS PROGRAM - Description of Stock Select Screen (2 of 5)

PgDn: moves the display 10 lines down towards the end of the list.  There is
      an overlap of 3 lines.  The pointer is placed on the bottom line.

PgUp: moves the display 10 lines up towards the beginning of the list.  There
      is an overlap of 3 lines.  The pointer is placed on the top line.

End:  moves the display to the end of the list and places the pointer on the
      last line of the list.

Home: moves the display to the beginning of the list and places the pointer
      on the first line of the list.

Typing one of the following letter keys will invoke the corresponding function:

A  = ADD a new stock to the list.  The stock identified by the selector arrow,
     and any others after it, will be moved down towards the end of the list;
     the new stock will then go on the line the selector arrow is on.  All pro-
     grams in the system will display the stocks in the same order; that is,
     the order in which they were originally put on the screen.


Press ENTER to see next Help screen, or Esc key to go back to select screen.
    ADD/DELETE STOCKS PROGRAM - Description of Stock Select Screen (3 of 5)

     A particular stock symbol cannot exist more than once on a data diskette;
     unless data for that stock is being updated BOTH daily and weekly, in
     which case that symbol can exist twice.  (The stock symbol preceeded by D
     for daily or W for weekly is used as a unique file name to access the cor-
     responding volume and price data).  Also, entry of dividends, earnings and
     price goals are optional - press ENTER by itself to bypass those prompts.

C  = CHANGE the name, symbol, exchange, dividend, earnings or price goals for
     the stock identified by the selector arrow.  It isn't necessary to re-
     enter each data item; just re-enter the ones that are to be changed and
     press ENTER by itself to bypass entry of the others.  You can't change
     the number of periods for which volume and price data are maintained, and
     you can't change from daily to weekly or vice versa.

D  = DELETE the stock identified by the selector arrow, and all of the corres-
     ponding volume and price data.  You are first given a chance to abort this
     function in case you pressed the wrong key.  See also the R function des-
     cribed on the next screen.



Press ENTER to see next Help screen, or Esc key to go back to select screen.
    ADD/DELETE STOCKS PROGRAM - Description of Stock Select Screen (4 of 5)

R  = RESTORE the most recently deleted stock.  The stock identified by the
     selector arrow, and any others after it, will be moved down towards the
     end of the list; the most recently deleted stock is then "un-deleted" and
     will go on the line the selector arrow is on.  By using D and R you can
     move any stock in the list anywhere else in the list.  It is suggested
     that stock names be kept in the same order in which they appear in the
     newspaper or other publication from which price data is obtained.

     Warning:  Only the single most recently deleted stock can be restored.  If
     you delete another stock, the one deleted before that is GONE!  Also, the
     most recently deleted stock REALLY IS deleted if you switch to another
     program in the stock tracking system or exit to the operating system with
     the Quit function.

E  = ENTER volume and prices for any stock on the list.  This will take you
     to the data entry program and another stock select screen.

G  = Draw a bar GRAPH for any stock.  This will take you to the bar graph pro-
     gram and another stock select screen.


Press ENTER to see next Help screen, or Esc key to go back to select screen.
    ADD/DELETE STOCKS PROGRAM - Description of Stock Select Screen (5 of 5)

H  = HELP.  Displays the explanatory information you are looking at now.

Q  = QUIT this program and exit to DOS, so you can run a different program
     system, make a backup copy of a disk, etc.

















Press ENTER or Esc key to go back to the stock select screen.