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Getbhavcopy version 2.1.0 released

Mon, 28 Jun 2010 00:23:00 -0400

It has been some time since I released version 2.1.0a, and no major issues have been reported. So I am making it as a released candidate and will be discontinuinig the 2.0.7 and 2.1.0.a versions.

To understand what new features have been implemented in the version 2.1.0, in case you are upgrading from version 2.0.7, please read the release post for version 2.1.0a

As compared to version 2.1.0a I have fixed the DPI resolution issue for the options form, where it does not appear properly for those systems runnung on 120 DPI setting. Since most users work on 96 DPI you may not notice it.

Anyway, I urge all users to update to version 2.1.0. The download links are availabe on the Download Page.

Once again I urge users to take benefit of the new features added in this version. Also the donations have considerably dried up recently. Urge people to please donate.

Moved back to USA

Wed, 21 Apr 2010 00:55:00 -0400

For those who are regulars at my site and are wondering why I have noot been posting or answering to any queries lately, i would like to inform that it has been really hectic for me in the last two to three months and I have not had the time to respond to visit this site.

I apologise if any inconvenience caused to you.

Also I was busy with my move back to USA for a work related project, and was busy setting up my home internet so that once again I can start working on Getbhavcopy.

Since a major part of development of Getbhavcopy happened in my last visit to USA. I hope to continue the same and keep adding new features.

Hope I get time to visit the site more often and be more responsive. Till then keep using Getbhavcopy.

Getbhavcopy version 2.1.0a released

Tue, 16 Feb 2010 09:52:00 -0500

Update: Version 2.1.0 has been released. Please refer to the release post

There is not much activity on the forums these days. May be everyone is really busy like I have been over the past few weeks (causing me to delay this release which i promised to do on 31 Jan). Anyway, i hope this new release spices things up a bit.

First of all I would like to draw your attention to the 'a' after the version number for this relese. If you noticed, none of the earlier releases had that. The 'a' stands for Alpha Release, which means that this is not a stable release (also called as a Release Candidate). In other words this release is not tested fully.

There are considerable new features that have been implemented, but I cannot test all of them in different environments that Getbhavcopy may be subjected to run. Hence there could be some potential bugs or issues that you can notice. This is more of a test version (or an early peek) to get your feedback to improve Getbhavcopy.

What's new ?

NSE futures data download.

Most of you have been asking for this for a long time, so here is the much needed feature for you. Both FUTIDX and FUTSTX data is downloaded for near, next and far series. Userdefined symbols can be added to these series. By default -I, -II and -III are appeneded to the symbols respectively. The cycles will also rollover to the previous ones providing a continuous chart for analysis.

Support for Proxy authentication to avoid 407 errors.

This is totally untested and I really need help of those who are behind proxy to test this. Plese post your findings in the forums.

Multithreading support.

Have you observed Getbhavcopy UI kind of hanging when it is downloading data? Well not any more as now the UI update and data download threads are different.

NSE Indev volume calculate option.

NSE Indices data has now started providing volume information too. This was not available earliler, hence Getbhavcopy used to calculate it. Now you have the option to avoid this calculation which results in less data to be downloaded (so faster download). However NSE may turn it off anytime (as seen in past) so you still have the option to enable calculation to go back the old way.

VIX data download.

NSE VIX data will also be downloaded.

New Options form

The Options form has been removed from the main download window and converted into a wizard kind of the form. You need to click the Next button from all tabs till you reach the final tab that provides the Save option.

Download

The download link is on the Getbhavcopy Download page. Check the Alpha Release section.

Install Instructions

To install download the zip file and read the Readme.txt file in the zip for more details. It contains very important points that should be read first before using the alhpa version (even for the seasoned Getbhavcopy users)

Donation

Finally, the donations have really dried up. Haven't recieved anything since past two months. So guys please tend to donate something, it really helps keeping me motivated.

Finally, test this version and report your issues on Forums. Also mention the Getbhavcopy version henceforth when posting in forums as there are two active versions now.

The current stable version 2.0.7 will continue to work till this becomes stable

Getbhavcopy version 2.0.7 released

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 22:49:00 -0500

Over the past three days Getbhavcopy users have not been able to download NSE Equity EOD data because NSE changed the way it provides the csv file. The CSV is no longer provided as clear text but is provided in a zip file. Hence Getbhavcopy was getting 404 error when it tried to download the CSV file for the past three days.

This zip logic has been incorporated in Getbhavcopy version 2.0.7 and data download should be fine now.

Moreover some users reported that they are having issues downloading data from www.nse-india.com (which was used by Getbhavcop version 2.0.6 and earlier) but everything was fine when they try to download from www.nseindia.com. In version 2.0.7 all NSE server links have been updated to www.nseindia.com.

So have you been feeling frustrated over the past three days when Getbhavcopy was out of service?

If so then i believe you have understood the true worth of this utility and I hope you will be inclined to make a small donation for the support provided.

Happy Diwali.

Sat, 17 Oct 2009 00:10:00 -0400

Wishing everyone in the Getbhavcopy community a very Happy Diwali and a Prosperous new year.

Hope the light of this Diwali drives away the darkness and lull that was spread by the economic slowdown last year. Hope everyone makes good decisions and books profits...

Also lets hope there is peace in this world..

Now, coming back to Getbhavcopy, I would like to remind everyone in case you need to download Muhurat trading data (which can fall on weekends) you can do so by unchecking the ignore weekends checkbox for today. Remember to check it back again and save the settings once you are done.

Getbhavcopy version 2.0.6 released

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 09:27:00 -0400

I know this has been pending for a long time from my end. Thanks to the Maharashtra Assembly elections and the holiday as a result of it, I got some well deserved time to work on this new release.

This version contains the following fixes:

1. BSE Indices data download fixed : Technically this was not a bug in Getbhavcopy, however the change at BSE end caused things to break in almost all free data downloaders available. I think Getbhavcopy is the first free NSE and BSE data downloader to provide the fix (not verified). The change at BSE end was that it suddenly changed the sort order of the indices data serach page from ascending to descending.

As a result whenever someone downloads historical BSE data (even two days back is historical), they see the same BSE data repeating for all the dates. This happens because Getbhavcopy will always get today's data for all these historial days from BSE (due to the change in sort order at BSE end). It was not an easy fix but finally after some days of work I was able to get it working. Those who use Getbhavcopy everyday to download the data will not face this issue (so try to be regular with your downloads :))

Important :

The install instructions for version 2.0.6 are a bit different then all the previous releases. As usual copy the Getbhavcopy.exe and Getbhavcopy.exe.config from the zip file to the existing directory overwriting the existing files. However, this time you need to start Getbhavcopy, go to the Options tab and then set the BSE Indices data download order to 'Descending'. It is extremely important to save the options or else you will keep facing the same issue.

With that done..you are all set to use the new version. I have done a bit less testing this time (to provide a quicker release) so please let me know in case you notice any issues.

2. NIFTY MIDCAP 50 support added : This version will also download indices data for the new NSE index that was created recently.

Finally, the donations are drying up a bit. In case you do not want to do a bank transfer or pay by credit card using Paypal, you can also mail me the donation check by post. Please check the donation page to know the mailing address.

Thanks for all those you have donated till now and for the constant support.

Short & Medium term picks in Forums

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 01:22:00 -0400

I have created two new categories for the community members to post theri short and medium term picks in the forums section to help other investors benefit from your analysis.

I also request you to please provide a short description of how you arrived at that target for the pick, be it based on some news or fundamentals or technical analysis.

The short term picks are for targets that are achievable within 15 days to 1 month. The medium term section is for the targets achievable in a period of 2 to 6 months from the date of posting.

Hope this helps everyone.

Moving back to Mumbai....

Sat, 05 Sep 2009 11:22:00 -0400

While most of the blogs on this site deal with Getbhavcopy, this one does not (directly). However indirectly it does. As you may have seen, for the past few days I am not having enough time to spend over the site. I have also not been able to work on the fix for BSE indices issue.

Well for those who are not following me on Twitter, I would like to inform you that i am moving back to Mumbai from California with my family. As a result I am a lot busy with the last minute office work and planning the move back and all the packing.

So well this is going to be a short post. Hope to release 2.0.6 once i reach Mumbai and settle down. Hope you can bear with me for some time.

Thanks for all the support you have given all along.

Keeping yourself updated.....

Mon, 24 Aug 2009 16:37:00 -0400

It seems this quiet site is suddenly experiencing a lot of attention and activity; thankfully for good reasons rather than something being broken in Getbhavcopy.

Lot of enthusiatic users are posting their analysis and tips in the 'Analysis, Strategis and Tips' section of the forums. Now if you are an experienced technical analyst or some one who is learning TA, reading someone's analysis, and the ensuing discussion on the topic, always helps in making more informed decisions. After all two minds are always better then one and as i have experienced they seldomly think the same way.

While you must be using Getbhavcoopy each day to download the EOD data, I believe most of you do not visit the forums that frequently. This could have been because earlier there was not much activity here, and was mostly used to get support in case of issues with Getbhavcopy. However that is not the case now.

So now the need arises to provide a facility whereby the users can request to get notified periodically about any new Forum activity or a Blog post.

Hence, I have created RSS feeds for the Getbhavcopy Forum as well as Getbhavcopy Blog activities.

There are two ways by which you can keep track of the activity on Getbhavcopy.com.

Subscribe in reader
Get email notifications

If you are already subscribed to RSS Feeds you would know what an RSS reader is. In case it is new to you then take a quick tour of Google Reader: A free RSS feed reader. In case you do not want to go the RSS reader approach you can also get daily email notification about the activity. You can subscribe to either reader or email option or both.

Both subscribtion links are available in the Sidebar to the right under the 'Recent Forum Posts' and 'Recent Blog Entries' categories. Did you notice these two new links?

Note: These are two different activity feeds, Forum feed and Blog feed and the subscribtion links are under the corresponding category.

Blog feed will get updated only when there is a new blog post. Forum feed gets updated every 6 hours. They are seperate feeds so you need to subscribe to both using either the reader or email option.

Getbhavcopy version 2.0.5 released

Sat, 08 Aug 2009 18:25:00 -0400

This one is a quick fix to let Getbhavcopy users know that there was an error downloading NSE indices data.

As we have seen recently, NSE Indices data does not get downloaded and Getbhavcopy does not report any error. Since the issue is at NSE end (i.e. no indices data generated) Getbhavcopy cannot do much as the data is not availabe for it to download, but it should atleast notify the users that there was an issue.

Now with this version in case Getbhavcopy has any issue downloading NSE Indices data it will display and error message as follows

Message Downloading index data for NSENIFTY

Error NSE server did not return index data for NSENIFTY