Reset Data Manager

[hilton]

Does anyone know how to reset the Data Manager using DDE or Active X function?

Thank you,

Hilton

[JayF]

Could you clarify what you mean by resetting the Data Manager? If you mean clearing the symbol list, then I don't believe there is any remote way of doing that. Releasing the individual symbols can be done with the ReleaseSymbol function, and is an important part of symbol management. More information on that can be found on page 4-2 in the Desktop API documentation.

[hilton]

Yes, I mean clearing the symbol list in data manager, because I was having the 500 symbols limit problem. However, I am not viewing all these symbols at the same time, I just need to get some data from each symbols one at a time, so I need a way to clear previous viewed symbol before getting data for the new symbols.

So ReleaseSymbol function can release a single symbol in the list or is it only release the symbol called by the RequestSymbol function? Will it able to release the symbols viewed using esignal or DDE (but not ActiveX)?

Thank you,

Hilton

[JayF]

ReleaseSymbol does two things. It stops the stream of real-time quotes requested from RequestSymbol, and then attempts to remove that symbol from Data Manager. Here's a few things to keep in mind.

- For every instance that RequestSymbol is called ReleaseSymbol should be called sometime before the close of the application.

- The symbol will only be removed from the Data Manager by ReleaseSymbol if it is not active anywhere else including eSignal, DDE, 3rd Party Software, etc.

- The Desktop API interacts with eSignal, and not the Data Manager. There isn't a function in the Desktop API to reset the DM in the fashion that I think you are looking for.