downloading files using http object

[clearpicks]

I am trying to download daily economic news from dailyfx website
http://www.dailyfx.com/calendar/inde...urrencyFilter=|&importanceFilter=|

The url of the csv format file is
http://www.dailyfx.com/calendar/Dail...urrencyFilter=|&importanceFilter=|


I put the following function in preMain(). However it seems it does not work. Can someone take a look and tell me what is wrong? Thanks in advance.

function updateDailyFXEventFile()
{
var u = "http://www.dailyfx.com/calendar/Dailyfx_Global_Economic_Calendar.csv?currentWeek=/events-calendar/2008/0302/&direction=none&collector=allInFolderDateDesc&view =week&timezone=default&currencyFilter=|&importance Filter=|";
var v = new HTTP(u);
if ( v.open("rt") ) {
debugPrintln("file is opened");
while( !v.eof() ) {
debugPrintln(v.readln());
}
}
else {
debugPrintln("file can not be opened");
}
v = null;
}


- Clearpicks

[Guest]

Re: downloading files using http object

Hi Clearpicks,

I took your efs and created a separate efs and without modification it worked well. Here is the partial output:

file is opened
Date,Time,Time Zone,Currency,Description,Importance,Actual,Forecast,Previous
Sun Mar 2,5:30 PM,EST,AUD,AUD AiG Performance of Mfg Index (FEB),Low,51.4,,49.2
Sun Mar 2,6:30 PM,EST,AUD,AUD TD Securities Inflation (MoM) (FEB),Low,0.3,,0.3
Sun Mar 2,6:30 PM,EST,AUD,AUD TD Securities Inflation (YoY) (FEB),Low,4.0,,3.9
Sun Mar 2,7:30 PM,EST,AUD,AUD Company Operating Profit (QoQ) (4Q),Medium,3.9,2.0,-2.1

Fri Mar 7,3:00 PM,EST,USD,USD Consumer Credit (FEB),Low,,$7.0B,$4.5B
Fri Mar 7,9:45 PM,EST,USD,USD Treasury's Paulson Gives Keynote Address at Stanford,Low,,, 

The efs is attached below. You'll see that I copied yours then called the function. No main or preMain functions added.

Originally posted by clearpicks
I am trying to download daily economic news from dailyfx website
...

I put the following function in preMain(). However it seems it does not work. Can someone take a look and tell me what is wrong? Thanks in advance.

...

- Clearpicks

[clearpicks]

Steve,

Thank you.

- Clearpicks

[Guest]

Hi Clearpicks,

Your most welcome.

Originally posted by clearpicks
Steve,

Thank you.

- Clearpicks