EFS error and Symbol Dictionary

[tmothershead]

I'm trying to create an button on the chart that will automatically buy @ market. I'm getting the following error:

buyMarket: symbol not in dictionary

The script executes properly if the symbol happens to be in the broker manager dictionary already.

I need to either populate the list automatically with all the symbols or I need it to behave the same as other new orders where it prompts to create a new symbol in the library.

I'd prefer to populate the list fully. Is there a way to do this?

[eSignal_AveryH]

Currently the only way to get all the symbols would be to manually add them each. The more popular symbol and most equities will automap but the more obsure and I would say all foreign exchange symbol will need to be done manually.

[tmothershead]

They aren't auto-mapping though. I'm getting an efs error when I click the button in the chart. If I right click and select new order then I will get the auto-map prompt but not when I try from the efs button.

I should also mention that this same script works without the error in 10.6.

[tmothershead]

as an alternate solution if I were to take the time to manually add a couple hundred symbols, is there a local file that stores this information? Could i then send this file to another computer so that it would already have the mapped symbols?

[waynecd]

If the broker manager dictionary allows you to write to it via efs:

You could write a file (or just save the symbols in a txt file using notepad) and retrive them using the "File Object" to read and store the lines in an array.

See:

http://kb.esignalcentral.com/display/2/index.aspx?c=12&cpc=ULwO0A442oKs512Q04X5j0UupP4SveI6dt2WJi7&cid=4&cat=&catURL=&r=0.81739616394043

Wayne

[eSignal_AveryH]

I apologize for the delay in responding, let me get more information from the Developers on where the symbols are stored for eSignal 11 and if there's a way to edit the file to prevent the error from occuring.,

Once I gotten more information I'll post back.

Avery

[tmothershead]

Just checking in to see if you were you able to get any information from the developers?

thanks

[eSignal_AveryH]

Symbol mapping dictionaries now are stored in Registry.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Interactive Data\eSignal\11.2\Application\Trading\configuratio n


AveryH