The price data displayed for each symbol in your Quote Pages will become “stale” over time and should be periodically refreshed using Stock Investor’s Data-on-Demand functionality.
When and how the quote page’s data is updated depends on the settings in the Remote Data tab of the Application Settings dialog box.
The default settings are to update data when a new window is opened.
In the case of quote lists, this setting will cause a DoD request to be automatically made to the server when you open a Quote Page.
The progress of the data request to the server will be indicated in the Remote Access Panel:
You can also detach the Remote Action Window from the Access Panel to show more details of the progress of the download in a floating window:
After the download, all of the symbols are refreshed with a “snap-shot” of the current last price data. While the data distribution is taking place, the data fields will be highlighted in yellow, they will return to normal when the update is complete.
Unlike price charts, there is no requirement for any more data than a “snap-shot” of the very most recent data, so this process is quite quick even though a large number of symbols are being updated.
Depending on the exchange, during the period that you leave your window open, the prices may change and new data may become available from the server.
At any time you can update all of the symbols in a Quote Page by using the green DoD Go button:
Clicking the DoD Go button opens the Remote Action window in which the download’s progress is displayed. The price data will be highlighted in yellow until the distribution is complete.
The exact sequence of the request will depend on the settings in the Remote Data tab of the Application Settings dialog box.
If you selected “Ask Me”, dialog boxes appear to confirm that you want to update the data.
Disabling DoD, another setting available on the Remote Data tab, will prevent the update from happening, even though you click the Go button.
For more information on the settings available, go to the Remote Data tab of the Application Settings help topic.
When price data is updated you can confirm the details of the download in the Remote Action Window and the Last Traded field for each symbol will be today’s date for an open exchange, or the last date that the exchange was open if it is closed.
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