here are a few instructions about how to start using (and contributing to) QuantProject.
You have to (CVS) checkout two modules: the QuantProject module (containing the complete Visual Studio .net solution) and mdb (containing the database with a couple of sample security quotes histories).
You can place the QuantProject module wherever you want in your local PC.
Once you have performed the checkout, double click the QuantProject.sln file: Visual Studio .net will be open. Build the solution.
The building will create some new application data folders: see the Application.CommonAppDataPath documentation in the .net framework, for more details.
For instance, in my local PC, something like the following is created:
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Siliprandi\QuantProject\1.0.1380.28428
The last folder (1.0.1380.28428) is created with a new number each time you launch a new build.
The mdb module contains the QuantProject.mdb database, that should be placed under the Siliprandi\QuantProject folder, within the path described above.
So, in my local PC I will have the following placement for the mdb database:
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Siliprandi\QuantProject\QuantProject.mdb
(in your local PC, the Siliprandi\QuantProject folder will be placed under the common application data folder: what it exactly is, depends upon your operative system; if you can't find it, search for the QuantProject folder within you local hard drive; once more, see the Application.CommonAppDataPath documentation, for more details).
Then you can launch your application to start testing the default script (it will run a moving average based trading system on the Microsoft security and it will launch Excel to display some reports).
Glauco
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Hello,
here are a few instructions about how to start using (and contributing to) QuantProject.
You have to (CVS) checkout two modules: the QuantProject module (containing the complete Visual Studio .net solution) and mdb (containing the database with a couple of sample security quotes histories).
You can place the QuantProject module wherever you want in your local PC.
Once you have performed the checkout, double click the QuantProject.sln file: Visual Studio .net will be open. Build the solution.
The building will create some new application data folders: see the Application.CommonAppDataPath documentation in the .net framework, for more details.
For instance, in my local PC, something like the following is created:
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Siliprandi\QuantProject\1.0.1380.28428
The last folder (1.0.1380.28428) is created with a new number each time you launch a new build.
The mdb module contains the QuantProject.mdb database, that should be placed under the Siliprandi\QuantProject folder, within the path described above.
So, in my local PC I will have the following placement for the mdb database:
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Siliprandi\QuantProject\QuantProject.mdb
(in your local PC, the Siliprandi\QuantProject folder will be placed under the common application data folder: what it exactly is, depends upon your operative system; if you can't find it, search for the QuantProject folder within you local hard drive; once more, see the Application.CommonAppDataPath documentation, for more details).
Then you can launch your application to start testing the default script (it will run a moving average based trading system on the Microsoft security and it will launch Excel to display some reports).
Glauco