Text (ASCII) data file format
AbleTrend is able to read data from ASCII text files.
What is the format of the text file?
Not only can you import from a file, you can also export to a file.
This export file shows the exact format for a file.
| Date |
Time |
Open |
High |
Low |
Close |
Volume |
| 20051218 |
0630 |
33.000 |
36.000 |
31.000 |
33.313 |
952900 |
| 20051218 |
0645 |
33.313 |
36.750 |
33.063 |
33.516 |
715800 |
| 20051218 |
0700 |
33.531 |
37.250 |
33.313 |
33.828 |
701700 |
| 20051218 |
0715 |
33.828 |
38.500 |
33.625 |
38.250 |
617100 |
| 20051218 |
0730 |
38.250 |
38.750 |
33.500 |
34.250 |
654600 |
| 20051218 |
0745 |
34.188 |
34.250 |
31.000 |
33.078 |
832700 |
For AbleTrend 7.0 Real Time, if you have a daily file without a column for time, you need to add a dummy column.
For AbleTrend 7.0 End of Day, the column for time is not needed.
If your file does not have volume, you can add a column with 1 on each line.