Stock quote

 

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Attached to a field, this behavior retrieves data from Yahoo"s finacial site to show you the current quote.

--##################################### --##        Stock Quote behavior     ## --##      Written by Aviyam Fischer  ## --##         aviyam@bigfoot.com      ## --##################################### -- -- Usage: Create a text field and attach --        this behavior to it. -- property spriteNum property theNetID property theStock property refreshTime on beginSprite me   theURL="http://finance.yahoo.com/d/quotes.csv?s="&theStock&"&f=sl1d1t1c1ohgv&e=.csv"   set theNetID = getNetText(theURL)   startTimer end on exitFrame me   if netDone(theNetID) then     theQuote =  netTextResult(theNetID)     member(sprite(me.spriteNum).member).text = theQuote.item[2]   else     doConnectionAnimation(me)   end if   if the timer>= refreshTime *60 then beginSprite(me) end on doConnectionAnimation me   if member(sprite(me.spriteNum).member).text = " * * " then     member(sprite(me.spriteNum).member).text = "* * *"   else     member(sprite(me.spriteNum).member).text = " * * "   end if end on getPropertyDescriptionList   vPDlist = [:]   setaProp vPDList, #theStock, [#comment: "The stock to quote:", #format: #string, ¬     #default: "AAPL"]   setaProp vPDList, #refreshTime, [#comment: "refresh time (ticks)", #format: #integer,¬   #range: [#min: 100, #max: 1000],#default: 600]   return vPDList end