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[ASP XML] Stock-Quote lookup

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Submitted on: 3/18/2003 3:09:24 PM
By: MMeijer 
Level: Intermediate
User Rating: By 5 Users
Compatibility: ASP (Active Server Pages)
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     The page contains a Quote object, wich will lookup quotes from finance.yahoo.com, using WinHttp.WinHttpRequest.5 object if the response is successfull it will load the responsetext to array wich will be converted to a Quote object and then added to a scripting.dictionary. The page is assembled from the XML of the Quote.Xml variable and the index.xsl file.

 
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8/23/2003 1:28:18 AMdmonty

Works Great!!

Just add a comment to add ".1" to the end of the WinHTTP request for those whose server is running version 5.1.

I just finished the code to check the CURRENT PRICE of a SINGLE STOCK and then the code of the day email came in... HUMPFF!!!

Good Work!!!
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9/18/2005 1:26:51 PMpriya

Hey! Ur project is awesome!Great idea! Im just in the process of learning ASP..so i dont know much about it but when i tried accessing the STOCK details after entering the company name i got this error "Server object error 'ASP 0177 : 800401f3'

Server.CreateObject Failed

/myweb/yahoo.quotes.asp, line 332

800401f3 " Could you please help me out and tell me what the error is? I would be very grateful for the same! Thanx a ton!
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9/15/2006 9:31:48 AMEd Ruth


Getting the same error as above. Apparently the script looks for a COM Object that is not included in your ZIP file.
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