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Post #112,266
by mmoffitt
7/31/03 1:55:22 PM
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New Exchange Rates.
Anyone done anything with this? I've got to come up with a way to pull current exchange rates from the Net as a module to an app. Most of the free techniques I've seen involve finding a site that publishes them and then parsing the HTML to get the rates. This is, obviously, not a good solution. Any pointers appreciated. TIA.
bcnu,
Mikem

The soul and substance of what customarily ranks as patriotism is moral cowardice and always has been...We have thrown away the most valuable asset we had-- the individual's right to oppose both flag and country when he (just he, by himself) believed them to be in the wrong. We have thrown it away; and with it all that was really respectable about that grotesque and laughable word, Patriotism.

- Mark Twain, "Monarchical and Republican Patriotism"
Post #112,369
by cforde
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8/1/03 1:45:41 AM
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New not quite what you're looking for
but maybe it will help. [link|http://www.xe.com/ucc/cobrand.htm|XE.com] provides a currancy converter which might get you started.
hth.
Have fun,
Carl Forde
Post #112,375
by static
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8/1/03 3:59:00 AM
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New Wouldn't an RSS feed be better?

Is it enough to love
Is it enough to breathe
Somebody rip my heart out
And leave me here to bleed
 
Is it enough to die
Somebody save my life
I'd rather be Anything but Ordinary
Please

-- "Anything but Ordinary" by Avril Lavigne.
Post #112,393
by mmoffitt
8/1/03 10:11:38 AM
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New Yep it would.
But I don't know a thing about it. Links?
bcnu,
Mikem

The soul and substance of what customarily ranks as patriotism is moral cowardice and always has been...We have thrown away the most valuable asset we had-- the individual's right to oppose both flag and country when he (just he, by himself) believed them to be in the wrong. We have thrown it away; and with it all that was really respectable about that grotesque and laughable word, Patriotism.

- Mark Twain, "Monarchical and Republican Patriotism"
Post #112,506
by static
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8/2/03 9:36:53 AM
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New Google is your friend.
[link|http://www.google.com/search?q=RSS+spec&sourceid=opera&num=0&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8|RSS Spec]
[link|http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=utf-8&q=%22currency+rates%22+RSS&btnG=Google+Search|"currency rates" RSS]

Just a warning: there are reportedly some incompatible versions of RSS. I don't know anywhere near enough of the history but I've read a little from Dave Winer about it. (He was involved in developing or standardising it or something.) It seems to be hard to find a link, sorry.

I haven't used RSS myself.

Wade.

Is it enough to love
Is it enough to breathe
Somebody rip my heart out
And leave me here to bleed
 
Is it enough to die
Somebody save my life
I'd rather be Anything but Ordinary
Please

-- "Anything but Ordinary" by Avril Lavigne.
Post #112,382
by bepatient
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8/1/03 8:16:59 AM
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New Don't know where you work...
...but the first place you should go would be to the Finance Group. Anyone with a good cash manangement group and a decent system will be getting daily exchange rate feeds that will end up stored in the financial system. I would go for that as opposed to using a net site that may or may not stay in place over time.
If you push something hard enough, it will fall over. Fudd's First Law of Opposition

[link|mailto:bepatient@aol.com|BePatient]
Post #112,394
by mmoffitt
8/1/03 10:12:39 AM
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New We're a dinky place.
50 employees. And, regrettably, there is no Finance Group.
bcnu,
Mikem

The soul and substance of what customarily ranks as patriotism is moral cowardice and always has been...We have thrown away the most valuable asset we had-- the individual's right to oppose both flag and country when he (just he, by himself) believed them to be in the wrong. We have thrown it away; and with it all that was really respectable about that grotesque and laughable word, Patriotism.

- Mark Twain, "Monarchical and Republican Patriotism"
Post #112,405
by bepatient
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8/1/03 10:46:57 AM
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New there has to be one guy...
...maybe the big guy...with a bank contact.

Talk to the bank.

Also, xe.com was mentioned here...they have a subscription email option as well...could be used to update a table of rates.
If you push something hard enough, it will fall over. Fudd's First Law of Opposition

[link|mailto:bepatient@aol.com|BePatient]
     Exchange Rates. - (mmoffitt) - (7) - July 31, 2003, 01:55:22 PM EDT
         not quite what you're looking for - (cforde) - Aug. 1, 2003, 01:45:41 AM EDT
         Wouldn't an RSS feed be better? -NT - (static) - (2) - Aug. 1, 2003, 03:59:00 AM EDT
             Yep it would. - (mmoffitt) - (1) - Aug. 1, 2003, 10:11:38 AM EDT
                 Google is your friend. - (static) - Aug. 2, 2003, 09:36:53 AM EDT
         Don't know where you work... - (bepatient) - (2) - Aug. 1, 2003, 08:16:59 AM EDT
             We're a dinky place. - (mmoffitt) - (1) - Aug. 1, 2003, 10:12:39 AM EDT
                 there has to be one guy... - (bepatient) - Aug. 1, 2003, 10:46:57 AM EDT

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