[SLUG] Blind numbers

[john at johnallsopp.co.uk]

Hi Mike

I screen scraped the Stock Exchange listing in a fairly crude way, but
of course they change their screen layout regularly to foil such
activities.

Steve's idea of using Web Services is probably better, but there was a
reason I didn't use it then .. maybe the UK stocks weren't served so
well at the time. Web Services should have come along a bit since then
I'd have thought.

<http://www.xmethods.com/>

J

> I'm looking at something along the lines of screen-scraping
> http://www.moneyextra.com/stocks/LSE/MKS and parsing it into something
> that would be screen-reader friendly.
>
> This could either be done online (PHP or ASP) on in a Win32 program
> (VB or C#).
>
> Comments, ideas, suggestions?
>
> Cheers,
> Mike
>
> On 4/11/06, john at johnallsopp.co.uk <john at johnallsopp.co.uk> wrote:
>> If you are into shares and have a recommendation for an online place
>> to trade I'd be happy to hear it.
>>
>> Cheers
>> J
>>
>> > Fantastic, thanks. If you pick a place and a time (which are
>> > convenient for you, I'll be there, bus times permitting).
>> >
>> > Have kicked around a few ideas for the guy who uses Ceefax for his
>> > stock reports. May have something to show in a few days or so.
>> >
>> > Cheers,
>> > Mike
>> >
>> > On 4/11/06, Stephen O'Neill <soneill84 at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>> >> Mike Bennett wrote:
>> >> > I'd be quite interested in coming along although I may need
>> >> meeting
>> >> > somewhere I can find (like The Valley or SJT) as my knowledge
>> of
>> >> > Scarborough is pretty poor.
>> >>
>> >> Excellent, I'll guide you in/meet you/give you a lift.
>> >>
>> >> So, excluding Dave Dartnall-Smith our current count is:
>> >>
>> >> Definites: 4
>> >> Possibles: 3
>> >>
>> >> Total    : 7
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Steve O
>> >>
>> >>
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