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     ELExcel.dll DEMONSTRATION TRADESTATION-COMPATIBLE DLL
     			VERSION 1.3.1.0

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ReadMe.txt last modified:  May 21, 2008

PLEASE READ THIS DOCUMENT IN ITS ENTIRETY


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     CONTENTS
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- System Requirements
- Applying Updates 
- Getting the Latest Related Documentation
- Customer Support
- Update History


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     SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
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The system requirements for using ELExcel.dll are the same as those for
running the TradeStation platform.  Additionally, Microsoft Excel 2003
or later must be installed.

A list of system requirements for running the TradeStation platform
can be found by following this link.  At the page that this link 
references, click on the link, under the heading "Getting Started", 
that says "System Requirements".  Your browser must allow pop-up windows
in order to see the list of system requirements.

http://www.tradestation.com/sitemap3.shtm

              
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     APPLYING UPDATES
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If you have a previous version of ELExcel.dll on your computer,
it can be renamed as ELExcelOLD.dll.

The current version of ELExcel.dll, the version contained in the ELExcel 
download package, can be placed in your PC's equivalent to this
subdirectory:

C:\WINDOWS\system32\


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     GETTING THE LATEST RELATED DOCUMENTATION
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Documentation for the ELExcel.dll example can be found in three places:

1.)  This document, ReadMe.txt.

2.)  The Microsoft Word document entitled "Excel Link DLL - Version 1.3.doc".
This document is included in the file "ELXL 1.3.1 - Demo Files.zip".  Note:  This
documentation is not included in the file "ELXL 1.3.1 - Development Files.zip".

3.)  The TradeStation and EasyLanguage Support Forum, part of the 
online TradeStation Support Center.  A direct link to the
EasyLanguage-DLL section of the support forum is provided in the Customer
Support section of this document, below.


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     CUSTOMER SUPPORT
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Support for this DLL, and information regarding the creation of TradeStation-
compatible DLL's generally, is available in the "TradeStation and
EasyLanguage Support" area of TradeStation.com (one of the TradeStation Support &
Discussion Forums).  Here is a direct link to the "EasyLanguage-DLL" forum:

https://www.tradestation.com/Discussions/forum.aspx?Forum_ID=213&selCategory=1853&subCategory=EasyLanguage-DLL

Once at the above-linked page, click on the link that says "New Topic".
(This link appears in a small blue box, about 5 inches below the top of
the screen on many monitors.)  Then complete the new topic form, being
sure to select "EasyLanguage" as the category for your question and 
"EasyLanguage-DLL" as the subcategory for your question.  In the subject
heading of your post type the words "ELXL - ", followed by a description
of the problem.  For example:

"ELXL - Can't Set a Cell's Value"

Be sure to include the EasyLanguage code you're attempting to use in
the "message" box of the new topic form.

Ensure that the "Subscribe to post" check box is checked before you 
post your topic.  The "Subscribe to post" check box is checked by 
default when you create a new topic.  This check box is located immediately
below the Message text box on the New Topic form.  The "Subscribe to post"
check box is your way of indicating that you wish to receive an e-mail
notification any time that a reply is posted by either another
TradeStation client or by a TradeStation employee.  (All TradeStation
clients have access to forum topics.)  Finally, click the "Post Topic" button
at the bottom of the new topic form when you're ready to post your topic.  

If you wish to update your forum e-mail address, you can do so after posting
your question.  After posting your question, a web page will appear.  Click on
the link in the upper right-hand corner of this web page that says "Support
Center".  On the page that then appears, click on the link at left, below the
heading "Account Services", that says "Change My Information".  You may then
have to again log into your account.  After loggin in, you will be brought to 
the "Change My Information"  page.  Scroll down this page to the section
"Discussion Forum Preferences".  Below this heading is a sub-section called
"Forum E-mail".  You can enter here the e-mail address at which you wish to 
receive notification of new posts that are made in your forum topics.


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     UPDATE HISTORY
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Version 1.30.10.00 (5/21/2008)

	Modified handling of pointer pStatus in UsingWorksheet and
	UsingWorksheetNum functions.

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Version 1.30.00.00 (1/22/2007) (first external release)

	Added functions to set the background color of a cell.
	Added functions to set the font color used in a cell.
		
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Version 1.20.00.00 (12/13/2006) (internal release)

	Added functions to clear cell contents.
	Added functions to clear cell formatting.
	Added functions to clear worksheet contents.
	Added functions to clear worksheet formatting.
	

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Version 1.10.00.00 (12/8/2006) (internal release)

	Added functions to allow values to be placed into a spreadsheet, or read
	from a spreadsheet, using row and column numbers.  Using this notation,
	column A in Excel is considered to be column 1, column B is column 2, etc.
	Thus, cell B5, for example, can be addressed as row 5, column 2.  This notation
	is useful if cells are to be addressed using loop indices.  Cells can also
	be addressed by column letter and row number, as in "B5".  
	
	Added function to allow worksheets to be addressed by number.  A worksheet's
	"number" is determined by the order	of tabs in a workbook, from left to right.
	Thus, for example, the third tab from the left is the tab for the "third"
	worksheet.  Worksheets can now be cycled through using a loop.
		 
	Added an OnDestroy function to DLL.

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Version 1.00.00.0000 (11/16/2006) (internal release)
		
	Original release


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