Stock Viewer Help

Stock Viewer User Guide

Table of Content

Introduction

Stock Viewer is a software designed for continuous retrieval of stock quotes through the Blackberry. It displays delayed and real-time quotes (currently NYSE and NASDAQ) in colors. You can add and save your favorites easily.

The Stock Viewer is designed for Blackberry 7xxx/8xxx with Application Version 4.0 or later. If you have an earlier version of Blackberry system software, you can download the latest one from your carrier's web site.

Installation

1. Unzip the setup package to your local disk.

2. Connect your blackberry to your computer by a USB cable.

3. Launch your Blackberry Desktop Manager and then start the Application Loader.

4. At the Loader's main screen (Refer to the picture on the right), click "Add". And then locate the file com_microhill_astockview.alx and add it (The file is in the unzipped setup package).

5. The added item "Stock Viewer" appears on the Loader's main screen. Select the item and click "Next" and follow the instructions.

How To Use

Refer to the picture at the right:

1: Get a quote quickly

Type in the stock symbol at the field Symbol:, (eg. GOOG), and click the trackwheel and select the menu "Quick Quote". The result will be displayed underneath.

2: Add a quote to my favorite list

Type in the stock symbol at the field Symbol:, and click the trackwheel and select the menu "Add Symbol to My List". After add a symbol, you must refresh your list to make it displayed (see below Refresh My Favorite List).

3: Refresh My Favorite List

Click the trackwheel and select the menu "Refresh My List". Your saved list will be displayed underneath.

4: Remove a quote from My Favorite List

Use the trackwheel and highlight the quote item that you wish to remove from the list. Click the trackwheel and select the menu "Remove Symbol from My List".

5: Real-time Quote and more detail

Use the trackwheel and highlight the quote item from the list. Click the trackwheel and select the menu "Realtime and Details". A new window will be displayed, where the second and third line (Current Quote and Quote Time) is realtime information, and others are delayed details.

WAP Connection Setup

Stock Viewer is an internet application. There are three types of connection: MDS (on BES - Blackberry Enterprise Server), GPRS and/or WAP. Ask your BES administrator or carrier or search on Google if you are not sure about this.

If your BlackBerry handheld connects to Internet ONLY via WAP or MDS is not available on BES, please read the following instructions (otherwise, just ignore this part).

If your BlackBerry is GPRS enabled and APN gateway is set at system level, please ignore the followings. (To find it out, go to Options->Advanced Options->TCP).

At the main screen of the application, click the trackwheel and select the menu "Connect thru WAP", you'll get a WAP setup window. Highlight the check item "Use WAP" and click the key to select it, and type in the settings to the following fields: WAP Gateway, WAP Port, Source Port, APN, Source IP. Then click the trackwheel and choose "Save" to accept it.

You can contact customer service from your mobile operator to obtain the WAP settings. In most cases, you can also obtain the settings from your device as described below:

From your BlackBerry's home screen, select the "Options" application. Highlight the entry for "Service Book" and open it by clicking the trackwheel.

If there is an entry labelled "WAP Transport", highlight the entry, click the trackwheel, and select "View". If there is no "WAP Transport" entry, you will need to contact your mobile operator to obtain your WAP settings.

Click the trackwheel and select "Show HRT".

Click the trackwheel and select "View".

If your device uses GPRS, there should be a line beginning with "APN:". The remaining text on that line is your Gateway APN that you will need to enter in. Or if you see something like "Gateway IP: //<IP address>:9203:8205/blackberry.net|GPAK", the APN is then blackberry.net

Obtain your WAP gateway IP address and port from the "IP/Ports:" entry. The WAP gateway IP address is composed of everything before the first colon (":"). The WAP gateway port is the number following the first colon. For example, if the "IP/Ports:" entry is "10.250.250.250:9201:8205", then your WAP gateway IP address is 10.250.250.250, and your WAP gateway port is 9201.

Here is an example (for AT&T Cingular ONLY, //66.209.11.61:9203;8205/blackberry.net|GPAK):

Use WAP (checked)
WAP Gateway 66.209.11.61
WAP Port 9203
APN blackberry.net
Source Port 8205
Source IP 127.0.0.1

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