Table of Contents
Misc.
Index
Copyright Notice
Release Notes
Licensing Howto
Software License
Technical Specifications
Contact Information
Demos
Guides
Help
Generic
About RTW
System Requirements
Licensing
Rtconfig Editor
Interface Preferences
Subscribe
Quote Wizard
Quick Quote
Quote Table
Publish
RTW Functions
Status Window
Show/Hide Status Window
Status Messages
Cell Status Messages
Stop/Restart Engines
Pause/Resume Data
Refresh Data Now
Updates
Rate
Manual Updates Only
Update Rate (n Second Interval)
Update Rate (Custom Interval)
Monitor Watch List
Record Info
RMDS(RFA) ENGINE
RTW RMDS (RFA) Engine
Subscribe (RMDS RFA)
Chain (RMDS RFA)
Publish (RMDS RFA)
Favorites (RMDS RFA)
Modify Favorites (RMDS RFA)
RMDS (SFC) Engine
RTW RMDS (SFC) Engine
Subscribe (RMDS SFC)
Chain (RMDS SFC)
Publish (RMDS SFC)
Favorites (RMDS SFC)
Modify Favorites (RMDS SFC)
BLOOMBERG Engine
RTW Bloomberg Engine
Subscribe (Bloomberg)
Chain (Bloomberg)
PARSE_BULK Function
Favorites (Bloomberg)
Modify Favorites (Bloomberg)
NETFEED Engine
WEBDATA Engine
Interface Preferences
The Interface Preferences dialog can be used to customize the behavior of the RTW user interface as well as setting default values for the RTW engine dialog boxes.
Select Vistasource → Settings → Interface Preferences to display the RTW Preferences dialog box. This dialog box contains a generic preference tab as well as tabs representing the installed and licensed engines, e.g. RMDS (RFA), RMDS (SFC), Bloomberg, Netfeed, and WebData. Within these tabs, defaults can be selected for the user interface dialogs such as Quick Quote.
Generic Tab
On the Generic tab, you can select the options Build Formulas as Arrays and Don’t show splash screen on startup.
Build Formulas as Arrays
When this option is on, all Quote dialog boxes will create array formulas by default.
Don't show splash screen on startup
Turn this option on to suppress the Vistasource RTW splash screen when you launch Microsoft® Excel. The option is off by default.
RMDS (RFA) Tab
The RMDS (RFA) tab contains option Default Service.
Default Service
Set the default subscribe and publish services for the RTW RMDS (RFA) engine. The selected subscribe service will automatically be the default service in the quote dialog boxes. The selected publish service will automatically be the default service in the publish dialog box.
RMDS (SFC) Tab
The RMDS (SFC) tab contains the option Default Service.
Default Service
Set the default subscribe and publish services for the RTW RMDS (SFC) engine. The selected subscribe service will automatically be the default service in the quote dialog boxes. The selected publish service will automatically be the default service in the publish dialog box.
Bloomberg Tab
The Bloomberg tab contains the options Default Service and Field List.
Default Service
Set the default subscribe record type for the RTW Bloomberg engine. The selected record type will automatically be the default record type in any dialog box that includes an option for selecting record type. The Bloomberg-specific values are TICKER, TCM, TICKERX, CUSIP, CUSIP8, CUSIPX, EUROCLR, ISMA, SEDOL1, SEDOL2, CEDEL, WERTP, RGA, ISIN, DUTCH, VALOREN, FRENCH, COMNUM, JAPAN, BELG, DENMRK, AUSTRIA, LUXEMBRG, SWEDEN, NORWAY, ITALY, JNCOMNUM, SPAIN, FIRMID, MISC, AIBD, CINS, SCM, STCM, TICKERDIV, CLIENTPORT, TCA.
Field List
Set the field name display option for dialog boxes. Choose “Mnemonics first” to show short field names first, e.g. ASK (Ask Price). Choose “Description first” to show long field names first, e.g. Ask Price (ASK).
Netfeed Tab
The Netfeed tab contains the option Default Service.
Default Service
Set the default subscribe service for the RTW Netfeed engine. The selected service will automatically be the default service in any dialog box that has a field for selecting services.
WebData Tab
The WebData tab contains the option Default Service.
Default Service
Set the default subscribe service for the RTW WebData engine. The selected service will automatically be the default service in any dialog box that has a field for selecting services.
