Re: Rbloomberg problem

> Hi,
>
> I am new R user and have been trying to properly configure an R working
> environment.  I  have it up and ruining except for the Rbloomberg.
>
> I tried running the examples in the documentation. And encountered  into
> several issues:  First, R2.5.1 was crashing and I could never understand
> why. I installed the latest release R 2.7.0 and was eventually able to
> run only tow of the examples from  blpGetData(RBloomberg)
>
> The intraday "Intraday bars" and the "Tick-by-tick" examples do not run.
> I am wondering if (1) made a mistake in the set up? Or (2) there is a
> problem here with R 2.7.0 too.
>
> Currently using
> Package:       RBloomberg
> Version:       0.1-10
> Date:          2006-05-04
> Built:         R 2.5.1; ; 2007-07-22 18:19:52; windows
>
> Usinga lso 'RDCOMClient' version 0.92-0
>
> Any recommendatiosn?
>
> blpGetData(RBloomberg) examples.
>
> library(RBloomberg)
>
> .bbfields <- blpReadFields("C:/Program Files/blp/API")
>
> ## Not run:
> conn <- blpConnect()
>
> ## Snapshot
> eda <- blpGetData(conn, c("ED5 Comdty","ED6 Comdty","ED7 Comdty",
> "ED8 Comdty"), "BID")
> eda
>
> ## Historical (last 30 days)
> edb <- blpGetData(conn, "ED1 Comdty", "PX_LAST",
> start=as.chron(Sys.time() - 86400 * 30))
> edb
>
> ## Intraday bars (last hour in 2 min bars)
> edc <- blpGetData(conn, "ED1 Comdty", c("BID","ASK"),
> start=as.chron(Sys.time() - 3600), barfields="OPEN", barsize=2)
> edc
>
> ## Tick-by-tick (3 minutes starting an hour ago)
> edd <- blpGetData(conn, "ED1 Comdty", c("BID"),
> start=as.chron(Sys.time() - 3600),
> end=as.chron(Sys.time() - 3420), barsize=0)
> edd
>
> blpDisconnect(conn)
> ## End(Not run)
>
>
> Output
>
>
>
> > .bbfields <- blpReadFields("C:/Program Files/blp/API")
> >
> > ## Not run:
> > conn <- blpConnect()
> >
> > ## Snapshot
> > eda <- blpGetData(conn, c("ED5 Comdty","ED6 Comdty","ED7 Comdty",
> + "ED8 Comdty"), "BID")
> > eda
>              BID
> ED5 COMDTY 96.860
> ED6 COMDTY 96.680
> ED7 COMDTY 96.475
> ED8 COMDTY 96.330
> >
> > ## Historical (last 30 days)
> > edb <- blpGetData(conn, "ED1 Comdty", "PX_LAST",
> + start=as.chron(Sys.time() - 86400 * 30))
> > edb
>         PX_LAST
> 04/08/08  97.530
> 04/09/08  97.545
> 04/10/08  97.500
> 04/11/08  97.540
> 04/14/08  97.495
> 04/15/08  97.440
> 04/16/08  97.290
> 04/17/08  97.120
> 04/18/08  97.090
> 04/21/08  97.125
> 04/22/08  97.125
> 04/23/08  97.135
> 04/24/08  97.145
> 04/25/08  97.135
> 04/28/08  97.195
> 04/29/08  97.245
> 04/30/08  97.325
> 05/01/08  97.330
> 05/02/08  97.365
> 05/05/08  97.350
> 05/06/08  97.365
> 05/07/08  97.365
> 05/08/08  97.395
> >
> > ## Intraday bars (last hour in 2 min bars)
> > edc <- blpGetData(conn, "ED1 Comdty", c("BID","ASK"),
> + start=as.chron(Sys.time() - 3600), barfields="OPEN", barsize=2)
> > edc
>                    BID.OPEN ASK.OPEN
> (05/08/08 09:26:21)       NA       NA
> >
> > ## Tick-by-tick (3 minutes starting an hour ago)
> > edd <- blpGetData(conn, "ED1 Comdty", c("BID"),
> + start=as.chron(Sys.time() - 3600),
> + end=as.chron(Sys.time() - 3420), barsize=0)
> > edd
> Error in substr(text, first, last) : invalid substring argument(s)
> >
> > blpDisconnect(conn)
>         used (Mb) gc trigger (Mb) max used (Mb)
> Ncells 291899  7.8     531268 14.2   408779 11.0
> Vcells 610228  4.7    1151091  8.8  1151024  8.8
> > ## End(Not run)
> >
> > help(blpDisconnect)
> >
>
>
> Jorge Nieves
>
>
>
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