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    Importing csv data into excel

    I asked this question before as well, but perhaps was unable to clarify my problem.
    I have raw csv data coming in from an IP on my network. The data is streaming, and is not in the form of a file. These are live stock prices that are streaming in as they are updated on the host computer. Each line contains information about each stock, and is updated as soon as the market moves.

    What id like to do is be able to display this live data onto excel (or any other application, even a db), and have it update continously as the data refreshes itself.
    I have access to the incoming IP and the port, and I am able to view the data through packet sniffers, and can view it in detail after saving it as a file. But Im more interested in current data, so I would like to be able to have a spreadsheet import the data continously, and refresh it as it comes in from the source.
    Can anyone guide me through any possibilities that will enable me to accomplish the above.

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    Does this link to a free add-in help you?

    http://www.etikr.com/free-excel-stock-quotes.jsp
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    Thanks oldchippy..I already have access to the data, and its coming in on a UDP port,so I do not want to use the http access that etikr uses. Besides, etikr is importing data for markets that I do not need. Thanks for the thought though.


    I'll try to further simplify my query, so maybe somone could help me on the scripting of an appropriate solution.

    Following is an example of the stream im receiving. I captured this via a port sniffer.
    MBP|MSFT;REG;BUY;1,1000,3.00$1,1000,2.95$3,7000,2.85$2,11000,2.75$2,1000,2.70$1,2000,2.60$2,20000,2.55$4,26500,2.50$1,40000,2.25$1,10000,2.10$;SELL;2,7000,3.10$1,2000,3.15$2,4500,3.20$6,9500,3.25$3,4000,3.30$2,7000,3.35$8,39000,3.40$5,9000,3.45$11,15500,3.50$3,3500,3.60$;|*

    This is the stream for Market by Price, for the top 10 buy prices, and the top 10 sell prices. The stream comes in continously, and whta I wish to do is to align it into tables in Excel in real time in the following format, and have it continually update,with a very small refresh rate.

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    Last edited by Akif; 01-22-2007 at 03:32 AM.

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