Shubha I suspect it may be because it cannot find a dependent DLL. I'll email you off-list and we can work through it.
Cheers Rory Rory Winston RBS Global Banking & Markets Office: +44 20 7085 4476 -----Original Message----- From: Shubha Vishwanath Karanth [mailto:shub...@ambaresearch.com] Sent: 12 December 2008 11:29 To: WINSTON, Rory, GBM; r-h...@stat.math.ethz.ch Subject: RE: Downloading Reuters data from R Thank you very much for this. But since I don't know much of DLL, I am kind of a stuck with how to proceed with 'reuters_ts1.zip'. This zip file contains the 'reuters_ts.dll' file. dyn.load("reuters_ts.dll") generates the error, > dyn.load("Z:\\reuters_ts1\\package\\reuters_ts.dll") Error in inDL(x, as.logical(local), as.logical(now), ...) : unable to load shared library 'C:/Documents and Settings/shubhak/reuters_ts1/package/reuters_ts.dll': LoadLibrary failure: This application has failed to start because the application configuration is incorrect. Reinstalling the application may fix this problem. Where should the 'reuters_ts1.zip' to be stored? And how can I access 'reuters_ts.dll' file for my use? Even checked ?dyn.load, but a bit confused. How do we use this? I am sorry, if this troubles. Mine is a Windows XP Config. Thanks again, Shubha -----Original Message----- From: rory.wins...@rbs.com [mailto:rory.wins...@rbs.com] Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2008 9:44 PM To: Shubha Vishwanath Karanth; r-h...@stat.math.ethz.ch Subject: RE: Downloading Reuters data from R Hi Shubha I have created an extension DLL for downloading time series data from Reuters. You can download it from here: http://www.theresearchkitchen.com/blog/archives/287 There is also a short manual available at the same location: http://www.theresearchkitchen.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/intro. pdf I am currently in the process of uploading a separate extension DLL for retrieval of real-time data from Reuters. Thanks Rory Rory Winston RBS Global Banking & Markets Office: +44 20 7085 4476 -----Original Message----- From: r-help-boun...@r-project.org [mailto:r-help-boun...@r-project.org] On Behalf Of Shubha Vishwanath Karanth Sent: 11 December 2008 07:41 To: r-h...@stat.math.ethz.ch Subject: [R] Downloading Reuters data from R Hi R, Can we download Reuters (3000 Xtra) data from R? Does ODBC package help me in this? Or otherwise, is there a way to extract daily closing prices data of Reuters from R? Thank you very much, Shubha This e-mail may contain confidential and/or privileged i...{{dropped:13}} ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. ************************************************************************ *********** The Royal Bank of Scotland plc. Registered in Scotland No 90312. Registered Office: 36 St Andrew Square, Edinburgh EH2 2YB. Authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority This e-mail message is confidential and for use by the a...{{dropped:30}} ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.