Update docs on extracting DBF files please?

Posted February 27th, 2008 by vvaidy

Hi Keelix/anyone else ..

as you figure out the new formats for the new SIPRO files, please do let the rest of us know!

Perhaps you could post them here ...

Thanks!

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It's not a new format per

On March 4th, 2008 Keelix said:

It's not a new format per se, but a new installer. The linux-based extraction utilities (cabextract and similar) doesn't recognize the new exe files (yet, at least). Until then the method I use is to install everything in Windows, and then simply package the "Professional" subdirectory in a tar.bz2 archive file which gets auto-extracted by my Linux backtester. When/if I find updates or other linux-based exe extractors that can be used instead I will post here.

Alternative for working with the new installer

On May 18th, 2008 philwalk said:

FYI,

I discovered that I can extract the dbf file on my Ubuntu linux system by running the installer under wine. It deposits the DBF files under $HOME/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/Stock Investor/Professional. Although the application itself fails after the install, the part we're interested in works fine.

Phil

another way

On May 30th, 2008 henrycrutcher said:

the cabextract utility also worked for me... just do
cabextract xxx.exe and you will get data1.cab and data2.cab in your current directory, along with some junk. Doing unshield x data1.cab then unshield x data2.cab will extract the dbfs...

For cutting and pasting:

cabextract fullupdate20030103.exe 
unshield x data1.cab
unshield x data2.cab

That wont work with proxxxfiles

On July 17th, 2008 Anonymous said:

Hi Henry ...

The cabextract utility only will work with the fullupdateXXX files, not the proXXX files

We were hoping to get them to work with the proXXX files since that is all that is archived.