Finwin News (Headlines)

Requests:

Headlines

Types:

·Query

·HeadlineXML

·Table

·TableNoJS

·Array

Summary

Sample Code:

Coldfusion

ASP

JSP

PHP

Perl

Headlines (Table)

Headlines Type=TableNo returns a pre-formatted HTML table with colors you chose when you subscribed to FinWin. The table retrieve has a javascript function causing stories to pop-up in an undecorated pre-sized window.

Required Parameters

URL = http://www.finwin.com/processct/processnewstag.cfm Username = myUsername
Password = myPassword
Id = 1183
Request = Headlines
Type = Table

Optional Parmeters

Rowcount = 5  - max of 25
Target = _blank  - default is _self
Width = 525  - default is 525

Cold Fusion Example

       <cf_finwinnews
	request="Headlines"
	type="Table"
	rowcount="5"
	username="myUsername"
	password="myPassword"
	newurl="http://www.somedomain.com/story_handler.cfm"
	width="550"
	id="1183">

ASP Example

Dim content, intRowCount 
intRowCount = Request.Form("RowCount")

if intRowCount = "" 
then
  intRowCount = "5"
end if
  
Request_POST = 	1
Set HttpObj  = Server.CreateObject("SOFTWING.AspTear")
FinwinURL 	 = "Http://www.finwin.com/processCT/ProcessNewsTag.cfm"

PostData = "username=MyUserName&password=mypassword&id=1183&request=headlines&rowcount=" & 
intRowCount & "&type=table&newurl=http://www.somedomain.com/story_handler.asp&width=550"

 
content = HttpObj.Retrieve(FinwinURL, Request_POST,PostData, "", "")
Response.write(content)

Headlines (Type = Table) Example:

Latest Financial Headlines (Central Time)

Market Summary - Stocks Maintaining Upside In Early Afternoon Trading - U.S. Commentary ...

12:22 PM (RTT) East West Bank Hostile Takeover Plan Of Meruelo Maddux Properties Rebuffed By Bankruptcy Court full story

12:19 PM (RTT) Silver Quest Resources Commences Drilling At Prospector Mountain, Yukon full story

12:18 PM (RTT) TSX Edges Down As Weak Gold Offsets Gain In Financials full story