RealTimeToDB User Interface
RealTimeToDB is a Windows application.
The main application form allows performing service operations and monitoring services.
See the following topics about user interface elements:
Menu File
- Open Configuration File
- Opens the RealTimeToDB.exe.config file. You can check or edit application settings.
- Open Connection Manager
- Opens Connection Manager to edit connection strings in visual mode.
- Open Data Provider Manager
- Opens Data Provider Manager to edit RealTimeToExcel data provider settings like working hours, refresh intervals, etc.
- Exit
- Stops all the running services and closes the application.
Menu Operations
- Start Services
- Starts updating databases with real-time data.
- Pause Services
- Stops the timer that starts updating databases.
Use this button to stop updating temporarily. To start updating, click the Start button. - Stop Services
- Stops all the running services.
- Reload Database Data
- Saves current data to databases and reloads data from databases.
Use this button to reload data when you add new tickers to database tables. - Save Data To Database
- Saves current data to databases immediately.
Use this button, if the services have been paused, or you need to update the data before the next timer event.
Menu Help
- Help
- Displays the local help.
- Online Help
- Opens the online help web page.
- Technical Support
- Opens the support web page.
- RealTimeToDB Website
- Opens the product web page at the official website.
- Register Product
- Displays the Register Product wizard.
- Buy License
- Opens the web page to start purchasing.
- Check Updates
- Opens the web page to download updates.
- About RealTimeToDB
- Displays the About RealTimeToDB dialog box.
Menu RealTimeToExcel Help
The menu contains links for integrated RealTimeToExcel.
- Help
- Displays the local RealTimeToExcel help.
- Online Help
- Opens the online RealTimeToExcel help web page.
- Register Product
- Displays the Register Product wizard for registering RealTimeToExcel.
Table Columns
- Status Image
- The image indicates table status: green or red.
- Table
- The column displays database table name.
- Rows
- The column displays loaded row count.
- Pending
- The column displays the amount of pending rows.
- Last Topics
- The column displays the amount of topics that the real-time server returns on the last data refresh.
- Last Notify
- The column displays the time of the first data change notification from the real-time server after the last data refresh.
- Last Refresh
- The column displays the start time of the getting changed data from the real-time server.
The period between the notification and getting the changed data depends on the RefreshTimerInterval value. - Last Save
- The column displays the time when the last data have been saved to a database.
The period between the notification and this time shows the maximum delay for real-time data in a database. - Status
- The column displays the status of real-time server and database operations.
- Topics
- The column displays the amount of topics connected to the real-time server.
Usually, this is the row count multiplied by real-time column count. - MSPR
- The column displays average speed of saving data to a database in milliseconds per row (MSPR).
- ProgID
- The column displays RTD server ProgIDs or DDE service names.
- Server
- The column displays database servers.
- Database
- The column displays database names.