RTD.DB User Interface

The RTD.DB main window looks like this:

RTD.DB Interface

You can find the application icon in the system tray also.

Menu File

Open Configuration File: The button opens the RTD.DB.exe.config file. You can check or edit application settings.
Open Connection Manager: The button opens Connection Manager to edit connection strings in a visual mode.
Open Configuration Editor: The button opens RTD.DB Database Configuration Editor to edit database configuration tables and symbols in a visual mode.
Open Symbol Helper: The button opens Symbol Helper to extract stock and option symbols from RTD formulas or web pages and paste symbols into database tables.
Exit: The button stops all the running services and closes the application.

Start Services: The button starts updating databases with real-time data.
Pause Services: The button stops the timer that starts updating databases.
Use this button to stop updating temporarily. To start updating, click the Start button.
Stop Services: The button stops all the running services.
Reload Database Data: The button 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: The button 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.

Help: The button displays the local help.
Online Help: The button opens the online help web page.
Technical Support: The button opens the support web page.
RTD.DB Website: The button opens the product web page at the official website.
Register Product: Displays the Register Product wizard.
Buy License: The button opens the web page to start purchasing.
Check Updates: The button opens the web page to download updates.
About RTD.DB: The button displays the About RTD.DB dialog box.

Status Image: The image indicates table status: green or red.
Table: The column displays the database table name.
Rows: The column displays the loaded row count.
Pending: The column displays the pending row count.
Last Topics: The column displays the count 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 getting changed data from the real-time server.
The period between the notification and receipt of 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 count of topics connected to the real-time server.
Usually, this is the row count multiplied by the real-time column count.
MSPR: The column displays the 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.