Ok, cleared up.  I thought there was a version 1 and 2 for Maple 13 and a new vesion 15 (total of 3 differnet versions) when in fact the reference to version 2 was the Maple 15 version. 

I was expecting and trying to get the Maple 13 version working (since obviously closer to Maple 12 I would think the version for Maple 15 would have even more errors.  My bad.  The Maple 15 version with the string manipulation adjusted works in maple 12. 

The component Button0 errors were a result of a string manipulation problem which was fixed in the Maple15 version.

You mean like in Word where you can set up your page, see the margins and see exactly where words will end up on the printed page? 

It seems to me if Maplesoft hired a few extra programmers to take on small bug programming tasks, that would then allow the advanced programmers to take care of more advanced problematic and annoyance issues on top of implementing and adding new functionality. 

Also here in mapleprimes, ideas seem to get gobbled up in the void as if the ideas were presented here as a primary source then forgotten about.  Might I suggest to Maplesoft that a speakers corner be implemented (in my old company a representative from all teams would meet, write issues on a flip chart and assign names to people who were tackling the task).  This gives a sense of visibility to all the problems at hand and a sense of urgency to the people who's names are assigned tasks not yet completed.  I'm sure they have something similar like team meetings but speakers corner attacks problems from a different angle. 

I'm sure the developers have a lot on their plates.  It's possible there were more serious issues that trumped the 3d plotting algorithm from being changed for Maple 12.  DJ Clayworth did mention "if it were to be changed" meaning that it sounded like it wasn't on anyones plate right then. 

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@mapleprimes   zip file referenced above is no longer available please fix.

Hmm, yes my suspicion is you may have added something to Maples install lib folder and fogot about it (hence your question to why imaginaryunit is j and not the default I.

From here http://www.mapleprimes.com/questions/124341-Step-By-Step-Guide-For-Creating-A-Standalone and I quote from Acer "It's really not a good idea to stick new files into your Maple installation's "lib" folder. You or someone else will end up forgetting all that you've added, some day. Better is to add it to another folder altogether, and then augment `libname` in worksheets intended to use it (eg. in Startup code, if you want that hidden from view)."

And some good advice about using it in Startup code where you have logically gone looking for it.  By deduction it can only exist in some other ini file, or in a lib file.  I think those are the only two places left to look. 

The next unconventional, less desireable technique would be to re-install your Maple 13.

Hmm, yes my suspicion is you may have added something to Maples install lib folder and fogot about it (hence your question to why imaginaryunit is j and not the default I.

From here http://www.mapleprimes.com/questions/124341-Step-By-Step-Guide-For-Creating-A-Standalone and I quote from Acer "It's really not a good idea to stick new files into your Maple installation's "lib" folder. You or someone else will end up forgetting all that you've added, some day. Better is to add it to another folder altogether, and then augment `libname` in worksheets intended to use it (eg. in Startup code, if you want that hidden from view)."

And some good advice about using it in Startup code where you have logically gone looking for it.  By deduction it can only exist in some other ini file, or in a lib file.  I think those are the only two places left to look. 

The next unconventional, less desireable technique would be to re-install your Maple 13.

@ Ratch, anything in the startup code would be there as you explained, it is not hiding on you. 

And if it works on restart and nothing is in the startup code region then the command inteface(imaginaryunit=j) must be in the maple.ini file

@ Ratch, anything in the startup code would be there as you explained, it is not hiding on you. 

And if it works on restart and nothing is in the startup code region then the command inteface(imaginaryunit=j) must be in the maple.ini file

@Axel Vogt I'm not sure what you mean by undisclosed the code.  All of the code for the worksheet is right-click the Get Finance Data button -> component properties -> edit.  But I'm sure you already knew that so I don't think that's what you mean. 

I'll give it another try, perhaps it is version 1 that I am using but there is no way to tell which version.  I would wish authors of worksheets would include date and version in their work (noted for future self as well).

Yes, I am using 12.02 on 32 bit windows xp 14.4 dial up (sigh hopefully soon next month to go to highspeed) so it may be that I'm getting timed out. 

Just tried it again.  pushing !!! I get the errors that Axel points out. 

Whoa okay , wait a minute something's happened.  I downloaded the one linked in this thread.  The !!! still gives the errors Axel points out then I did a restart; g();  then pushed the get finance data from yahoo ( and I still get the original error I posted however I now see updated data in the table.  Executing the plots section also appears to work.

It seems I may have been using version 1, so maybe the problem is nearly solved but with two caveats for using it in Maple 12 - #1 - don't use the !!! and  #2 - ignore the Error in component Button0 error, just press okay and continue.  .. Now just have to figure out why that error comes up.  Anyone?   And thank you, I appreciate everyones input.

**edit - add ** There also seems to be some formatting issues.  Try 01 01 2011  to  15 09 2011  The Walmart column is shifted and both KO and BP have 0's in their columns but executing the graph section shows the full five stocks.

@Christopher2222 It doesn't appear anyone can get it to work, most people have all moved on to newer versions.   

This brings another problem into the fray, I have no idea if anyone is even attempting to get it to work, or they tried and just gave up.  Mapleprimes should make available checkboxes to show that someone is indeed working on the problem/question posed by a user. 

There are a few people I know who can or at least might be able to.  Samir Khan, who wrote the code and I think **edit changed to DuncanA ** who fixed the code for the foreign exchange for Maple 12. 

Time is probably another problem that gets in the way too. 

Thanks acer, much appreciated.

@Alejandro Jakubi - That is an enormous number of users most of which probably only have 1 post/question maybe even none at all. 

I wonder if we could use sockets here in a Maple procedure to create a user list with corresponding mid's.  I admit I'm not that adept with sockets, I tried and got only a few lines with an error.

Actually it's not as bad as I thought.  Once you have the framework layed out it's not too hard to modify and adjust.  

If I could find my mid number it would make things easier.