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by sound
April 1st, 2006, 9:49 am
Forum: Programming and Software Forum
Topic: Structuring Software
Replies: 5
Views: 114029

Structuring Software

We did an evaluation some time ago of Summit, Murex and few other systems.What sort of info are you looking for ? pm me
by sound
October 21st, 2005, 3:41 am
Forum: Programming and Software Forum
Topic: Recommended software
Replies: 2
Views: 133090

Recommended software

<t>We had a similar requirement and zeroed in on Murex and Summit eventually.Condor Plus from Reuters may be ok but we saw few firms moving away from Condor during our searchyou can also consider Quantum(if i remember right) from Sungard. This was rated highly at another firm but we never got to see...
by sound
October 20th, 2005, 11:04 am
Forum: Programming and Software Forum
Topic: password safe
Replies: 0
Views: 132475

password safe

Anyone using Password Safe to record passwords ?Other than the encryption algorthim, how does it compare with storing passwords in a password protected Excel file How safe is an encrypted excel file ?What is a smart & secure way to remember 30 passwords and change these monthly ?
by sound
October 18th, 2005, 11:15 am
Forum: Programming and Software Forum
Topic: What is MUREX ?
Replies: 5
Views: 139501

What is MUREX ?

"What r the web-site for Murex ? (I google it, but found some other things)"www.murex.comtough to find :-)
by sound
October 17th, 2005, 8:11 am
Forum: Programming and Software Forum
Topic: Risk mgt. solution for non-financial firms
Replies: 3
Views: 133631

Risk mgt. solution for non-financial firms

In an earlier job, I was building & selling risk mgmt solutions to non-financial firms to manage Forex & interest rate riskIts unlikely that a single solution will met your needs What does your company do ? What risks does it want to manage and how big are these risks ?
by sound
August 29th, 2005, 8:42 am
Forum: Programming and Software Forum
Topic: My rights as a SUBLICENSEE with Third Party Programs : Some questions
Replies: 3
Views: 137673

My rights as a SUBLICENSEE with Third Party Programs : Some questions

<r>DCFC, Thanks for your response. I liked the idea of "they have the right to distribute this stuff to you, and that they will indemnify you if the 3rd party comes after you." I will try for something on these linesYou got the dynamics spot-on. We did a detailed evaluation, zeroed in on 2 vendors, ...
by sound
August 26th, 2005, 8:30 am
Forum: Programming and Software Forum
Topic: My rights as a SUBLICENSEE with Third Party Programs : Some questions
Replies: 3
Views: 137673

My rights as a SUBLICENSEE with Third Party Programs : Some questions

<t>We are purchasing software from a leading treasury vendor. The vendor is sub-licensing 3rd party programs embedded in his software. These are report writers and run-time licenses to software that the vendor's product usesI am trying to understand if the below conditions are standard practice1. In...
by sound
August 8th, 2005, 9:53 am
Forum: Programming and Software Forum
Topic: sofware for structured products
Replies: 4
Views: 140603

sofware for structured products

you can think of adding Murex to your list
by sound
July 14th, 2005, 10:45 am
Forum: Programming and Software Forum
Topic: How to round numbers correctly in VBA
Replies: 3
Views: 142822

How to round numbers correctly in VBA

Thank you MattF & DavidJNLooks like I have a long way to go with VBA
by sound
July 14th, 2005, 8:51 am
Forum: Programming and Software Forum
Topic: How to round numbers correctly in VBA
Replies: 3
Views: 142822

How to round numbers correctly in VBA

<t>I am starting in VBA and had the following problemFunction MyAge(dtDOB As Date) As Single MyAge = Date - dtDOBMyAge = Round((MyAge / 365), 2)End FunctionIn cell B2, I typed 26/07/1968 ( my date format is dd/mm/yyyy)In another call, I typed +myage(B2)I keep seeing 36.990002 instead of 36.99I debug...
by sound
June 11th, 2004, 4:54 am
Forum: Programming and Software Forum
Topic: C++ or VBA?
Replies: 17
Views: 191750

C++ or VBA?

<t>VB is like walking, practically everyone can do it, starting is quick, but over long distances it sucks.A C++ car is faster, but you have to walk to where it's parked, drive it then park it again.Plus you got to know or learn to drive well Or with a large project have several good drivers. C++ ha...
by sound
June 9th, 2004, 11:14 am
Forum: Programming and Software Forum
Topic: Murex
Replies: 21
Views: 199029

Murex

CollectorDid you use the Web version MattWhich version will you be using ?
by sound
June 10th, 2003, 6:59 am
Forum: Programming and Software Forum
Topic: Visual Basic Made Hard for no good reason at all
Replies: 37
Views: 192974

Visual Basic Made Hard for no good reason at all

Good point, Aaron. Better design ideas would be good.My point is that VB calculates 10 million - 10 million = 10^(-14) not 0. My solution fitted my problem as I was not looking at this order of precision (has worked for almost 7 years now)
by sound
June 6th, 2003, 7:31 am
Forum: Programming and Software Forum
Topic: Visual Basic Made Hard for no good reason at all
Replies: 37
Views: 192974

Visual Basic Made Hard for no good reason at all

<t>Did you define h as integer ?I don't code much in VB now but have coded earlier in VB3 and VB4.I used to do an operation like 123.456789 - 123.456789 and check result against 0. The result would be 10^(-14) not 0. Don't know if you have the same errorI was under pressure then and solved it by def...
by sound
May 21st, 2003, 12:26 pm
Forum: Programming and Software Forum
Topic: Excel and C++ for really smart people
Replies: 78
Views: 198861

Excel and C++ for really smart people

I would definitely be interested in your notes when you put it together
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