Misc improvements

.gitignore

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ tmtags
 *.iml
 
 ## PROJECT::GENERAL
+config/flex.yml
 coverage
 data
 rdoc

Rakefile

@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ rescue LoadError => e
   puts "gem install standalone_migrations to get db:migrate:* tasks! (Error: #{e})"
 end
 
-
 # rake db:redo DB=test"
 namespace :db do
   desc "Remake db from scratch: $ rake db:redo DB=test"

bin/scaffold.rb

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env ruby
 #
-# This script converts given migration file into rails scaffold command
+# This script converts given migration file into a Rails scaffold command
 
 output = STDOUT
 ARGV.each do |file_name|

example/fundamental_data

@@ -11,13 +11,12 @@ require 'ib-ruby'
 require 'xmlsimple'
 require 'pp'
 
-
 ib = IB::Connection.new :client_id => 1112 #, :port => 7496 # TWS
 
 ib.subscribe(:Alert) { |msg| puts msg.to_human }
 
-# Fundamental Data will arrive as XML, parse it
-ib.subscribe(:FundamentalData) { |msg| @xml = XmlSimple.xml_in(msg.data) }
+# Fundamental Data will arrive in XML format, we need to parse it
+ib.subscribe(:FundamentalData) { |msg| @xml = XmlSimple.xml_in(msg.data, :ForceArray => false) }
 
 ibm = IB::Contract.new :symbol => 'IBM',
                        :exchange => 'NYSE',
@@ -36,4 +35,5 @@ ib.send_message :RequestFundamentalData,
 # Needs some time to receive and parse XML. Standard timeout of 1 sec is just too low.
 ib.wait_for(30) { @xml}
 
+# Now just extract and use all the fundamental data you needed
 pp @xml

lib/ib/messages/outgoing.rb

@@ -75,6 +75,15 @@ module Outgoing
                                                                :account_code)
 
       # data => { :id => request_id (int), :contract => Contract }
+      # 
+      # Special case for options: "wildcards" in the Contract fields retrieve Option chains
+      #   strike = 0 means all strikes
+      #   right = "" meanns both call and put
+      #   expiry = "" means all expiries
+      #   expiry = "2013" means all expiries in 2013
+      #   expiry = "201311" means all expiries in Nov 2013
+      # You'll get several ContractData (10) messages back if there is more than one match.
+      # When all the matches are delivered you'll get ContractDataEnd (52) message.
       RequestContractDetails = RequestContractData =
           def_message([9, 6],
                       [:contract, :serialize_short, [:con_id, :include_expired, :sec_id]])
@@ -84,8 +93,6 @@ module Outgoing
                                        [:contract, :serialize_short, []],
                                        :num_rows)
 
-      ### Defining (complex) Outgoing Message classes for IB:
-
       # When this message is sent, TWS responds with ExecutionData messages, each
       # containing the execution report that meets the specified criteria.
       # @data={:id =>         int: :request_id,