Format: StockChartX (.STX)
Version: 3.04
Author: Modulus Financial Engineering, 2002
Origin: 32-bit Windows

The StockChartX (.STX) file format for the Windows operating system consists of a 
116-byte file header block and a series of 29-byte chart header blocks, followed 
by security data and chart object data.

The description and source code below is released by Modulus Financial Engineering
http://www.modulusfe.com

//--------------------------------------------------------------//

struct header_block
{
    char fileInfo[20];
    char tickerSymbol[50];
    int  recordCount;
    int	 screenHeight;
    int  candleChart;
    int  periodSelection;
    int  showInfoPanel;
    int  borderStyle;
    long barColor;
    long candleStickDarkColor;
    long candleStickLightColor;
    long foreColor;
    long backColor;
}; //116 bytes


struct chart_block
{
	int  hWnd;
	bool baseArea;
	int  height;
	int  top;
	bool ignoreNullData;
	long backColor;
	long foreColor;
	long gridColor;
}; //29 bytes

struct horzline_block
{
   double value;
   int    linestyle;
   long   color;
   int    weight;
}; //24 bytes

struct data_block
{
    char name[50];
    int  linestyle;
    int  weight;
    long color;
}; //64 bytes

struct object_block
{
    int bitmap_res_id;
    int high_or_low;
    int period;
    int x;
    int y;
    int width;
    int height;
    int periodlink;
    double ylink;
}; //40 bytes

struct note_block
{
	int period;
	char text[500];
}; //504 bytes

//--------------------------------------------------------------//


---start StockChartX file format---

Header block (0x0h to 0x74h)


(Reserved block 0x75h to 0xABh)
reserved	long;
reserved	char[50];


(First chart block offset = 0xACh)

chart area count (1 word)

chart header (24 bytes)

    horizontal lines count per chart (1 word)
    horzline_block horz
    horzline_block horz
    horzline_block horz

    data count per chart (1 word)
    data_block data
    data_block data
    data_block data

        value count per data (1 word)
        double value
        double value
        double value

        object count per data (1 word)
        object_block object
        object_block object
        object_block object

	note object count per data (1 word)
	note_block note
	note_block note
	note_block note

begin of next chart segment


---end StockChartX file format---